Christmas Is All Around

You gave your presents to me, and I gave mine to you…
(Theme song from, Love, Actually)

Hello, little local market of love customers!!

Your market manager is spinning the tunes of her favorite eclectic Christmas songs, and, right now, it’s Christmas Is All Around Me…and, the lyric that I chose IS all about presents, and well, presents for those special people are not going to just happen all by themselves…

That’s where our market can help!! Think about giving local goodness to those people on your gift list!! Think about ordering from our market for gifts, AND, for the items that you might need to get you through the holiday craze!!

Are you baking? Cooking? Grilling? Treating your pets? Stuffing stockings with fun, unique items? Looking for a gift certificate that can be used at this market? We have it all!!

All you have to do is sit down, in the comfort of wherever you are, and get to ordering!! It’s THAT easy!!

It’s Monday evening, and you have until tomorrow evening, at 10pm to get your gift lists ready!! Get your shopping list ready, get your grocery lists ready!! We even have new product from vendors!! We have Christmas specials!! We have boxed specials!!

Go ahead…Christmas is all around me, let the feeling show…(song implant, AND the thought for the day…)

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Christmas with Swisher Hill Herbs

It is hard to believe that there are only 3 more shopping Thursdays on the Virtual Market before Christmas. Swisher Hill herbs have a large selection of salt free herbs and herb blends, spices, teas, essential oils, sachets, and Herb gift Sets ready for that special Christmas gift. We also do special order gift sets you order the products and we will gift wrap it for you at no charge! For more information call us at 937-653-8418. Take Thyme, Joe and Charlene Stapleton

Our Shangri- La

Get that fire burning strong right here and right now…
It’s here and then it’s gone there’s, no secret anyhow…
We may never love again to the music of guitars in our Shangri-La…
(Our Shangri-La- Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris)

So, thank you, once again, for the amazing, incredible market!! You customers, totally rock us, love us, and support us!!

I was sitting, and checking in vendors, checking out customers, with your assistant market manager, Mark, and chattering away with the Y staff, and then you, the customers. Everywhere, you could feel the electricity, the fire that sparks this market.

We watched so many customers meet up and chat. Some of them neighbors to each other, some of them friends who had not seen each other for some time, or, customers who were coming through for the very first time…the love, the amazing chatter, the compliments…the market was on fire!!

Our own little Shangri-La…our own little paradise, our own little mystical, harmonious place. The little local market of love, the best kept little secret around.

I thank you all for chatting about my life changes, my new hair (quite the chatter on that subject), and the chatter to both Mark and me on a well run market, a market that is fun, a market that is always evolving.

We couldn’t do it without you. We couldn’t make it what it is, we couldn’t show you so much love, if you were not there, giving it right back…

So, tonight, in our little Shangri-La, I reopen the market…

Let’s keep this momentum going! Let’s remember that we are groovin’ into Christmas, and that means local gifts are perfect for everyone on your list.

Look to see what our vendors are all up to for the holidays. What specials, gift sets, and gift certificates are they offering!!

I will be sending out Weblogs, from our various vendors as to what they are bringing you, this holiday season…

Once again, we know that you can put your money and your trust, anywhere. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for putting both with us…

Enjoy your evening…and get ready to order…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Just A Word

Just a word from your market manager…and a HUGE thank you, and dose of LOVE…

This market soared to new heights, this time, and it’s all because of your love!! We saw new customers, we saw the return of old customers, and we saw the always loyal weekly customers!!

The past few months have watched this market just sort of float along…not really a whole lot of sales, not a whole lot of interest.

I began to research, and think, and wonder if we were about to be a thing of the past.

I know that when we began work on this market, almost 6 years ago, we were SO cutting edge, the only game on the scene, like this, the hippest kids on the block.

Over the years, we have seen big box stores add tons of organic, tons of what they term local, and while they have gotten really good at stocking real local, there is still a whole lot of local out there, that comes from way the heck away local.

We have seen the onset of groceries who now offer curbside services. We have seen the explosion of home deliveries of food, CSA boxes, and we have seen a physical farmers market pop up in every city, in every state, on just about every corner. We get it…we are not even the only online farmers market in Ohio, these days.

We know that you are offered choices, we know that we are elated that you still put your trust in us, we know that you work hard for your money, and just about everything out there, is begging for you to spend that money, elsewhere.

We even get that this market is even as easy as driving up to a curb, and getting your products delivered. We get that we cannot ship to you, or deliver to your doorstep.

BUT…what we do have to offer is a whole lot of local hear and soul. Vendors, managers, the staff of the YMCA who care about you, love you, and want to always be able to give you the very best.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for giving life back to this market!!

You are amazing, and we are here for you, always…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Late In The Evening

It’s getting late in the evening, and our market will close at 10pm for the week!!

You guys have blown me away with the orders, today!! You are rockin’ this market, we are poised to be one of the bigger markets with sales, and we super love the love that you are shining on us!!

Thank you for coming together, thank you for sharing your love, trust, and support of this market.

Now, if you haven’t ordered, yet, and that would include, me, your market manager, you need to get moving…get those grocery lists, gift lists, and anything else you need to get your week off to a pleasant start!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Sing A Song

Sing
Sing a song
Sing out loud
Sing out strong
Sing of good things, not bad
Sing of happy, not sad
Sing
Sing a song
Make it simple
To last your whole life long
Don’t worry that it’s not good enough
For anyone else to hear
Sing
Sing a song…
(Sing A Song-The Carpenters)

This song has been playing in my head, today, because, well because, yesterday was so full of anxiety, unhappiness, and still anxiety, today, over the awful devastation of Gatlinburg. On top of the OSU violence.

I felt that if nothing else, if each of us just put a song in our heart, we could vibe love, and good thoughts, and prayers, and help…or just give out hugs. Or smiles, or high fives, or just a general love to blanket all of our souls.

This market has always been that little light of love in our local fabric. A place we shop, we support, we make our happy place.

Let’s continue with that vibe…we have the return of holiday favorites like with Elm Tree Essentials Christmas scents! We have candles in the same Christmas scents. We have gift sets from many vendors! We have it all…and we want to make your life happy, and easy, and carefree. Shopping with us will do that for you!!

Put a song in your heart, a smile on your face, and love in our local fabric…we shine the love right back!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Shop Small Business Saturday!

Yes, it’s today!! And, I know you are wondering, well…how can I shop small business Saturday when the market closes on Tuesday, and I don’t get my product until Thursday…

But, have you considered getting unique Christmas gifts, right here, from our market?? The local gifts of love??

Some ideas…some of our vendors are offering gift sets, holiday specials, or even Champaign Locally Grown gift certificates to give!

Products like spices, dried herbs, coffees, teas, candles, soaps, dog treats, honey, maple syrup…all good gifts ideas!! To give the gift of fresh, local food, there are the gift certificates that you can email me to order, and you can pay at the front desk of the YMCA! Just like paying for an order at pick up!!

We would love to help you with your Christmas gift buying!!

The weekend is here…cozy up, and begin your shopping!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Thankful For You!

Hoping that you are all having the most happy Thamksgiving!

I am opening the market, again, for the week!

Be sure to take advantage!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes!
Cosmic Pam

Almost Time

Get your orders in!! It’s the last week of market before the Thanksgiving holiday!!

Monday, Monday

Monday, Monday, so good to me
Monday mornin´, it was all I hoped it would be…
(Monday, Monday-The Mamas and The Papas)

Here we are, greeting a new week, a new day, and new round of ordering!!

Since I left you with my last Weblog, we have really seen a drop in our temperatures, the rise in the Super Moon, and the progression of this month of November.

Here we are looking at the middle of the month, just under two weeks away from Thanksgiving, and THIS WEEK BEING THE WEEK YOU WILL NEED TO ORDER ANY AND ALL ITEMS YOU MAY NEED FOR YOUR HOLIDAY DINING PLEASUSRE!

I hope that the use of my capital, yelling voice got your attention, lol. I just want to make it part of your thought process that this will need to be the week that you place orders, because our market will not be in operation during next week, the holiday week, since Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday.

You CAN contact the growers, personally, if you need to special order items that can only be purchased at the last minute for your holiday table.

Just don’t forget everything that our market offers, for your purchase, NOW, to stock your cabinets and pantries, in preparation for the cooking marathon that will come!!

Go, make lists, order from us…we make your shopping a local, happy, easy process!!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam