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Wedding A-Z

August 17th, 2010

Tyler has many different wedding dress stores. Many times the smaller stores are over looked and brides rush over to David’s Bridal. Though I like the dress selection of David’s Bridal, I recommend to all brides that before they make the choice to buy their dress to shop around a little. One of Tyler’s small bridal stores is Wedding A-Z. Wedding A-Z creates a great experience shopping for your wedding, prom, or Quinceanera.

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Dress shopping is much more than just picking out a fluffy white dress. It is really important to enjoy the experience. Wedding A-Z has a great staff that is prepared to pair the bride with her perfect dress. There are many different designer dresses sold at this store. Some of my personal favorite designers such as Sarah Danielle, Maggie Sottero, and Justin Alexander, sell their brand name dresses at this store. At this store that have all different dresses to match the theme of your wedding. Planning your wedding is extremely stressful and can be overwhelming. I think that every bride should enjoy the fun of picking out a dress.

 Most stores in Tyler have the prom dresses, tuxedoes, Quinceanera dresses, and bride’s maids’ dresses, and flower girls dresses, but Wedding A-Z also has a great selection of dresses for the mothers of the brides and grooms. The mother’s dresses are designed by well known designers such as Jessica McClintock, Venus, Scala, Forever Yours, and many others. The store has dresses for all size woman and designs that flatter all different body types.

Not only do they sell designer jewelry, beautiful veils, and shoes that top off your beautiful dress, you can also order your invitations here or on their website. You can get so much done for your wedding at one store.

A Little Behind

August 2nd, 2010

Anyone with small children will tell you that one of the most frustrating things is how fast little kids grow. It seems like you buy a pair of pants and your kids wear them once and by the time they got through the laundry cycle and out of the dryer they are to small for your kids. By the time your kids are three years old, you have a giant pile of clothes, instead of just throwing them out, why not make a few buck off of them?

A Little Behind is a resale store in Tyler. Most clothing is used or hand made. The idea or buying used clothing may not be appealing to everyone, but here the used clothes are in great condition and extremely organized. I was able to buy two pairs of jeans and a beautiful summer dress for a lower price that I usually spend on one pair of pants.

They had a small selection of maternity clothes, but that is not their main selling point. Most of the products in the store are toys, furniture, and clothing for small children. They have great sales such as half off a huge selection of clothing and they have had sales that were half off cribs and other furniture.

The walls are lined with hand made clothing and hair products for little girls. I love the hair bows that you can find there. There is a large selection of bright colored ribbons, and giant clothe flowers. One of the most expensive things you can find in the store is the “pillow case dresses”. All of the pillow case dresses are hand made and each has its own unique look and style.

               When you are either shopping or selling, you want to shop or work with honest and polite people. When I walked into the store for the first time I was greeted by the owner of the store who was working the counter. She was extremely helpful and gave her honest opinion on the products that she was selling, and even pointed out glitches in a table and chairs a lady was interested. I find it very comforting to know that I am getting great products for little money.

                 I hate going into a resale store when there are clothes unorganized and mixed up, and I have to dig through clothing to find a pair of jeans without a hole in the knee, or I have to think about how to get the spit up stain off an outfit. I did not have to worry about that here. All the clothes were in style and clean. It was easy to find the size of clothes that I needed because everything was extremely organized.

               When shopping at A Little Behind you are sure to get great clothes at unbelievable prices, and your shopping experience will not be stressful or overwhelming. A Little Behind is my favored resale store to buy clothes for my little kids.

The Potpourri House in Tyler, Yeah Yeah … I Know

July 20th, 2010

            I’m about to do two things that could conceivably come back to haunt me. First off I’m going to discuss a favorite Tyler eatery / department store / catering service, in a way that implies I’m not a big fan. Secondly, in discussing this establishment it will become apparent that I’ve been there. Ok so am I being too cryptic? Fine. The restaurant… or whatever, is the Potpourri House, (as I guess the title of this article gives away). Now it takes either a big man, or a shameless one to admit that he’s been to the Potpourri House, I’m not sure which one applies to me.

            The Potpourri House is a difficult business / eatery to describe. It is part gift shop, part café or tea house, part fine dining restaurant. As the name implies, they have a large supply of scented candles, incense, and of course potpourri. The store also carries inventory like higher end clothing and jewelry. I have this weird mental picture of patrons browsing through the store with a glass of wine in hand complaining about the men in their lives, or talking about Sex in the City. I don’t know why, that’s just the strange association I have with the restaurant.

            The food at the PH is actually pretty good, the portions are not exactly man size, but it’s tasty and generally light. The menu consists of a lot chicken, roast beef and shrimp. I guess at this point I should either turn in my man card or explain why I was interloping in this very feminine universe. First off I’ve been there two or three times. It seems the party planning committee at work contains all ladies, and they love the Potpourri House. And by the way the establishment specializes in parties, businesses and church groups. I guess I shouldn’t complain too much because work has always paid for the meals, but I’m not going to lie, it would be nice to have those parties somewhere else. I’m not suggesting a cigar bar or anything, I’d settle for gender neutral at this point. Anyway the party is generally the place where the Christmas bonuses are handed out, so I try to attend. But I do feel pretty out of place, and I often grab a bit to eat when I get home.

            The Potpourri House is not terrible it’s just very girly. I suggest that any male avoid it if at all possible. If that’s not possible try to avoid telling your buddies where you had lunch. For more information on the Potpourri House, visit their web page at www.potpourrihouse.com. For reservations call begin_of_the_skype_highlighting(903) 592-4171. They are located at 3320 Troup Highway in Tyler. end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Hand Me Ups

July 2nd, 2010

Almost every day I pass by this small store called Hand Me Up and was always curious about it. I finally went into the store the other day. It was really nothing special, about two rows of men’s clothes, maybe a foot and half of the rack in the children’s section would have fit my children, and they have about five rows of women clothing.

The women’s section was a few rows including pants, shirts, dresses, junior and misses sizes. There really were not very great clothes. I dug through the women’s dresses but most of them were full suit dresses that the women in church would wear when I was a little child.

They had a small selection of over sized jewelry behind the glass counter. If anyone knows me they could tell you that I love long and thick jewelry; but there was nothing very fashionable about huge blue rocks tied together. They had a pretty big selection of purses, most leather and had those ugly strings of leather hanging off of them. Lastly they had a pretty descent selection of shoes and that probably was the best thing about the whole store.

I glanced over the men’s section, but the outfit on the manikin in the window was tight pants and a pink collared shirt. If that was the best outfit I was curious what else they offered. There were about two rows of men’s clothes most were odd sizes and extremely out of style.

Lastly I checked out the children’s selection. Probably they most annoying thing was the fact that all the clothes were on miss labeled hangers. Eighteen month clothes were on three month hangers. It was so difficult to find the right size of each outfit. They had a cute selection of shoes. They were organized so I could see each pair of shoe and their sizes.

Hand Me Up is a consignment store. All clothing is pre-owned and way over priced! I did not want to spend twenty dollars on used clothes, I do not care if they are brand names or not. If you are interested in selling clothing in the store, they take consignments, such as clothing and accessories, Tuesdays thru Saturday. You get 50% of the sold price of every item you bring in.

All clothes have to be designer labels and not from Wal-Mart or Target. I do not really understand why they do not sell items from Target, some of my kid’s cutest clothes are from Target.

You have to make sure all clothing is clean, pressed and on hangers. Also all the clothes that you bring up there has to be in season, right now they are looking for summer clothing. Every four weeks the store will write you a check of the money earned of the items you sold. If the clothing that you brought in is not sold after 90 days, they will donate all clothing to local charities.

It was not worth it to go up there when I went shopping, but you never know, they are constantly getting new clothes. You might be able to find something that you will like. None of the employees seemed like they wanted to help anyone in the store. The business seemed poorly ran and the products were over priced used clothes.

Brides & Belles in Tyler Texas

May 20th, 2010

3524 South Broadway Avenue
Tyler, TX 75701
(903) 581-8211

It is nice to have a small bridal dress store in Tyler. Brides and Belles has all different wedding dresses, bride’s maid dresses, and prom dresses for sale. They started the store in 1986 here in Tyler. The owners and management has been the same since the beginning of the store opening, but the store stock has expanded and now the even rent out tuxedos. All tuxedos are from the styles of Jim’s Formal Wear.

I bought my wedding dress from Brides and Belles here in Tyler. I shopped at many different wedding dress stores before I found a dress that was right for me and in my low price range. When I came into Brides and Belles I was greeted by experienced sales women. They tried to help me really find the dress for my big day. The store has big sales that sells dresses up to 75% off. I got my $1000 dress for less than $400. The ladies were extremely helpful. The dress had make up on the collar due to the fact of other ladies trying on that dress. The store steam cleaned the dress for free for me and had it perfectly prepared for the wedding. You can find all different bride’s maids dresses. The selection is not as large as other stores such as David’s Bridal or other chain stores, but it still has a great selection of beautiful dresses.

If you are preparing for prom Brides and Belles has all the newest fashions of dresses. It seems like dresses are getting brighter, puffier, and shorter. I don’t get how some girls can spend so much money on a prom dress at a lot of bridal stores. Here you can get a beautiful fashionable dress in a reasonable price range.

I think that Brides and Belles is one of the better bridal shops in East Texas. It is always nice to shop at stores that are locally owned and are treated with such respect. The sales women at Brides and Belles really know what customer service means and are willing to answer questions and put you in the dress that you always dreamed of. After almost 25 years of serving the women of East Texas they know what women want and need to feel special and beautiful.