Kelly Market + La Plates

We love when La Plates fans send us their pictures of our pieces in action. Especially when it's someone we think has fantastic, out-of-this-world taste! You should hurry over to Kelly's blog & checkout the new look - it rocks!

GIVEAWAYS - Holiday 2011

We are having a BALL in our POP UP shoppe! We have a fabulous storefront full of great tabletops and we've decided to give them away to our Facebook Fans this holiday season! For each tabletop, we've partnered with Creative Candles for fabulous accents to the tabletops. You'll have to head over to our Facebook Page and leave a comment for each giveaway.

Rules of the giveaway, you can sign up for each tabletop once. Kansas City peeps want an extra chance to win? Stop by our POP UP, 8227 Corinth Mall, Monday - Saturday, 10am-3pm until December 3rd, 2011 & fill out an entry form. All winners will be selected by random.org on date listed via Facebook. Winners will be alerted via Facebook and all tabletops will be delivered/shipped to winners by Christmas. Good luck!

Poppin' Up a POP UP!

We had SO much fun the last few years, traveling throughout the country for fabulous holiday trunk shows. However, this year we've decided to do something a little different - we're building a Pop Up in our hometown, Kansas City, for the holiday season!

We will be located in Corinth Square Shopping Center #8227. We will be open 11.7.11 - 12.3.11, Monday - Saturday, 10am-3pm and available for private shopping parties in the evenings. Our grand opening will be Monday, November 7th at 10:00 am.

We hope you'll follow along on our Facebook Page as we post photos of our progress in the space. As you can see below, we have a long way to go!

Get healthy!

With the first day of school around the corner, we decided this is the perfect time to share our new La Plates Healthy Set. It includes a personalized placemat (with proper place setting) and a small plate (details healthy options for each category). La Plates is a Community Partner of the USDA. Checkout their My Plate program, they have great resources and ideas to choose a healthy lifestyle.

If you'd like a chance to win a La Plates Healthy Set, head over to our Facebook Page and "like" us. Then leave a comment on our Facebook Page, telling us who needs a FREE Healthy Set in your life! Giveaway ends Friday, 8.19.11 @ midnight CST - we'll use Random.org to pick our winner.

Nana's Pie Crust - you pick the filling

I've been meaning to blog about Nana's pies - somehow I always forget. Or maybe, it's just that I don't want to share my secrets. For correct preparation, she had me purchase a "sock" for my rolling pin and a proper mat to roll out the dough - both can be purchased at Pryde's Old Westport - Williams Sonoma hadn't heard of either.

Nana's Apple Pie:

CRUST-
1 1/2 cup of flour
1/2 cup of Crisco
pinch of salt
work together - both should be COLD, as in store in refrigerator before you prepare
1/4 cup ice cold water

FILLING-
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
pinch of cinnamon
2 cups+ of apples (or whatever fruit you prefer)

Bake 10 minutes @ 425 degrees. Then turn down to 350 degrees and bake for 45 minutes.

Back to School - 2011

School supplies - check, figure out teacher for the year - check, educational inspired meals for 2011 - La Plates has you covered! This weekend only, order a Handwriting Plate and we'll include a matching placemat for FREE!

I'm a retired teacher and I love seeing kids get excited about learning. Why not serve breakfast, lunch and dinner on a plate + placemat to encourage great handwriting? Order a plate online and we'll automatically include a matching placemat - no coupon code needed. Offer expires 7.31.11 @ midnight CST.

HOT SALE - get them fast!

In order to make room for a few new colors this Fall, these 3 colors of Sunday Catchalls just went on sale - 50% off {LEMON & DENIM available until sold out}. You may wonder why you should check Facebook...well all the Apple Green totes went to La Plates Facebook Fans before I could even post the sale on this blog! I guess that's one point for social media...

Get them while they last! We love a good deal - and love it even more if we can share it with friends. Come on, don't you deserve a Summer treat?