Seat heaters and fun errands

Living in the Indiana suburbs of Chicago, a seat heater in the car is a must! Typically running errands isn't a fun activity, especially when it's 10 degrees outside with an even colder windchill. However, a seat heater makes it all so much better! :) And yesterday was fun errand day! Fun errands + seat heater makes the cold bearable.

First stop, Wrights Flowers and Gifts in Michigan City, Indiana (gotta plug Wrights as often as possible, they carry Hopie-Jo afterall!) Look how good our display looks in the store:



Our display was just restocked with our newest bottle cap designs. We love how full and colorful the board looks!

Second stop, Hobby Lobby. We love Hobby Lobby and we love that something we need is ALWAYS on sale. Paper, stickers, unfinished wood products, and sequins filled the cart. Rummaging through the aisles of Hobby Lobby always causes fun and creative ideas to play delightfully through the brain. It's easy to lose track of time.

Third stop, Michigan City Antique Market. Losing track of time is easy to do here as well. No wasting time yesterday, went directly to the booths with the vintage jewelry to see what bargains were waiting. Not a wildly successful trip, but a precious pair of silver flower earrings with a purple stone in the middle will soon find themselves upcycled into two fabulous bottle cap charms.

With a toasty warm seat and bags of treasures, it was a successful morning of fun errands. Look at all the great stuff we have to make more charms and charm holders:




Today is a creative work day. We love work days...bottle cap making work days anyway. We want to thank all our fabulous friends who have already become fans of Hopie-Jo on Facebook. We just started the fan page on Wednesday and we already have 50 fans!! AND, on top of 50 fans, we received one custom order and 2 other orders!! Thank you Kristy, Robyn, and Amy for your encouragement and support! And one more thing, Wrights Flowers and Gift Shop also has a Facebook fan page. We love Wrights Flowers! Not only do they do gorgeous work with flowers, they have an awesome gift shop! Check them out on Facebook and become a fan!