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Fashion Jewelry: A Reflection of Style

Thursday, August 26th, 2010 - Posted by Kelly Curtis

Make your fashion statement today with the perfect accessory. Whether it's adding a touch of elegance or that simple flair, Reflections Jewelry makes a great fashion accessory. Their artfully designed fashion jewelry come in a variety of styles and options including gemstones, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and high-crafted sterling-silver.

Elegant Turquoise Necklace

No one can forget these remarkable fashion jewelry pieces. To achieve superb craftsmanship, Reflections' designers search worldwide for elegant, timeless designs, as well as fun and contemporary ones.

Reflections will captivate you with their stunning fashion jewelry designs and soon you will be one of their many loyal customers. Your customers will marvel over the craftsmanship in each piece of this stunning jewelry. When you offer Reflections Jewelry in your store it is a win-win situation for all involved.

Eye-catching jewelry isn't the only thing Reflections prides itself on. Offering high-quality jewelry is top priority for them. They not only search worldwide for elegant designs, but also demand high-quality materials as well. With their fashion jewelry, you get a stunning look and high-quality all rolled into one.

Each gemstone, bead and design is hand selected to make sure it meets Reflections' standards in order to bring that unique style and quality to you. Their reputation for elegant designs and high quality is something your customers will truly appreciate.

Cherished wholesale fashion jewelry comes from high quality, affordable prices and unique designs. Those qualities at affordable prices are often hard to find. With Reflections Jewelry's monthly specials and promotions, you will find the best of both worlds. You and your customers will love these remarkable prices.

Dazzling jewelry will be the head turning element for your customer's next fashion statement. With Reflections …click here to read Fashion Jewelry: A Reflection of Style…

Humor Sells With Art That Makes You Laugh

Friday, August 13th, 2010 - Posted by Danial Trotter

If you have a deep appreciation for both humor and art, you need to check out Art That Makes You Laugh. Renowned and skilled artist Jeff Leedy, creates and/or recreates funny (and cute) art work with interesting scenarios and tongue-in-cheek humor.

One of Jeff's goals in life is to spread laughter into the world and this artwork is doing just that!

If your customer's are looking for artistic home decor, then this unique art is exactly what they will want. Jeff creates coffee table books, oil pastels on paper, oil pastels on canvas and oil pastels on textured panels.

His fine-art book, entitled "Are You Laughing At My Art", is a unique coffee table book with over 144 pages of colorful artwork and humorous scenarios.

The book is available in both hard back and soft back copies. Coffee table books make a great gift for birthdays or any other special occasion.

Before he entered the world of fine art, Jeff Leedy created illustrations in the corporate environment. He created humorous depictions to help ad agencies, PR firms, designers, and the like sell products and services. Some of his earlier work is included in his coffee table book.

A few of his inspirations for the humorous artwork include: sports, professions and professional settings, cats, dogs, human nature, food and wine, middle age and bathroom humor.

Art That Makes You Laugh also showcases reproductions of unique artwork by skilled artisans such as Leo Posillico, Jim Tweedy, and others. Leedy thoroughly enjoys recreating the work of others and finding inspiration in their unique ideas.

You can even buy wholesale art from Art That Makes You Laugh. If your customers are looking …click here to read Humor Sells With Art That Makes You Laugh…

Trendy Gifts for Every Occasion!

Monday, August 2nd, 2010 - Posted by Danial Trotter

Personalized gifts are one of the fastest growing trends to hit retailers across the U.S. There is no doubt that buying personalized gifts to stock your store or shop will result in profit! The key to making this trend a success is to buy from a wholesale resource that you can trust. Allison's Creations is your solution for your wholesale gift resource.

The cute, personalized gifts from Allison's Creations are ideal for any gift-giving occasion. Your customer's will come to your shop for any and every special occasion! Following are just a few of the specialized gift occasions that they carry merchandise for.

  • Wedding Gifts
  • Housewarming Gifts
  • Birthday Gifts
  • Baby Shower Gifts
  • Graduation Gifts
  • Holiday's
  • Many more!

Many of the trendy gifts are licensed products from skilled artisan, Donna Jensen. These include themed aprons, towels, and place mats. Themes such as golf, holiday, animals, and novelty are common with these artistic home textiles.

A few of the fun items that Allison's Creations carries includes personalized tumblers, licensed college apparel, and polka-dot, initialed hand towels. These handmade gifts are cute, colorful, and created with quality materials. They also carry baby items such as clothing, burp cloths, and bibs. The home textiles include fleece blankets, matching place mats, towels, and cute aprons.

It is time to start building up your inventory with a holiday product …click here to read Trendy Gifts for Every Occasion!…

Luxurious Home Textiles and Fashion Accessories Promote Fair Trade

Friday, July 16th, 2010 - Posted by Danial Trotter

Wrap yourself in the luxurious, hand made cotton and silk products from Creative Women. These women/artisans create the most beautiful home textiles and fashion accessories. The wholesale fabric pieces are all hand crafted from natural and eco-friendly materials from around the world.  Choose from organic linens and contemporary accessories.

The home textiles created by Creative Women include blankets/throws, towels, pillows, and table linens. Each beautiful product is hand woven or hand crafted by these skilled women. The elegant designs are inspired by traditional elements and culture.

Blankets and throws are created out of Ethiopian Cotton and/or silk. The towels (and any product) serve multiple purposes. Try using the towels as a throw or sarong, or even a picnic blanket.

The pillows are either traditional, contemporary, or raffia & mohair. Table linens include hand woven napkins, cloths, place mats, and table runners. Each product is made with eco-friendly dyes or un-dyed cotton.

Stock your store with beautiful linen creations from Creative Women. These linens could be used as thoughtful gifts if customers are looking for a wedding gift, house warming gift, or even birthday gift. Recipients will love the  rich, silk fabrics and natural cotton textiles.

Creative Women is more than simply a wholesale home textile resource. This company represents the economic independence of women and was established to promote equal trade practices. With every eco-friendly purchase, you are also helping to …click here to read Luxurious Home Textiles and Fashion Accessories Promote Fair Trade…

Quality Cutting Mats Exceed Expectations

Thursday, July 15th, 2010 - Posted by Danial Trotter

Craft and hobby collections are not complete with out the exclusive cutting mats from JK Marketing Corporation. These durable mats are the best solution available for protecting your surfaces and work areas. Beyond safety and protection, the mats are also an essential tool for crafting. Listed below are merely a few of the activities/ways that a cutting mat from JK Marketing can be used.

  • Scrapbooking
  • Arts and Crafts
  • On tool benches
  • Sewing
  • Wall papering projects
  • Hobbies
  • Home Presentations

JK Marketing cutting mats are ideal craft supplies for individuals who work with their hands. If you are an art supply or craft store, your customers will appreciate that you offer the essential art supplies or crafting supplies.The mats are even great for kids who love arts and crafts! Parent's will rest at ease when they are confident that their child will not harm or destroy the kitchen table during their child's arts and crafts time.

You may wonder why these wholesale cutting mats stand out above the rest. The reason lies in the quality and flexibility of the mats. Each mat is created in the U.S. with the most durable materials in order to most efficiently protect any surface.

In addition, this high quality mat is easily rolled up and conveniently stored away when you do not need to use it.

Each mat has a printed grid to help with measuring and layout during crafts and project. The cutting mats can also be customized with company logo's and custom sizes are available. The standard mat sizes are the Basic Mat (top seller) at 58" x 36" and the Ultra Large Mat at 31.25" x 71".

No matter if you are a reseller, craft/hobby store, skilled artisan, or busy parent, one thing is clear. If you are in search of essential art and craft supplies, then the durable cutting mats are what you need. The price and quality of JK Marketing cutting …click here to read Quality Cutting Mats Exceed Expectations…

Exceptional. Elegant. Extraordinary.

Thursday, July 8th, 2010 - Posted by Danial Trotter

Wearing showstopping, handcrafted jewelry created by Mark Steel Jewelry is the only way to achieve an exceptional, elegant, and extraordinary look. The premium-quality sterling silver jewelry is a step above competitors if you are looking for the finest, original designs.

Mark Steel has built an outstanding company upon the highest quality products and the utmost, 100% customer satisfaction. Their top priority is to ensure that you are pleased with your purchase. Why would you not want to buy wholesale jewelry from this premiere seller?

Every piece of jewelry is handmade by a well trained, highly skilled worker. The hard work of each dedicated artisan combined with the finest materials, help Mark Steel Jewelry stand out.

Mark Steel specializes in earrings and rings (toe rings!). Each piece of jewelry is made of sterling silver, 14k gold filled, or niobium. The unique collection is inspired by beads, pearls, and crystal accents.

A few of the earring styles/collections include hoops, spirals, dangles, layered, and a calla lily collection. The different styles are great for any …click here to read Exceptional. Elegant. Extraordinary….

Hand Crafted Wooden Gifts and Accessories: a Cut Above the Rest.

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 - Posted by Danial Trotter

The best way for you to generate more traffic in your store is to offer merchandise that customer's find original and unique.

Your store/shop will stand out from the competition when you carry all natural gifts and miscellaneous wood products from Woodluck LLC. With an array of personalized gifts and one-of-a-kind accessories filling your store, it is unlikely customers will leave with empty hands. Every hand crafted gift or accessory that Woodluck carries comes "directly from nature."

Materials such as recycled wood (trees are not harmed—just trimmed), granite, dried leaves and flowers, pine cones, nuts, and other recycled products are used in the creation.

A few of the natural products that Woodluck makes are listed below.

  • Wooden Pencils (Twig Pencils)- each pencil is cut down and sharpened by hand.
  • Various Wooden Gifts- includes pencils, key chains, trays, dishes, boxes, and more.
  • Gnomes- Interesting, disfigured gnomes that are great for wrapping around wine bottles.
  • Wild Life Collection- zoo animals, reptiles, sea animals, forest animals and more on pencils, key chains, etc.
  • Nature's Leaf Collection- dried leaves used to make notebooks, picture frames, photo albums, bookmarks, and address books.

Gift Ideas

Pencils, key chains, and boxes can be engraved with names or logos; these personalized gifts are both fun and thoughtful. Woodluck also sells gift sets that are pre-made with a set of bookmarks and pencils.

The customer looking for a birthday or special occasion gift that is truly memorable will love the "Goodluck Gnomes." The unique gifts are believed to bring good luck to the recipient. The playful zoo-animal key chains are great gift ideas for the young or even the young at heart.

Display Ideas

Woodluck wants to help all of their customers reap the biggest benefits from their natural wooden gifts and products. On their website, they offer tips and ideas for displaying the pencils, key chains, bookmarks and more. Baskets, trays, or tin buckets full of the pencils make fun displays next to the register. The pine-cone baskets are also a cute way to display other natural products.

If the product mix in your store is missing not only the best gifts, but also the most unique gifts then Woodluck LLC offers the products you need!

Every hand crafted pencil, key chain, picture frame, and more is created out …click here to read Hand Crafted Wooden Gifts and Accessories: a Cut Above the Rest….

Personalized Gifts and Colorful Stationery "Swimming" with Creativity!

Monday, June 21st, 2010 - Posted by Danial Trotter

Lets face it, the colorful expressions and flowing, contemporary designs of The Swimming Paintbrush's unique gifts and stationery are nothing short of extraordinary.

In fact, these incomparable creations are much more than the ordinary baby and wedding gifts or plain stationery. Each piece of creatively masterminded merchandise originates directly from skilled artisan and veteran, Kathy Shephard.

Your customers will be speechless with appreciation when they find that your store sells the perfect baby and wedding gifts… and more! The art prints are perfect for such gifts or to purchase as decor for any home or restaurant. Other styles of merchandise such as mugs, journals, gift tags, bookmarks, and notecards serve as thoughtful gifts to say hi or to commemorate a special occasion.

The Swimming Paintbrush has established several collections that are listed below (each creation is available in most product styles).

  • Butterflies and Dragonflies
  • For Children
  • Colorful Cocktails
  • Contemporary
  • Hearts
  • New York City
  • Seasons
  • Wine Country

No matter what collection you prefer, you will fall in love with each delightful design. If you have been waiting on the right opportunity to buy art for your self or to resell, this is it! The vibrant colors and swirling designs are absolutely captivating!

Any of the artistic designs can be customized for wedding invitations, party invitations, place cards, greeting cards, notecards, or any other stationery needs you might have! In addition, any design as a gift tag also doubles as a bookmark for the recipient. To complete the gift giving process, each purchase includes the option of gift wrapping and a gift card. You also have the option to choose the matte color with the purchase of a print; you can even add a wooden frame.

The Swimming Paintbrush products make the perfect gift for weddings and the best baby gifts. The custom name prints provide you a chance to create a personalized gift for your recipient. Simply choose a theme or collection, provide one name (baby) or two names (wedding), as well as a date if you would like. It is easy to create a beautiful, personalized gift that will result in sheer bliss when you deliver it to your recipient.

The Swimming Paintbrush has a deep rooted passion for the arts, as well as giving back. Each year, they donate 10% of their profits to art organizations for children and teens.

Without a doubt, the artistic stationery and personalized gifts offered by The Swimming Paintbrush are remarkable works of art. These products are …click here to read Personalized Gifts and Colorful Stationery "Swimming" with Creativity!…

Frogs that Read, Play Music, and Workout… in the Garden!

Friday, June 18th, 2010 - Posted by Danial Trotter

If you are truly in search of the most unique outdoor decor, these garden statues from Beautiful Frog are just what you need! Creator, Beau Smith, is a genuine artisan and innovator who specializes in crafting beautiful frogs. These metal sculptures are definitely out of the ordinary, but more so they are quite comical!


Imagine walking through the park and spotting a human sized frog perched on a bench playing the guitar or lifting weights. That is exactly where you can find these contemporary sculptures all around the nation.

These beautiful frog sculptures can be found in not only parks around the nation, but also in libraries, galleries, schools, museums, gardens, and even a gym. In addition to public locations,  these metal sculptures make intriguing outdoor decor in the gardens and patios of  individuals. One grateful customer of Beautiful Frog sent in the following message to express their satisfaction with the iron art.

"…As you can see, they are seated immediately outside our front door to welcome all our guests. Needless to say, they have become quite a conversation piece in our neighborhood and elicit many smiles, from young and old alike.

Thank you again for your wonderful frog sculpture – we will treasure it forever!

The Parkes"

The sculptures have made appearances in several commercials and advertisements. Southern Living Magazine and Cobb Life Magazine both featured articles about the unique statues in 2009.

Interested yet? The artisan tributes the humorous variety of statues to the need for lifting moods and making people smile. A few of the styles previously created are an artist frog, bench frog, book frog, goblet frog, Gold's Gym frog, mushroom frogs, thinker frog, and many more. Many of the Beautiful Frog styles are inspired by musically inclined frogs.


The frogs are hand crafted to remain durable while withstanding the natural outdoor elements. The materials used are copper, brass, and stainless steel, all of which are non-corrosive.

Although these metal sculptures may be out of the ordinary, they are certainly inspiring works of art! It is the hope of the artist that passer by's will be prompted to sit or stand with the frogs to have a picture taken.

Contact Beau Smith, creator of The Beautiful Frog to find out how you can own your very own beautiful frog. You will be able to discuss your options for the theme directly with Beau. If you are simply curious about these statues …click here to read Frogs that Read, Play Music, and Workout… in the Garden!…

Terri Conrad Designs: Beautiful Gifts From The Heart

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 - Posted by Leigh Morrisett

Beautiful gifts for your heart and home can be found at Terri Conrad Designs. The delicacy of each of her designs demonstrates the extreme artistry that goes into every piece.  More than home decor and gifts, these designs are an expression of love. Terri creates from her heart to make your home a warm and inviting place.

The Beauty Of Functional Home Decor

Home accents don't have to be blah and boring. Although coasters are intended to save and protect your table from drink rings, they can enhance and embellish for your end table as well.

Terri's stoneware coasters are more than table protection; they are mini works of art. With a touch of exquisite flowering beauty, these coasters add an elegant element to any piece of furniture.

With Terri Conrad Designs, functional home accent items becomes fun and interesting.  For example, Terri's picture frames will accentuate  your family photos a sweet nostalgic way.

The same feeling of sweetness and love is conveyed in her canvas decor art for children.  Hanging one of her canvas works of art in a baby's room gives any nursery a feeling of innocence and love. These gifts created from the heart make excellent  birthday presents, baby shower gifts and thinking of you surprises.

From pillows to crystals paper weights and lovely tin wall plaques to fruit and flower prints, Terri Conrad Designs remindof of quaint romantic times. When you need home decor or unique gifts turn to an artisan who creates from the heart for your loving home and family. Turn to Terri Conrad Designs.

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