New at City Bird!

We've gotten lots of lovely new things in the shop in the last couple days. Here's a sampling:

Regina Pruss of Chain Chain Chain dropped off a big batch of new jewelry yesterday, including two of these awesome necklaces featuring vintage round lockets ($30) and a pair of these sweet iris and chain earrings ($18).

We also got in an exciting box of goods from Sarah Lapinski of Wound, including these neat ties ($40) and cool limited edition shirts designed by Vaughan Taormina ($30).

Nikki DeSautelle is a talented artist/designer/illustrator who leads workshops at the DIA and also has been masterfully running the store on Wednesdays. This Wednesday she brought in some of her magical stuffed giraffes! ($30)

Our wonderful mail carrier, Kevin, just delivered a package of cozy knit scarves and pins from Jennifer Winchell of Prairie Dog Inc. We've sold out of her sweet Beardie Pins quickly in the past and many people have been asking about them since they last ran out, so get one while they last! ($9)

Ok, that's enough of a sneak peek. Stop by to say hello and see the other great new things in the store!

(And our Valentine cards are quickly disappearing, but we still have a lot of super designs!)

Sweet Valentines at City Bird

We're really excited about the Valentine's Day cards we have in the shop!  Stop by this week (T-Sa 11-7 with extended hours on Friday until 8) to pick up one for your sweetheart or pal.  Here's a sneak peek at some of the cards we have:

This card from Cracked Designs in Milwaukee features a cutout photo of an ax and the inside reads: "I'm falling for you."

This bacon card is another pun-filled Cracked Designs card and the inside reads "I'm achin' for your bacon!"

And here is one of Kate Funk's popular cat greeting cards - this time featuring the kitty as cupid!
We have lots of other super cards and great new gifts - come by and check 'em out!

Detroit Declaration!

I'm excited about the new Detroit Declaration drafted by a group of inspiring Detroiters. Check out the website and their facebook page, sign the declaration, watch the video below, and join this movement for change in our city!

Happy New Year!

Thank you to everyone who has stopped in our new store in our first eight weeks - we have appreciated your incredible support!  Our inaugural holiday season was so wonderful and busy and it was great to meet so many new people.  Now that the holidays have passed we are enjoying the chance to get caught up, restocked and work on some exciting new projects!  We're also excited to get back to blogging, so look for more updates, soon.  In the meantime, check out this blog post which includes us:  Twelve Young Versions of Twenty-Ten.

Store Photos

Here are a couple photos of the shop from our first week:

Stop in for holiday shopping!  Through December we're open on Sundays, too (11-7).

GRAND OPENING!

We're thrilled to announce that we're opening this Friday!  Join us to celebrate from 6-11pm at the store for our grand opening gala!  The store is located at 460 W. Canfield St (between Cass and Second).  Beginning Saturday 11/14, we'll be open every Tuesday-Saturday 11-7.

Store Progress!

We hung these letters in the window last night:

Our dad installed these shallow shelves to display prints:

Andy and Matt were working on the ceiling in this one and you can see our new lights, too:

Things are coming together!