Tattered Rose opens for second Saturday in a row!

Tattered Rose will be open this Saturday from 11-3. 

This will be our second Saturday open since breaking my arm 2 days before Christmas and we hope to get back our full normal hours very soon, if not sooner. ♥

UPDATE: We NOT be open Sat. Feb. 4th after all....see new post.

Thank You!

Thank you to all of my lovely customers who stopped by yesterday for the first day the shop was open since the broken arm incident! It was so great to be back with my customers even if it was for a short day.

It tired my arm out but it was worth it....so it looks like we'll be open at least next Saturday and play it by ear after that.

I just want to have my life & business back to normal. 💕

Trial Opening Today!

Yes.... we will be open today for the first time since I broke my arm on December 23rd.

Stop by for a visit and some retail therapy......11 am to 2 pm.

UPDATE on My Broken Arm

Well, here we are in week 4 of healing from a fractured humerus. Although I am getting better and the pain has lessened since that first (horrible) week, there are some days it seems like I am going backwards in my healing, usually when I have tried to do too much.

For example: I noticed that the wild bird feeders hanging from the huge pine tree in our front yard had become almost empty.  I had asked my husband to fill them, but with all of the extra stuff he has had to do since my fall, this was not a priority for him. I totally get that.

Still, I felt bad that "my" birds were running low on seed. So, I tossed on my boots and jacket, with the container of bird seed in my left arm (the one I didn't break) and proceeded on a mission to fill the bird feeders.

Ordinarily, this task would have been easy as pie but with my injured right arm in a sling and a terrible fear of falling again, it was exhausting. One of the feeders requires two hands to fill....one to lift up the little roof and the other to pour.  Don't ask me how I did it with one hand.  Sheer (and stupid) determination, I guess.

That's when my pain started coming back in my broken arm. Add to that cutting some fabric, making a batch of porridge and taking pictures for my etsy shop and it was more than my poor little arm could stand. The pain came back in waves and I was so scared that I had re-injured myself.

But after a night's sleep (which is now 4 hours if I'm lucky) the pain has subsided again and I am feeling better. I will try to take it easier. More t.v. watching and resting for this gal today.

This was a (very) long-winded way of saying that even though I am slowly getting better, I am not ready to go back to work....to my shop. Nor can I drive yet.

It will be 4 weeks this Friday and they say it takes 4-8 weeks to heal well enough to start getting back to normal but a year or more to be fully healed. I am praying and hoping that I can re-open Tattered Rose really soon.

Stay tuned...........miss you all!
♥

Tattered Rose will be closed for a while.....

I broke my arm two days before Christmas and have been seriously out of commission (and in a great deal of pain & discomfort) ever since.

I will let you know when we are open again.

To my customers: Sorry about the inconvenience this may cause. I will get back as soon as I can.

Carol
Tattered Rose

Sometimes.....

Things are winding down...the last few days before the Christmas shopping "rush" although this year, it has been more of a slow stroll.

It is not an easy time of year for some of us....lost loved ones, lost jobs, or a sense of not feeling the Christmas spirit the way it used to feel.

Like most things, this too shall pass....eventually. Not the facts of your loss but the overwhelming feelings that may occupy a lot of your time. That is what helps me get through it because I am one of those people who don't especially love this time of year any more. The Christmas season makes me realize how much I miss my Mom who left this Earth on March 6, 2007, just after I opened Tattered Rose in Edmonton. It also makes me think of my family who are far away that I can't be with.

I usually cannot listen to Christmas songs in stores because the tears well up in my eyes and sometimes even make it down my cheeks. I thought it was only the sappy ones but the other day, while in Petsmart buying food for our cats the the wild birds that hang out in our pine tree outside, I found myself getting emotional while "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" was playing. Crazy.

But I am very happy to have helped some of my customers find special gifts for their loved ones....that makes it worthwhile for me.

I always breathe a sigh of relief the day after New Years Eve. The holidays are done for another year and I can get on with my normal amount of crying for lost loved ones, which is only now and then.

For everyone who feels this way, I reach out to you and give you a hug. Sometimes all we need is a hug from a friend.

It will be OK.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Love,

Carol
♥

Tattered Rose Loves Knitwear!

A sort of haiku:

So, this is where the "urban" part comes in. This knitted poncho/scarf. Cozy & modern....and urban.
Tattered Rose is eclectic but not everything has ruffles.
Ruffles are good, great even but not everyone wants to wear them.
We have plenty of non-ruffled clothing to choose from. In fact, we probably have 10 times as much clothing that isn't ruffled than is.
I still love ruffles though.
And lace.
Oh, and velvet!

♥