Have you ever encountered a space so breathtaking that you find yourself pausing to admire its sheer artistry? Casa Azul, nestled amidst the desert-like surroundings of Grândola, Alentejo in Portugal, is precisely such a place.
With its ochre-tinted walls carefully designed not to clash against the sandy landscape, Casa Azul provided the perfect backdrop for our Marrakesh collection photoshoot. Inspired by the vibrant colors of Morocco, from sandy shades to ochre hues, soft greens to ...
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We're feeling a bit green today with our Majolica collection. a single hand painted green leaf plate is accented by 2 green plates from Robert Haviland & C. Parlon. A grape leaf tureen and stand sits on the table also from our Majolica collection.
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Spring is in the air and are serving up desserts in our favorite spring inspired pieces; dessert trays, dessert bowls and footed cake plates shown in apple green lace, pink lace, cobalt blue lace, Tobacco leaf, and Blue Canton.
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The Beatriz Ball GARDEN Cabbage medium decorative metal bowl is great for tossing smaller servings of leafy greens, and is ideal for sides, too. A perfect bowl for your Easter prepared salads or as a centerpiece for those decorative painted eggs! Any of the Beatriz Ball GARDEN serving pieces would make a nice complement as you gather and celebrate with family and friends this weekend.
Our compact medium cabbage bowl sits nicely between its larger and smaller companions.
For fans of tradition who want to try something extra fun this Easter, transform a store-bought carrot cake into a bunny-approved artwork with nothing more than decorative icing! Here's how to do it:
🥕 Add a fresh layer of buttercream icing to your cake
🥕 Create sweet-as-can-be carrot shapes with dabs of orange and green icing. (It’s so easy, the kids can help!)
🥕 Serve up your semi-homemade masterpiece on something elegant (like our French Perle pedestal cake plate!)
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How Shop Local helps South Carolina retailers get sales leads
March 13, 2024
Indie stores have the best chance of ranking highly in Google when they use Shop Local. Merchants know this because of their page 1 rankings and how they beat big-box stores in search tests, such as for South Carolina results.
These Shop Local retailers located in South Carolina appear on page one of Google due to their Shop Local Store:
We love to mix the springy colors our Azores Oceana collection and the Simple Edge Fern of Madeira Meadow. The light green and blue blend perfectly with our Botanical napkin - perfect for your Easter table! Don't forget a hand woven Easter basket as the centerpiece!!
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The table is set for a beautiful Sunday Supper with our Bargello dinner service. This charming pattern has a contemporary vibrancy and versatility that belies its antique origins, adapted from English porcelain, circa 1810. Like the needlework for which it is named, it combines random dashes of red, green, blue, yellow, orange and magenta is a geometric patchwork enhanced by 22 carat gold lines.
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How registrants can share their top registry items with family and friends.
February 21, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: Your registrants can now designate an item on their registry as a most wanted item.
When a registrant marks an item as a most wanted item, the item is noted with a star and the text "This is a Most Wanted Item." This is displayed on the registry list and shares the registrant's top choices with family and friends.
If you have the gift registry service active, please follow these steps to view this new feature:
I saw this Instagram post from official Mark Levine and thought, “How much are the Amazon lobbyists paying our officials?” NYC continually over taxes our indie businesses and fines them—but we’ll build six marinas for Amazon? (Mark said three marinas, but it’s actually six marinas.) The main culprits behind this: Mayor Adams and the Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Amazon is one of the richest companies in the world. Jeff Bezos, the founder,...
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It’s hard to believe that MEPRA’s sophisticated technicolor collection FANTASIA is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year because its incandescent chromatic complexion is as fresh today as its 1989 debut.
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The brilliantly-hued fantasia comes from the Italian silversmiths Mepra, post-war business founded in 1947 by the Prandelli family, four generations fashioning flatware in the industrial Lumezzane Valley, about 90 minutes east of Milan. ...
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