Hello! It’s been a long hot summer, but it’s gone by so, so fast! This past summer show season came and went in the blink of an eye! Before I knew it, it was once again time to put the finishing touches on January 2012 new releases for Creative Co-Op.
When asked to define her artistic style, designer Lori Siebert will tell you she likes to be a bit of a chameleon. Finding inspiration from her kids’ drawings, an old quilt, or an off-beat piece of folk-art, Lori creates her designs using everything from acrylics and watercolor to fabric and sculpey. Experimentation with different styles and mediums coupled with Lori’s insatiable curiosity, her whimsical design sense and fresh approach to color give each collection its own unique personality.
Hello! Can you believe how fast the time goes by? Soon we will all be talking presidential elections and Holiday decorations once again! The world just keeps on spinning forward!!! I’m so glad we are all here together! I’m so very excited to write for several reasons; mainly, our next release is done!!!!! Yeah!! I don’t want to say too much, but even I am amazed at this next season’s release, and there is a lot of it!!! Much is certainly not the same as before – I’m so thrilled for you to see the new product at the summer markets. It’s really been a labor of love this season, and we are so pleased (albeit a bit nervous – as always) that the response from you will be as we all hope it will be. We have finished up in the “sweat house,” oops, I meant studio, for photography. This part of the season is always an interesting challenge, but strangely I find myself actually comforted with the process now. It is in the studio that we are able to put together the last of the details so that you can all actually see what it is we’ve been working on. Read more »
We are proud to announce our newest licensing partnership with An Englishman in LA!
The gift of life Jeff Cane’s mother gave him came with a great talent to observe and capture beauty. She told him that was her mantra to her unborn child throughout her pregnancy. He first picked up a camera when he was 17 and has rarely put it down since! Read more »
WILLIAMSBURG Craft House has updated its look for spring. Thanks to a new partnership with Creative Co-Op, the store has a beautiful collection called “A Garden Story.” Store Manager Joanna Heitz and WILLIAMSBURG Product Manager Liza Gusler share the inspiration behind this new line and invite you to come see the spring assortment. Click below to see the exciting YouTube video.
Creative Co-Op is pleased to announce a partnership with one of the hottest names in the industry…Kelly Rae Roberts! We can not wait to unveil the new line we have created together at the 2011 Summer markets.
Click on the link below to learn more about Kelly and the partnership with Creative Co-Op in her own words:
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It’s been a whirlwind two months so far this year, shows were joyfully busy! We keep thinking how it can get any busier in these showrooms and our customers keep showing us that it is indeed possible! How lucky are we? Our customers are simply the best! The business of each show season takes patience on our customers’ part as it is truly a “jungle” inside the showrooms at times and yet our customers come and work through the crowds. We all need to keep that spirit of gratitude and excitement in each and every day! Thank you to everyone for all of the hard work that goes into our show season! As hard as it was to leave the jungle of the shows this year, it just had to be done as the road was calling…off to Paris.
Tamra and Robert Wang on the streets of the Marias.
I’m asked frequently “What trends do you see coming? What’s in, what’s out? What inspired you? I’m asked so often that I now ask myself that question regularly so that I’m prepared with a halfway intelligent sounding answer – But recently I’ve had a hard time answering myself. Rewind a year ago, two years ago – I had good clear answers! So what is wrong with me now that I can’t answer? I spent a rainy day trying to calm down and relax, and I found that indeed I had reasons, influences and trends. They just happen to be different than they used to be, and they seem so slight that I find it hard to bring myself to say they are trends – but they are as real as the desire for a butterfly or lodge inspired home once was.
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