George signs his work at least twice
annually, and during these signings people patiently wait for their turn to visit. To
combat line fatigue, we do our very best to lighten things up with a bit of bantering,
joke telling (lamely achieved), freebies, and perhaps a pathetic try at singing and
dancing. This duty falls to Deb, who loves our customers and nothing pleases her more than
to play with them.
Known for our gift wrap, the staff of Garden Smiles carefully tie
beautiful dried flowers to each box. This service is free with all first quality
merchandise with an additional fee required for "seconds." This Christmas season
we made terra cotta stars for each box as well!
"Seconds" are always available but not in every design we make.
"Seconds" are defined as pieces that are slightly imperfect having a greater
number of air bubbles than is acceptable, chips, and missing hangers... you get the
picture. What pieces are "seconds" depends upon our production schedule for the
shops we are supplying. If we don't have something as a "second" we can always
provide a "first"!!! Come take a look and see our newest designs... George may
even be signing his work the day you come!
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Garden
Smiles, the delight of Deb Carruth, evolved slowly beginning with annual warehouse sales
and emerging into a proper shop loaded with the complete line of Carruth Studio, along
with work from other exceptional individuals. Fondly dubbed, "The Pursuit of
Imperfection," our slightly blemished pieces can only be purchased here and are
offered at pleasantly reduced prices.
