Filed under: Anni Shades, CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Unique Frame Lines
Welcome to the first full week of 2013! We are so excited to ring in the new year with our very first Customer of the Week…Jessi! Jessi is jumping for joy in her new Anni Shades Glimpse frames! She looks awesome in the kelly green with the pop of yellow sandwiched in-between.
Jessi will be showing off her new frames at her new job as a Librarian! (It’s hard not to have the Music Man song go though your head. “ Marian…..Madam Librarian“). So, she’s a little excited!? New job, new city…. off to a good start Jessi!
Check out the Anni Shades Glimpse frame below. It’s the same shape as Jessi’s, but its natural cocobolo color is shining through with a red inlay peeking out to say hello. Or maybe you have been wondering how to combine your love of wooden frames with your favorite color: orange. Look no further…
Do you love these two pairs, but want to make your own color combo? The nice guys at Anni Shades will create a custom piece for you…right here in the Midwest.
Anywho…thanks for being our very first customer of the week for 2013, Jessi! You look great!
Note: The number 13 is our Queen of Specs’ lucky number, so this will *definitely* be Eye Spy’s lucky year!
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Filed under: CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Francis Klein, Unique Frame Lines
Check out our new friend Gina. She is rock’in it, in her brand sparkly new Francis Klein Help frames! Gina fell in love with these frames, came back to visit them weekly, now they are finally hers!
Gina is going to be the coolest instructor on campus. Who wouldn’t love an art history lecture with this lady? Just to add some bonus cool points, she also is a roller derby skater! Congrats on being our customer of the week Gina! You look so awesome in your new Francis Klein Help glasses!
Check out the sweet details on this frame. Cat-eye-ed and sparkly what more do you want?
Note: These lovely Francis Klein frames can be custom ordered in a seemingly endless variety of colors and decor.
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Filed under: EVENTS!
I bet you are wondering,”What in the world is SHOP Lakeview?” Well… here’s how it works:
1. Shop locally and save your receipts in the provided envelope.
2. Collect $300 worth of receipts from 5 or more Shop Lakeview merchants between Nov. 1st and Dec. 31st.
3. Turn your envelope and receipts into the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce at 1409 W. Addison and receive $50 in SHOP Lakeview Dollars for every $300 in receipts.
Note: The SHOP Lakeview Dollars are redeemable at over 100 Lakeview Businesses. Check out the full list here!
It’s a no brainer, especially if you are shopping at Eye Spy Optical for simply spectacular eyewear where it is easy to spend over $300;-)
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Filed under: CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Theo
Congratulations to PAUL, our Customer of the Week!
Paul read about Eye Spy in the Chicago Reader, where we were named in the Best of Chicago 2009 issue! Let me tell you, it was a blast helping Paul choose some new frames. When he tried on these Theo frames, we all knew they were the ones!
It was love at first sight!
Way to go Paul, your new Theo frames look amazing and you’re our CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!
Too many flex dollars, not enough time? At Eye Spy, we accept flex dollars and will make sure that you find quality handmade glasses as well as the best possible lenses for your prescription. Just ask and we’ll be happy to help you find an *awesome* new pair of specs!
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Filed under: Anne et Valentin, CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!
Congratulations to our Customer of the Week, Deborah!!!
Deborah has been a customer at Eye Spy for several years now. We always love when she stops by the store because not only is she super-nice, she also loves fun glasses! Deborah looks especially awesome in Anne et Valentin frames. Check out this purple and brown cat-eye frame!
Anne et Valentin frames are the cat’s meow.
Way to go, Deborah! You’re our CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!
Too many flex dollars, not enough time? At Eye Spy, we accept flex dollars and will make sure that you find quality handmade glasses as well as the best possible lenses for your prescription. Just ask and we’ll be happy to help you find an *awesome* new pair of specs!
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Filed under: NEWS!
At Eye Spy, we love winter!
OK, we don’t love the low temperatures or the slushy, wet snow, or the delayed buses and head colds.
We DO love hot chocolate that somehow tastes sooo much better when it’s cold outside!
And we really love cozy sweaters and scarves.
And wow-oh-wow, do we love to decorate the store and make it a Winter Wonderland inside and out!
Inside, we have a new eyewear line, Claire Goldsmith, direct from jolly old England. We also have a TON of new Eyebobs readers and bucketloads of new Theo frames, Anne et Valentin frames, Francis Klein frames, and Lafont frames.
Outside, we’ve put up sparkling lights in the window so that, even when it snows, you’ll be able to find Eye Spy’s shining lights on Lincoln Ave.
Doesn’t it just look so warm and cozy in there?We put up our favorite window decorations, included a section for Christmas with little elves an ornaments and a Chanukah section with a menorah handmade by our own Queen of Specs!
We’ve made the store a cozy and warm place to hang out and get out of the cold while you’re looking for new glasses to go with your winter wardrobe.
Stop by and say hello!
Too many flex dollars, not enough time? At Eye Spy, we accept flex dollars and will make sure that you find quality handmade glasses as well as the best possible lenses for your prescription. Just ask and we’ll be happy to help you find an *awesome* new pair of specs!
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Filed under: Lafont, NEWS!, Theo
Here at Eye Spy, we have a lot to be thankful for: awesome eyeglasses that surround us all day long, a funky and colorful work environment, and Dinkel’s right across the street!
But, today, what we are most thankful for are the awesome awesome customers–you are all so much fun to have around!
You make our hearts go ZING!
What we are second most thankful for are the new frames that have been arriving all week!
First, the Theo invasion:
Theo’s classic metal style that we all know and looooove.
And new Theo plastics! Absence does make the heart grow fonder!
It’s been a while since Theo has made plastic frames and, yow, are we happy they’re back!
Then, we received the Lafont frames for our Trunk Show this weekend! The frames will only be here for the weekend, so if you want to see hundreds of Lafonts in dozens of colors, put on you hat and gloves and come over to Eye Spy! (Pssst…The Lafont trunk show will be on Saturday, November 28, from 11-5pm.)
ooooooh. ahhhhhh.
Look at all the kids frames we’ll have in the store this weekend!
(This is maybe one fifth of the kids frames we’ll have for the trunk show!!!)
So much to love…..
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Filed under: EVENTS!
The Button-o-Matic has landed at Eye Spy!
For the month of September the Button-o-Matic machine will be dispensing its limited-edition series of 24-karat gold buttons at Eye Spy!
Stop by for our button celebration on Saturday, September 12 from 12-5pm… with Beer, Bagels, and a make-your-own Button Machine!
yeah!
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Filed under: CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!, Theo
This week, our CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK, is a familiar face ’round these parts. He may just be the father of our royal Queen of Specs. Does that make him the King of Eyewear? In these Theo frames, yes, yes it does. So let’s all stand and cheer for our CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK, Bob F.
Alissa chose these Theo frames especially for her dad, and wow does Bob look great! Lucky guy to have a daughter who can hook you up with Theo frames!
When it’s hot out, you gotta find new ways of stayin’ cool, Daddy-O
Congratulations, Bob! Your new Theo frames look ****awesome****
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Filed under: NEWS!
Check it out!!!
Hey You!! Look at me!!
Eye Spy has a new look!
green is the new awesome
You know us, at Eye Spy, we like to be as green as possible. For a while, we’ve been bored with our plain brown facade. It didn’t accurately represent the Eye Spy attitude!
Then, Alissa had the brilliant idea of putting astro-turf on the store! She cut the panels in her own back yard and put them up with Velcro, so when we remove the middle two panels, we have a fun purple chalkboard hidden away! Wait, there’s more!
It turns out the astro-turf is made out of recycled materials. So we did get the green facade we’ve always wanted. It just took a little elbow grease and a lot of clever thinkin’!
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