Family Time... a Holiday Break

To our wonderful friends, also known as our customers...

We have so enjoyed working with you this holiday season, seeing you at shows, creating gift baskets and packages and catching up with you and all that has transpired since last season!  Your children, and ours, have all grown!

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As the season draws nearer, we'd like to share with you our plans to take some family time to enjoy this wonderful holiday we call Christmas.  Emma's Friends will be on break from December 22nd to January 3rd.  What does that mean, really?  It means the store will stay open and online, the phone will accept messages and the Inbox will welcome your mail, but all these things will sit dormant (so, hopefully will we!)  until January 3rd.

If you need something prior, please get in touch soon.  And, thank you for your incredible encouragement and patronage and for celebrating our Friends and all they do and who they are.  We are blessed beyond that which we could imagine and we give all the glory to God for His work in and through us.

Have a wonderful Christmas ~ I encourage you to think on the true meaning of this holiday ~ and a blessed New Year too.

Always,
Lynn & all of Emma's Friends

On the radio.... oh, wo-oh-oh on the radio... Yup, we'll be on the RADIO tomorrow morning at 9:30! Whoo-whoot! Why, you ask? To announce our Open House and store opening in West Hazleton. So... if you are in the Hazleton area, tune into WAZL 1490 AM tomorrow morning from 9:30 - 10 am talking about Emma's Friends, Emma and Covenant Abstract too. We'll see you ... on the radio, radio, radio...! ;)

Did you know soap can fly?

Well, it can!  It has flown out of our soap baskets at shows and off our shelves here in the soap shop! If you are looking for soaps for Christmas, better act fast, these things are flying out of here!

okay, so that is a really bad rendition of flying soap!  ;P

WE HAVE SOLD OUT OF THE FOLLOWING SOAPS: Marzipan, Lovely Lavender, Mother's Rose Garden.

And... we have a very short supply of O Christmas Tree, Bayberry Wreath, Holy Patchouli, Cookies for Santa, Peacefulness, Sweet Dreams. 

Next to run out... Orange Cranberry, Spiced Cranberry, Spirit of Christmas... going fast! Get them while you can!!

Did you know soap can fly?

Well, it can!  It has flown out of our soap baskets at shows and off our shelves here in the soap shop! If you are looking for soaps for Christmas, better act fast, these things are flying out of here!

okay, so that is a really bad rendition of flying soap!  ;P

WE HAVE SOLD OUT OF THE FOLLOWING SOAPS: Marzipan, Lovely Lavender, Mother's Rose Garden.

And... we have a very short supply of O Christmas Tree, Bayberry Wreath, Holy Patchouli, Cookies for Santa, Peacefulness, Sweet Dreams. 

Next to run out... Orange Cranberry, Spiced Cranberry, Spirit of Christmas... going fast! Get them while you can!!

Emma's Friends ~ The STORE! :)

We've got some exciting news…. We are opening a retail shop! 

I know you want all the details, so here they are:

The specs:

Where:

32 West Broad Street, West Hazleton  .... rings a bell?  It is where we have local pick-ups of orders.  We'll be across the hall from the ladies at Covenant Abstract with our own space complete with our full line of products and scents!

When:

Monday through Friday, from 9 am to 4 pm. The ladies at Covenant Abstract will assist you.  If you have see us at shows, you’ll recognize them!  They moonlight (literally) for Emma’s Friends!  : )

Future plans:

Looking for input on what will meet your needs…  We are thinking of opening once a month for Friday evening, Saturday morning hours. We have heard from folks that the hours to pick-up can be tough if you work out of town.  Let me know your thoughts.  Thanks!

To celebrate our shop we are having an OPEN HOUSE & Christmas Shopping event!  Friday, December 17^th from 5 – 8 pm and Saturday, December 18^th from 10 am – 2 pm we’ll make up your custom gift baskets on the fly while you shop.  Also joining us will be Sweets by Denise with her amazing chocolate and candied nuts & Joyce’s Cozy Creations with delicious cream cheese cakes and homemade dog treats too!  

Come out, we will look for you there.  We love the ladies who are joining us, I know you will too... and their treats are just too delicious!  Yum!!!

Two shows tonight! Wowsers!

Well, we've never done this before, but there is a first for everything!  Emma's Friends goods will be available for sale in two locations tonight...

Shawnee Inn will be hosting Winter Wonderful, an evening of shopping with local businesses which benefits 5 local charities.  Fantastic!  Emma's Friends will be showcased by Spa Shawnee.  Included will be soaps in bar and liquids, lotions, lip balms, body wash and gift boxes.  Look for Evelyn, she will be happy to help you find all you need!

Valley Country Club will be having their annual Ladies Holiday Shopping dinner tonight.  I will be there with an abbreviated version of our show booths but will have a variety of goods including soaps, lotions, dream cream and sugar scrubs, tarts, lotions, lip balms, bath treats and gift baskets.  We had a nice night last year and are looking forward to another tonight.  This event is for members of the Country Club and their guests only though. Sorry!

Shopping event in the Poconos tomorrow night!

Calling all Pocono/Stroudsburg area friends: Check out this event, Pocono Women Winter Wonderful shopping event. Winter Wonderful Event There will be a lot of wonderful shopping and while we won't physically be at the show due to another event we are attending, you can find our goods for sale. The Spa at Shawnee, which stocks our goods, will be showcasing them in their booth. Come out and enjoy all the wonderful things offered. Best part... this event sponsors five, that's right 5, local charities!

So come our for your Emma's Friends goods and do even more good!  Have fun... the Shawnee Inn is a lovely place to be this time of year!

Lynn & all of Emma's Friends