idea chic

Our regular local visitors to Idea Chic know they are entering a space where our stationery, greeting cards and gifts are made. It's also a small space so we have preferred appointment shopping or chance with understanding we might be packing online or wholesale orders. There is also a chance our printers including our 1930's letterpress could be running. Nobody seems to mind! Times have changed in retail today and maybe forever because of the Covid19 pandemic. At Idea Chic we pride ourselves in quality one on one attention so at our production space not a lot has changed. We...

I write this as Julie is in a meeting with a couple about their wedding invitations. It reminds me of our story because like everyone getting married this year, specially within the next few months, we had total uncertainty about our own upcoming wedding date. September 22, 2001.We lived in San Diego and were a few days away from flying home to Denver when 9/11 happened. It was sudden and overwhelming. The dot com burst already happened so we joked that at least I didn't have to worry about getting laid off. It already happened and we had been living...

We truly love brick and mortar retail. The dream of opening your own store in your home town is a proud moment. Every new wholesale order we get at Idea Chic sets off our Google search for pictures and stories because we know there is a passionate small business owner on the other end. When the purchase order from Nancy with Nancyland Kids came through we assumed it was another great kids boutique like the others we are honored to be part of. With Nancy there was more. She is a children's book author with a number of amazing titles....