The Maces´ shoe shop

Dear Readers,

As I told in my last post, the Maces are the proud owners of the village shoe shop.

This is the interior of their shop. Very colourful!

They offer a good selection of high quality shoes,lovely bags and the best personal attention to their customers.

At this side of the shop they have place for storage and the check out counter.

This morning,shortly after the Maces opened their shop, Carol Osborne fell in love with a pair of sandals she saw in the window.

"They´re lovely for the summer and you´ll see how comfortable the soft leather feels" Harvey said.
 

After Carol tried on the sandals, she liked them even more. "I´ll take them" she said without hesitation.
"Good choice!" Harvey praised Carol´s good taste.

The second customer was Constance Grunt, or rather, her triplets. They needed new shoes. They were thrilled looking at themselves in the mirror. "Nice shoes!" the three of them exclaimed at the same time.

For the past few days Spencer Maces has been making a pair of hand made leather shoes. Mayor Moss was coming to collect them today.
"You´ve done a very good job" Mr. Moss congratulated Spencer.

Meanwhile, Mrs.Moss was having a look at the bags. She liked one that matched her drees.

They were so glad with their purchases that they wanted to wear them straight away. "No carrier bag, thank you. Just tell me how much I owe you, please" Mr. Moss told Spencer.

After lunch, the Chocolate grandparents were the next customers. Patricia wanted to buy a pair of sleepers but she found it hard to choose. "They´re all so nice and comfortable!" she commented.

After taking her time to choose she ended up buying two pair of sleepers and also a pair of shoes."Next time it will be my turn to buy shoes" Rhys said as they were about to leave the shop. "You´re welcome anytime" Harvey said always willing to please her customers.

The Buckleys are looking at the shop window. Maria seems to be interested in a pair of sport shoes.

She was lucky. She tried on the last pair in her size. "They really suit you, Maria" her mother said and Mrs. Maces agreed.

Oscar was a little bit jealous of his sister. He also wanted to try on a pair of blue shoes.

"Look at you two!You look fantastic!" They all complimented.

Harvey recommended Agatha to clean the shoes with a special shoe cream. "They will look like new for much longer if you clean them with this" she suggested.

As they were leaving, a blue bag caught Agatha´s attention."What a lovely bag!Just a hint in case you don´t know what to get for my birthday" Agatha said smiling at her husband in complicity.

It was nearly closing time so Spencer started to do the accounting for the day. He is very organized and likes to keep a record of the daily sales.

Harvey is restocking the shelves to have the shop all set up for the next day.

She also likes to change the window display very often.

Harvey and Spencer really enjoyed another day in their little shop.

When they were about to close, Nancy Waters, who was baby-sitting the Maces´children after school, came into the shop carrying  John in her arms . She was followed by Nichole, Lucy and Mark.

After a working day Harvey and Spencer were delighted to see their children.Now, it was time to close the shop and enjoy the rest of the day with their family.

*****************************************   Building a shoe shop was one of the projects I had in mind since last summer when I bought the shoe shop set and I got the first family of Maces (the second hand one).However, it was just recently, after buying the brand new Maces Family, when I was determined to start working on it. Actually, it  didn´t take me long at all.I made the shop out of cardboard box.I saw a box at a supermarket that reminded me to the shape and size of the Blackurrant café and the hamburguer restaurant buildings so I put it in my trolley with the rest of my groceries. At the check out the cashier  was a bit surprised when I said I wanted to keep the box too.I forgot to take a picture of the box before starting making the shop. I took these pictures when I was already working on it but you can get an idea of what I mean about the type of structure.

    

Next time I see one of these boxes I´ll take it. They come handy to turn them into little shops or rooms.

Hope you enjoy today´s post!

Lots of love