Happy Holiday Wishes

Wishing you a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving...

We look forward to seeing you all this weekend at our Holiday Open House event!

Faded Elegance Holiday Open House

Friday Nov 28 10 AM - 8 PM (Special Extended Hours!)

Saturday Nov 29 10 AM - 6 PM

Sunday Nov 30 11 AM - 5 PM

Discounts, drawings, and refreshments all three days - don't miss it!

On My Elegant Bookshelf

With the dark evenings and stormy weekends of winter now upon us, it's the perfect time to replenish our souls. Curl up in a chair by the fire, sip a cup of tea, and lose your cares in the pages of a beautiful book... ah, yes - 'ME time'!


I'd love to share my favorite new books with you... the ones I've recently added to my 'Elegant Bookshelf', and find myself drawn to time and time again.

French Chic, Vintage French Decor, and New Entertaining in the French Style

Bringing Paris Home, French Country Hideaways, and One Hundred and One Beautiful Castles in France


Paris Chic & Trendy, Markets of Paris, Chic Shopping in Paris, and Love Poems & Love Sonnets. (Hmmmnnn...Paris does indeed seem to be the theme, doesn't it?!)

All of these books are available for purchase in the shop, as well. Don't forget to come in and enroll in our Elegant Gift Registry, and add some of your favorite books to your Wish List!

Happy Reading...

All She Wanted for Christmas...

We are excited to introduce a new service for our customers:
The Faded Elegance Gift Registry 'Wish List'
While visiting our store, fill out our gift registry and we’ll email your wish list to your loved ones! What a wonderful way to make holiday shopping easy, while giving those 'subtle' hints, so that you'll recieve everything you want for Christmas. (Yes, we know it's a bit sneaky....but really, a girl's gotta' do what a girl's gotta' do!)

Customers enrolled in our Gift Registry will enjoy a special VIP after-hours shopping event on December 13th. From 6 to 8 PM, champagne and hors d'ovures will be served amidst the sparkle of Holiday finery. Receive 10% off all items listed on your wish list. Hurry in and sign up now - don't miss this special VIP event!

We will be wrapping your special gifts in our elegant signature gold and black shopping bags, ensuring that the packaging is just as beautiful as the gifts inside. Make Your Holidays Elegant!

By the way, girls, you should see the store...it is filled with Holiday finery in every space, sparkling and twinkling and ready for the Holiday Open House next weekend! Make sure you plan to join us: Friday 10 AM to 8 PM (Special extended hours), Saturday 10 AM to 6 PM, and Sunday 11 AM to 5 PM. We'll have refreshments, giveaways, drawings, and discounts all three days. You are going to be SO inspired....

Our Annual Holiday Open House

It's that time of year again, and the annual Faded Elegance Holiday Open House will be here before you know it! Mark your calendars and plan to join us for this very special event in our new Snohomish location.

Our vendors are all bringing in a fabulous array of vintage & antique finds for you, and we continue to offer the finest new and limited edition gift & decor items for your discerning tastes. We are certain that you'll find endless inspiration for your own Holiday decor and a selection of unique gifts for everyone on your list at Faded Elegance!

Faded Elegance Holiday Open House

Friday, November 28

10:00 AM to 8:00 PM - special extended hours!

Saturday, November 29

10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Sunday, November 30

11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Friday only:

Free gifts while supplies last!

Friday is the annual Snohomish Historic Business District 'Home for the Holidays' event night, with many special attractions and events ongoing on First Street - including strolling Dickens Carolers and photos with Santa!

All three days:

Enjoy a 20% Discount on all store purchases!

Enter our drawing for an indulgent gift selection valued at $250.00!

We offer gift certificates and a new 'Wish List' gift registry!

Cookies & cider served to fortify your shopping day!

Things To Make You Happy...

October isn't over yet, and neither are our Pink Pumpkin events to raise funds for breast cancer awareness. We have one more giveaway!

Come into Faded Elegance through this weekend and enter the drawing! You'll be entered to win a wonderful gift basket with a retail value of over $250.00, for just a one dollar donation to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Drawing will be held Monday, November 3rd.

This basket is loaded with luxurious, pampering amenities that fit the theme 'Things That Make Me Happy'. From books to bath items, jewelry to decor, all of these marvelous products have been donated by the following shops:
Beehive Day Spa
Inside Out
Speckled Hen Country Store
Faded Elegance
BeeBops & Lollipops (located inside 'Inside Out')
These independent merchants are all located in Snohomish.

We're in the Pink!

Gifts & Goodies Galore were the name of the game on Saturday, at the Pink Pumpkins for the Cure event. Each attendee received a goodie bag filled with samples & coupons for luxurious amenities from participating merchants. The bags (pink, natch!) were handed out with a smile by Valley General Hospital Foundation Director Lin McIlrath.

Everyone had a chance to enter for some FAbulous gift basket giveaways, too! The Valley General Hospital Foundation in partnership with the Western Washington Oncology Group donated this beautiful selection of products for a free raffle.

Every vendor wore pink, and most tables had pink products to further the theme. Everyone also offered a great selection of merchandise at deep discounts - this was a great chance for some early Holiday shopping, and some savvy women did just that!

A huge thank you to all of you who attended, and to our wonderful participants:

Lynda from Speckled Hen Country Store.

Karen from Java Inn came by with her famous Java Inn blend coffee served in pink logo cups! She kept everyone fueled up on caffeine - thank you, Karen! So sorry we didn't get a picture of you.


Deb from retreat (one of our dealers at Faded Elegance)

A beautiful selection from Lodge Podge

Faded Elegance had a table, too

Tonya & Nancy from Busy Bee Spa

Paula from A New Beginning came in and offered complimentary hand massages!

Kathy offered up colorful fabric childrens' products and handbags.

Allison, Jackie, and Halle of Inside Out

Angela of BeeBops & Lollipops

Located downstairs, just as you entered the library, was Maureen. Her buttons and jewels and antique linens were a perfect sight to behold as you came in the door!

We would also like to thank Mayor Hamlin for proclaiming October 'Pink Pumpkins for the Cure' month in Snohomish. All of the participating vendors extend their thanks to you for attending, and for supporting your independent merchants while contributing to breast cancer research funding.

This cause is very close to my heart...I have lost loved ones to cancer. It touches us all, in one way or another. Thank you so much for your support of cancer awareness.

More Savor Snohomish events will be coming your way soon!

Let There Be Light!

Is your home in need of a bit of bling? Do your rooms yearn for some sparkle? Well, we can help with that!

We have an absolutely fabulous selection of lighting in the store that will add just the right touch to your home. We have chandeliers (elegant crystal, hip black metal, delicate gold filligree), table lamps and floor lamps and wall sconces galore. You'll find a warmly-lit treasure everywhere you look! Our dealers carry vintage, antique, and restyled lighting, with many decor styles represented.

With shorter days and gray skies upon us, it's time to add additional lighting to our homes to make them cozy, and welcoming. Come in to Faded Elegance and let us light up your life!