Seas the day with our 14" Crab Ceramic Round Platter, Crabby Bottle Opener, Cobalt Crab Relief Bowl, and Rope Napkin Box with Crab Napkin Weight - the perfect pieces for a fun and casual dinner with friends!
Be ready when the cocktail party season begins with our vast treasure trove of undersea creations in our High Seas Collection. Metal pieces are handcrafted from 100% recycled, buffed-until-brilliant aluminum.
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A number of years ago, Wendy Kvalheim wrote a book about the history of Mottahedeh, having bought the company, along with her husband, Grant, and long time friends, Jeff and Pamela Mondschein in 1992. Wendy has been design director and CEO for more than 25 years. The motivation for this enterprise is to make great classic and reproduction designs to tell the human story and express the cultures from where the designs came. "From Drawing Board to Dinner Table" also describes the process...
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You can now share wedding shower dates on registry pages. In the example, we see the shower date is May 16, 2020.
Retailers have requested this feature in order to help them manage gifts. This also helps a registrant's friends and family.
In order to add a shower date, please edit a registry. You'll see a new area "Wedding / Bridal Shower Date." The registrant can list if they are having a shower, and if so, if they wish to share this date with the public. (The shower...
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April 29, 2020
April 29, 2020
Thinking of the post-pandemic time and how I will receive my friends and family, let’s get the sparkles out !!!
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April 13, 2020
April 13, 2020
Spread some Joy !
Our day-to-day world feels anything but normal. Our shop sits quiet and dark. We no longer make those daily face-to-face connections with our team and with our dear customers.
And yet, we can look around us and find comfort and yes, a sense of normal, in connecting with our loved ones and friends even if it's from afar.
Send a gift to someone you love.
Cheer up someone in your life.
Pay it forward and buy a gift card to use now or later.
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April 8, 2020
April 8, 2020
OK... you're NOT going to want to miss this!!! TOMORROW ~ Friday, April 10th, we'll be having our debut FACEBOOK LIVE from HEART'S DESIRE!!!
The presentation will be done with a MORE than 6ft distance radius and we will wipe down anything we touch because WE don’t want to get sick and don’t want our wonderful customers to either!
We want to visit a little, take a little tour of a few areas of the store and more than ANYTHING connect with all of you (and hope you&...
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April 6, 2020
April 6, 2020
Easter is just around the corner and we won't be able to celebrate with our extended family or friends but set the table as if they were coming.
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March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020
We miss seeing you, our wonderful friends and customers! Please know that we look forward to reopening and seeing all of you very soon. Please feel free to contact us at (601) 853-9595 or email at [email protected].
Thanks!
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Gift cards are becoming a popular way for customers to support indie stores. Your Bridge Store software includes gift cards. Friends, family, and shoppers can buy gift cards in any amount from your Bridge Store.
Steps to promote your gift card service:
1. Please visit your Bridge Store.
2. On your home page, on the left-hand side, please click on "Give a Gift Card."
3. Once on your gift card page, if you are logged in, you can add a custom picture of your store's...
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A store owner named Alice from South Carolina called me this AM:
She owns a jewelry store started more than 50 years ago.
Like most retailers, she has an older website with little product on it and no online registry.
While the economy was good, Alice kept putting off investing in a new website.
When the Coronavirus outbreak happened last week, she faced the reality of having to spend $5k on a new website that would take two months to setup. Alice feels that is too much
To our dear friends of Parkleigh,
Yes, it is actually happening. Parkleigh is making the very difficult decision to temporarily close our doors in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
We know this is the most responsible decision we can make for you, our beloved customers, and also for our beloved staff.
For the time being, we will remain just a phone call away, and we will have a minimal staff on hand to take a phone order, or if you are simply seeking a friendly chat. Our website will remain ...
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Why keep past registries? Because friends and family forget to buy gifts from your store :)
In the example shown, we see an anniversary reminder prompted a registrant’s friend to purchase another gift from the store. By keeping past registries, your Bridge software can send emails to friends and family members encouraging them to purchase gifts.
We recommend you maintain past registries for 3 years or more after the wedding date.
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February 13, 2020
February 13, 2020
You're never too young to celebrate friendship! Happy Galentines day ?
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I’m writing to sadly share that my dad Don Solarek passed away last week. He was quiet, thoughtful, and would gladly walk in New York City from the Battery to Harlem.
Don always had time to chat with me, share a story, give a lesson, and encourage me. He helped me with my paper route at 6 am when it was 3º in Rochester. He came to every high school cross country race and wrestling match—which were often held around 3:30 pm. Likely not ...
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January 8, 2020
January 8, 2020
Are brands bypassing stores? A new survey says 'yes' they are: 40% of Americans shopped directly from a brand in the past year, according a Diffussion survey.
Shoppers are choosing to bypass stores because the brands are undercutting them on prices, and offering faster and cheaper shipping.
How are brands getting in front of customers? Answer: Facebook and Instagram. A shopper visits a retailer's website for brand X, then Facebook puts a tracking pixel on the shopper, and then ...
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Bridge has made it easier for you to share your news and events.
You can now more easily add pictures to news posts, and then edit and rearrange the pictures.
In the example shown, I'm sharing news about our Vietri seminar in Atlanta. I added a picture to the post, as well as marked it as an event, set a location, and added an RSVP button.
Here is how to share news or an event:
Visit your Bridge home page. Look for the 'What's on your mind?' field. Enter in your news or