Printed Leggings

So on my personal facebook page, I posted the following status:

"Anyone have thoughts on printed leggings? Would you wear them? One of the trends I personally have a harder time wrapping my head around. Hmmmm"

I got a mixed bag of reactions from my family and friends.  Surprisingly all but one, of the 25-35 year olds that responded thought that printed leggings were for college and high school girls (which was kind of the way I was leaning). But the woman that responded that she loves them and wears them all the time is someone I consider to have a great sense of style. She also always looks put together and appropriate for the occasion. 

However, others that responded were in the 35+ group thought that they were cute with the right outfits and if you had the confidence to pull them off.

My final thoughts on the matter:  Anyone cannot do any trend.  Sometimes you have to pick which trends actually represent you in the way you want to be perceived.  I am guessing anyone can wear printed leggings as long as they have the rest of their outfit styled correctly and the confidence to pull them off.

Trash to Treasure

I am always looking for inexpensive ways to do displays for the store and this time I got super super lucky.  This tiered table was in the basement of the store. I cannot believe I didn't see it before but the lighting down there isn't great and it was on its side and there were a bunch of boards piled on top of it. Boots & Heels has been in the building for 2 1/2 years so lord only knows how long it has been down there.

 Now I don't know how familiar anyone is with the history of this building but it has been: Christies Grocery Store, Creative Impressions, and Ramsey One Hour photo, Boots & Heels and probably some others through out the years. So more than likely one of the previous owners put this damaged table down there and new thought about it again. Lucky for me!

I did not take a before picture but this tiered table was a grey color and pretty water stained.  When we got it up from the basement it was not all that pretty.  However, after a great deal of roughing up prep with a sander, cleaning all the grit and dust off, I was able to put a LOT of coats of white paint on it.  And I mean A LOT.  However, it looks great and the only thing I had to buy was a paint brush because I had a half gallon of paint leftover from another project!  Wahoo how about that a table for $12. :)

Note: The shoes displayed on the table are Eastland Boat shoes and are available at Boots & Heels in Devils Lake.  Gotta love that local Devils Lake Shopping!

Spanx Bra Party

Boots & Heels is always looking to offer something new and exciting.  We found exactly that with our very first Spanx Bra Party that took place on this past Thursday, July 11th.  Wine was drank and appetizers eaten, while the Boots & Heels crowd waited anxiously for their turn to be measured and get some Spanx on.  The Boots & Heels family enjoy our special events and hope that we can see you at on in the future.  Thank you to all who attended and stop in to see us again soon.

Boots & Heels... So much more than a shoe store, in downtown Devils Lake.