Santa Arrival Weekend!

This coming weekend, December 2 & 3, is the annual Santa arrival and tree lighting at Country Village. There will be caroling and train rides throughout the weekend. Pony rides from noon to 4:00 pm, weather permitting. BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Santa arrives in his sleigh from the sky at 7:00 pm Saturday only followed by a traditional tree lighting. Enjoy thousands of twinkling lights and beautiful lit displays featuring the giant sea serpent in the pond, fiddling pig, trumpeting angels, animated train, dragon fly, and more! Complimentary hot roasted chestnuts beginning at 4:00 pm Saturday 'til they last. Call (425) 483-2250 for more information. (as found on www.countryvillagebothell.com) Truly, this is a weekend not to be missed! Great shopping, activities for the family, and tons of fun! Come see us at The Patch, and bring the family!

HopeLink Wrap Up!

THANK YOU, everyone who came out this past weekend to support our Giving Thanks HopeLink Benefit Event! The total raised between the participating shops was $1500 and two boxes of food! That's AMAZING!

The Weed Patch would also like to thank the following shops for their participation in the event:

• Country Cottage Wine Merchants (www.countrycottagewines.com)
• Peanut Butter & Lily's (www.peanutbutterandlily.com)
• Chapters Photography (www.chaptersphoto.com)
• Town Hall Antique Mall
• Ye Olde Whitehouse Antiques & Candy Shoppe
• Pacific Nights

HopeLink Fundraiser Update!

UPDATE: It's 2PM on Sunday, and The Weed Patch has now raised $1016.47 for HopeLink! Hopefully this evening I'll have numbers from the other participating shops, so keep your eyes peeled here!

Well, it's 2:15pm on Saturday and the store is packed! There's people wandering all over Country Village, so we're hoping that everyone is doing spectacularly in raising money and food donations for HopeLink.

Currently, between Friday & Saturday, The Weed Patch (alone) has raised $681.60 for HopeLink (and that's not even counting the cash donation box sitting on the counter!) Come in and do your Christmas shopping, and let's see if we can hit $1500! Bring your food donations and put them in the bin outside, too!

As a side note, all our Thanksgiving is 25% off during our event this weekend, so come and get it while it lasts!

Keep your eyes peeled here for more updates at the end of the day, and throughout the day tomorrow. We'll also post the total here of ALL the participating shops early next week, once we have tallied everything.

Thanks for your help, on behalf of The Weed Patch, Country Village, and HopeLink! (www.hope-link.org)

Giving Thanks Benefit Weekend :: HopeLink

This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (Nov. 17 - 19) we, along with several other shops here at Country Village, are hosting a benefit fundraiser for HopeLink, a local non-profit agency (http://www.hope-link.org/). We have donation stations set up for food, gifts, and school supplies, as well as two locations for monetary donations. There's information at The Weed Patch on HopeLink, for those of you who would like to know more about HopeLink and what they do.

Come in to The Weed Patch this weekend, and help us raise money for HopeLink! We're giving 10% of the total weekend sales to HopeLink; Town Hall Antique Mall is also donating 10% of their total sales, and Peanut Butter & Lily (formerly Fancy Frocks) is donating 5%. Chapter's Photography is donating all session sitting fees for this entire week; Pacific Nights is donating $1 for every Victorian Jar Candle sold; you can donate school supplies and gifts at The Whitehouse Antiques & Candy Shoppe.

So come, bring friends and family, and help raise some money for families that need a helping hand!

The Holiday Open House was a SUCCESS!

Thanks to everyone who came in to the store this past weekend for the Holiday Open House here at Country Village. We had a lot of fun, even though the store was so packed you couldn't walk through it!

For those of you who didn't make it in, the store has been coverted over to Christmas, and HOLY COW does it look good! I would encourage you to plan on coming in this Friday (17th) / Saturday (18th) / Sunday (19th) to see the store! If you're looking for Christmas stuff, we've got what you want - and it's going fast! Some of it we can't get again, so don't wait to come in if you're looking for something specific. Also, this weekend is our Giving Thanks Hopelink Benefit Event - come shop, and we'll give 10% of the total weekend (Fri - Sun) sales to HopeLink! There's several other shops participating, too - so come on down to The Village this next weekend!