 The Boot Rodeo was bigger and better than ever! We had a record turn out for a fun-filled evening. We had games, prizes, cowgirl cocktails, and let's not forget the BOOTS. In the past we partnered exclusively with Ariat for this event, but this year we invited some more of our favorite brands to participate! Twelve lucky ladies won FREE BOOTS! You read that right, we are gave away 12 pairs of boots at the Boot Rodeo! Here are the Boot Rodeo highlights this year: Cowgirl Karaoke: We hosted a karaoke contest from 6pm - 8:30pm on Friday. Cowgirls chose one of three songs:These Boots are Made for Walking; Man, I Feel Like a Woman; and 9 to 5. Congratulations to Melissa Kaylor, winner of the Karaoke contest. She won bragging rights, a pair of "equestrian chic" two24 boots worth $450 and was crowned, "Ms. Cowgirl Karaoke 2016." GAMES + PRIZES // SPIN THE WHEEL // COWGIRL COCKTAILS BOOT GIVEAWAYS FROM THE FOLLOWING BRANDS: We gave away 11 pairs of boots to 11 awesome customers! Beta Rae won Ariat Boots Michelle Keller won Bos & Co Boots Judith Maki won Bedstu Boots Allie Draper won Sofft Boots Eraostine Cook won Kork-Ease Boots Wendy Parker won Spring Step Boots Debbie Rizzo won Rieker Boots Shawn Calhoun won Bionica Boots Laurn Kelleher won Pikolinos Kim Davis won Pikolinos Valerie Zeigler won Comfortiva Boots! We also had a gorgeous leather Fly London handbag, socks, and accessories as prizes for the fun games we lined up for the event!   
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 Date: Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 Time: 12 - 3 p.m. Location: ShuzyQ South (11124 Old Seward Highway) ShuzyQ South hosted local artisan Colleen Cronin, aka Spruced Designs, for October's first Saturdays at South event. Spruced Designs showcased beautiful handcrafted earring, necklaces and took custom orders for personalized metal stamped necklaces during this event. Artist Statement: Spruced Designs was created in 2015 and the jewelry lines are inspired by the special places that connect with us in some way and fuel our inner spirit. A place that creates a feeling so special that it will stay with you forever is something to cherish and celebrate. Spruced Designs helps to make that special place a part of your daily life by handcrafting crossbar necklaces with custom metal stamped GPS coordinates. Custom stamped pieces can also be initials, birthdates, anniversaries, etc. The gemstone and charm pieces are inspired by beautiful colors and stones that have a clean, fresh feel. Each piece is handcrafted with a focus on making women feel confident, beautiful and feminine. Custom orders also available. All pieces from Spruced Designs are designed and created in Alaska. The jewelry has a simple elegance with delicate details that feel fresh and feminine. Pieces are made up of gemstone necklaces and earrings as well as custom metal stamped necklaces. Pick a place to have the GPS coordinates stamped on a custom made necklace or have initials, special dates, etc. stamped on your neckla  Date: Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016
Time: 12 - 3 p.m. Location: ShuzyQ South Fun pop-up shop with local jewelry by local artist, Beth McLaughlin. She works with enameled copper, creating beautiful and unique jewelry pieces. Learn more about the artist here. Fall has a new meaning to ShuzyQ this year. Fall 2016 is our one-year anniversary of opening ShuzyQ South! To celebrate we did two things:
Fall Sale Details Location: ShuzyQ South (11124 Old Seward Hwy, next to South Restaurant) Dates: Friday, Sept. 16 - Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 We marked shoes down 30-70 percent and had GRAB BAGS! GRAB BAGS were available on Saturday and Sunday for $15, $20 and $25 at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. For those that are unfamiliar with our Grab Bags, listen up! A Grab Bag is a sealed bag containing a mystery shoe that is labeled by price ($15, $20, $25), size and a simple description of the shoe style (i.e., party, funky, casual, career). Our grab bags are SO popular we limited each customer to one grab bag per day. Shoes for a Year! To celebrate the grand opening of ShuzyQ South a year ago, we gave one lucky customer a year of free shoes! Well, her reign as Shoe Princess came to an end! For almost a month we encouraged customers to stop by and enter their name into the Shoes for a Year drawing at ShuzyQ South. The drawing was held Sept. 18 on the last day of the drawing. The lucky customer was Jennifer Carpenter! I guess we can all call her Shoe Princess Jennifer now!  Shoe Princess, Jennifer Carpenter    Saturdays at South: Mauricia D.Y. Ikner Date: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 Time: 12 - 3 p.m. Location: ShuzyQ South (11124 Old Seward Hwy) Saturdays at South are a weekly celebration of local artisans and creators hosted at ShuzyQ South. ShuzyQ is welcomed Mauricia D.Y. Ikner to our store on Saturday, September 10th from 12-3 p.m. Artist statement: My name is Mauricia and I was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. I am a 21-year-old art student currently studying for my Bachelor of Fine Arts at UAA. I am an oil painter, something I never thought I would be. I've been painting for a year, and I love it. Mauricia D.Y. Ikner For loyal customers that subscribe to our email list (not signed up? subscribe here), we hosted a VIP Party at ShuzyQ South on Sept. 1, 2016. The event was RSVP-only and had a waiting list almost as long as the filled RSVP list. The event hit capacity in less than four hours of having the event live! Of course, we had a fantastic turn out and had a blast with all of our customers! Two24 did not disappoint, bringing along beautiful leather luggage tags as gifts to go with purchases. EVENT PHOTOS: Date: Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 Time: 12 - 3 p.m. Location: ShuzyQ South, 11124 Old Seward Highway We hosted a fun pop-up shop for Glacier Glass at ShuzyQ South. Glacier Glass is a locally crafted line of glass jewelry that we can't get enough of! Glacier Glass was one of the first dichroic designers in the U.S. - a method of layering glass and metal with incredible results!   Date: Friday, September 2, 2016 Time: 5 - 9 p.m. Location: ShuzyQ Downtown, inside the Glacier Brewhouse building Ariat launched a new luxury footwear line inspired by Secretariat, the greatest racehorse of all time. Secretariat captured the Triple Crown in 1973 after he won the Belmont Stakes with an enduring world record time of two minutes, twenty two seconds, hence the name Two24. ShuzyQ is one of the first stores in America to offer Two24 footwear, and one of just 20 boutiques world-wide to currently carry the brand. To celebrate the launch of this new brand we held a derby-themed First Friday, complete with derby hats and mint juleps! EVENT PHOTOS:                     We are teamed up with all of our neighbors in South Anchorage to throw an epic Saturday afternoon party on Aug. 27, from 2 - 6 p.m. We pulled out all the stops and had live entertainment and music, plus a beer garden and kettle corn and all types of fun activities for the whole family! At ShuzyQ we had an awesome henna booth. Maddie with Laughing Gypsy Henna was in the shop creating beautiful henna body art. Other activities included: yoga, a skate jam, fly casting and fly tying, brow shaping, lash extensions and tea sampling. Live entertainment and music was provided by Fiona Worcester, Melissa Mitchell with Tim Haren, and the Rabbit Creek Ramblers! And how could we forget: There was PRIZES! There was opportunities to win prizes from every participating business and one lucky person won a GRAND PRIZE gift package worth $1,000! The basket included products and gift cards from all the participating businesses. She is going to have a fun time eating, shopping and exercising locally in the SOLO (South of Lowe's) district! The block party was a successful event that we look forward to continuing in the future!  Block Party Event PhotosSaturday at South with L'Adorn Motif by Linda Gallagher Saturday, August 20, 2016 Made local jewelry Linda Gallagher makes beautiful jewelry and necklaces that ShuzyQ loves to sell. This was her first-ever pop-up shop for jewelry. We had so much fun with Linda in the shop and can't wait to have her back in September!  |
