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Oil Cloth Courier Bags are now IN STOCK!!!

Love Shine table at the FEVA Festival in Thompkins Square Park...

Love Shine Newsletter & Raffle Winner

Love Shine Newsletter
November - December 2007
Editors: Mark Seamon & Richard Green


Hola amigos de LOVE SHINE!

So the Holiday Season has arrived and we wanted to remind you now that we have some great gift items for your loved ones on our website –

http://www.loveshinenyc.com/

And for those of you in the Tri-State area, we are having our first HOLIDAY GIFT SALE in our new store space. You can get up to 20% off all stock!

So cheer yourself up by making Holiday shopping easy. Some of things you will find at Love Shine include: Handmade bags and purses, backpacks and courier bags, printed tees, unique ornaments, fancy mirrors and gifts for all occasions!

Any customer purchase over $40.00 get a free gift!

Time: 1pm - 9pm
Dates: Fri & Sat Nov 14th – 15th
Address: 543 E. 6th

If you were at our fashion show in August, you may have met our MC, the incomparable Donald Suggs. Now we want to introduce you to an important project that we are glad to support:

“SING OUT TO BENEFIT PROJECT CORAZON,PROVIDING HIV PREVENTION SERVICES TOEAST VILLAGE MEXICAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS

Join Donald and Dina Suggs and Luis Ramirez on December 17, 5-8 PM, at Sing Sing Karoke, 81 Ave. A, bet. 5th and 6th Streets, for a holiday karoke-thon to benefit a holiday prevention project by and for Mexican immigrant workers , $10 donation, with half-priced drinks and all the free karoke you can sing. Or if you can't make it, sponsor a song for the amount of your choice by sending a check to D. Suggs (with 'Project Corazon' in the memo blank) 526 East Street, #3, NYC 10009. ('Hilary can't be here tonite, but she wanted me to send out this song to all of you...') Everyone who supports the project will receive a link to our page where you can see the project, and meet the community members who helped us produce it. Visit www.myspace.com/holidayproject for more information.

PROJECT CORAZON is a small, model, HIV-prevention education, outreach program for Mexican immigrants workers here in the East Village, designed to bring deli workers, delivery men, the young women who wash and fold in the laundromat, etc. into HIV-testing services through their local workplaces. The project brings together volunteer media professionals, and popular, opinion leaders (POLs) enlisted from the Mexican immigrant community to produce and distribute a small-scale, but professional, social marketing campaign.”

And now what you all have been waiting for…
(and since we have fallen behind we will have a raffle winner for November and December)

DRUM ROLL please!

The winners of the LOVE SHINE gift certificate raffle for $40.00 this month are –

Julia Crockett

AND

Lisa Delle Chiaie

(Round of applause) So come on down Julia and Lisa to claim your prize!!!

Finally, we would like to wish all of you a very happy, healthy, and prosperous holidays and New Year.

Until the next time,

LOVE,
PEACE AND
HAPPINESS!!!

AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS…. Until next year!

LOVE SHINE
543 ½ East 6th Street
N.Y., N.Y. 10009
Ph/Fax: 212.387.0935

Love Shine Gift Certificates Available Now!

Blast from the past...

THE HOLIDAY GIFT SALE
Up to 20% off all stock!

Cheer yourself up by making Holiday shopping easy. Come to the Love Shine Sale where there is up to 20% off all stock. Want a present no one else will give? We will have what you're looking for...and we'll gift wrap it free! SIMPLE!
Some of things you will find at Love Shine?
Handmade bags and purses, backpacks and courier bags, printed tees, unique ornaments, fancy mirrors and gifts for all occasions.
Any customer purchase over $40.00 get a free gift!

Time: 1pm - 9pm Friday 14th and Saturday 15th.
Address: 543E. 6th St, Bet Ave A&B
Phone: 212-387-0935
Website:

http://www.loveshinenyc.com/
Travel: Closet Subway F train to 2nd Ave

More muffs and a fake fur collar too!

PETA would be proud :-)

Say "hello" to Christalyn and Audrey... former Love Shine Models.

Love Shine - Fake Fur Muffs

My friend Kathy T. gave one of our fake fur muffs to her relative.

Doesn't she look stunning!!!

We don't make these glam hand warmers anymore. Perhaps we should bring them back...?

If Justin Timberlake can bring "sexy" back, then Love shine can bring back fab accessories!

Me and my friend Deb (she has a lovely store called Nomad)... some years ago

Love Shine "Bag on the Street" Series

Love Shine "Runaway Runway" Models - Sidewalk Fashion Show

Strong Arm - Love Shine Label Photo (by Gary Kessler)

From the scrapbook

Love Shine Re-Mix

Oil Cloth...

Yes, even though it's getting cold and the flowers of summer have left us, we still love the "flowers" found on our oil cloth products. Here are some backpacks...

And here is my friend Jenny sporting a "strawberry fields" beach bag...

Lisa with an El Sock Monkey Courier Bag

Seems like a dream...

A midsummer's night dream... only a couple of months ago, we were looking at our new space and wondering what we would do. Now it's November and we miss the painting, trips to Home Depot, PC Richards, the hardware store, the cleaning, and the WHOLE design & decorating process.

And wonder of wonders, miracles of miracles, we now spend our days inside a wonderful new home next door to our old one.













(courtesy of joujoubee)

Lucha Libre... the other store window for October

Love Shine - Dia de los Muertos Store Window

Need We Say More...

Mexican Wrestling Mask Anyone...

Just in time for Halloween! Check out our Mexican wrestling mask that we have at Love Shine!

This is an image from one our

Fashion Shows at an East Village lounge night from the 90's here in NYC called "Salon"at Flamingo East (2nd ave).

The man/model behing the mask is our friend JP. He is now a medical doctor.

Ahhh, we miss the 90s and the old NYC...

Emily Clutching her Love Shine Bag...

...at our Love Shine opening party
& 10 Year Anniversary celebration.
She is a great friend and put us in touch with our contractor, Eric.

In the back (look closely in the window) and you will find Emjay - our Dj for the event!

Skull and Bones at Love Shine

We love this brown skull & bones Love Shine medium tote bag. And we hope that you will too... the pic on our official website did not do it justice. We think justice has prevailed now. Do you?

Big Scott and His Doggie in Love Shine

Check out our friend Big Scott and his doggie behind the counter of Love Shine -

He is a musician, artist and a NYC doorman. Busy guy :-)

La Sullen Teen Courier Bag... from Love Shine

Brrrrr .... it is cold today in NYC.

We feel like a bit like the Sullen Teen. So come by and cheer us up!

Love Shine Bag on the Street Series... continues

One of our favorite Love Shine dynamic duos that pass our store often... we are fortunate to have such nice neighbors. and check out her Love Shine Black Butterfly Glamour (correction: oops, it's a medium) Tote.

This is the print in our Market Bag style ->

Peacock Market Bag - from Love Shine

Mark Seamon says-
"It's officially Fall.
So it's time to strut your stuff
with our brand new
Peacock Market Bag.
Caliente!!!"

Meet Agnes - our favorite Damned Dolly of the Week

Agnes... she hails from Montreal and lives in our store along with her other friends: Roberta, Sadie, Winifred, Florence, etc.

She is is looking for a long term relationship with a new owner. Must have a small box for her to travel in and a nice shelf for display. Serious inquiries only. Seriously.


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Height: Approx 5 inches
Weight: 8 ounces
Hair: Red
Hobbies: Reading, Movies, Bingo, Posing on a Wire Stand for hours, etc.

-Agnes

Another Great Store Photo...

courtesy of Miss Anne's World blogger... notice the sign? We really do want love to shine all the time!

Great to meet you yesterday in the store Anne.

--Richard

More Photos from the Love Shine Party...

Idea for a Love Shine T-Shirt

So we are thinking about creating a Love Shine t-shirt with our logo on the front and our motto ("we treat our family like customers") on the back. Something like this maybe -

Photos of the Love Shine Fashion Show - Aug 2007

Presenting our Love Shine "Runaway" Runway Models...

(courtesy of Jennie!)