A Sweet (Heart) Shop Update

While Christmas is all well and good, I've always found the less-hyped holidays more my speed. Since I was a little girl, I've found great pleasure in celebrating the holidays that could so easily be dismissed as "just another day."  With the tiniest bit of thought and care - a batch of latkes for Hanukkah, a King's Cake for Mardi Gras or little knit shamrocks hanging in the window for St Patrick's Day - the most ordinary of days becomes special.

I knew when I launched Yes Sir, Yes Sir last year that I wanted the shop to reflect my love of the holidays and changing seasons. So I'm excited to unveil a couple new items I've designed with the upcoming Valentine's Day in mind.

In the Yes Sir, Yes Sir selection of coffee cup cozies you'll find a heart cozies. The heart design is mine, using a combination of cabling and seed stitch.

Even if the design is Valentine's Day inspired, you can totally use these cozies year-round. I mean, who doesn't *heart* their warm beverages, right? ;) If you'd prefer less "traditional" Valentine's Day colors for your heart cozy, let me know. I'll happily knit one up just for you in the color of your choice.

Heart Coffee Cup Cozy: $7.95

Need more than just your love to keep you warm? Check out these sweet, ruby red and natural white, double knit mittens with a wrap around heart design. I hate to play favorites within my own shop, but seriously, these may be the favorite item I've designed so far. The deep red yarn keeps the design from being too saccharine and because the mittens are double knit, they have amazing wind-blocking qualities and will keep your fingers toasty warm even on the coldest winter day.

Wool Heart Mittens - $34.95

If you're still feeling worn out from the Christmas holiday season, don't worry, Valentine's Day's still a good three weeks off. That said, a fuzzy, woolen gift from Yes Sir, Yes Sir! is a great way to keep your Valentine warm this year.
 

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Do You Want Cheese with That Wine? Shop Update

I'd hoped to get a few more wine cozies designed and knit up before I wrote this post, but with the holidays just around the corner (actually, Happy Hanukkah!), a big batch of deadline knitting in my lap (not Christmas present related, thankfully, but courtesy of this blasted truly lovely afghan), actually get any more holiday-themed wine cozies knit between now and December 23 started to seem like a laugh. I have big hopes for a line of Valentine's Day wine cozies though. ;) 

With my annual holiday whine and cheese gathering with college friends scheduled for this weekend, it seemed as good a time as any to debut the two wine cozies I did manage to create for Holiday Season 2013 in my Etsy shop - Yes Sir, Yes Sir!

Christmas Gold with Holly Decoration Wine Cozy

Scandinavian Snowflake Wine Cozy

Cozies are designed to fit a standard 750 mL wine bottle. Pull a wine cozy over your favorite bottle of wine and not only do you have gift wrap taken care of, you also have a lovely hostess gift that will decorate your host's mantle for many holiday seasons to come.

As we move into the "holiday crunch", it's time to get serious about those stranglers on the bottom of your shopping list. Consider any owl cozy for co-workers or your Secret Santa. Knit headbands make great stocking stuffers.

I do my best to ship your order out as quickly as possible. Domestic shipping within the contiguous United States usually takes 3 business days, but please place your holiday orders very soon to allow for any USPS delays during this busy shipping season. Use coupon code: SNOWFLAKE to receive 10% off your entire order.  

 

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Back to Work and Cyber Monday

"I don't want to go back to work today," Andy said when he came into the bedroom yesterday morning to say goodbye before he headed off to work and I headed off to sleep for another hour.

Oh, did I hear him. Last week was a "light" work week, to say the least. It was a week where one of my chief objectives on my to-do list was "bake two pies." (I did: a cherry cranberry and a blueberry.) By about 11:30 a.m. last Tuesday, I tossed in the towel on the idea of having a productive week and headed off to a journal making workshop. *cough* crafting afternoon *cough*

Not that productivity is the only measure we should use to judge our lives by. It was a week filled with family, friends . . . dare I say, "community" and it was a very nice week indeed. I hope you all had a very nice holiday too.

But goodness, it's hard to get real excited about "getting work done" after a string of days in which the biggest decision that was asked of you was whether you wanted ice cream or whipped cream with your chocolate pecan pie. (Answer: both.)

So here's a little Cyber Monday sale to ease you back into the harsh, demanding work world. Use the coupon code "CYBERMONDAY" when you check out from my Etsy shop to receive 20% on your entire order. As an added bonus, I'll throw in a handcrafted, felt mitten ornament with any ornament over $25.00. This sale is only on through midnight tonight, so do yourself a favor and get some of your Christmas shopping out of the way.

Please note, I'm having a hard time keeping my owl cozies in stock. If you were thinking of order some for stocking stuffers (or for yourself - I won't tell), drop me a line so I can give your owl cozies first priority.

Happy Cyber Monday! I wish you all a gentle, peaceful return to work.
 

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