I came across a website that I hadn’t heard of until today entitled: http://www.volunteermatch.com. The objective of the site is to assist good people by providing a conduit for connection to good causes. I found the concept to be quite refreshing and decided to devote today’s blog post to highlighting their service.
During the holiday season many non-profit organizations and religious groups carry out wonderful acts of service in their communities. These groups accomplish a great deal of good during this busy season of the year. Some of these outreach efforts touch senior citizens, homeless people, those that are hungry and other groups with real, tangible needs that can be met by the loving outreach of others.
The holiday season for many Americans is a time of hustle and bustle. The season often includes long trips to the mall, decorating our homes “just right”, traveling to see family and friends and a host of other activities. The sentiment for many people after the conclusion of the season is one relief and a desire to “catch up on rest”. Sometimes I wonder if the season wouldn’t feel so hectic and crazy if we made time to connect to a cause that helps meet the needs of others during, what can be, a difficult time for some.
If you’ve ever had that thought go through your mind, I’d encourage you to consider checking out the website above and see if you can get connected to a great cause that will make a difference in the life of someone else.
The website offers a nice feature that assists people in finding opportunities. Although it’s only August 1st, opportunities to help out during the holiday season are already being published for this coming season. Consider taking a look to see what’s available and maybe start a new tradition with your family!
Thanks for stopping by today.
Below is a screen shot of the “finding opportunities” page:
Special thanks to Kristie B. for sending in a photo of her completed Christmas stocking kit. This particular kit is manufactured by Bucilla and is entitled “Cruising Santa“. This kit is very popular and features Santa on a motorcycle – perfect for someone in your life who enjoys bikes.
If you would like more information on this kit, please click here: Cruising Santa Bucilla Stocking Kit.
Thanks for stopping by and thanks again to Kristie B. for sending in the photo.
Customer Photo of completed stocking kit: Cruising Santa
MerryStockings is very excited about our new line of Needlepoint Christmas stockings. We recently had a few days in the photography studio and have our imagery ready for the website. The products will be live on the site this week. For those that would like a sneak peek at the new Needlepoint stockings, here ya go:
Needlepoint Stockings - NEW for 2011
MerryStockings is always adding new products to our offering as we strive to be the not only the best quality, but also the best selection. This year is no different. We will be offering several new lines of Christmas stockings. We debuted a line of Christmas stockings last year that we called our “Character Christmas Stockings“. These stockings featured applique Christmas figures sewn onto the stocking by hand with lots of neat embellishments. This year, because last year’s Character series was such a hit, we are adding a new Character series. We haven’t named it yet, and they aren’t on the site yet. They will be live on the site by the end of this week. However, we did receive the photography back from the photo shoot and want to share a picture of the forthcoming series. Here it is…again, they will be available this week online.
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MerryStockings 2011 Character Series
We are often asked about the embroidery process and the equipment we use to personalize our Christmas decorations, and we decided to put together a video showing a Christmas stocking being embroidered. For some this might be kind of boring, but, if you’re one of those people that like to learn about “how things work”, you may be interested in viewing the two minute video.
If you are a facebook user, you can view the video by going to www.Facebook.com/MerryStockings.
If you are not a facebook user, you can view the video at the following URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLviV0iyM4
As always, we appreciate your support and business and enjoy the video.
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MerryStockings
MerryStockings.com sells a lot of Bucilla Christmas stocking kits. They are wonderful kits with tons of ornate details that make wonderful gifts. I still have my stocking from when I was born that was put together by my mother in 1978. Suffice to say, they are heirlooms and people treasure them for years. When people call in they often ask the question, “what’s the most popular stocking kit?”. It’s a valid question because we have over 70 kits in stock (35 of which are Bucilla kits). So, to answer the question, we added up all of the kits we sold in the first 6 months of the year and created a top 10 list. We also added the number of units that the top 10 sold and then show each kit’s % of the top 10 units sold.
So here is the top 10 Bucilla Christmas stocking kits as sold by MerryStockings from January 1st, 2011 – June 30th, 2011:
1. Candy Express (16.82%)
2. In the Workshop (12.58%)
3. HoHoHo Santa (11.52%)
4. Cupcake Angel (10.91%)
5. Sugar Plum Ferry (10.00%)
6. Christmas Cookies (8.94%)
7. Woodland Snowman (8.33%)
8. Snow Fun (7.27%)
9. Princess (6.97%)
10. Santa Poinsettia Tree (6.67%)
If you are interested in checking out one of the kits on our Bucilla top 10 list, just click on the link.
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MerryStockings has been carrying the full line of Bucilla Christmas Stocking kits for over a year now. Frankly, they are one of the more popular products we offer and our customers really love them. Many of them continue to come back to us and order new kits as the need to make more stockings for additional family members arise. We are very excited to begin offering Bucilla Christmas Tree Skirts as well. We will be adding these wonderful skirts to our website in the coming days. The wonderful thing about a lot of these skirts is that they match the stockings. So, if you desired to have a matching stocking and tree skirt from Bucilla, it’s not possible to get both products from us.
We appreciate your business and are excited to continue to expand to support our customers.
All the best!
MerryStockings.com
Christmas Tree Skirt by Bucilla
Thanks to Connie T. for sending in this photo of Bucilla Christmas stocking kit: Sports Santa.
We appreciate the photo and are excited to add this to our growing list of customer photos.
If you are interested in saving money on your next order at MerryStockings.com, please send us a photo of one of our products in your home and we’ll provide you with a discount code you can use on your next order.
Here is the photo:
Bucilla Christmas stocking kit: Sports Santa Clause
