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Double Your Comfort, Double Your Joy

11/28/2020

This season has presented us with some pretty unusual circumstances, which also seem to be unending. While most of our holiday traditions may be temporarily disrupted this year, Sip and Ship remains the touchstone to your safety, support and service.
With two store locations, Sip and Ship offers double the tape, boxes, and speed to efficiently handle all of your mailing needs, with double-sided ribbon to put a bow on all of your gift wrapping, and your taste buds will delight with our double-espresso seasonal treats.
Sip and Ship has a double dose of efficiency and care available to you in December from 9am-6pm Monday-Friday and 10am-5pm on Saturday. Allowing you to enjoy more magical and safe moments this season with plenty of good cheer!

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Do You Remember Your First Job?

11/22/2020

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You were probably nervous and excited about making a good first impression, to show up on time, wearing the right shoes?

Do you remember your first paycheck? Scanning the envelope and making discoveries inside. What was the first thing you treated yourself to with your own money?

How about your first manager and first set of co-workers? Did they inspire you, make you laugh or work harder? Or maybe your first job experience didn’t go well and you had to try again?

Most likely, you took what you learned from those experiences to your next job to build on from there.

Sip and Ship is like that for many of our employees. We are often their first work experience and what it’s like to become a member of a business team. Over the years we’ve heard you ask, “how do you hire such good people?”

There really is no one answer, but what we have learned is that Sip and Ship looks for people-centric, team-oriented and compassionate individuals. From there, we provide them with an environment of mentorship and leadership. Creating a culture that embraces service through kindness and empathy for others. As a team, we are able to make mistakes together, learn together and grow together and view our partnership as an extension of each other.

Team Sip and Ship is looking forward to providing you with a safe place to sip seasonal snickerdoodle lattes, shop for the perfect holiday card and gift, and ship ribbon-wrapped and tree ready packages to your loved ones during this very unusual holiday season.

From our family to yours, please stay safe and may you find small joys throughout the season to celebrate.

December Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 10am-5pm & closed Sunday.

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Mailing Happiness

11/15/2020

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Putting pen paper crosses the “t” with "thankfulness" and dots the “i” with “I love you.”
Sip and Ship has the perfect selection of boxed notes, holiday greetings and birthday cards just for you to share like confetti! Why not mail happiness to everyone you know sealed with love.

Don’t forget to get your supply of forever stamps the next time you're in Sip and Ship. They are super festive this year, and we have has several designs to choose from.

Wait, I almost forgot to remind you that our seasonal snickerdoodle lattes are a delicious way to reward yourself after a job well done! For that matter, they’re even better when you still have a job to finish…

We look forward to seeing you and are always wearing a smile under our facemasks.

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Share Joy Shop Small

11/7/2020

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Mark you calendar so you can join us in celebrating and supporting small businesses in and around our city! Small Business Saturday takes place on November 28th, created to celebrate and support where you live and work. The dollars you spend at a small business not only helps create and mainain jobs but are invested back into our shared communities. Every year on Small Business Saturday, Sip and Ship donates 10% of your purchases to Mary's Place, a non-profit organization in Seattle that provides safe, inclusive shelter and services to support women, children and families on their journey out of homelessness.

We hope you will consider making a concentrated effort to step into your most cherished small business(es) to purchase a gift, a meal or gift card to help continue to share and spread joy this holiday season.

All of us at Sip and Ship look forward to seeing you again soon!

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Setting The Mood Of Gratitude

11/1/2020

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A thoughtful gesture of gratitude with a beautifully wrapped treat heightens the anticipation, happiness and enjoyment of the receiver.

Sip and Ship understands the value of sharing and sending thanks to others in a variety of ways. This season, we look forward to helping your set the mood of gratitude. From hostess gifts to client appreciation through small acts of kindness that provide comfort and care, Sip and Ship has the perfect way to extend your gratitude to co-workers, friends and family - both far and near.

At Sip and Ship we believe that being able to take care of our team, helps them better care for you. Therefore, we plan to close both Ballard and Greenwood stores on Thanksgiving and the day after (Nov. 26-27th) to give our team the chance to celebrate with their friends and family and to rest up in preparation for a busy holiday shipping season.

We will reopen our doors on Small Business Saturday (Nov. 28th) to help you stock up on your holiday gift giving. With any purchase, from coffee to cozy socks, Sip and Ship will donate 10% of your purchase to Mary’s Place as a way to extend our gratitude to you for your support and our work together to reinvest back into the Seattle community.

Sip and Ship is grateful for the opportunity to serve you and we look forward to seeing you soon.

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Sip and Ship Eases Election Tension...

10/25/2020

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Could election day get here any sooner already!? As our anticipation grows for what will likely be another historic election season, aside from being a place where you can mail in your ballot, Sip and Ship shares ways we can help ease election tension over the next seven days:

Share your favorite family recipe and make it from scratch! Every fall we bring back my Grandmother’s caramel sauce apple cake and serve it with great pride at Sip and Ship. What’s a family fave in your household?
We invite you to take a moment to correspond with a former office mate. Mailing a “missing your face from our space,” note will go along way even if you see each other on Zoom.
Come grab a pumpkin spice latte coffee with your walking buddy.
Make it a Netflix’s Night! We just watched David Attenborough’s : A Life On Our Planet - it’s incredible and pairs well with a local red wine and a gourmet bag of Thai seasoned popcorn.
Curate your holiday card and gift giving list - it’s never too soon to be sure you have everyone’s home address this year.
Begin to set the mood with scents of the season in every room.
Don’t wait! Take a stroll through your neighborhood or the WA Park Arboretum to admire the change of season.There is a crispness in the air and vibrant colors in the trees that truly reminds us why we live in the Pacific Northwest.

During your visit into Sip and Ship, we invite you to share your experience with others on social by tagging us: FB Sip and Ship | IG sipshipshop - we look forward to staying connected and supporting you in all ways imaginable!

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PUT YOUR BALLOT IN THE BOX AT SIP AND SHIP

10/17/2020

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YAY! Ballots are finally rolling in!

Sip and Ship encourages any and all voters to bring in their ballot to one of our store locations (Ballard | Greenwood). The first 100 voters to bring their ballots to us, receive a FREE vote pin or a FREE drip coffee. Your choice!

While you’re in, snap a pic, share it on your social media channel and tag us: IG sipshipshop, Review or FB sipandship.

We look forward to seeing you, staying connected and supporting you in all ways imaginable!

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Before iPhones, FaceBook and Twitter...

10/10/2020

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Sip and Ship was working hard to become apart of the community. Steve and I wanted a place to call home even when we were at work. It was important for us to create a place where anyone who walked through our doors would feel welcome.

A place where we could put our customer service to the test - - whatever dilemma or life altering event brought you in, we’d work hard to fix or figure out a solution. A place where a stranger can enter and leave as a friend.

Here we are 18 years later, celebrating what began as an idea and a dream. With your faith and trust in us, Sip and Ship has grown into a neighborhood stronghold - providing you with a hot cup of coffee and freshly baked chocolate-chip cookie; consulting on how to best ship a fragile or time-sensitive item coupled with simple gestures of kindness. Our hard working Sip and Ship team strives to provide unparalleled service to you on every occasion.

Thursday, October 15th, come celebrate 18 years with us and enjoy a FREE 12 ounce latte! We can’t thank you enough for your steadfast support over the years and hope to continue to serve you and your family for years to come!

On your next visit snap a pic and post it on your social media channel and tag us: FB Sip and Ship | IG sipshipshop - we look forward to staying connected in all ways!

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Deals & Steals at Sip and Ship

9/27/2020

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Now that the smoke is being washed away with the rains, we are optimistic with the chance to see things with a little more clarity and invite you to join us.

Deals:
This week Ballard has its neighborhood sidewalk sale event on October 1-4 from 11am-5pm. Ballard Sip and Ship will have amazing gifts significantly discounted and organized in three categories in $10, $5 and $1 sale areas. This is a great way to begin to stock up on gifts for: housewarming, birthday, new baby, wedding, anniversary, holiday and just because gifting!

Steals:
We are sorry to report that last week Ballard Sip and Ship was burglarized. Two men broke through one of our windows, crawled on the floor to avoid our motion sensors, riffled through all of our cash registers and drawers looking for anything of value and left with several bins of packages. As you can imagine, Steve and I feel completely gutted especially after the police confirmed that incidents like this are happening more routinely in our neighborhoods. We are relieved that no one was hurt, have increased our building security and refuse to let the bad guys win.

We invite you to stay focused on the positive - the little lessons learned through these tough times. Sip and Ship will continue to show up for you, your business and your family with complete transparency, authenticity and integrity.

See you soon.

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Your Passions Take Flight With Sip and Ship

9/20/2020

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Virtual Mailbox Services at Sip and Ship Make Following Your Passions Possible

Albatross scientist Chris Jordan, is one of our virtual customers who has been living abroad in Chile to study this threatened species. As his home office, virtual mailbox and business support, Sip and Ship enables him to continue his work towards protecting and preserving these incredible birds by helping from afar.
Available 24/7 Sip and Ship responds to any requests through a simple email conversation. Chris lets us know what he needs and when he needs it, and we make it happen! We’ve shipped food supplies and equipment to him on a mountain top while he stayed perched in one spot protecting nesting chicks. This week we will ship him his new debit card along with a restocked back pack of climbing gear to Chile. The Sip and Ship team takes pride in knowing we are the linchpin to him and his work. Keeping a watchful eye on his affairs stateside, communicating routinely and packing each individual item he needs with care so that he gets what he needs efficiently and safely - no matter how far the journey.
Curious to learn more about the Albatross and the work Chris is doing? Check out his short film by following this link.
We look forward to exploring ways to best support you and your life’s work.