The days may be shorter, but we’re no less excited about making our homes reflect the season’s beauty. 🍁
The burnt orange, warm plum, emerald green, and rich browns of fall foliage remind us that when autumn comes, there’s no place like home. 🏡
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When is the last time you received a Starbucks gift card? I’ve received them as holiday gifts, and I’ve given them to sales reps as thank you gifts. Starbucks gift cards, like their shops, are ubiquitous. They are almost as popular as gift cards from our nemesis: Amazon.com. Just about every month, a company offers me an Amazon gift card if I sign up for a service. WBGO, the local, Newark-based, non-profit radio station known for jazz, recently offered me an Amazon gift ...
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If you haven't seen us lately, then you haven't see what LSA is all about. In July, we opened a new and greatly improved showroom in Atlanta where we were better able to show who we are and what we are all about. We were able to show our drinkware, serveware and home decor pieces like never before in the USA. We are happy to share additional pictures and chat with you about all the amazing glassware that we have to offer- from casual and comfortable to fancy and elegant, all handcrafted.&...
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We've added a new feature to your Bridge account: you can now more easily find sales reps that are part of an agency. Sales rep agencies can now more easily present their team via Bridge.
Previously, each sales rep had their own Bridge account. For example, if an agency had 10 sales reps, there would be 10 separate Bridge accounts. We have updated the software so that the 10 reps now share one agency Bridge account.
This approach makes it easier for retailers and other ...
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Whenever I visit my 76-year-old mom in Myrtle Beach, SC, she picks me up and the oldies station is playing in her car. I’ve tried changing that dial, and one has a better chance of outmaneuvering tennis star Daniil Medvedev. I imagine the oldies music brings her back to her youth. I read a study that people’s favorite song is often when they were 17 years old. That’s right: the 'best songs’ may not be the best songs but rather simply be what you heard in ...
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Add character and a touch of natural beauty to your entryway table, dressing table, coffee table or kitchen table with this handcrafted tray. With a variety of uses, this decorative piece showcases a diamond pattern weave featuring a rustic hue with woven details. The perfect accent to any room.
Beat the heat with a bowl of fresh, icy-cold watermelon pops served in a high-quality handwoven basket with a glass bowl insert. Make your summer treats stand out with eye-catching rustic serving. Available in 2Qt and 4Qt.
Serving appetizers, entrees and more in this woven beauty accentuated with white oval platter by Corelle is the perfect art of serving. The dishware is light-weight and microwave safe. Happy weekend everyone!
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natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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Last week, Amazon bought iRobot, the company that makes Roomba, the robot vacuum cleaner, for $1.7b. Why? Yes, their 'Rosie from the Jetsons' has AI and is in your home (which is where Amazon wants to be), but the reason Amazon wants it is because customers want it. Which leads us to ask: Why do customers want Roomba? Because it does something that humans find annoying and hate doing: cleaning. Roomba has spotted the value that robots bring to the world and it's not simply being ...
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These intricately woven placemats made of natural vines are the perfect base for mixing and matching. Accentuate with our handcrafted napkin rings, beautiful tablecloths and fresh flowers to set the scene. Keep it rustic chic and simple.
CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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Your Bridge has a new feature. You can now more easily manage your gift registry bonuses.
Background:
Your Bridge Store's Gift Registry software has a marketing program built in. This program gives registrants (e.g. brides) a monetary bonus if they complete five steps. Previously, when registrants reported that they added a link on their social media page, a store would have to ask the registrant on which platform they added the link. The same process occurred when the registrant reported ...
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Botanic Garden, a pattern from the brand Portmeirion, is celebrating its 50th anniversary shares Tableware Today magazine. The pattern, which is based on an 1817 herbal book’s illustrations, was unconventional at the time because it came in unmatching sets. Store buyers feared it wouldn’t sell. Fifty years later, the pattern has sold more than $1b and accounts for about half of Portmeirion’s sales. The company’s daughter created the pattern after ...
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The rooster is a symbol of prosperity and positivity in Italy, and the watercolor brushstrokes and vibrant hues of the Gallo Pattern will invite that good fortune and Italian optimism into your home. Look for Vietri's ad with Glassworks in the new House Beautiful Magazine.
After a tragic bombing in Ukraine, one of the last surviving artifacts was a ceramic rooster in the kitchen window of a home in the village of Borodyanka. Today, the rooster has become a symbol of hope worldwide. In 2022, ...
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I don’t own a car, yet I have a strange desire to read Dan Neil's car column each weekend in The Wall St. Journal. Why would someone who doesn’t own a car, won’t be buying one soon, and hasn’t owned one in 25 years read a car column? It's a mix of enjoying the design and technology of automobiles, wanting to know what Dwayne Johnson may be buying next, loving Dan’s witty writing style, and, confession, simply being 13-years old at heart. Cars are ...
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Our Bernardaud and L'Objet Whiteware pieces are dishwasher, microwave, and oven safe. Helpful hints for whiteware pieces include avoiding temperature shocking. Avoid placing a plate from the fridge directly into a hot oven to help prevent breakage.
We also offer a wide array of dishwasher safe fine china too! Royal Limoges, Deshoulieres, Wedgwood, and Mottahedeh just to name a few. Some helpful tips to help prolong your pieces with precious metals when using the dishwasher are that you ...
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NEW PRODUCTS ARE HERE!
We are in the process of updating our catalog on Bridge, adding new products and deleting retired pieces. We are still one of the only companies that continues to have all products made entirely in Italy, using Italian materials and being made by Italians. This is important to keep the classic methods of ceramic and woven kitchen towel industries in Italy going. We've been working with Italy and independent retailers for 22 years and we don't have any plans ...
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I met Georgi, who runs this mobile sewing shop, while walking down the Bowery yesterday. I shared with her the story of Ronni Solbert, a neighbor who illustrated a childrens book about peddlers like her, and praised her for being an indie business—with a creative delivery approach. Georgi said her cart had previously been a coffee cart and was repurposed during the pandemic when people wanted to get their clothes hemmed in airy locals.
Read our post about pushcart peddlers ...
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The chocolate chip cookie was invented by American chefs Ruth Graves Wakefield and Sue Brides in 1938. They invented the recipe during the period when she owned the Toll House Inn, in Whitman, Massachusetts. Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!
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An East Village Artist’s Death Prompts a Reflection on the State of Indie Retailers Today
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While thumbing through the Times, I noticed a smiling young woman’s picture in the obituaries. In the black and white photograph, she's standing on a fire escape with a historic building and a bridge in the distance. I was initially attracted to Ronni Solbert’s 1959 picture, yet I was even more drawn in by what I noticed next to her photo: a children&...
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Did you know that watermelon is 92% water? No wonder it’s so refreshing! Dig into this tasty, juicy fruit served in this handcrafted organic woven bowl with 2Qt glass insert. There`s nothing like beating the heat with summertime`s most refreshing fruit in this earthy rustic look! Also available in 4QT.
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natural elegance, extraordinary durability
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