| Some people have asked for various things that I have needed to go page by page myself to find things that I know I have but can't be sure where they all are. Now that the Christmas rush is over, I will use this page to help customers and myself keep such a list. An idea given to me from a customer: Towels make a great wedding gift and more than once I've had a mother & daughter combine their presents to a bride by a gift of 12 hanging towels ($36 for 12 singles). These towels make a unique present. Suggestions: Jan-holiday/winter towel; Feb-misc/heart towel and hearts also found with animals, flowers, and other misc; Mar-Easter or holiday/various-Mardi Gras; April-flower or fruit; May-flower, fruit, patriotic, or summer pasttime (bear with patriotic kite); June-misc towel such as seashells, lighthouse, cabin, animal/fishing, etc for vacations; July-patriotic (see below), animal-bear, animal birdhouses, miscellaneous section; August-apples/fruit, cows for State Fair; Sept-holiday/fall; Oct-holiday/halloween; Nov-holiday/Thanksgiving; and Dec-holiday/Christmas or holiday/various-Hanukkah. As part of the set, the misc/kitchen canisters or groceries (MIGRC001, MIJEL001, MIKIT001, MIMIS003) or sewing (MISEW001 & 002 and more) also fit well for any month. The ANBER024 is a wash day bear. ANBER028 has many cooking words listed and there is a baking rabbit on the animal/rabbit page as ANRAB002. Not only for weddings, but a new home or new apartment gift is perfect time for a gift of a towel with a saying of Home Sweet Home, Bless our home, Welcome, or a similar wording. ANBER011, ANBER022, ANBIR001, ANBIR002, ANBIR003, ANBIR005, ANBIR008, ANBIR019, ANBIR026, ANBIR027, FLROS003, MICAB001, MIHOU001, MIHOU004, MIHOU005 and MIHOU006. A towel for friends: ANBER006, ANBER013, ANBER014, ANBER027, ANBER029, and ANBEE001. Patriotic towels of flags or red-white-and-blue are found in just about all categories. ANBER004-bear with flag; ANBER012-bear with hearts; ANBER023-bear with red-white-and-blue kite; ANBIR013 + 016-birdhouses; FRAPP008-Americana apple; MILIG013-Americana lighthouses & sailboats; MILIG015-lighthouses and flags; MIAME001-Americana patchwork; MIGBA001-God Bless America; Flag in $pecialty towel$ section. For those who like Sewing: ANBER006-bear angel with sewing basket; ANMOS005-wildlife patchwork; HOCTR012-Christmas trees & stars patchwork; MIHOU003-patchwork houses; MIAME001-Americana patchwork; MIGBA001-God Bless America patchwork; MISEW001-Sew happy items; and MISEW002-sewing machine. Angels: ANBER006-bear angel; ANCAT004-cat angel; FLANG001-angel with flowers; HOCAN001 + 2 + 3-holiday/Christmas angels; HOCTN002-angel ornament; and MIANG001 + 2-misc/angels. Churches: ANBIR015+19-birdhouse churches; and HOCSL002-Christmas sleigh by a church. For those who have their kitchens done with apples, not only do I have pages of apples in the Fruit--Apples section, but there are also apples with bears and roosters. There's too many to list, but I just wanted to let you know that you may find some in those categories that you may wish to order. Celestial (sun moon & stars): MISMS001 & 002 [or for fun- an angel with flowers and moon & stars FLANG001] Golfers: I have two golf towels just for you on the course. I do NOT crochet it but the towel has the necessary grommet and clip. Check out $pecialty towel$, page 3. The Christmas rush starts every year at the end of Sept/beginning of Oct. In the Christmas 2001 season, I had very little business. My site was nothing like it is now, and I really knew little about websites. It was totally different by the Christmas 2002 season when the popular towels were: roosters, apples, lighthouses, bears (real, such as ANBNT002 [by the way, BNT stands for "bear, not teddy"]), butterflies, ladybugs, daisies, roses, sunflowers, red chili peppers, strawberries, Christmas, and Fall leaves. The FRBLU001, FRFRU006, and FRHER002 were very, very popular; people ordered them and returned to order more. Christmas 2003 season showed the popularity again of roosters, apples, and the flowers of daisies, roses & sunflowers. The gardening and herb towels were very popular along with the butterflies, dragonflies and birdhouses. The grapes and olive towels were in demand. Christmas, Fall and yes, Easter and Halloween were really popular. I sold more Easter towels this Christmas season than at Eastertime. Halloween towels were popular from Sept through Dec. The towels that especially stood out were FLROS002, FLMIS005, FLTUL002, FLTUL004, MIGBA001 and MITWN001. The two most popular that kept me busy was the Rose 2 and the Town. I had had 13 ros2 and 6 twn1 done in the beginning of the season and all those sold and many more were crocheted. The town towel was new in 2003. It's interesting to see the changes from year to year. Christmas 2004 season sold many, many flowers, especially tulips (in Flowers/Various). For the second year I sold more Halloween and Easter towels during this Christmas season (Oct-Dec) than I did during the rest of the year. Teddy bear towels were still popular but I think Cat towels were the biggest seller. I don't think there were outstanding individual towels that sold; just general categories. This site is getting big and there's so much to view. 12/5/08 - I just realized I never had this page linked to my site so no one ever saw this page. The info is good though and I hope it helps some. Again this Christmas, many bought groups of seasonal towels and I sold many Easter, Patriotic, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas all in the Christmas orders. I sold a number of Hanukkah towels along with other holidays. This year a wide assortment were popular including the usual Teddy bears, BNT (bear not teddy) and other woodsy towels such as Moose and Fishing, Butterflies, Cows, Cats, All flowers, Apples, etc. |
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