Monthly Archives: January 2007

it is thursday, jan. 25th, and i am posting a new blog today because i will be leaving for new york in 2 days and will be out of pocket for a while…we will be at the ny gift show until next thursday, or so…poor billy is already on his way to get a jump start on set up…always hellish i am excited about this show because i am so excited about our new product…i think it is really pretty cool…we have some new tole lamp bases that i really like, and a couple of new iron lighting sconces that i think are very good looking…but, it is the papier mache that i am really, really thrilled with…it is just sooo different from anything i have seen out there…and it has such a great, organic feel to it….we have about 7 lamp bases now, and i love every single one [...]

today is january the 17th and i am finally getting around to posting blog #2-yeehaw! i returned from the atlanta gift market the night before last and i am still pretty dazed…january tends to be quite the whirlwind…new samples arrive, either make the the cut or not…off we go with the winners to atlanta, where we spend 3 to 4 days frantically trying to get the showroom togather…back home for a day or 2 and then… it’s showtime! 7 days of peddling your wares in a sea of houseware products…. at the atlanta gift show there are 3 buildings, at least 15 floors each, and they are literally filled with every imaginable thing that one could sell for the home or person…talk about consumer overload. i honestly don’t know how buyers do it..it has got to be exhausting, not only physically(comfortable shoes are a must) but mentally and visually…i would [...]

hello…today is jan. 3rd , the day that i start my stray dog designs blog….how exciting! this blog is, of course, a forum for me to spew what i would have to call “nonsense” at you about design, decorating ideas….basically whatever comes into my head that i think might interest you. i feel sort of shy and silly about this…but, i’m thinking i might learn to love it…maybe it will be like having a really cheap shrink! because it’s the start of a new year, my mind is on purge(that’s normal, right?).. billy and i took the week after christmas off and stayed home with the children. there’s nothing like a week at home with 3 small children, all their brand new christmas booty, and the mountains of packaging that the new booty came in, to make you want to throw out everything you ever owned. it is truly astonishing [...]