Customer Service

I want to share a great customer service story with you.  Many times when I shop there is a huge lack of customer service even down right rude associates and every now and again there is a shining light that surprises me.  

I ordered two shirts from Lands End Canvas about 4 weeks ago on line.  I even went out on the internet and googled for a coupon code, which I found for $10 off a $50 purchase and FREE shipping. My order totaled just over $45 with my discount.   It arrived and the shirts were just want I wanted, I washed them right away and wore both the first week.

THEN..............

This came in the mail 

REALLY a thank you note - and not just a thank you note but HANDWRITTEN for an internet order that I bought sale merchandise and used a coupon code for to further reduce what I spent.  I could not believe it, I was so impressed, I'm still impressed, so impressed that I saved the note for this post.  Not to mention the card was made of kraft paper and just fun!

Here's what Ms. Judy wrote!!!

Have you had a GREAT customer service experience?  

Please share your story so we can shop at those stores too!!

PS: Since the note I've ordered two more shirts, one for me and one for my daughter!!

Home Renovation Link Up

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Home renovation can be so rewarding and a bit frustrating at times. This week's link up is dedicated to all those projects you're currently in the process of, just finished up or even some great home renovations from the past. Our very own Chrissy has been getting her home renovation on lately. Chrissy is one motivated lady and tackling quite the project with some wallpaper removing...

I'm 100% positive that we are all going to be in awe over the "after" shots once Chrissy is finished. So let's link up those renovation projects and let Chrissy know she isn't alone! 

Insta-Friday

Since cell phones started having cameras in them, it has revolutionized what we take pictures of. Today we will snap pictures of our lunch, our pets, our kids making silly faces, what we are wearing or sneaky pictures of people to send to our friends when we think those people aren't looking. Cell phones have given a whole new meaning to the word, "snapshot". If you have an iPhone and aren't aware of the free Instagram app I suggest you stop reading go download it and then come back to finish reading. Instagram is a super fun app that allows you to share your photos with friends, family, followers, through social media and allows you to add fun filters to your photos to make them appear much cooler than they really are. I didn't download Instagram until a few months ago but since I downloaded I am hooked and look for things to take pictures of just so I can post them on Instagram. Through Instagram I can share my photos with my Instagram followers or chose to send my Instagram photos to Twitter, Facebook and even e-mail them. Since Instagram has grown the blog Life Rearranged started a weekly link up on Fridays for bloggers to share posts of all their Instagram photos. It is a fun post to write up and even more fun to hop around to the other blogs and check out their Instagram photos. So what are you waiting for? Download that Instagram app! Here are a few of my Instagram photos...

Twitter Link Up Party

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Twitter is a fantastic social networking tool and the ways in which you can use Twitter are endless. Twitter is a great way to market yourself, market your blog, market your shop, or market whatever else you might need marketed. You can also use Twitter for research purposes or just to find out what's going on in the world. My personal favorite use for Twitter is using it to make connections with people. The amount of people that I've gotten to know through Twitter is hard to even begin to explain and that is why I've fallen in love with Twitter. Today let's all link up our Twitter accounts and make some new friends. Happy Tweeting Friends :) 

Growing Your Passion

Happy Thursday friends!

I like a lot of things but I am passionate about a handful. I find that as I keep challenging myself with my passion areas, my love for it grows even more. Take sewing for example. I adore sewing. When I challenge myself to learn a new skill or try a tutorial that may look particularly difficult, I may be scared at first, but the results are so worth it. Even if I mess up, I still learned something along the way and my excitement for sewing grows tenfold.

What are you passionate about it? How do you make your passion grow?

Pumpkins Link Up

Who doesn't love Fall? That's what we want to know. One of the most recognizable images with Fall is the pumpkin and that's why today were dedicating a whole link up party to pumpkins! Show us how you get crafty with pumpkins, how you cook with pumpkins, how you make pumpkins, how you decorate with pumpkins, we just want to see how you get creative with pumpkins! Link up and make sure you stop by a few other link ups to share the pumpkin love.  

Decorating with Globes

I have reacently found a new love - Globes. 

The good old fashioned, schoolhouse globe.

I have seen globes used in decorating in a couple places in the blog world and Lindsey with The Pleated Poppy is my favorite. Look how fun with all the globes on the cabinet!!

Here is the direct link to Lindsey's post

I also transformed a Globe in this post

Here is what I made

I also created an Etsy Treasury with some globes I found.

Here is the treasury link

Do you have anything in your house as a running theme - or maybe a color?