The Ultimate Ribbon Outlet … And it’s in Hagerstown, MD!!
I have found Nirvana…
And it is called the Berwick Offray Ribbon Outlet in Hagerstown, MD!
That’s right- one of the Top Ribbon Manufacturers in the entire country is located in Hagerstown, MD… and they have this outlet too!
Look at my picture- do you know how much I spent on all this ribbon…
$23.00!!
The little spools of paper ribbon were 5 cents a ROLL!
Most of the larger fabric ribbon spools were $1.25 a ROLL, except for the grey, big one on the left –
which was … 50 cents!!
I ‘splurged’ on the green and brown polka dot ribbon spool ($10).
I completely over-did it, I have enough ribbon to wrap all my Christmas presents, birthday presents, house-warming presents, and more… for a long, long time,
but when over-spending is… $23 dollars- it’s all good!
Thanks to the Carroll County Times for EXACT directions!
This outlet is EASY to get to- To get to the Berwick Offray Ribbon Outlet Store, take 270 North to Interstate 70 to Hagerstown. Get off at exit 29, Md. 65 North, Sharpsburg Pike. (This is the same exit you’d take for Prime Outlets, so visit them after going to Berwick; they’re only about five minutes apart.) As you head north on Md. 65, you’ll pass Prime Outlets, three schools and a Sheetz. Make a right turn onto Wilson Boulevard at the traffic light. Go to the end of Wilson (there’s a Food Lion in Kenley Village on the right) and make a left at the light onto Frederick Street, Alternate U.S. 40. Make the first right after you turn onto Frederick at Willow Circle Drive and proceed to the end of the street. You’ll see the outlet store at the end of the factory building on the right, and their parking lot is right in front of the store.
Berwick is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Their phone number is 301-745-4714 and you can e-mail them at offrayout let@berwickoffray.com to check on sales or to sign up for their e-mail newsletter, or sign up when you visit the store.
They accept Visa MasterCard, Discover and American Express. All sales are final, no refunds and no exchanges.
Now Get Thee to Thy Ribbon Outlet!
It’s so fun,
and like mentioned above,
The Hagerstown Prime Outlets are right there too!!
Help the Ayala Triplets… with Pizza!
Pizza Boli’s in Germantown
and Gaithersburg
are having a fundraiser for the Ayala Family!
Participating Locations:
20012 Goshen Rd.
Montgomery Village,
MD&12949 Wisteria Dr.
Germantown, MD.
Every Thursday
until the end of the year,
they will donate 10% of the days profit to
the Ayala Family/Montgomery County Law Enforcement Officers Relief Fund.
Yes, this is EVERY Thursday. Treat your family and yourself to Thursday night Pizza,
while you help raise money for
Melissa Ayala,
her healthy new triplets (all girls),
and Hector Jr. (not yet 2).
Montgomery County Police Officer Hector Ayala died in the line of duty on Easter morning this year.
Click Here for Prior Posts on Helping the Ayala Triplets and more Background Info…
Surprising Field Trips (a.k.a.- you can lead a child to water, but you can’t make him impressed)
In keeping with suggestions from online parenting guides, and PBS, and articles in the weekend paper, and even blurbs on the sides of cereal boxes, I decided to do something fun and educational with my son. We take ‘field trips’ together.
We got in the car and went down to the National Mall. My son loves cars… and trucks… and planes… and rockets, really any mode of transportation. So I’m thinking, ‘What could be better than The Air and Space Museum?’ Nothing… or so I thought.
I don’t know when you last parked down at the Mall, but parking is surprisingly easy. They added parking all along the service road that borders the Mall, the entire length of it. And if you want to take Metro- you’ve got the stop right there.
I pulled into a space only about a block away from The Air and Space Museum. No meters and ‘rock star parking’…cool! We walked across the little service road to the sidewalk and immediately saw a beautiful fountain in front of the National Museum of the American Indian. It had many levels and an edge big enough for a child to walk along. He loved it (at this point I knew, maybe he’s not going to be as excited as I thought to see Wilbur and Orville Wright’s plane).
I finally coaxed him away from the super cool climbing fountain and we went into the Air and Space Museum. As you all know – it is gigantic. All the rockets were great. All the planes were great. Everything was great, but it’s almost overload for kids…
We walked around a little more. I think we stayed a little over an hour and that included a trip to the Air and Space Museum McDonald’s. The happy meal toy was a NASA rocket – nice touch McDonald’s and NASA.
We then started to leave; he told me he was ready to go. But wait, he was so impressed with the purse/bag x-ray machine that the guards showed him how it worked.
We made another stop at the fountain, crossed the street and my son yelled, “Mommy, look!” It was literally a bus and truck put together, I’m sure to haul artifacts around the Smithsonian. I believe it was a government vehicle.
“It’s a… BusTruck! I’ve never seen one of those before!” And he just stared.
When my husband got home from work and asked what we had seen and learned on our ‘field trip’ my son immediately started in with a description of the BusTruck…
no planes, no rockets…
the BusTruck.
So once again, I tried to give my son an educational experience, and he gave me the education.
…But he’s a fun teacher!
* I originally wrote this post for DC Metro Moms.
Eat, Pray, Love, with 2 Little Boys
Okay, so it’s not exactly ‘Eat, Pray, Love’.
BUT, my friend Mary Jane,
is RIGHT NOW,
making her way through Europe with her 2 youngest sons.
She has 5!
Yeah… 5.
She’s a saint.
She’s 1. Eating… Check.
She has visited churches 2. Pray… Check.
And she loves her boys… and husband. 3.Love… Check.
And she’s also teaching them history while they go!
Isn’t she fabulous???
Check out their travels on her blog-
Yesterday they were in Pompeii… Where will they be today??!!
Giant Announces It’s Academic’s 50th Anniversary Reusable Bag Design Contest
Hey DCers, Marylanders and Virginians!!
Here is a great design contest for High School Students-
Your have until October 31st to submit entries !!!!!
Giant Food has announced a reusable bag design contest for high school students to celebrate ‘It’s Academic’s’ 50th anniversary. Entries will be accepted October 1 – 31. The winning design will be printed on reusable bags and sold in Giant stores across the region. First, second, and third place winners will also receive cash scholarships in the amount of $1,500, $750, and $500 respectively.
This is open to high school students in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Entries will be accepted October 1 through 31. Proceeds from the bags will benefit the A+ School Rewards program which schools use to enhance and supplement their budgets.
Go to Giant’s Bag Contest Website for all the Details !!
My First Painting!
Here it is. My First Painting!
I’ve always thought it’d be fun to paint,
so I’m doing it-
‘Live Every Day to the Fullest’ kind-a-thing!
So, I’ve got my easel, my paints, my paint brushes and palettes,
and now I’m a painter!
Pretty Cool!
Start doing something today that you’ve always wanted to do…
And DCers: Where Was I standing when I took the picture that this painting is based on?
We Did It! The Redskins Beat Dallas! It’s a New Era… (at least for a week)
We Did It!
We have a new head coach, a new quarterback and
WE BEAT THE COWBOYS IN OUR SEASON OPENER!!
It wasn’t pretty- but we did it-
I’ll take the ‘W’ any way we can get it!
I’ve drunk the Kool-Aid and I’m in… at least until next weekend.
Could this be the start of a new era? Could watching Redskins games be fun again and a cause for celebration? Gasp… the possibilities!
At least for this week- it’s wonderful to be a Redskins fan in Washington!!!!!
GO SKINS!
That’s Me and My Little Guy on the TBD TV Commercial
Hello Everybody and Man, O Man- is it a perfect day in the DC Area or what ?!
Skies are blue, it’s breezy and 70 degrees…
If you close your eyes, we could be in San Diego!
Anyway, check out this TV Commercial that starts airing TODAY on TBD TV (formerly NewsChannel 8)! Yes, that’s us- we start out the TV Promo!
(Note to Self: Even though your son has ‘Paul Newman’ hair, it does get unruly sometimes, so next time- put a comb through it)
TBD.com Has Launched in the DC Area!
Okay, this happened a few weeks ago, but it was August…
I was in full Mommy mode.
But now, my son is in his first day of school, so I have a little time to tell you-
TBD.com is up and running for DC, Maryland and VIrginia!!
What is TBD, you may ask? TBD (To Be Determined…) is an online community of local news and local blogs, BananaBlueberry being 1 of them!
TBD comprises Local News Channel 8, now known as TBD TV, WJLA’s website, now TBD.com and like I said, great writers, news stories and Blogs from around the area!!
It’s an exciting concept- check out TBD.com for yourself,
For all Things Around DC!
Huggies Donates Diapers to the Ayala Triplets !
Good News To Spread Today !!!!!
Huggies is donating 12 JUMBO packs of diapers to Melissa Ayala for her
3 beautiful new baby girls,
and Hector Jr, who is 18 months old.
This was coordinated THROUGH TWEETS !!
I tweeted the awesome DC Mom Bloggers that were up at BlogHer ’10 in NYC… at the Huggies Booth with their Every Little Bottom Campaign, which rocks, by the way! Those fabulous DC Mommy Bloggers talked to Huggies, especially Dial M for Minky,
and POOF! The wonderful people at Huggies and their ELB campaign- donate diapers to the Ayala Triplets!!!!!
How cool is this?
But- she will need more diapers… let’s put our heads together to keep this going!!
Leave a comment below if you can help or go to my ‘Contact Me’ page and leave me a message.
Let’s help out a fellow Mom!
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