Gottta love bumper sticker philosophy!

   "It's always darkest before the dawn"!

                             Believe it or not the duck store will be open May 27th in Manitou Spring.

Yes, we have a lot of work ahead of us!

American Express/Make Mine a Million Winner

What an awesome day. I was in the company of over four hundred wonderful business women, I made new friends and great connections, and best of all, my pitch won. The winners received one thousand dollars from AMEX, business consulting, and great PR. I was so excited and honored I just had to share.

Hand paint duck soaps

Our favorite artisan soap maker just created these beautiful duck soaps . They are handmade and painted individually with love and care. Perfect for the Easter baskets. Thanks mom!

Please vote for us, today is the last day.

Go to www.westward.com, put you name and phone, go to #63 "best store on Broadway" and vote for Quacker Gift Shop, the other vote is #148 "best of" and fill in Quacker Gift Shop. We won last year, please help us again this year!!!!!

I never thought about it...

Too funny not to share.

Need new ducks?

Quacker Gift Shop will be getting new rubber ducks in all week!!

Today we got lady bugs, bumble bees and caterpillars.

Watch for all the new fun quackers.

10 Days to Valentines Day

A Quacker bouquet for your Quacky Valentine.

12 days to Valentines

                                                            Its cold out there but we are open. 

                                              (will return to regular store hours (10-6) on Thursday Feb the 3rd .

                                                                          

How better to say it then with an "I Love You" rubber duck

New fun at Quacker Gift Shop 

Cupid rubber ducks, I Love You soap floats, 

and heart soap from Delish Body Work.

#4 on the list of new quackers

Can you believe the Flintstones came back as rubber ducks! 

Fun with Fox 31 News' Good Day and Dan Daru

I have to tell you - when the news truck shows up at 5:30 in the morning to do a live remote from the store, there is a part of me that says, "this is crazy early", but the bigger part says, "we are being recognized as a unique store in not just the Denver area, but the region as well".  So when Fox 31 News said do you want us to do a report from your store before the holiday kickoff, we said YES YES from Quacker Gift Shop.

Our cameraman, Robert showed up at 5am and Jenna, a Fox intern was not far behind.  We learned that there are teasers throughout the morning and 'hits' or stories every hour.  There were technical glitches that happened, but everyone worked really hard to work them out as quickly as possible.

Our neighbor, George from Breakfast Queen 2 stopped by with breakfast (thanks so much) and the phones have been busy with people wanting to know more about our little duck shop.

We learned that when the reporter talks to the anchor on the desk and you don't know what is being said, it's kind of weird, but you keep singing anyways, haha.  More than anything though, we learned, that as our business grows, we are engaged in a journey that harnesses all the help that can be mustered to share our story - a tale of something unique, fun and always a smile

If you didn't see the spots, take a look at the videos below - we had a bunch of fun!

 

 

 

Join me-Drink More Water-Start 11-15

 

Steve and I are preparing for 30 days of drinking more water. Our method...two half gallon water jugs that we filled up at home before we come to work. 

Please join us, for 30 days to a new healthy habit.

Please join me for a 30 day drink more water challenge. Like ducks, and yes rubber ducks, people need more water to have fun and live long health lives. I know you’ve heard 30 days to habit, yes it’s true, change a daily behavior for 30 days and you will be amazed at the results.   

Let do this together.  

Nov 15^th (Monday) to Dec 15^th

64oz a day (only half a gallon)

Create a new health habit for the New Year 

Aristotle taught, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

Cute Factor

We get so excited when we get new merchandise,
and couldn't wait to get these Santa hamsters out of the box.
Stop by see us at our Broadway store or visit us on line at
quackergiftshop.com

We filmed The Everday Show today.

We filmed for the The Everyday Show, we'll let you when it airs.

Should be Monday or Tuesday, can't wait!

It will be posted on Quacker Gift Shop

When JJ comes to town

Our JJ came to see us over the weekend and watch his little brother play the last football game of the season. Thank you JJ for taking time off work to spend time with us. 

We love You!

One of our flock has made the news

Quacker Gift Shop loves to be in the news, but its more fun when our family is in the limelight.
Congratulations Amanda, what an honor!
Check out what she is doing for the CU-Boulder honor society chapter
http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_16432172?source=email

Meet Maggie The Shop Dog

                                                              

Some pictures are just too cute to pass up.

Maggie loves our customers , stop by and say hi, she lives for attention. 

Thanks David for assisting with the picture.

You (rubber duckie) light up my life

Crazy hairs

I can't tell you how great it is to watch people smile. In the store, right at the register, we have basket of crazy hair ducks,at our shows we have a rack full of these funny ducks. No matter where they are, these squeezable crazy haired ducks light up and quickly become a favorite of all ages.
                                             Remember: A smile, like laughter, is contagious! 

Rubber Duck(ing)

I have a great job, I get to spend my day looking for new rubber ducks for Quacker Gift Shop to share with all of its wonderful rubber duck collectors. Today,instead of finding a new ducks, I found something new to do with all those ducks we love to collect, its called rubber ducking. According to the pragmatic programmer if you "place a rubber duck on your monitor and describe your problem to it. There's something magical about stating your problems a loud that makes the solution more clear." There is even theory behind this rubber duck(ing) action its called ThinkingOutLoud and Self Talk. Just one more reason to love rubber ducks!