September 21, 2016

Favorite Fall Cocktail: The Negroni

I recently went to the brand new Dewberry Hotel for drinks (where we partly shot our new Lookbook) and by the recommendation of a friend, ordered a Negroni. While I used to like sweeter drinks, I have started to embrace stronger, more flavorful cocktails that are not so sugary and this is just perfect. The hint of orange made me think that it is a perfect fall drink and I’ve since been trying them everywhere I go. It is a bit strong, so you could always top with a little champagne or prosecco to make it lighter.

Here is the recipe, and if course this being a gin-based cocktail I would suggest using Hendrick’s Gin (my favorite) and possibly even drinking while wearing our adorable Gin Pendant Necklace…

The Negroni

2 tablespoons gin

2 tablespoons Campari

2 tablespoons sweet vermouth

1 orange twist

September 16, 2016

Cafè Collection Brunch

Earlier this week, I hosted a French themed brunch at our shop in Charleston to launch our brand new Cafè Collection which is now available both on our website and in our store. This tongue-in-cheek French inspired collection deserved a sweet, French brunch to celebrate its launch. Nothing quite takes the edge off of Monday morning like Rosé champagne and French Pastries!

Cafè Frambroise, a wonderful French bakery in Charleston even had these darling Eiffel Tower shaped cookies:

We gave our guests each a Charleston Girl Tote bag which are now available on our website and make a great gift:

And we showcased our new collection, poodles, perfume bottles and pastries. What more do you need at a French brunch?

I love the creative community in Charleston. We have such a talented, sweet group of women here who are all so supportive of each other. It really means a lot to be able to toast with so many of the bloggers we work with, as well as our friends and shop neighbors!

And I loved seeing everyone rocking their Candy Shop Vintage jewels!

Whisky sours were served even though it was 10:30AM, this is Charleston after all!

Could not have pulled all this together without the help from my great team – Annie Reeves (pictured below) and Rachel Reeves (who could not make it to the brunch but is joining us full time next month!). They are not related by the way, just coincidentally have the same last name!

Cheers and thank you to al the ladies who attended and made our brunch so special!

September 14, 2016

New Website & The Café Collection

It’s been a little while since things around here got a digital upgrade – but it was time! For fall, candyshopvintage.com has a brand new look, a brand new collection AND we even brought back vintage online! We are very proud of our new website, new photos and new designs. Special thanks to our team who helped make this happen and The Dewberry Hotel (where we photographed a good part of our look book) for being just the chicest, most perfect addition to Charleston’s hotel scene, when can we move in?

September 2, 2016

Hermine, Labor Day Sale & Charleston Rice Bead Rings

Here in Charleston we are bracing for tropical storm Hermine as we go into Labor Day weekend. We closed our 9 Cannon Street Shop Today out of caution… It can be hard to get around here once these types of extreme storms blow through (unless you’ve got a boat!). But, weather permitting, we will reopen tomorrow (Saturday) at 10AM!

Our Labor Day Weekend Sale Kicked off today, so if you are stuck at home as I am with spotty internet access you can still participate! All of our Spring and Summer Charleston Rice Bead Colors are on sale so if you want to purchase any of the remaining, available Spring/Summer colors at 25% OFF you can use code ENDOFSUMMER at checkout to get your discount:

And if you haven’t already, check out our new Charleston Rice Bead Rings. Available in all of our metallic finishes (AND coming soon in gunmetal!) they are stackable AND sized. We carry sizes 5-8 and if you don’t know your ring size offhand, hold up one of your existing rings to this size chart on your screen for reference. Photo taken at The Dewberry Hotel, who was kind enough to let us shoot part of our Fall Lookbook there. Can’t wait to share it soon!