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SSC MEMBER Janet from Texas! For almost eight years, Janet has been collecting Charming Tails! Her collection totals more than 300 pieces, all starting with the popular "Slumber Party" figurine.
"I was in an out-of-the-way Hallmark looking for older Cherished Teddies for my collection and stumbled across a few Charming Tails. I saw Slumber Party and fell in love! I called my fellow collector friend in Florida and told her about it and she had heard of them but hadn't seen the piece. So I bought her one as well and we BOTH became hooked," she said. "Then we went on a mission to go back and get older pieces that we had missed. This was no easy task, because I could only find two local stores that carried the line. Most of our purchases were done from out-of-state stores that we found by calling!"
She ranks "Two Peas in a Pod" and "Slumber Party" among her favorites.
"Slumber Party is one of my favorites not only because it was my first
piece, but because of its simplistic beauty," Janice said. "Two
Peas in a Pod is a favorite because it is such a sweet depiction and
because I had a beloved special needs cat named Pea Pod." She met
Dean at a signing in Texarkana. She recalls, "He was WONDERFUL ...
very nice and very gracious." Her favorite CT-moment was finding a
musical/waterball once on sale!" Her other interests include
Swarovski crystal, Cherished Teddies, Calico Kittens, Mary Moos and This
Little Piggies.
It has been brought to our attention that a good number of SAMPLES were
recently sent to the Fitz & Floyd Outlet Store in Orlando, Florida.
These are "samples" - not prototypes and not regular production pieces.
We hear that there were 20 to 30 different samples sent, and some had
more than one. If you're interested in adding some samples to your
collection, call the F&F Outlet store at (407) 351-3487 - ask for
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It's Time to Order!!
Information on how to
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To the tune of "Auld Lang Syne" --
Should organization be your need, OK, so maybe it's not such
a great poem. But what IS GREAT about this month's contest is the
prize ... a software package from
J. Phillip, Inc.! To win, simply ORGANIZE the following Charming Tails in order of year of introduction, from earliest to newest. (Hint: All of these can be found on www.OakLeafPublishing.com or on www.fitzandfloyd.com/charmingtails - both are great resources to find LOTS of Charming Tails information!) Submit your list --- in the
proper order, remember -- earliest intro date to newest --- and e-mail
to
epbryan@lcc.net by
Midnight, January 26, 2003. Heading for the Beach Remember, deadline is January 26th. Get busy and good luck! SPECIAL SQUASHVILLE SOCIAL CLUB BONUS!! As a special bonus, this month's prize sponsor, J. Phillip, Inc. has offered the following SPECIAL DEAL, exclusively for SSC Members. Throughout the month of January, SSC Members can purchase the Collectibles Database for 20% off! If one of your New Year's resolutions is to get organized, why not start with your CT collection?!? Visit the J. Phillip, Inc. web site to order. Use the code "Squashville" in the comments section. They will discount the order 20% before processing your credit card payment. Note: You will NOT see the discount on-screen, but it will be applied before charging your card. And don't worry if you buy the database and then win this month's contest - J. Phillip will refund your purchase price and any shipping charges! So order now - either way, you're a winner!! December Contest Winner: Congratulations to Beka Laing, who was chosen from all eligible entries to receive a $25.00 gift certificate and free shipping from our generous prize donors DBC Collectibles Way to Go, Beka! And a BIG THANKS to DBC Collectibles for their generosity. By the way - Here are the answers:
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Season of Love 6.
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As you
know, we've been "hiding" the link to each month's "News in a Nutshell"
behind a different icon on the Charming Tails Resource page. Well -
it's starting to get pretty crowded, as well as difficult to remember which
link leads to which newsletter! So - we have formed the "News in a
Nutshell Archive"! Now you can easily find any past newsletter without
having to hunt around for the right link! You see the "ribbon" graphic
at the beginning of this paragraph? Well - it's on the CT Resource
Page towards the bottom, right next to "Fun Stuff" and it is the permanent
"hidden link" to the Archive! Just click that link, and you'll be
taken to a complete listing of all the past issues - right at hand for easy
reading or reference! We'll continue hiding the current month's
newsletter behind various icons on the CT Resource Page - so be sure to keep
an eye out each monthly announcement on where to find the latest issue of
"News in a Nutshell"! But now you know where to always find the
Archive!