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Oh goodness, what a couple of weeks we have had with weather!  I hope everyone got to where they were going for Christmas and got home safe as well.  We went to my folks place and made it just fine and couldn’t leave for 5 days, but it was wonderful to have that long for vacation!

I love blizzard days, especially when my whole family is with me.  The only little problem with blizzard days is that while I LOVE working at home, even when everyone else can’t get to work, I can still work, so that is a little conflicting .   It’s a good thing I love what I do, or I would dread these snowed-in days. 

So I have been busy catching up on the various lines and filling orders, scrunchy scarves, Barbies, frayed scarves and 2, count them!, 2 new styles that can be worn across your chess that are adjustable. I haven’t even named them yet, but look forward to who they will remind me of and just who will be granted their names.     I think they will be received well and I can say now that I do have some messenger style bags that are adjustable, I love filling a need! 

My niece turns 1 tomorrow so I have been brainstorming on what to give her.  I think I may make her a very little purse, after all, she should be initiated into the purse community appropriately!  I made her an adorable hat for Christmas and have been given some good reviews on it so maybe I will have to add hats to the Olive Branch line when I get up to full speed after baby arrives. 

Only six more weeks to go and this baby is debuting!  I am excited as well as scared for all the busyness and lack of sleep moms get.  I am also encouraged though because God has always provided me strength and endurance and proven me wrong,-thank goodness! 

I have just booked the first trunk show for late March in Minnesota, so if you are thinking you would like to be a part of our “tour” in the Minnesota area  for trunk shows, email us at rebekahscottdesigns@yahoo.com and we can talk about some dates and plan out some girl time! The host benefits include a FREE scrunchy scarf right now for booking.

Check out www.shoprsd.com in the coming weeks to see the new additions, and in the meanwhile-Enjoy our winter wonderland!

Happy New Year!  We hope your holidays were everything you wanted them to be with lots of snow to boot! 

Oh goodness has this Christmas season been busy!  But I wouldn’t have it any other way, well maybe a few more slow sipped hot ciders and time in front of our Christmas tree just counting my blessings, but I will take what I got! 

I wanted to mention what a wonderful year we have had with Rebekah Scott Designs.  I do love this time of year, because it causes us all to reflect on what we have and where we have been. God has sent us running all around and we are so blessed because of it!  Thank you all for supporting us and really loving our products. I say it often but I really do just simply love what I do.  I wake up every morning thinking I am the luckiest gal alive, I do what I love everyday and never dread a Monday morning!  Thank you for making that possible. 

We are always coming up with new lines to introduce each year and January is a great month to do that. I really sit down with tea and start brainstorming about products I want to introduce and what my customers have made requests for.  I love dreaming and sketching up new things and even doing the first prototypes. I know for sure right now, that I am adding 1-2 new long styles that can be worn over your shoulder and across your chest. I am pretty excited to get started on this because so many have asked and I have a few in mind already.  We are also thinking about expanding the Olive Branch line to include more pieces.  I love designing for this one as well.  We will have to see what this baby in my tummy is in mid-Feb., to see if this one will cause some more inspiration!  Can’t wait for that as well!

As for Trunk shows, be sure and get them booked now for Jan and early Feb.  I will be taking 6 weeks off for baby and the new adjustments that come with adding one more!  So I would like to have the trunk shows in the books to plan ahead.  We will be taking orders during that time, just not filling them until after the 6 weeks. We will have a great host package for shows in Jan, so stay tuned to find out this coming Monday, the 28th,  what we will be offering! 

Merry Christmas everyone, enjoy your holidays thoroughly and take time to reflect and Praise God for all we have!

Like my take on the ”Let it snow?”  Ha-ha    This weekend is the Minglewood Merry Merry Marketplace and you are going to have a ball!  My friend and very talented artisan Carmen Dyar hosts this show every Christmas season in her home in Sioux Falls.  I love this show because it is so personal and easy to shop and enjoy yourself away from the hussle and bussle of holiday shopping. There will be around 9-12 artisans featured in her home so plenty of unique gift ideas and presents to purchase for a personal touch.  I will have my new scrunchy scarves, the Pixies and the Barbies there that are great gift items, each around $30.   Print this blog update and receive 10% off your order! Visit the website at www.shoprsd.com to pre-shop and see what’s new.  The show is Dec. 3rd and 4th this weekend, and things sell out fast, so make plans to shop early.   I will be there ready to greet customers and share the spirit of Christmas in a less hassled atmosphere.  I even have the “bowl full of jelly” tummy this year to dress the part of Santa if I wanted   I haven’t ruled it out yet!

Rebekah Scott Designs has tried a completely new way of doing trunk shows, via Skype! We tried this last Saturday morning with host Paula Pierce from Rapid City. She was equipped with one suitcase full of 21 purses, 10 cosmetics, one Barbie and one Pixie. We also included plenty of marketing tools to help with also.
The show actually happened by mistake. I was going to be present and do the show in Rapid City when things fell through with travel, so we decided to still do the show by sending the bags and then being able to see and chat during the show via Skype.
Skype is a free service that allows people from all over the world to see eachother and chat on their computers. It is a wonderful service and we may be using it even more now!
The show presented a few kinks, but I am sure we can iron them out before the next show! All in all, the host Paula, received her great credit and I still got to meet her friends and family and tell everyone what I do and love for a living. If you think a Skype show is a possibility for you, contact us at www.shoprsd.com and let’s talk about booking a show!

Here we go! Christmas is only 51 days away, can you believe it? I love Christmas, and I have been listening to Christmas music for at least 2 weeks now! Our son Gus even sings jingle bells with hope in his eyes, or at least I like to think so!

With Christmas this close we should go over the Rebekah Scott Designs Christmas rush! During the holidays are turnaround increases to four weeks. So we would like the orders placed for Christmas by Dec. 7th so we can have our your gifts out in time to celebrate. We will of course accept orders after the 7th, but will be limited to what we can get done and what we have in stock to send out. If you are designing your own, the best way to have it in time is email us your ideas by Dec. 7th, so we can clarify and finalize it all. You may still order and buy after the 7th, it just becomes a bigger rush and tougher to make sure everything is out by then.

We have two big shows coming up that you can shop at as well. The Autumn Festival is Nov 12th-15th in Shakopee MN at Canterbury Park. We love this show, a huge number of booths are there with super talented artisans and the show really ushers in the holiday spirit.

We also have the Minglewood Art Show Dec 4th-5th in Sioux Falls. This is home show hosted by my good friend Carmen Dyar. She hosts this show in her home with 6 other artists. Her home is inspiration enough to go. The show is free to attend and so worth it just to see her home! She is a very talented decorator and she merchandises all the artists items a week in advance to show off that weekend. I love this show, so personal and so much fun to feel the Christmas spirit all around. I bring all my goods to buy or you can design your own as well. This is my 4th year doing her show and each year it gets better and better. So reserve the first weekend in December, the 4th and 5th for the Minglewood Studios Merry Merry Christmas Marketplace. I will send out our invite closer to the date with directions and times. We offer 10% off for both shows by printing this blog entry, and also for ordering before Dec. 7th, it pays to shop early .

Merry Merry Marketplace Invite

As for other news, we are busy- busy filling orders for Barbies and Pixies for the upcoming shows and salons. They pick up in popularity during the holidays and really fly off the shelves. The Wristlet’s are $28 and the Pixies are $30 along with the Cosmetics at $15, so they are great gift ideas and stocking stuffers. We have placed 8 new wristlets at Hip Chic boutique in downtown Sioux Falls this, and will have 4 Barbies and 4 Pixies at the Atoley Salon in Sioux Falls. We are also selling the often sold-out Bobby pins at the Atoley Salon. We sent 4 of the new scrunchy scarves to Trendz Boutique in downtown Brookings SD with 100 bobby pins. Shop now and shop big before they sell out!

Enjoy this season of bliss and family and always express your inner beauty.

Hello all!  We have one busy week ahead of us!  The Sioux Falls Autumn Festival in the Arena and Convention Center is this weekend, Oct 9th-12th.  Our booth number is R1, right on the corner, so come and check out all the new things; including the new oin purse Polly, the new styles, Nikki and Kelsey, and of course, some new fabrics!  I am hoping to have at least 4 dresses from the Olive branch line there as well–super cute and a super fit for stylish little girls    We will also have more Pixies made up, and Barbie’s-the wristlet’s-plus some bobby pins to try on and purchase as well.  And to top it off- the new scarf design I came up with.  It is the “scrunchy” scarf, perfect for our weather coming in, and to show off a funky broach you may own.  Whew!  Did you get all that?  We have been busy and having a ball with it!!!

Also, we have started selling some bags in a new boutique in Brookings SD.  It is called “La Te Da” and has the cutest atmosphere and items to buy.  I just love inspiring spaces, and Lisa,the owner, certainly has created a space like that.  We took 6 bags and some new cosmetic bags to La Te Da.  Be sure to check her out her store in Brookings, located south on 22nd street.

Next weekend, Oct 16th and 17th is the Expo For Her event, also In Sioux Falls, at the arena/convention center.  Stay tuned for details on this fune event for women.

Hello!  What a busy fall season already, I am making soup tonight for my family to really get in the mood!  We just took in some scarves to the Trendz boutique in Brookings SD. So if you are in the area, stop by and look at the new scarves by Rebekah Scott Designs.  They are our square scarves with the must-have fringed edge.  There are several different ways of wearing them and they are posted on the website at www.shoprsd.com as well as on www.facebook.com on the fan page.  I love the trend of scarves because they are so effortless and such a quick update to that plain t-shirt.  The scarves are $20 and available at Trendz boutique in downtown Brookings SD, and also Hip Chic boutique in downtown Sioux Falls SD.

Also, we just got our coin purses done!  So look on the website www.shoprsd.com in the next couple of weeks to see the newest addition to add to your shopping cart!  They are $8 in price and perfect for your loose change.  They are approx. 3in by 4in.  and have a spring loaded closure.  You can order them to match your bag or order one that doesn’t match and take a walk on the wild side  Please note- depending on the repeat of the fabric you choose, the coin purses will vary because of the way they are cut out and just where they are cut out on the fabric.

Check out Etch Hair Salon and Spa  in Sioux Falls SD to see the new purses we just took in there also.   Here we come fall!

We are traveling west river in South Dakota to do some trunk shows, so if you are thinking about hosting a show and live around that area, please email us at rebekahscottdesigns@yahoo.com and we can go over some dates and do a trunk show.  The hostess credits are really awesome and the month of Oct and Nov. are still double reward points, so $20 per order placed at your show!

Have a great week and express your inner beauty!

I am on the front page of the “thepostsd .com”  Visit www.thepostsd.com to read the article.  I am really excited to be included in this online publication, what a great opportunity to spread the word about my business. The writer, Amy Dunkle really captured my passion for what I do, I simply love what I do!! Enjoy

Meet Pixie! She is fun, portable and even has class to boot!  She has just enough room for your cell phone, the perfect shade of lipstick, some cash, and your keys, and the other essentials for the perfect evening out.  She is approximately 10 inches by 7 inches. She is $30.00 and will available on the website www.shoprsd.com, through the shopping cart soon.  Or get creative and design your own by emailing your idea to rebekahscottdesigns@yahoo.com.   I created her because I have a secret fetish for evening bags.  Somehow I think my husband will get the hint that I would like to go on dates more often, because he will get lots of attention due to the fabulous evening bag that his wife is carrying!  In the past I have admitted that I am a big bag lady, but I also love efficiency, and that is exactly what Pixie brings to the party.  So get your groove on, Pixie is your new girls night out!