Ladies Night Report

We enjoyed seeing so many of our regular customers plus new friendly faces at our Ladies Night at Beehive Bookstore event March 31, 2012, during the priesthood session of conference.  There was our usual yummy food and goodies plus samples of Utah Truffles, orange and raspberry sticks, Thrive freeze-dried food, Thrive Simply Peace punch and Hawaiian rolls baked by Lora from the recipe in the culinary mystery Banana Split.  Lots of balloon got popped for the additional prizes and/or discounts beyond the extra 10% off everything.  We had door prizes every half-hour, and Paula Pea was the lucky winner of the drawing from RSVP entries for the Road to Emmaus framed print from Liz Lemon Swindle.  Our one regret is that we were so busy enjoying the fun that we forgot to snap some pictures to share.  We express our appreciation to Sounds of Zion, Cedar Fort Incorporated & Foundation Arts for their help with prizes we gave away to happy customers.  Thanks to all who came and partied with us!

Postmortal Spirit World Customer Review and Book Signing

Postmortal Spirit World is the result of a multi-year project by Mark Sheffield, a local San Jose CPA and personal friend for 35 years.  His love and enthusiasm for the gospel and doctrinal knowledge is infectious.  It has been interesting to watch the journey to bring this work to press.  He has published other small projects (What Would Jesus Do? and Read the Instructions to name a couple), but this has been a major undertaking resulting in the formation of Shiloh Press to publish and distribute this work as well as other projects and items.  Shiloh Press was formed as a non-profit with proceeds going to benefit charity.  Officers and authors do not take monetary compensation.  To read more about Shiloh Press and the other items they publish click here. 

It has been interesting to see customers' reactions to this book.  The title captures their attention as this is a subject of widespread interest to most folks.  We have had a customer buy the book and come back after reading it to buy copies for all his children.  Everyone who has read has been very positive.  Click here for a link to a scholarly review posted at the Association of Mormon Letters.  Just yesterday I was on the phone with Charlene who used to live locally but now lives in Mississippi.  She was calling to order another copy of Postmortal.  She had seen our email about the book and ordered it online.  She could not put it down when she started reading and was so impressed she has been telling her friends about it.  She lent her copy to a friend who after reading it wanted her own copy, so Charlene gave her that copy as a gift and was calling to order another one as she wanted to keep one as a reference.  She gave me her permission to share her comments as a customer review.

Charlene found the book well-written, self-explanatory and easy to understand.  She commented that "You don't have to be a scholar to understand it."  She liked the question and answer format and found many of the diagrams to be extremely informative and helpful.  She had no idea there was so much information from the scriptures and general authorities about this topic and found it fascinating and inspirational.  She has been a member of our church for over 30 years and had never heard about many of topics mentioned and explained in this book.  I think if there had been more time to chat she could have kept going giving me additional examples of exciting insights she had gained.

Saturday, November 19, 2011, Mark Sheffield will be at our store signing Postmortal Spirit World and other Shiloh Press titles between 1-3 pm.  If you can't make it but would like to have one of these books signed by the author, let us know and we will be happy to arrange with him to have them signed.  Click here to read more about the book on our website.

Ladies Night April 2011

We enjoyed the fun and food at our Ladies Night event Saturday, April 2, 2011, after the afternoon session of conference. Our special Conference sale was also available between session 11 to 1, but during Ladies Night we had a treasure hunt, door prizes and food not to mention seeing and chatting with old and new friends. We're sorry we forgot to take photos to share!

Author Signings

We really enjoyed the authors who came to sign books at our store the last two weekends. Duane & Jean Crowther were here November 27, 2010, and both were very interesting to talk to. We still have several signed copies of Duane's classic books Life Everlasting, Prophecy: Key to the Future and Godhead along with his newest They Walked With God. Jean has books of cross-stitch patterns for most every temple, coming up with new patterns as new temples are built. We can order these and have a listing of which temple is in which book.



Ester Rasband was with us December 4, 2010, and signed her Christmas gift book What Think Ye of Christmas? The beautiful watercolor illustrations enhance the uplifting message of the book regarding the symbols of Christmas. Many went away with multiple copies to give as gifts as they are reasonably priced. We still have plenty of copies of this lovely book, some of which are signed.

Duane & Jean Crowther Author Signing Nov 27

We are looking forward to having Duane & Jean Crowther in our store Saturday, Nov 27, for a signing. Duane will be signing his classic doctrinal books: Prophecy, Key to the Future; Life Everlasting and The Godhead as well as his latest book, They Walked With God. Jean be signing several of her lovely temple counted cross-stitch patterns. They are visiting their daughter, who lives in the area, for a special family event, and we are honored to have them come to our store.

Fall Art & Figurine Sale/Christmas items

We are excited about our semi-annual art & figurine sale. Now through November 27 all framed art is 20% off, matted prints and plaques are 10% off. Figurines are 20% off, nativities and tabletop home decor is 10% off. We have lots of new art and home decor items and will be receiving more as the month goes on.

We are also in the process of gradually putting out Christmas items for early shoppers, but it will take a couple of weeks so feel free to ask about items you don't see as they may not be out yet.

Summer Fiction Extravaganza! Buy 4 get 5th FREE

Buy any 4 fiction titles in the store (including used and clearance) at regular price and get your 5th fiction title FREE* this June, July & August.

Choose your favorite authors or try someone new from our wide selection of title for all ages. Tell your friends and enjoy a summer of reading together!

*Free book is least expensive of the five titles. Marked price is considered regular price for used and clearance titles. Not available online. Offer good through August 31, 2010.


Watch video explaining our fiction and summer sales extravaganza!

Announcing the Beehive Bookstore Summer Video Contest!

Help us spread the word about the great LDS-related resources available in our store! Three $100 Beehive Bookstore Gift Certificates will be awarded to winners of the June, July and August contests. Winners will be determined by Facebook voting. Guidelines and details are on the "Summer Video Contest" page of this blog (click on title at top) or the notes on our Facebook fan page.

If you ever had the urge to create a great video to share, now is the time!

Ladies Night Out at Beehive Bookstore

We had a great turnout at our Ladies Night Out sale at Beehive Bookstore April 3. There was a lot of energy and fun with lots of chatting, food and laughter. Thanks to all the marvelous employees who contributed yummy treats and lots of effort to make this night a success. Thanks to our wonderful customers who take advantage of the great deals and make this event one of the highlights of the year for the store.

Book Signing by Joy Hulme March 13, 2010, 1 to 3 p.m.

Local author Joy Hulme will be signing her newest children's counting book Easter Babies on Saturday, March 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. at our bookstore. Bring your children and meet this well-known author of children's educational books.

About Easter Babies: From one newborn foal walking on wobbly legs and five open-billed nestlings eager for food to eleven children playing in the park and twelve church bells ringing, this lovely picture book celebrates spring, Easter, and new life. Joy Hulme and Dan Andreasen, who created the beautiful Stable in Bethlehem, once again capture the spirit of a holiday and a season.

Easter Babies is on sale for $11.65, 10% off both online and in the store through Easter. Joy's previous seasonal counting book, Stable in Bethlehem, will also be available for signing at 10% off ($8.95). If you are unable to attend, purchase either book in advance by phone, in person or online, and we will have Joy sign it for you!

Become a Fan of Beehive Bookstore on Facebook

Inspired by a seminar on Social Media and Linked-In January 27, we finally are on Facebook. The seminar was sponsored by BYU Management Society Silicon Valley Chapter, San Jose State University Alumni Association and Mass Mutual and featured presentations by Arthur Jue, coauthor of Social Media At Work, and Mike O'Neil & Lori Ruff, authors of Rock the World with your Online Presence--Your Ticket to a Multi-Platinum LinkedIn Profile. Mike, Arthur & Lori are the three on the left in the photo. Also pictured continuing on to the left is Mike Rasmussen of the BYU Management Society, Brian Bates of the SJSU Alumni Association, and Susan Dittmann of Mass Mutual Financial Group.

I had been thinking about a Facebook page for Beehive for a while, but this seminar in conjunction with the assistance of my daughter and an enthusiastic employee (Lora of the Beehive Bookstore videos) finally provided the momentum to actually do it. Help us reach our goal of 500 fans by March 15. Become one of our fans (click on Facebook button on right margin) and invite at least 20 of your friends to become fans, and we will give you a 5% off code for our website or a coupon for in the store. Email me at susan@beehivebookstore.com to let me know, and I will email you the code and/or coupon. We are hoping that Facebook will be a an easier place for our wonderful customers can share ideas and recommendations about their favorite LDS products. We will be posting videos featuring new and/or cool stuff in our store. Stay tuned!

Beehive Bookstore's Christmas Jar Report

In the spirit of Jason Wright's bestselling Christmas Jars and Christmas Jars Reunion, we at Beehive Bookstore began our own Christmas Jar and invited our wonderful customers to contribute spare change if they desired. On December 21, 2009, we had collected over $85! We also had a drawing for anyone who would like to be the one to give the jar away anonymously to someone in need. The winner of that drawing graciously agreed to share her experience with us on the blog. She is not named and has omitted some details to keep the recipients anonymous. Here is her report:

Upon receiving the news that my name had been drawn and I had been presented with the unique opportunity to select someone to receive the Christmas Jar, I immediately began contemplating whom this jar would best serve during the holidays this year. I had this on my mind throughout the afternoon, but no one came to mind. I thought of calling the bishop of our ward as he would have greater insight than I as to who might most benefit from this blessing. I called him and he said that through the service of individuals in our ward most who were in need this season had already been taken care of, but he would give it some thought too. After finding out that most of our ward members had reached out to one another this holiday season, I started to think that I might be thinking too small and should maybe reach beyond just our ward. That evening I talked with my husband who came up with the idea to contact the bishop of a ward in our stake that has many struggling families. We called him that night and asked if anyone in his ward could use this great blessing, the Christmas Jar. He said that there were many in his ward who could use it and that he would love to take the jar and give it prayerful and thoughtful consideration before delivering the jar to the family he felt was most in need of this specific gift. A day later we received word from him that the jar went to a wonderful brother and sister who were in need of a little more so that he would be able to meet qualifications necessary so that he could go and serve the Lord. How great a blessing this jar was - not ONLY able to help a family in need, but that it will help others receive the gospel as this service became more attainable through the Christmas Jar. Thank you to all of those who generously gave this year! It was a joy to pick up and pass on!