We've come across some designer's entertaining tips for upcoming holidays that appear to be confusing.Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve-they are creeping up on the calendar and that means the season of entertaining, including breakfasts, brunches, lunches, cocktail parties, dinners, and whatever other creative event you can imagine. The November issue of Continue Reading
Archives for October 2010
Pumpkin & Spice and Everything Bewitching
It's a bewitching time of year and we're thinking of ways to use orange and black colors that don't scream Halloween -- unless you want them to.How easy it is to get in the Autumn spirit by just adding a few pumpkins outside your door, but what about when those ghosts and gobblins come a'calling (and I'm not talking about the relatives for upcoming holidays -- Continue Reading
And We’re Walking or Dancing…
We are walking or dancing in our new video that illustrates just some of our Casart Carryall designs and color combinations. We’ve previously done a post about our Gulf Coast Recovery effort. Wanting to do something to help as we watched oil flow into the Gulf off the Louisiana coast, Ashley came up with the idea of a Gulf Coast Mural depicting all the area species Continue Reading
Casart Website Update & News
Just two quick Casart website update and news announcements.One is that we have a newly updated website. We hope it works to make our message more clear and more of a navigational and user-friendly site.Pinkergreen has been great in helping us work through all the details. They have a great blog too, btw.We would love to get your feedback as we still have Continue Reading
Fine Embroidery and Linens…just a few of my favorite things
I recently had the rare opportunity to meet and see Michael Savoia with his exceptionally crafted embroidery and linens at a gathering with other designers in which Mary Douglas Drysdale hosted and was so kind enough to include me.Mary had recently used embroidery by Villa Savoia on the alpaca drapery panels in her room at the RSOL Design House. The designs in Continue Reading
