Merry Christmas From Evilena's Red Dresser
Well, friends, here we are at the end of another year! The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is upon us, and soon we will flip the calendar over to 2022. As each month passed in 2021, we all experienced the ups and downs of “normal” life. Every day unfolds with surprises amid the routine. The ordinary is punctuated by the extraordinary and the unexpected. A text message, phone call, or a letter in the mailbox can change the entire trajectory of our day, can’t it? We can lay out the best of plans, and sometimes circumstances fall right...
July 2021 Blog ~ Perspective
Last Saturday was a very rainy day here in our Evilena’s Red Dresser neighborhood! It also happened to be the day of our Garden Walk. Weeks of planning and preparation went into this very special benefit event. Our goal was (and still is) to raise $20,000 to give to Ms. Pearl’s Good News Daycare & Coffee House in Chicago. This is a vibrant organization in the heart of one of Chicago’s most impoverished neighborhoods. We had the privilege of visiting the Good News Daycare a few weeks ago, and our hearts were deeply touched and stirred to support this exciting...
A Place of Grace ~ featuring Dawn, Evilena's Store Manager
Welcome to Spring, friends! We hope you are enjoying these days of sunshine and blossoms and warmer temperatures! This month in our Evilena’s blog we are going to introduce you to one of our sun-shiniest employees, Dawn! Dawn is our store manager, or, in her own words, “Jan’s sidekick.” You can catch her doing a little bit of everything around Evilena’s. She will often share new arrivals with you on our daily 1:30 FB Live videos. Dawn is a creative soul who enjoys designing, merchandising, and helping others, and she is simply a delightful and friendly presence around the...
Living In Color
“Living In Color” Imagine, for a moment, if our world was only black and white. There are lovely hues of whites, grays, and blacks, and of course, there’s nothing as classy as a little black dress...but oh, what a pop of color does for the soul! How wonderful it is that God created COLOR! Just think of the lovely contrast between green leaves against a bright, blue sky. Or tall, dark green pines set against the rich sedimentary layers of red, purple, and gold in the rocky face of a mountain. We use color to describe many things other than...
