Hottest Selling Items.

Zippers are the hottest accessory!

You can find trend-setters sporting them on necklaces, shoes, bags and headbands.

Kristen Cook, reporter for the Tucson Daily Star, recently did a feature on the store and these great little zipper pins. Since the article's release Jeanne hasn't been able to keep them on the store shelves. (See article here).

(Image via Lucky Magazine, April 2010, pg. 90).

The lucky recipient of these would be tickled (especially if you're the recipient)!
Get yours now at A Fine Line.

Another hot seller are these unique cards from Mina Lee Studios.
Mina is known for her original art and mixed media.
Her beautiful cards paired with whimsical sayings are guaranteed to bring a smile to your recipient's face.

Just a reminder that A Fine Line has cards for all occasions including custom printed cards and invitations for a special event.

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Father's Day Gift Ideas.

Father's Day is one of those holidays that always has a tendency of sneaking up on us.

A Fine Line Paperie and Gift Boutique has unique gifts for Dad or the significant man (or men) in your life.

Here are just a few:

Pens – nicely boxed and all under $20. Chrome, Gold, Rosewood, Baseball shaped, and our best seller – a great looking pen that also has a flashlight function and a laser pointer!

What man doesn't like lasers and flashlights?

For wine drinkers – how about a Venician glass wine stopper or a leather journal for recording favorite bottles? Gift giving tip: Pair it with a gift certificate to dad's favorite wine shop.

For beer drinkers – a pewter bottle opener and nut dish would be perfect.

A Fine Line also has a wonderful selection of cards and books for dad. Don't forget personalized stationery, journals and pens. Dads write cards too...choose boxed stationery and have dad’s name or initials added to it for $5.00

These are one of my favorite gift for Dad. Not only are the beautiful pieces but they are completely unique AND functional. They are called Graphite (writing) Objects and made of....... you guessed it, Graphite. They actually are used to write with and won't smudge on your hand. With daily use they last about 7-9 years.

They are a huge hit with Jeanne's husband, Thom, so you know they'll be a huge hit with your special dad too.

A Fine Line also has UofA & ASU notepads in an acrylic holder in stock. Other teams are available by special order.

Come on in and shop for dad before time runs out!

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"Hello, My Name Is_____"

Hello! Welcome (again) to A Fine Line, the Blog. My name is Michelle and I will be the new "blog editor" for this blog. Jeanne (owner of A Fine Line, Paperie and Gift Boutique) and I met years ago through the real estate industry but recently discovered our shared passion for design and home decor.

I write a fun little blog called Three Men and a Lady which documents my life as a wife and mother of two rough and tumble boys striving to do my job with grace and style. I have been named in several magazines and design blogs for my fun projects. Here are a couple of my favorites.

Before.
Found this great little sofa table which was all wrong so I painted it, replaced the hardware and added some stylish accessories.

AFTER.

Estate sale mirror, BEFORE.

AFTER.
Turned it into a bulletin board with some paint, cork board and remnants of a vintage burlap feed sack.

I'm excited to be working with Jeanne and her staff to bring you updates on the latest store merchandise, entertaining and decorating tips, gift giving, as well everything else under the sun.

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Update & Blog Management

It has been a wonderful 9 month adventure since I opened the doors of A Fine Line and a lot has changed in that time... and we are still evolving.

I am a goal setter. I've tried to set goals that are realistic and obtainable, but also challenging so I end up with a long "to do" list that I'm driven to accomplish (I can't even write all of the items down because it would cause me a meltdown if I actually saw on paper all that I needed to do, so some of it is part of a mental list). I am happy to report that 9 months into this project I have checked off a lot of those items and have actually exceeded performance goals that I had set for the 12 month mark. I sincerely want to thank all of you that have helped me obtain that!

But there are still things that that I just haven't been able to fit in (there really should be more than 24 hours in a day or we should be able to exist on less than 8 hours of sleep, in my opinion). My friends and co-workers tell me to pat myself on the back for what I have done instead of focusing on what I haven't done. That has been great advise and so I've extended myself some grace - after all, it's not like I've been sitting back and just eating bon bons (well, I have eaten quite a few of those amazing JULIA BAKER TRUFFLES). Still, I want to get those other things accomplished (and I shall)!

Two things that have been nagging at me is my unfinished new website (which my son, Brendan Dekker, has stood ready and willing to do as soon as I make up my mind what I want it to look like) and my inability to consistently post blog entries. So I've decided that summer is the time to tackle those items!

Brendan will be working with me to impliment my ideas and I should be able to reveal my new website by our 1 year store anniversary on October 1st.

As far as consistent entries on the blog, I have decided to delegate.

I am surrounded by amazingly talented employees that are able to express themselves in far less words than me (have you noticed that I ramble???). And they have wonderful ideas to share. So this blog will no longer be about me and the things that I am doing. From this point on it will be all about US, OUR IDEAS, OUR THOUGHTS, OUR EVENTS, OUR MERCHANDISE, and general things that WE want to share with you!

Michelle Hinckley will be our new Blog Editor. She will be posting entries on things of interest from A Fine Line and keeping us up to date. Michelle has a beautiful blog of her own that I envy and rather than trying to follow in her footsteps I decided to have her do ours as well. You are going to enjoy her beautiful photos (a big notch above mine) and her more brief comments!

Our employees and I will also be doing some additional postings. This will give a lot of different perspectives and you will experience a vast amount of talent poured out on the pages of this blog. We share so many ideas with our customers in our store - from great gift giving ideas, to decorating ideas, to yummy recipes restaurants we've discovered, to practical tips, to sweet stories and inspiration. We want to use this avenue to share those same things with a larger audience that might not be able to come by the store and have time to linger over a cup of tea with us.

We also hear many wonderful ideas from our customers and we want to share things that we learn from them as well. We will also use this venue to share photos of their celebrations, decorating projects, etc. as well.

One component of that will be posting wedding and event photos that our brides and other hostesses have graciously given us permission to share. We develope cherished relationships with these customers as we work with them from Save-the-Dates to bridal invitations to placecards. It is a treat when they keep in touch and share their event photos with us. I think that you will really enjoy seeing the photos of their celebrations.

Once again this "message" has become a "novel". So without further ado I would like to have Michelle Hinckley, our new blog manager, introduce herself to you. Stay tuned for her introductory blog message....

XOXO

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