I haven't received any coupons for a while. I have noticed they do their 20% sale every couple months, at a minimum. The last few months seemed monthly (Dec had one, Jan had one)... If your order is large enough, it could definitely be worth waiting.

I've dealt with Ballard a lot, so here's my take on it. I've never had a customer service problem. I have been very happy with the mirrors I have bought, strictly from a design perspective. The "terrific tables" and glass tops are very good to fill in, although I prefer to use my own fabrics for cloths. I have never been entirely pleased with the quality of their fabrics. They have been either stiff and clunky, or gauzy and insubstantial on more than one occasion. The colors are not as clear and pretty as I'd like, which is a mark of cheap dyes. Some of the purely decorative things are nice additions to a scheme, but be careful of things that are a little over-designed...an extra curlicue, too much trim, that sort of thing. Some of the whimsical useful things are charming, and some are a little silly. I have not bought case goods from them - I find their version of traditional forms a little heavy and awkwardly proportioned - and have heard from others that they are probably not as sturdy as they might be for the cost. So I would say this...look very carefully at the pictures in the catalogue. You can see that some of their knock-off designs are more successful than others. Lots of good designers use their things to complete a look for a fairly small price.

Grandma loves jam and teas.....so she gets some special herb teas she wouldn't buy herself and also some small jars of various jams (usually baby jars recycled with the jam in). She likes to have a variety of toppings for her toast and doesn't like to have the bigger jars all opened taking up room in the fridge. Also "fridgies" those magnets for the fridge, shopping list pads (from dollar store - magnet mount for the fridge), book marks for book people, the odd handmade ornament..usually something small crocheted or knitted..for the seamstress in our lives...bobbins and a new seam ripper....Nothing is over 2 or 3 bucks in our stockings. Grandma also likes magazines and we will put some special one in for her to enjoy Christmas day.

Your welcome! I am always looking for coupons; so, I thought I'd pass this one along. Not sure how Conversations work, but I'll check it out. I had never looked at JCP before we starting building our house, and now I find that I shop there all the time! I get random odds and ends there, nothing super substantial, but I have been so pleasantly surprised by certain things. For example, I got their silk dupioni curtains there (with a bunch of coupons, of course) and I like them so much more than my PB curtains. The JCP ones are pinch pleated and much fuller. I know some people I know that turn their noses up at JCP, and I'm just glad that I gave it a chance! Btw, I have no affiliation to JCP.