The New Spring 2011 Sid Dickens Shipment Has Arrived!

Ancient Bloom: Look to this sacred symbol of rebirth and enlightenment. Awaken your spirit to the sun. (T259)

The boxes just arrived this morning and the tiles are already up on our wall! The new "Through The Looking Glass" Spring 2011 Sid Dickens Memory Blocks have arrived and they are inspiring! Ancient Bloom, shown above, is just perfect for this time of year . . .we're all ready to awaken our spirits to the sun!

Here are the rest of the new introductions. Enjoy!


Faerie Flowers: Sprightly dances, On rolling wisps of wind. (T261)

Festina Lente: 'Make haste slowly' (T260)

Iris Royale: Elegant spirit of regal splendor. (T258)

Conundrum: Have you guessed the riddle yet? (T257)

Winged Sage: "Hope is the thing with feathers, That perches in the soul." -Emily Dickinson (T256)

Cavalry: Find triumph in knowing, That dawn is beyond the dark night. (T255)

New Beginnings: Nestled in these petals lies, Friendship, joy and freedom. The future you dream of, Lays waiting. (T254)
(What a lovely graduation, new job, wedding or even retirement gift this block would be!)

Hourglass: Live presently. Discover the eternity of this moment. (T253)

(This is definitely my favorite new introduction! What a wonderful quote and a such smart contradiction to what most people would think of when they look at the image on the block.)

Valentine's Day Was For Lovers (of Sid Dickens)

Friday afternoon a big shipment of Sid Dickens memory blocks arrived at our store and we quickly got to work getting them unpacked and up on our wall as it had gotten a little bare. By Friday night we'd gone through 12 of them and by Sunday, a total of 25 had sold. We hadn't realized that Sid Dickens memory blocks were such a hot Valentine's item.

Our store is typically one filled with women and it's always fun to see how the numbers change close to Christmas, Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. The men arrive and inevitably we hear "My wife loves this store . . .what has she pointed out recently?" Our response is always "Terrific! Who's your wife?"

This year though, they were on the ball, thoughtfully choosing Sid Dickens tiles for their special someones to add to their collections. Just one of the wonderful things about Sid Dickens memory blocks is that each has a name and a short poem on the back of the tile that correlates to the image. Some of our favorite blocks purchased for Valentines Day this year were:

Life's Tale (T220)

Story of lost and found...

With tempestuous joy we venture

These paths of mischief.

The wife of the man who purchased Life's Tale was French and so he thought it was perfect for her.

Gameboard (T2005)

Life is a great game board and we the

players.

Take a chance.

A woman purchased this block over the weekend for her foster son who was enrolled in the military. His number when he played sports was 5.

Union (T236)

True love deserves neither honors nor

reproaches

A couple who recently started a collection came in together this weekend to add to their wall and chose this one together.

One of my little Valentines at home was quite excited today when he noticed "his" block was back on our wall. We have our family's four Zodiac blocks hanging in our living room and just before Christmas a customer came in to the store who'd just had a baby and was desparate for the Libra block. We didn't have another shipment coming until after the holidays so I brought the Libra I have at home in for her. Our replacement Libra just arrived in Friday's shipment and now our wall is complete again!

There are so many ways to incorporate Sid Dickens Memory Blocks into your home. You can choose them purely for decoration and to enjoy the textures, colors and patterns. They're especially nice though when they've been chosen either by you, or for you, and they hold a special meaning.

Our shipment of the new 2011 Spring memory blocks from the Sid Dickens "Through The Looking Glass" collection will be arriving soon!