Whew!

I feel like I'm so behind I've almost caught up with myself. :) I still haven't gotten out a June Newsletter but I'll try to do better next month & I owe all my faithful newsletter readers 2 recipes to make up for skipping.

BUT, I do have three events this weekend to remind you about:

• Housewarming for Autumn, Jaret & Greysen Prestage will be Sunday, June 28. You can see their selections here: Prestage Housewarming
  
• Bridal Shower for Tammye Cook, Bride-elect of Mark Hill will be June 27 at Parker Baptist Church. You can see their selections here: Smith-Hill
  
• Emily Regis will marry David Chambers this Saturday, June 27. Emily registeredfor a few items with us at the request of her local friends. You can see them here: Regis-Chambers
  

A large load of home decor has just arrived. Planters, candlesticks, wall pockets, metal wall decor, "barn stars" and much more. You can see some photos on the Home Decor page of the website. Also don't miss a new photo on the Customer Photos page!

Coming Soon: I want to share a blog post with you about the conversion of a table we recently accomplished for a customer! It was so much fun and I have before and after photos of the table in the store and she has promised to send me a photo of it in her home as well!

New furniture in this week!

We received two load of new furniture pieces and lamps last Thursday & Friday. Several of them (a sink, and two jewelry armoires) have already sold, but we still have lots of pretties for you to see like the chair and table with crocodile top. Go check it out on the Furniture and Lighting page on the website and check them out.

Also, don't forget the Shower for Dr. Jonathan Collins and his bride-elect Nicole Epema. Jonathan stopped by Artifacts on his way to Missouri and bought some furniture from us and we are delighted that he & his fiance have used the website to make some of their selections for the shower this Saturday, June 20 in the home of Mrs. Cheryl Hendrix.

You can see the Epema-Collins selections and several others on the Gift Registry page.

Shower Reminder - Anna Stepp & Devin Cooper

Shower for Anna Stepp, Bride-Elect of Devin Cooper will be this Sunday in the home of Mrs. Lori Longest of Bruce. You can see Anna & Devin's selections HERE.

Cha-cha-cha-CHANGES!

Mike says I don't move furniture around at home as much any more because I get my fix doing it at the store. Maybe that's true because I do get to rearrange things when pieces are sold or put on layaway and we need to "fill up the holes"!

Nearly every time I rearrange the mantle area in the front room I think the current arrangement looks just perfect -- far better than the one I had there before. I guess I also scoot the old arrangement out of my memory bank because people will say, "You know that piece you had under the mantle a few weeks ago??" And my mind will just be blank and all I can imagine being there is the one that's there now!

That said, here is the latest under-the-mantle piece -- which is just perfect, don't you think? :)

Traditional, Transitional, and Contemporary!

These tall floor candlestands just arrived and I love their clean, crisp lines mixed with the curve at the bottom. This is a perfect example of a "transitional" piece or transitional style. If you have more traditional furniture and accents in your home, look at them and you will see that most of them have curves, swirls, loops, a certain softness about them.

If you have more contemprorary furnishings and accessories they will have clean, straight lines, more geometric patterns and shapes instead of those from nature.

These candle stands artfully combine both styles and would work with either style decor. If I think about it this afternoon, I will photograph them with a contemporary piece and a traditional piece to better illustrate what I mean!

Okay... here they are with the contemporary pieces:

And with both:

And with traditional:

Busy Weekend

Whew... is it Tuesday already? We had a great, busy weekend at Artifacts. The Cart Barn Inn had a full house and they sent them all to see us, everyone was looking for Mother's Day and graduation gifts and gift certificates, and those who couldn't work in their too-wet yard also came to see us!

Mike and Brett were kept busy rearranging furniture to fill up the "holes" and we were able to create a small break in an aisle in the middle room. We're going to try it for a while and see if it continues to be as handy as it was Saturday! You'll have to stop in and give us your opinion.

Still no progress on the camera front -- mine is being repaired and Brett's new one is stuck somewhere in customs because we bought it from a Canadian ebayer!! Duh -- should have looked at that before we bought it! As soon as we do get a camera, we'll post photos of some of the new furniture. We got most of the home decor shipment on the website using a borrowed camera, and many of those items completely sold out this weekend. Going to update that right now... remember to check the webpage often: www.artifactsbrucems.com

Also, some new bridal selection shots are up for Amelia Tunnell, too. Some that you can actually identify what she has selected, not like the earlier shots we had from the cell phone! Just bear with us while we work in the visual world of the internet without visuals.

Mother's Day Coming up May 10

And just in time, we have received a new load of home decor items. Some really nice crosses, vases, metal wall pieces, cookbook holders.... Ladies, this is the time to send your men in to buy you a gift!!



Just a reminder -- don't forget your own mom. We have plenty of more traditional pieces she would love like an accent chair, a nice print, a mirror....

And for you male readers, don't forget the MOTHER OF YOUR CHILDREN!!! We have some special gift certificates printed up for Mother's Day and Graduation. You can see samples here.



Keep in mind the printed gift certificates look better than the stretched/squished versions I put on that page!

LOTS MORE PHOTOS on the store website. Go check them out! www.artifactsbrucems.com