Greetings and warm wishes from the Modern Mouse family to you and yours for a happy holiday season! Thank you so much for being a Modern Mouse customer — we truly appreciate the support and enthusiasm from each and every one of you. You’ve made our holiday season that much brighter by allowing us to be a part of yours!

As a token of our appreciation to our loyal customers (and of course our Facebook fans and Twitter followers), Modern Mouse would like to offer you a Happy Shopping coupon! From now through the end of 2009, receive $5 off of every $50 you spend at the shop by bringing in a printer-friendly version of our Happy Shopping coupon. Christmas Day is come and gone. Now it’s time to treat yourself to something nice!

We look forward to offering you lots more handmade goodness in 2010 (but of course we hope to see you back in the shop before then too)! Our holiday hours for the rest of the year are:

Sat – Sun, 12/26 – 12/27: 10:00am – 6:00pm (regular weekend hours)
Mon – Thur, 12/28 – 12/30: 10:00am – 7:00pm (regular weekday hours)
Fri, 12/31: 10:00am – 5:00pm
New Year’s Day, 1/1: Closed. Happy New Year!
Sat – Sun, 1/2 – 1/3: Taking a short breather, then open regular hours beginning Mon 1/4!

For more frequent updates on store and new designer/product news, please join us on Facebook and/or Twitter!

xo,
-eleen (aka “mouse”)

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• fiftyseven-thirtythree (men’s and women’s tees)
• Milk & Krunchies (gourmet rice crispy treats)
• Yeah Hello (jewelry and hair accessories)
• Parami Panda (crocheted creatures)
• Mochi Studios (plushies)
• Bonjour Teaspoon (bags from reclaimed textiles)

A sneak peek at some of their items:

We’ve ALSO got new stuff in from some of our original vendors, including:

• More/bigger sizes of your favorite gnome, deer and giraffe designs from Jasper Hearts Wren
• New pouches, and more tissue box covers in new fabrics from Yokomono Studio
• Soothingly scented lavender sachets from Cookie and The Dude
• More hats with ears from Colette Kids

…and more!

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As if you needed another reason to come discover all the handmade goodness at Modern Mouse in Alameda…but we’ll give you a few new ones anyway! In a nutshell: extended shopping hours, special deals on select items, and a coupon for our fans, followers and subscribers!

As you know, shopping at Modern Mouse means you’ll be shopping and supporting over 50 small, independent design businesses − many of them based right here in the Bay Area. We’re proud to carry fun, unique and stylish gifts from housewares and home decor; to apparel and accessories for men, women and children…and more! We’ve got gift-worthy items for just about everyone on your list. Did we mention that just about all of them are handcrafted? And well made, at that.

Extended Shopping Hours
Modern Mouse will be open from 9am to 9pm this Friday, November 27, 2009. See our Thanksgiving week hours »

Special Deals on Select Items
This Friday, November 27th, we’re also offering special deals for our prized customers too. Ready? Get 20% off of the entire line of Publique Living products: placemats, coasters and votive cuffs to dress up your table; lasercut greeting cards, wood boxes and oversized PaperWood gift wraps!

Also indulge in 20% savings on our entire line of Sparkle Candy accessories, and 15% off of Sirona Springs‘ beautifully packaged soap gift sets.

We’re also pleased to offer 15% savings off of the entire line of Planet Penelope eco-friendly totes, and 10% off the entire line of mi SPA bath and body products!

Next, Colette Kids is offering their Organic Colette Mouse Onesie at a special $15 price for this special shopping day too! (Can you guess why we took a shine to this particular design?) But wait! On Friday only, you’ll also save 10% off the rest of their line of baby, toddler and adult clothing!

A Coupon!
And finally, to say thanks to our loyal customers, fans and followers, Modern Mouse is offering each of you a Happy Shopping coupon! Receive $5 off of every $50 you spend at the shop this Friday by bringing this printer-friendly version of the coupon below. Come one, come all! If you haven’t visited us yet, now’s the time.

Happy Thanksgiving, see you at Modern Mouse in the Alameda Towne Centre, and Happy Shopping!

xo,
-eleen (aka “mouse”)

p.s. If you haven’t already, please join us on Facebook, Twitter and/or our email newsletter for spam-free updates and specials!

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3. mi SPA at Modern Mouse!

A breather? Who’s got the time?! Holidays are around the corner, homies! That makes it our job to be fast and furious in bringing in new good stuff. So we’re as pleased as can be to welcome with open arms, this new set of designers to Modern Mouse!

Be on the lookout for our announcements when their items hit our shelves, along with a designer profile introducing each one of them to you individually.

• buttercupbloom :: thoughtful upcycling :: San Francisco, CA
• Colette Kids :: Unisex. Modern. Hip. :: San Francisco, CA
• inklore :: ink with a story :: San Jose, CA
• My Friend Amy :: little things that make you happy! :: Campbell, CA
• steppie :: artist + designer. :: Diamond Bar, CA
• Unkamen Gifts :: from an uncommon family :: Livingston, TX

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Shoppers will be inspired and delighted by a fresh and exciting array of locally and independently designed goodness — home accessories, personal accessories and special occasion gifts — made to delight and inspire.

We’re seeking talented designers who make products of superior quality and originality to fill our shelves! If you like the sound of what we’re about and think that your work is right up our alley, hooray! Please have a look at how we might be able to collaborate.

p.s. This is just our temporary website as we get our ducks–er, mice–in a row!

Shopping Center Photos, from Alameda Towne Centre's Facebook Page

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