Holiday Flower Inspired!

The Holidays are such a beautiful time of the year because it brings people and family together to celebrate and give thanks for all the blessings in life.  

It's also a time for great inspiration with all its shades of winter white, vibrant reds, varying degrees of green, and shimmering lights.  

I love hanging my winter wreath on my front door and setting out the poinsettias, with a hint of spray glitter,  sprinkled throughout my house.   
Flowers have a special way of bringing a smile 
to everyone's face.  

Today, I stopped by my favorite local florist to see Susan Winston, owner of The English Garden.  She has a Romantic and charming way of combining flowers, plants, and containers that is uniquely her own.  I love to wander throughout her shop and admire her creativity.  I absolutely fell in love with her 2011, signature holiday wreath.  I love, love, love, the way she combined succulent plants with flowers to create the perfect and unique festive look for your home.  The best thing about this wreath is that you can remove the succulents to plant in a pot after the holidays, or freeze dry it, to hang in your home year around.  

I also fell in love with her winter floral log arrangement.  How incredibly beautiful!  I think this is the perfect centerpiece while family is gathered around to enjoy their holiday dinner.  These are both so charming, romantic, and stunning,

I simply had to share them with all of you! 
The perfect holiday gift for yourself or a loved one, contact Susan at http://theenglishgarden.com/

Simply Inspired,

    

Simplicite, Greeting 2011 with Open Arms

Dotan of Gypsey 05 and Julee Ireland at Chefdance 2011

It has been awhile since we have updated our blog, but we are back, and boy have we been busy!

We have been traveling, networking, creating, and here is the latest scoop on Simplicite
Greetings.
We took Simplicite to Sundance where we showcased our greeting card soaps at an awesome event called Chefdance in Park City. We received some excellent feedback, had some amazing food and met a lot of great people. You can check out Chefdance at www.chefdance.com.

2011 is shaping up to be a great year, in January we entered a few of our products in this year’s distinguished Louie Awards given by the Greeting Card Association. We entered products in three categories “Rising Star” “Product Introductions” (patented greeting card soaps) “Boxed Greeting Card Set” (emergency card care kit).

Currently, we are revving up for the March gift shows; The LA Mart in Los Angeles (showroom 504) and JPS the Signature Collection at America’s Mart in Atlanta.

Focus on the Founder: Julee Ireland was selected as one of three women entrepreneur’s to be featured in the Westlake Magazine’s upcoming March/April issue. Don’t miss this issue.

New & Notable:

- On February 15, 2011 Simplicite’s patented greeting card soaps officially launch in the Eco-everywhere catalog under the category of Art Soap. www.ecoeverywhere.com

- Simplicite is now being carried at “A Beautiful Mess Antiques” in Agoura Hills California, as recently seen in the New York Times (http://nyti.ms/fiaqkV).

- New at Simplicite Pre-loaded greeting card displays stocked with 144 greeting cards of our best sellers.

- Simplicite is currently working on a line of custom designed soaps for the Ritz Carlton Hotel.


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