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The Prickly Patch in Fort Davis
Shop Local... Neighbors Located in one of the small shops of J Davis Emporium [211 N State St, Fort Davis, TX], the Prickly Patch is a cute and very interesting antique, vintage, collectible and Fun store run by Rhonda Honeycutt and Marlen Gray. The store is open primarily on Fridays and Saturdays. Rhonda often posts on Facebook (Fort Davis Community Chat) when they will be open. Check it out for all sorts of vintage and antique glassware, home decor and furniture. Locally taken photos and cards of Texas landscape and wildlife. There are beautiful and…
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A Holiday Gift Guide…
From Over the Rainbow It is just weeks until Christmas, and what better time to Shop Local, to explore the businesses that help to keep your community thriving and vibrant. You don’t have to go far to find all sorts of lovely and unique gifts and stocking stuffers. We are lucky in Fort Davis to have a great selection of small businesses to explore and treasure hunt in. Check out my Neighbors Posts for information on small shops in the Fort Davis, Marfa and Alpine area.
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What’s Behind the Curtain
As of this weekend (Mid-February…) we have officially been open for business nine months. I’ll admit that it has not been without its ups and downs. There are days when business is so good that our optimism soars. And then there are those others that pass with not a single customer coming through the door. When that happens, the mood tends to shift into unwelcome channels of “what if?” I Wrote the first version of this post last summer after being open for only a couple of months. A lot has changed in the interim,…
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Counting Down to Christmas
We’re super excited and well stocked for the Holiday Season. To help with the Celebration we’re offering a different store discount every day leading up to Christmas. It’s our version of the Advent Calendar, with a new sale for each day. What a lot of fun. The store is decked out for Christmas. We’ve got heaps of ornaments and decorations both gently used and new, lots of them vintage treasures. We have gift wrap, cards and holiday themed party ware. And, our regular stock of gifts and eclectically inclined home goods. From graphic tees to…
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Getting to Know Our Neighbors
At Somewhere Over the Rainbow, we’re not just enthusiastic about our own shop. Small businesses, particularly those in Small Towns need to support one another, to carry that idea of Shopping Local to the next level. We have to Live Local, to remember our neighbors, visit their businesses and choose to keep our own dollars in the community whenever it is feasible. To those ends, we want to use space on our website to promote our friends and neighbors in Fort Davis, and all the neighboring areas. Look for a post about a business or local…
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Behind the Rainbow
https://www.overtherainbowtx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/firefly-window.mp4#t=,5 As of this weekend (July 17 & 18) we have officially been open for business two months. It has not been without its ups and downs I’ll admit. There have been days when business was so good that our optimism soared. And others that passed without a single customer coming through the door. When that happens, the mood tends to shift into unwelcome channels of “what if?” Even after so short a time, we all are beginning to realize that you can’t let yourself get caught in these loops for good or ill. A…
