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Hour Detroit – Best Gift Shop 2011

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Hour Detroit – Best Gift Shop 2011
We're so honored!  This is the 5th consecutive year we've won for Best Gift Shop and our new sister store, Yellow Door Art Market also won. We couldn't live up to these fantastic titles without wonderful customers like you.  I think we need to issue all of you a BEST OF plaque for being such wonderful firefly fans!  Many, Many Thanks! And thank you Hour Detroit for including us in your first rate publication.

Metrotimes Best of Detroit – April 27, 2011

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Metrotimes Best of Detroit – April 27, 2011
Every year we ask: What more could there be to say? What could be new in the 25th anniversary edition of Best of Detroit, that hasn't been said before. But then we print up the readers' ballot and put a version online, and watch as the returns begin. Then we start free associating, opening our eyes to what's around us, letting our ears perk up when someone tells us about a new shop, a .
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Rochester Patch.com Valentine Feature

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Rochester Patch.com Valentine Feature
Valentine's Gift Idea No. 5: Are You the Cheese to His Macaroni? Let's face it, guy gifts for Valentine's Day can be tough. Catching Fireflies is here to help. By Laura Cassar If I'm being honest with you, (and don't you miss hearing Simon say that on American Idol?) I'm a little stumped on what to get my better half for Valentine's Day. This is one holiday that guys have it easy: chocolate, jewelry, .
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Rochester Patch.com Feature

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Rochester Patch.com Feature
In Checking Things Off My Christmas List, it's Catching Fireflies vs. Giant Stack of Catalogs By Laura Cassar I get catalogs at this time of year. Stacks and stacks — a whole forest's worth. I look through them all; some might even tempt me. But before I place an order, I first go downtown to Catching Fireflies.  After I do that, my catalog stack goes straight into the recycling bin.  You've heard the saying .
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Detroit Free Press Feature 12.5.10

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Detroit Free Press Feature 12.5.10
50 gift ideas for $50 or less -Georgea Kovanis Canvas tote bag decorated with a map of Detroit's neighborhoods. $17.95 at Catching Fireflies, 3117 W. Twelve Mile, Berkley. 248-336-2030. Also, 203 E. University, Rochester. 248-650-3318; catchingfireflies.com and maptote.com. (Map Tote)

Time Out Kids Chicago Feature -Winter 2010

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Time Out Kids Chicago Feature -Winter 2010
The Chicgao Parents' Guide to Culture & Entertainment Freaky Feet – Those things going bump in the night are just your toddlers toes slipped into hairy & scary Lil' Monster Slippers $19 Sweet Delete – The phrase I stink at math takes on a whole new meaning when you clean up mistakes with scented erasers.  Packaged in mini milk cartons, they'll leave your paper smelling like grape, fruit juice, milk, strawberry & chocolate. $4

Observer Eccentric Article 10.10.10

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Observer Eccentric Article 10.10.10
Berkley artist, entrepreneur keeps expanding by Steve Kowalski Owner April McCrumb (left) and manager Cheryl Jones are busy preparing the Yellow Door Market in Berkey for its Oct. 28 opening. (John Stormzand | Staff Photographer) BERKLEY — Shortly after graduating from college, April McCrumb started experiencing success on the art fair circuit, selling handmade paper frames as far away as New York City McCrumb had a degree in special education from Eastern Michigan University. .
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Detroit News Feature 9.3.10

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Detroit News Feature 9.3.10
Nifty designs rely on ABC's and 1-2-3's Judith Harris Solomon (excerpt) For many, especially adults, it's a cause for celebration. For others, especially children, it can be exciting or anxiety-ridden or a combination thereof. We're talking about the first day of school, an event about to happen everywhere just after Labor Day. To commemorate this annual occasion, we thought it would be apropos to feature a few items that focus on numbers and letters. .
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Fox 2 Back to School Segment 9.29.10

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Find some of the goodies we talked about… Detroit tote bag $17.95, insulated lunch bags $14.95, retro lunch boxes $13.95,  bottle freakers $8.95, resnackit bags $10.95, bobble water bottle $9.95, smencils $15.95, scented pens $10.95, scented erasers $3.95, firefly reflectors $4.95, school years book $16.95 and latop sleeves $18.95 We'll also be accepting school supply donations for Judson Center at our Berkley & Rochester locations through the end of August.