Treating yourself to a sweet dessert is always a joy, especially when served on our whimsical patterns.🍰 It's a party for the taste buds and eyes all in one!
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The Eye collection: ondulations, permanent movement and a multitude of shapes and nuances, with bevel cuts conjuring perpetual movement, in multiple compositions and colors for every taste.
The Eye crystal collection exudes an extraordinary light play thanks to its exceptional cut.
Eye rectangular vase and Eye Candle-Jar, available in clear, red, blue, gold, white and silver crystal.
I recently saw a car with the license plate: WHYWRK. I had a sad feeling for the driver, who perhaps wasn’t as lucky as I to have the best job in the world – getting paid to shop for the most beautiful goods in the world – which I am now retiring from. After 40+ years as a buyer of tabletop and gifts in Buffalo, I have the opportunity to put the dishes away, polish the flatware, and store the stemware. As a small specialty store, we’ve been through our share of ups and ...
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Kate Spade New York tableware and accessories has for two decades held a singular spot on retail shelves and on customers’ tables thanks to a timeless charm and chic stylings. Even after 20 years, the fun, fresh, playfully sophisticated, and refreshingly original collections from Lenox occupy a unique niche in the tableware pantheon.
Kate Spade’s contribution to fashion cannot be understated. She became synonymous with fashionistas everywhere when she started her fashion ...
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It’s a 40th anniversary for the company founded by Colin Riggs (left) and Ned Voelker’s parents, Abigail and Ed Voelker. Over the last four decades, the entire family has created a curated collection of handmade tableware and giftware for the nation’s independent store retailers.
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Congratulations on a milestone 40th year in business. Are you surprised Abigails has endured? Ned Voelker: We are surprised. It’s a tribute to Ed and Abbie ...
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I have a friend who recently took a job with a respected women’s clothing retailer after 13 years of retirement. My friend, Leslie, a former school teacher, wanted to be of use and knew that retail was a great opportunity for seniors. She was all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed her first week. She loved that the manager asked her to try on clothes she liked and then suggested outfits that would look good on her. Leslie even purchased a few of those suggestions, couture she never would have ...
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Part of my job is to review registry software. I ensure it works well for retailers, registrants, and gift-givers (family and friends). I also assess whether it offers good value (price vs. results).
When looking for registry software, some retailers consider MyRegistry.com for their registry service. I reviewed a retailer's site using MyRegistry.com and assessed how a customer would make a registry purchase. For privacy purposes, I blurred the store's name in the screenshots shown.
These joyful masterworks make a light choreography wherever they are.
A set of mix-and-match crystal highballs comes in six iconic Baccarat cuts: pontils, small diamond cuts, deep vertical and horizontal beveled cuts, and small flat cuts.
The EVERYDAY GRANDE HIGHBALLS are ideal for cocktails, long drinks, beers and more.
Discover our highballs glass set: the Beluga, Etna, Vega, Biba, Stella and the Rosa.
Talk about style! The brilliant white VIDA Lettuce Large Bowl is a showstopper of a design. Inspired by natural leaf forms, the eye-catching deep bowl--cast in luxury melamine--offers stylish design, and elegant practicality. The supremely versatile piece is perfect for holiday gatherings when serving salads, fresh fruit, snacks and more. Mix and match with other Beatriz Ball Lettuce Collection designs to multiply the serving possibilities. Has the substance, weight, and appearance of a ceramic ...
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The warm glow of family gatherings reflected in a sumptuous feast for the eyes with sparkling glassware, glimmering flatware and a luminous forest of trees.
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Beatriz Ball's VENTO Bergamo Chip & Dip is two great pieces in one fantastic item!
The eye-catching two-parter in gleaming metal offers stylish design, and elegant practicality.
With its detachable dip bowl, this versatile piece is perfect for upcoming gatherings to serve fresh fruit, veggies, and crackers with your favorite dips and spreads.
Handmade of an FDA safe, easy-care, oven and freezer friendly aluminum alloy. Tarnish free.
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This female pheasant seems to be keeping a wary eye on her surroundings although her motivation to run away has been tempered by her desire to show off her beautifully painted plumage - done Herend-style. Her normal cinnamon color takes on an exotic air when combined with pops of 24K gold and a fish scale treatment on her wings that hints at the pheasant's Asian origins.
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In the new Devon Willow collection, each piece features intricately hand-woven willow branches that are equally rustic and refined - ideal for adding an element of natural texture to any scheme.
For Fall decorating and tablescaping, these eye-catching pieces are hand-made of beautifully woven abaca, wicker, and rattan, for an effect that adds instant autumnal richness wherever you display them. The Pumpkins will be your favorite pick of the patch.
A magnificent display of woodland wonder...
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Babcock Gifts celebrates its 50th birthday in 2024. The bridal registry and gift shop opened in 1972 as a partnership that included interior design. In 1974, with the exit of one partner, the store focused on antiques, gifts, and bridal registry. Over the next 42 years, there would be growth into two stores before downsizing to one. In 2016, ownership changed and the store moved one block down, where it continues to be a destination for bridal registry and gift-giving. With the constant doom and...
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BERTIL VALLIEN is a gift to glass. The impressive portfolio of this prolific artist is haunting, memorable, and mesmerizing.
His 60-year career, spent advancing the craft of sand-casting, is a study of one man's existential questioning actualized on hypnotic works of art.
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BERTIL VALLIEN IS A 60-YEAR KOSTA BODA ICON, DESIGNING FOR THE BRAND SINCE 1963.
He is one of Sweden's most celebrated glass artists with numerous awards and museums exhibitions around...
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Wondering how we made these Eye-clops Sugar Cookies? Simply tint any cookie dough with a few drops of green food coloring and bake them back to life! Once your cookies have cooled, add your candy googly eyes for a spooktacular final look! 👻
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Often described as flying jewels due to their remarkable colors, some male hummingbirds have learned to orient their bodies and feathers towards the sun to enhance the visual impact of their iridescent plumage and to heighten their appeal during courtship. It appears that Herend's hummingbird has learned this lesson well and has briefly stopped his dazzling wings so that their beauty can be appreciated from all angles. However, this avian acrobat won't sit still for long and in a blink of an eye...
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Discover the men and women behind Baccarat’s enchanting creations.
« The challenge of the glassmaker’s trade consists in keeping a close eye on the temperature of the material. Whether the crystal is picked with a ferret or a cane to collect the right amount of material, or to shape it, everything depends on a few degrees: if the crystal cools down too much, it breaks; if it is too hot, it cannot be worked with. You must forge your mind, because it’s a very demanding ...
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This gorgeous bread basket may be used to organize all of your buns, rolls, breadsticks, or French baguette slices to make an eye-catching display at your dinner table. It is a hand-woven item with a neutral hue that fits in nicely with both coastal and bohemian settings. It is constructed from organic, natural forest vines. Given its size and attractive appearance, this bread basket is perfect for welcoming guests.
I chuckled when I was asked to author this column, as I have been known to have the last word from time to time. As I prepare to leave the industry that has given me so much (I eagerly accepted the opportunity to work in the gift and home area in 1986), I can vividly recall the excitement I felt when I first entered the creative space that we get to live and work in every day. I have been exposed to scores of creative people; I met and worked with artists and buyers who were inspired and ...
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