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Spark Your Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday is just a few days away! That doesn’t mean you have to wait, you can shop online now with one of our favorite local stores. Visit Changing Hands Bookstore online and purchase  The Little Spark By Carrie Bloomston.  This is a great gift for artists, art lovers, girl friends who get together, self help fans and lovers of all things local!

If you order the book now from Changing Hands you’ll receive two free tickets to meet Carrie Bloomston in person at the Changing Hands Bookstore, Phoenix on Tuesday December 2nd, at 7pm (Details below) and get your copy autographed by the author.

Local artist and author Carrie Bloomston interviewed a dozen local creatives who are featured in this book! Artists, writers, chefs, photographers, musicians and other creatives. It is a celebration of all things local and it’s available now!

Event: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 at 7 pm Changing Hands Book Store, Phoenix Location

EVENT DETAILS

  • TICKET (admits two) is free when you purchase The Little Spark from Changing Hands Bookstore.
  • Letter groups (printed on top of ticket) will be called at 6pm to fill seats and designated standing room. If available, seating and standing room opens to those without tickets at 6:45pm.
  • Space cannot be guaranteed for late arrivals.
  • Booksigning line forms by assigned letter group after the presentation. Those without tickets may get their books signed after ticket-holders, if time allows.
  • Event details may be subject to unannounced changes.

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Happy Holiday Shopping – Locally!

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– We love and support our local community! Shop Local This Holiday Season! xoxo – All of us at Lab5

 

 

 

 

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Black Friday – Local Style

Black Friday is not for everyone. Not everyone is cut out to  stand in line at 3am to get trampled for cheap electronics and discount towels. Not us! So this year we have complied a list of activities you may actually enjoy doing this Friday. Why not avoid the stress? Grab the kids or text your friends and try one of our Black Friday Alternatives.

Want to spend time with the family…

Check out some of these local Christmas Tree Lots and spend Black Friday, picking out a tree to decorate with the family.

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Our family favorite that is our go to every year is Harper’s Nursery. We’ve been picking out our annual tree from them for years.

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Some other local options buying a real Christmas tree include:

Mas-Roth Farms

Tim Mitchell’s Christmas Trees

Not ready for a tree? Try one of these family friendly events that offer holiday lights and family crafts and decorating projects.

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Looking to hang out with friends…

Here are a few events around town, take your buddies and enjoy a glass of wine or maybe some hot cocoa.

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Also, support Arizona’s Local Advocacy Organization – Local First Arizona.

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Laboratory5 Inc is a local business based out of Tempe, Arizona – we love and support our local community! Shop Local This Holiday Season! xoxo – All of us at Lab5

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Untraditional Thanksgiving Dinner

Break the Thanksgiving traditions this year and still have an amazing dinner. There are some great local restaurant in the Phoenix area that will make your dinner stand out.

This year try ordering something special for dessert like a yummy sweet potato and marshmallow fluff ice cream pie from Sweet Republic.

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Not interested in putting all the work into cooking and baking? You can order a bird with all the dressings at La Grande Orange Grocery, they also offer gluten free and vegetarian sides.

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Maybe you just want to skip the work all together. Do it! We say just stop by one of the four Chompie’s and enjoy a full Thanksgiving meal for lunch or dinner, they will be open from 6:00 am- 3:00 pm on Thanksgiving day.

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Laboratory5 Inc is a local business based out of Tempe, Arizona – we love and support our local community! Shop Local This Holiday Season! xoxo – All of us at Lab5

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