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The seven sock social media

Brenna — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:00:04 +0000

Almost a year ago, Niq mentioned our growing social media team. Since then, Sock Dreams has expanded into a whole bunch of new fun social media. We’re lucky, because all of us get to work in the styles that we like most (and talk about socks!) I know that I do not have the brain to use Pinterest, so I’m glad we have other Dreamers who do! Each platform or method we use to get the sock word out to you has a different twist, so I figured it was about time I properly introduced them. And! There are a lot of fun photos scattered through our social networks that you don’t get to see unless you’re following us there.

First up is Facebook! Our Facebook page is the oldest of our social network presences. We update almost every day info on new items, upcoming items and local events we’re involved in. We also post lots of lifestyle images of Dreamers rocking socks with their everyday outfits, like this one of the Dreamy Bamboo OTKs!

Nothing makes our day more than when folks post on our wall with how they’re rocking their socks too! Scroll down on our Facebook photo page and you can check our all our awesome customer photos.

What you might like most about friending us on Facebook is that it is often the first place you tend to hear about sales (we don’t often have sales, but when we do, they’re often Facebook-specific). And if you’re a Portland local you can follow our Shop on Facebook too!

The next social media platform we turned our toes to is Twitter. If you want your sock news in quick bits, the Sock Dreams Twitter feed is the way to go. Links to new items, restocked styles, sock-tastic awesomeness and some of the sweetest Dreamers cheering on your socks. And just like our Facebook, our Shop has a locals-specific Twitter too!

And we’re big fans of FollowFriday, so remember:

After having such a great time reaching out to all you wonderful folks on Facebook and Twitter, we decided to take the Tumblr plunge. The Sock Dreams Tumblr is an endless parade of awesome imagery and inspiration.

We love answering questions and we especially love reader submissions, so if you’re following us on Tumblr, send us a snap of you rocking some socks!

Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr might be how Sock Dreams started getting into social media but we’ve added even more sock-ariffic goodness to your internet, join us after the jump to see where else you can find us on the web!

Even though we’re just getting started adding content to our YouTube page, we have big plans! You might have already caught our spot for Film by Bike when we posted about it in the Sock Journal, but have you seen the short we made for Zombie Prom?

We love gathering and making sock-centric things, which is why we’ve sort of fallen in love with Pinterest. Our Pinterest boards span all of our interests.

Invoice drawings!

Comparison Shots!

Doggies!

And so much more.

One of the newest areas we’ve entered is Google Plus. We’re pretty fresh to G+, so if you’re on there, add Sock Dreams to your circles! Right now it’s mostly an easy way to keep up with us across all our other social media, but we’ve got a lot of room to grow.

Okay, so we’re on Facebook and on Twitter. You can follow us on Tumblr and YouTube and we’re going wild on Pinterest. We just started at G+ and hmm, that’s only six places to find us online. . .

Oh of course! Right here on the Sock Journal. We’ve even got an RSS feed for you to add to your feed readers.

Thank you all so much for supporting us as we spread socky goodness across the web!

Halloween Party!

niqkita — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:11:12 +0000

When?
Friday, October 22 · 6pm – 8pm
Where?
Sock Dreams Sellwood Shoppe
8005 SE 13th Ave Portland, OR
Why? …Last year was a great success and this year it’s looking even better! We’ll have music, singing pirates from PDX Yar, theatrical entertainment, face painting, and Style Ink will be there to do wild makeup and hair for guests. Like last year, the main event is the costume contest where you can win up to a $100 Sock Dreams gift certificate.

COSTUME CONTEST
* Register your costume at the event on 10/22/10 from 6p – 7:30p. …Kids under 13 must have permission from a legal guardian to participate.
* When you register we’ll take a photo and from these the Sock Dreams staff will choose their favorite costume and declare the winner at 8pm 10/22/10.
* 1st place winner will receive a $100 Sock Dreams Gift Certificate. 2nd place winner will receive a $50 Sock Dreams Gift Certificate. 3rd place winner will receive a $25 Sock Dreams Gift Certificate. Contestants must be present to win.
* Judges will provide more weight to costumes featuring sock and/or sock accessories
* Costumes must be self contained. Connections to electrical sockets will not be available.
* It’s a family costume contest. Keep it fun and PG-Rated.

Open On Mondays!

Brenna — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:24:55 +0000

It’s official: Our brick & mortar shop will be open on Mondays through the winter! Now Portland locals (and sock-savvy visitors to our fair city) can start their week on the right foot. The hours remain the same, 11am to 6pm, but now the doors are open seven days a week!

Non-locals and folks who need socks at 3am (it’s always sock shopping time somewhere!) we are of course always open online, 24 hours a day.

Friday Night: Grand Opening Event!!!

niqkita — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:17:34 +0000

You’re all invited!!!
Where: Sock Dreams shop in Sellwood
8005 SE 13th Avenue, Portland, OR 97202
When: Friday October 23rd, 6-8 pm

Since it is nearly Halloween we’re encouraging everyone to come dressed up with a chance to win a $100 Sock Dreams Gift Certificate for the best costume.* We’ll be offering 25% off all sales during the party (discount good only at the event).
There will be treats & goodies thanks to our neighbors at:
The Ugly Mug & Grand Central Bakery.
This will be a family friendly event with entertainment: a girl who is a stilt walker, hula hooper, fire dancer and can swallow fire. Banjo, trumpet, and other live music.

*HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST RULES
• Enter the Sock Dreams Halloween Costume Contest during the official Grand Opening on Friday, October 23rd from 6p – 7:30p.
A winner will be declared at 8pm on 10/23/2009.
• The Sock Dreams Halloween Costume Contest is open to anyone
(except Sock Dreams employees).
• Judges will provide more weight to costumes featuring sock and/or sock accessories.
• Register your costume by visiting the 94/7fm tent at the Grand Opening party. A 94/7fm staff member will take your photo.
• From all photos taken at 94/7fm tent, the Sock Dreams staff will choose their favorite costume and declare that person the winner.
• The winner will receive $100 Sock Dreams Gift Certificate. Two (2) runner ups will receive “Bread for a Year” courtesy of Grand Central Bakery – Sellwood.
• The first 20 entrants will receive a Sock Dreams complimentary gift.
• Costumes must be self contained…
Connections to electrical sockets will not be available.
• It’s a family costume contest. Keep it fun and PG-Rated.
• Judges for the Halloween Costume Contest are not eligible for the Costume Contest.
IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION:
• The judges shall have the sole authority and discretion to select the winners.
• Minors (those under 13 years of age) must have permission
from a legal guardian to participate.
• By registering, all Halloween Costume Contest participants agree to let Sock Dreams and 94/7fm to use their images for promotional purposes,
both photographs and video.
• Each entrant shall indemnify, defend, and hold Sock Dreams & 94/7fm harmless from any third party claims arising from or related to that entrant’s participation in the contest. In no event shall Sock Dreams and 94/7fm be liable to an entrant for acts or omissions arising out of or related to the contest or that entrant’s participation in the contest.

Hope to see you there!!!

Moving Day

niqkita — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:29:18 +0000

So far today is much like any other Sunday…

I’m editing images shot earlier in the week and will soon head over to our warehouse to help pull the first batch of orders for the day. Our store on Powell will open at 11 am just like it has nearly every day since April 1st 2008.
But today, unlike other days, when the last of the shoppers have left the building we’ll gather up all the socks & pretty things and our neighbors at the All American Moving Co will transport all of our shop furniture & boxes of socks over to Sellwood and into our new shop location.

And this sign will come down…

Monday I will go to work at the warehouse as usual, Lola at my side ready to play with Pumpkin, except our shop won’t be there. Our store workers will be over in Sellwood setting up shop while the rest of us continue to attend to online customers & orders and keeping the warehouse stocked. I plan on helping out in Sellwood later in the day and can hardly wait to see how it looks when it all comes together in the coming days. Ready or not we will open up for business on Tuesday morning at 11 and we’ll now stay open til 6 every day, though we will be closed on Mondays…
like many of the other shops in the Sellwood Moreland area.
We’re planning a big celebration in October, more details on that soon!
Pictures & more info about our new location & other newsworthy bits to come…

One Year Open

niqkita — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:30:12 +0000

This week marks the one year anniversary of having a walk-in sock shop
…and a brilliant year it’s been too. It was never my plan to open a store, just to have a fun website that I could run from home in my spare time. As the years passed, nearly nine of them already, I needed more and more help as sales grew and grew.
We outgrew our spaces every two years until we got a nice big warehouse in the heart of southeast Portland with a perfect area for a shop in the entry way. It’s a tiny little shop that doesn’t always meet people’s expectations of somewhere called Sock Dreams because it can be maddening to know that “the entire Sock Dreams warehouse is right on the other side of the curtain” as one person described it, yet you are limited to the selection we have chosen for the store area (though we are always willing to find what you seek in our warehouse, we can’t actually let the public roam freely back there any more than Willy Wonka could let folks roam his factory). The very same girls run our shop that help us pull orders out in the warehouse in the morning and I make a point to work with them all so that I am sure they share my vision and love for socks. No doubt we’ll outgrow this space as our little shop has been far more popular than I ever imagined so we’re sort of on the look out for a second space nearby. Somewhere we can have more socks than even our most wwwoted sock brethren expect us to have, with spaces to try tryable things on, and lots of other fun stuff nearby for those who have traveled long and far to find us to enjoy.
And once again I find myself thanking all of you, near and far, who have helped make this journey such a joy and this dream so vivid. Whether you have only bought one pair of socks, told just one friend, or spread the word to anyone who will listen, my fellow Sock Dreamers and I are forever grateful!

Socks in the Snow

niqkita — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:41:06 +0000

It has snowed every day for nearly a week now with more due.
This being our busiest week online I was grateful for everyone braving the elements every day to keep the socks flowing out our door & into your homes.
Saturday was the last big day for shipping, and the forecast calls for freezing rain and ice so I announced first thing Saturday morning that Sunday is a snow day for us, no one will be working in our warehouse and our store will be closed. Yes, this should be a huge weekend for our store, not in the ice though, the roads will not be safe, the news keeps telling us so. Stay home if you were gonna come see us because we’re not there.
Don’t worry, we will be back on Monday, all bundled up and ready to go…
If you need your socks by Wednesday they best be shipped 2 day express, or picked up at our store, we’ll be there til 4 on Wednesday. Well, we won’t actually be there personally, our vacation starts after we get caught up on Monday!!! But we’ll have plenty of Sock Dreamers on hand to get you your socks & other dreamy goodies.
Happy Winter Solstice!!!

I’ve got a Golden Ticket

niqkita — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:47:04 +0000

and oh-so-much more!!!
the black & gold fishnets are a sneak peak at the Betsey Johnson Metallic Magic Fishnet Shorties. Our full order just arrived today and will be live shortly…
The shoes? I found those on Etsy, hand painted by Hippy of Doom.
Lovely, I absolutely adore them, especially with these socks.
Oh, how I adore Betsey Johnson and her sexy styles!!!

When Raubynn & I went to Seattle last month I brought these along with way too many others, if only we’d had a whole week for taking pictures! these were my fav’s, the fishnet capris were just stunning! oh, and wait til you see the Grrr Fishnets!
They are subtle and were tricky to get a decent shot of. I loved how they looked and fit, really nice fishnet that felt great on and the pattern was evenly printed all over without gaps, overlaps or mismatches.

WW Best of Portland 2008

niqkita — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:56:21 +0000

Best place to shop, Best kept secret, Best place to buy clothes?
Cast you vote for Sock Dreams!
Vote here: http://wweek.com/bop2008/

Every year the Willamette Week conducts a Best of Portland poll…
It does take a minute to complete the survey as there are a lot of questions.
It doesn’t make you answer all the questions but we do know that your ballot is invalid if you answer too few…
so don’t just write in Sock Dreams.
Okay, now EVERYONE VOTE!
…and then tell everyone else you know to vote!

On the table & in the store

niqkita — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:22:17 +0000

This isn’t even all of it…

We have among our latest arrivals being tested & shot this week:
E.G. Smith Eco line of Green Socks
…made of recycled & organic yarns
Strange Monster Arm Cozies
…snug and oh-so-lovely!
K. Bell’s Soft & Dreamy socks
…with a name like that we better be selling them!
but do they live up to it? yeah, they’re pretty scrumptious.
These will start showing up on the site Monday…

and what you don’t see above are…
Classic Men’s Sock Garters

and an in-store exclusive of Betsey Johnson:

Don’t worry though, we’ll definitely offer our favorites online soon too!
But in store exclusives aren’t a bad idea either…