Lily Lou Company

01/11/2024

BGM & Newton schools have been confirmed and added to the list that accepts deliveries for Valentines Day 💌💕🥰

Our total list so far and so far where we have Cupid Cups going to…

Schools accepting deliveries for valentines:
Montezuma
Grinnell Middle School
Grinnell Fairview Elementary
Lynnville-Sully
Williamsburg
North Mahaska
Prairie City Monroe
BGM
Newton community schools

We deliver within a 40 mile radius of Grinnell! If you’d like to see if your school policy allows deliveries, fill out our form and we won’t invoice you until we have confirmed they are allowed 💕

We are waiting to confirm with a few other schools but will update the list/orderers as we receive them!

Grinnell High School, Bailey Park Elementary & South Tama do not accept deliveries for students via school policy. Staff deliveries seem to be available though 🙂 If you had interest in those destinations I have reached out via messenger/texts!

We can do in person pickup that week/day as well!

ORDER HERE:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWuhc7vjdRVDczXYon0kUna1FcUTRritUGRBYHRJLLQ2zvUQ/viewform

01/08/2024

Okay we have gotten in contact with many of the schools this morning but still have a few to confirm!

Schools accepting deliveries for valentines:
Montezuma
Grinnell Middle School
Grinnell Fairview Elementary
Lynnville-Sully
Williamsburg
North Mahaska
Prairie City Monroe

We are waiting to confirm with a few other schools but will update the list/orderers as we receive them this week. There is some subbing happening in a few schools in the offices this week so we will wait to confirm when they are back :)

Grinnell High School, Bailey Park Elementary & South Tama do not accept deliveries for students via school policy. Staff deliveries seem to be available though :) If you had interest in those destinations I have reached out via messenger/texts!

We can do in person pickup that week/day as well!

One of my favorite things as a kid growing up was my grandmother sending me (and the other grandkids) something to school on Valentine's Day! I struggled last year deciding on something I could offer because most of the time my fun creations can be quite large but these have been popular and so fun to watch people create all last year and thought they were the perfect something to send to school for Valentine's Day! They are smaller, easy to carry for the bus goers and will bring so much joy!!

In person pickups available as well!

I reached out to a few different schools to see what their policies are and all said they take deliveries but if for some reason your school does not accept them, we will be in contact for a different delivery option or refund!

Areas we serve:
40 Mile radius around Grinnell/Montezuma. If you have any questions if your school is included, feel free to message us! If you are outside our area and sign up-we will reach out and discuss that with you.

There is a long list of schools we can deliver to but we go as far West as Altoona, East to Williamsburg, South-Eddyville & North-Reinbeck and everything in between 🙂

This is special pricing for early ordering. February first will be an increased amount.

**update as of 1/8**

Okay we have gotten in contact with many of the schools this morning but still have a few to confirm!

Schools accepting deliveries for valentines:
Montezuma
Grinnell Middle School
Grinnell Fairview Elementary
Lynnville-Sully
Williamsburg
North Mahaska
Prairie City Monroe

We are waiting to confirm with a few other schools but will update the list/orderers as we receive them this week. There is some subbing happening in a few schools in the offices this week so we will wait to confirm when they are back :)

Grinnell High School, Bailey Park Elementary & South Tama do not accept deliveries for students via school policy. Staff deliveries seem to be available though :) If you had interest in those destinations I have reached out via messenger/texts!

We can do in person pickup that week/day as well!

Sign up
https://forms.gle/UpMe3jD8iDzJSdS87

01/06/2024

First mat party of 2024! Obsessed with ALL of these and a few made me legit LOL when they sent them to me and again today 😂😍💕

Our next one is the last weekend of January! It’s our Galentines event. You will not have to create a valentines themed one if wanting something else 💕💌 but I love all the hearts and inspo I’m finding for it!

Sign your gals up here and see all the time slots available:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdL04r-w6fOW2nCDoKrIRrmBHydqd0dLWG43yClzDEoucey-A/viewform

01/05/2024

One of my favorite things as a kid growing up was my grandmother sending me (and the other grandkids) something to school on Valentine's Day! I struggled last year deciding on something I could offer because most of the time my fun creations can be quite large but these have been popular and so fun to watch people create all last year and thought they were the perfect something to send to school for Valentine's Day! They are smaller, easy to carry for the bus goers and will bring so much joy!!

In person pickups available as well!

I reached out to a few different schools to see what their policies are and all said they take deliveries but if for some reason your school does not accept them, we will be in contact for a different delivery option or refund!

Areas we serve:
40 Mile radius around Grinnell/Montezuma. If you have any questions if your school is included, feel free to message us! If you are outside our area and sign up-we will reach out and discuss that with you.

There is a long list of schools we can deliver to but we go as far West as Altoona, East to Williamsburg, South-Eddyville & North-Reinbeck and everything in between 🙂

This is special pricing for early ordering. February first will be an increased amount.

**update as of 1/8**

Okay we have gotten in contact with many of the schools this morning but still have a few to confirm!

Schools accepting deliveries for valentines:
Montezuma
Grinnell Middle School
Grinnell Fairview Elementary
Lynnville-Sully
Williamsburg
North Mahaska
Prairie City Monroe

We are waiting to confirm with a few other schools but will update the list/orderers as we receive them this week. There is some subbing happening in a few schools in the offices this week so we will wait to confirm when they are back :)

Grinnell High School, Bailey Park Elementary & South Tama do not accept deliveries for students via school policy. Staff deliveries seem to be available though :) If you had interest in those destinations I have reached out via messenger/texts!

We can do in person pickup that week/day as well!

Sign up
https://forms.gle/UpMe3jD8iDzJSdS87

12/31/2023

Brock is three-e-I-e-o 🐷🐮♥️

Thank you for sharing photos and another year of letting us be apart of the magic you create Alea 🥰

12/30/2023

Had to stop at hobby lobby for ideas/inspiration for Valentine’s Tents!

Going to be doing another DIY setup similar to our Christmas ones that went out this year.

If you weren’t able to snag a Christmas one in time, here is a PSA heads up! We are going to open up our 2024 books tomorrow for lots of fun things and these will be on it 🥰

💌❤️💕

12/30/2023

What a fun group to end 2023 season of parties! Thank you Cara for bringing your First Impressions group in 💕 they made fun cups!

These ladies keep Grinnell looking good 💇🏼‍♀️

12/29/2023

The chosen…”One” 🪄🧙‍♀️

Harry Potter inspired bouquet for Harrison!

12/23/2023

Sharing your birthday with Christmas means a little extra birthday magic is necessary 💕

Happy early TWOdles birthday, Emmie!

12/21/2023

We have the ability to create three more Christmas Eve Balloons for pickup either tomorrow from 10-6 or Saturday 10-4!! They are $38 for two names & $3/per additional name. Message or comment below to claim one!

12/21/2023

We will be open Noon-8pm today! We have an opportunity to spread some more Christmas Magic this morning with some balloon deliveries and so will be a little late getting back into the store today ❤️

These Christmas Eve balloons are turning out so good 😍 I am just in love with them!! Reminder for Grinnell orders- pickup tomorrow and Saturday 🥰

12/20/2023

For the goal getters, crushers and amazing doers of the world! ✏️ 📝 💕

12/20/2023

Recipe binder and a weekly notepad to write the meal plans 😍💕💜

12/20/2023

Some ideas for the book worms out there 🐛📚

12/20/2023

Gifting this to myself this year 😀😂

Relaxation/self care is such a needed thing, especially after the hecticness of the holidays and you cannot go wrong with this fun mixture of items.

The towel hair wrap is something I cannot live without. Got my first one two years ago and won’t even travel without one anymore! Lightweight, soaks up all the extra water and just the best thing ever.

12/20/2023

Vintage Santa >>

We love this fun daycare gift a customer put together!

12/20/2023

🎄🍷🥂🍸🎄

12/20/2023

The dreamiest platter and towel combo 🎄❄️⛸️

Last minute gift ideas will be posted all week!

12/20/2023

Have a new little one this Christmas? 🥹😍

All Christmas items are 35% off! 🥰

12/20/2023

Christmas Eve bundle! 🎄

-light bulb cup
-Santa puzzle
-two crafts
-magic key

$42 plus tax

(Can swap out key for additional cup ❤️)

You can comment and we will have it ready for you or just mention it to us in store and we will bundle it together! 🥰

12/19/2023

A sneak peak at our new backdrop for the week 🎁

This was not the plan I had in my head this morning that I was going to do but I couldn’t stop thinking about these bow garlands and I just had to try it! We’ve got a few more things to add onto it but so far, I’m in love 😍

A quick reminder we have a pop up store opening for the remainder of the week and open tomorrow through Christmas Eve! 10-8 Tuesday through Friday, 10-6 Saturday & 10-4 Sunday 🎄

12/18/2023

The amount of times I’ve added these tents to a cart is ridiculous but I really think they need to be an addition as I’m planning out what 2024 looks like for us!

These can be used for kids bday parties, teenage birthdays, girls night, wedding nights, the most amazing date night anyone could ever ask for and soooo much more 🥰😍

What do we think community?! Do we go crazy and expand our clientele?!

Typical rental cost for these seem to start at $450 with just the basics for reference ⛺️💕

12/17/2023

This afternoon wrapped up mat parties for 2023!! This group let me move them from yesterday to today so I could attend my cousins funeral and am so thankful for that. And the others that switched to our January & Galentines event ones!

THANK YOU to everyone who joined a workshop this year, you have no idea how much every single one of your sign ups meant to me. We evolved so much throughout the year! The first one was basically asking people to free hand 😂and now we custom create with fun stencils! I cannot wait to see what 2024 brings and how many mats get created, laughter is had and more connections built 🥰

I even created one this afternoon! ☘️

We have a few more spots left for January’s- if interested sign up here!

January 6th 2-5 PM

https://forms.gle/nB1wzH7tBHFw1Jjx6

Or join our Galentines one! We plan on celebrating friendship in the most extra way possible 💕

Four time options on January 27th & 28th! Use link:

https://forms.gle/jXWRzi5qa2RMDvFG9

12/17/2023

Looking up tent inspiration for the 2024 year and I’m just obsessed with this!! Even I can’t wait to see what themes we release for the new year. We will have 13 spots and I think something like this might fill one 😍

What’s some other themes we should look into?!

In the past we haven’t had set “themes” and just customized per party but it’s time to change course and make it easier for you and me 😂

Want to be one of the first to see our new options?! Purchase a party today for 2024 & get 20% off plus all the information on our new tent setups after Christmas.

Code: Tent20 (code expires at midnight)
Website: https://lilylouco.com/products/tent-parties

*we do ask for date to be set within 2 weeks of booking but can later request a date change if within 30 days of event date if needed and booking far in advance

Where do we service?! Within 40 miles of Grinnell or Montezuma! So from Altoona-Marengo & Knoxville/Pella-Marshalltown (everything in between)! We know how hard it is to get big city items in our small communities so we love getting to travel all over central Iowa to create magical moments 💕 We do service outside our area but a mileage fee is added to final invoice.

12/17/2023

We just sent the winners a message but… here they are!!

Each one gets one tree 🎄 I cannot wait to see how they are used!

What a great way to keep using the fun in store designs, we plan on doing this more often so make sure you watch out for the next opportunity 💕

12/16/2023

What a dreamy spa night these little ladies will have tonight 💕🌿🥰

This is one I had a hard time leaving because I want to lay in them all day 😂😍

12/15/2023

We are redoing our backdrop for nexts week pop up store opening and these balloon trees are still going so good, I hate to pop them…

Would anyone like them for next weeks festivities?! Free! Must pickup Monday-Wednesday next week and have a vehicle that has the option to fold down seating for them to fit. They are around 6ft!

I’m going to do this kind of like a g word that I don’t want to say because all the robots come out 😂 comment below you would like a chance to have them and I will put your name in a drawing and will reach out to you tomorrow night! We have two so there will be two names drawn!

*trees only- I’ll put a different topper on them 😂 would be a crazy good bye elf scenario 😂💚

WINNERS SELECTED & NOTIFIED! Make sure to watch for future ones!

12/14/2023

Every person who joins a class in store makes me so incredibly happy but man when another small business brings their people in for a fun night here at Lily Lou Co, my heart swells 🥹🥰 We’ve had quite a few and I cannot express enough my gratitude for these businesses helping my small business.

Thank you Lori for bringing your lovely Loralei's Giftshoppe ladies in for your Christmas party tonight! It was a blast meeting and getting to know each one of them!

Loralei’s is one of my favorite places here in Grinnell and if you haven’t ventured their way before or lately- make sure to add them to your list for Christmas! You will be able to finish up so many people in that store and they do the BEST gift wrapping!! 💕

12/13/2023

This will be the last time our "retail" store will be open to the public for many months! As many of you know we switched out of retail in July and fully focused on our event side of the business. Which has been so amazing for us! (Retail is HARD- give extra love to your retail owner friends/family!) But we did plan on opening more than we are but the christmas parties have been hopping here and it is just too much work to switch in and out from being a fun workshop place that involves lots of paint and back to a full retail shop. We wrap up a lot of those parties this weekend and so Monday we get to put everything back together for the week of last minute Christmas shopping!! We hope to see you next week. We will have some yummy goodies and some fun merry-licious drinks throughout the week to enjoy while looking around & can make some MAGIC reindeer food to take home for the kiddos if you wish.

Moving forward, you might see "pop up" hours in front of major holidays but our workshop attendees will get personal shopping experiences and balloon pickups will be able to browse our retail items only.

So to wrap up that rambling,

Tuesday December 19th until Friday December 22nd we are open from 10-8PM, Saturday December 23rd 10-6 & Christmas Eve 8-4!

We have very little gift cards out that haven't been used but next week is a great time to use them otherwise they are all transferable for events/balloons as well! Plus the "extra" fun things we post and will be working on in the new year.

12/13/2023

Exciting stuff for Oskaloosa and surrounding communities! The amazing ladies Lu Roo & Co Boutique are letting us bring our Christmas Eve balloons for pickup at their store Thursday December 21st! You can pickup during their store hours of 10am-8pm! We can’t wait to deliver more Christmas magic around the area and forever grateful for Steph and Co ❤️🎄

Oskaloosa order link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSt79sEMgqAUvfJ4pgp_dGIa9x32MvulrFvEjX92CdnJSviA/viewform

Grinnell and surrounding communities our pickup is Friday the 22nd and Saturday the 23rd from 10-6! Please message us for your order and do not use the Oskaloosa link. ❤️