As we told you earlier in the year, we are wanting to be THE floral destination in Central Kentucky. And with that in mind, we have supplied ourselves with 1000's of floral stems, all of which are the best (you know that) and great prices (you know that as well).
We've been so busy with floral arrangements. It appears as though that statement of "if you build (have) it, they will come" is true! We knew we were taking a chance on this, but believed in our hearts that this was a true need in our area. And we're seeing that we were right. It appears that many of you out there are tired of those dated florals, you know....the ones that look like they were on the set of "Mama's Family"!
A number of florals lately, we've been able to salvage some of the stems and actually use them again. Of course, if it's ugly, it's ugly, and if it needs to be trashed, it needs to be trashed, but you know that we will work with you!
To say something about the recent arrangements we've made....many people got more than one done. They just wanted a fresh start with all of it, and the great thing is because of our prices...they were able to affored 2 arrangements for the price that they might spend at somewhere else in the city!
So come and see us and the florals that we have. Bring your own container, paint swatches, fabrics, old arrangements, pictures...whatever you want...let us create something beautiful for you!
Hope to see you!
J
Friday, June 19, 2009
FURNITURE!
So for those of you that have been lately, you've seen our slip covered parson chairs, bar stools, and ottomans, all of which are amazing, well priced, 3 day turn around, and do not look anything like a slip cover. Well, what many of you haven't seen is our new upholstered furniture.
That's right...we're carrying sofas, chairs, chaise, ottomans, and etc. And what's the best thing about them, it's our own line! We have searched to find the best pieces and fabrics, and are providing our selection to you here. We don't exactly have a name for it yet, so look forward to hearing more about that. At this moment, I believe we have 3 sofa's out on the floor, and maybe 6 chairs? We have a catalogue for you to look through for styles, and many fabrics to choose from. We're very excited! Even though we haven't had it long, we've already taken orders!~
So come on down and see us!@ See what we have to offer....I'm trying to decide on a sofa for me as we speak!
J
That's right...we're carrying sofas, chairs, chaise, ottomans, and etc. And what's the best thing about them, it's our own line! We have searched to find the best pieces and fabrics, and are providing our selection to you here. We don't exactly have a name for it yet, so look forward to hearing more about that. At this moment, I believe we have 3 sofa's out on the floor, and maybe 6 chairs? We have a catalogue for you to look through for styles, and many fabrics to choose from. We're very excited! Even though we haven't had it long, we've already taken orders!~
So come on down and see us!@ See what we have to offer....I'm trying to decide on a sofa for me as we speak!
J
I MISS VACAY!
I know I told many of you that Jeremy and I were going on vacation again in May, well obviously that has come and gone...and I miss the boat and ocean! We had a great time visiting Half Moon Cay, St Thomas, San Juan, and Grand Turk.
There were so many amazing things we got to see, Megan's Beach in St Thomas (ranked in the top 10 beaches in the world), the architecture and beauty of Old San Juan, and the snorkeling in Grand Turk. Last year, Jeremy and I went snorkeling in Honduras and had a blast, so when we heard that the snorkeling here was amazing and ranked 3rd in the world, we knew we had to do it.
It was simply amazing. They took us to two places, the first the ocean was at about 40' deep, it was so beautiful, the fish and coral was surreal. The second places was at the drop off where the reef meets the deep ocean....so you were floating above the sea floor which was about 40' down, and then you say this drop off...which went to 7000' feet! it was amazing. Seeing all of the fish which just stayed right there. Jeremy say a sea turtle although I missed it somehow. I know I saw a big fish waaaayyyyy down there, the leader on the tour said it was a nurse shark..but I don't know.... POINT IS...if you go to Grand Turk......PLEASE PLEASE go snorkeling..
I hope to have some pics up soon so you can see somethings, we had a great time! I just wish it would have lasted longer! A week away is just not enough!
J
There were so many amazing things we got to see, Megan's Beach in St Thomas (ranked in the top 10 beaches in the world), the architecture and beauty of Old San Juan, and the snorkeling in Grand Turk. Last year, Jeremy and I went snorkeling in Honduras and had a blast, so when we heard that the snorkeling here was amazing and ranked 3rd in the world, we knew we had to do it.
It was simply amazing. They took us to two places, the first the ocean was at about 40' deep, it was so beautiful, the fish and coral was surreal. The second places was at the drop off where the reef meets the deep ocean....so you were floating above the sea floor which was about 40' down, and then you say this drop off...which went to 7000' feet! it was amazing. Seeing all of the fish which just stayed right there. Jeremy say a sea turtle although I missed it somehow. I know I saw a big fish waaaayyyyy down there, the leader on the tour said it was a nurse shark..but I don't know.... POINT IS...if you go to Grand Turk......PLEASE PLEASE go snorkeling..
I hope to have some pics up soon so you can see somethings, we had a great time! I just wish it would have lasted longer! A week away is just not enough!
J
JSD is HOT!!!
Stuart, Dwayne, and myself want to thank all of you for your support in our venture into JSD Designs. Our first collection, Grandeur in 2008, did extremely well for our first time, and they're are several pieces which are continuing on to be just as strong this year!
We're very excited for you to see what we came up with for 2009! We have 2 collections, one called "Holiday Cheer", and the other called "The Gift".
Holiday Cheer looks just like sounds. HAPPY! It's red and apple green. Harlequin, polka dots, stripes, swirls, and snowmen make up this fun and exciting theme! Don't worry you can't miss it, it will be the first thing you see when you walk in the door at Christmas! Our favorite piece in the collection is a little mini "theme" if you will, called "The Write Words". It is a 4" Black Chalkboard Picture Frame which holds a 2x2 pic, comes prepacked with chalk, and you can write little personal messages on them. SUPER CUTE!
"The Gift" is a traditional formal gold look. White, silver, chocolate brown, and pheasant feathers create this look. Our pround baby in this collection is our Santa figure, standing 17" I think, solid burnished gold, who is holding baby Jesus in a water globe! It's fab people....FAB. We all just love it! :)
We're continuing to work on pieces for 2010, actually trying to wrap it up! We started out with three collections, but ending up adding two of them together to make one. HOWEVER, we have a large mix match of extra pieces we've created. It really feels like we have come up with a ton of product this year (for 2010)...I think 3 or 4 times as much as we've done before! At least it feels it. We're heading to Chicago the week before the open house to see samples and etc, and also to look at the rest of the company's line so we can start getting a game plan for their showroom set up.
I can't tell you one of the things we are working on, which is something we really love, but I can tell you, that each of you will have your chance to "leave your mark on it" : )
Well....gotta go draw something!
J
We're very excited for you to see what we came up with for 2009! We have 2 collections, one called "Holiday Cheer", and the other called "The Gift".
Holiday Cheer looks just like sounds. HAPPY! It's red and apple green. Harlequin, polka dots, stripes, swirls, and snowmen make up this fun and exciting theme! Don't worry you can't miss it, it will be the first thing you see when you walk in the door at Christmas! Our favorite piece in the collection is a little mini "theme" if you will, called "The Write Words". It is a 4" Black Chalkboard Picture Frame which holds a 2x2 pic, comes prepacked with chalk, and you can write little personal messages on them. SUPER CUTE!
"The Gift" is a traditional formal gold look. White, silver, chocolate brown, and pheasant feathers create this look. Our pround baby in this collection is our Santa figure, standing 17" I think, solid burnished gold, who is holding baby Jesus in a water globe! It's fab people....FAB. We all just love it! :)
We're continuing to work on pieces for 2010, actually trying to wrap it up! We started out with three collections, but ending up adding two of them together to make one. HOWEVER, we have a large mix match of extra pieces we've created. It really feels like we have come up with a ton of product this year (for 2010)...I think 3 or 4 times as much as we've done before! At least it feels it. We're heading to Chicago the week before the open house to see samples and etc, and also to look at the rest of the company's line so we can start getting a game plan for their showroom set up.
I can't tell you one of the things we are working on, which is something we really love, but I can tell you, that each of you will have your chance to "leave your mark on it" : )
Well....gotta go draw something!
J
IS IT JUNE ALREADY!
You know, I've always heard that time flies when two things happen, 1. when you're having and 2. when you get older. Well if the last 6 months are any indication of what it's going to be like the rest of my life, I better sit down before I'm 79....lol
It just seems like we had our Spring celebration, nonetheless Christmas seems like it was a month ago! And now we're trying to get ready for our Christmas Open House in July....oh yeah, Sherry let us know that we have 25 working days until the Open House, which in our world means "CRRRAAPPPP!" Inevidably we will get it done, but MAN do we have some things to get done! We are continuing to get stuff in slowly, however everthing that is coming in we absolutely love! Which I would hope to be the situation, since we bought it in the first place, lol.
Guys, for those of you that are looking for Christmas trees, garlands, and wreaths....you're going to be so excited this year. Even though we believed that we couldn't work any harder, we tried in January to find a better, more economical selection of trees, wreaths, and garlands. And did we ever!@ If my memory serves me right...the garlands for example, are 18" wide (WOW...6" wider than last years) and more full that what we've had in the past, and is less expensive! WIN WIN!
We're doing some Christmas collections we haven't done in a while, such as Candy and Ice World. HOWEVER, our favorite theme (aside from our JSD collections of course) is what we affectionately refer to as "A Trailer Park Christmas"....and we have a trailer to prove it... : ) we had a lot of fun with that one!
Well I guess I should get off of here and actually do some "work" on the floor! Hope to see you soon!
It just seems like we had our Spring celebration, nonetheless Christmas seems like it was a month ago! And now we're trying to get ready for our Christmas Open House in July....oh yeah, Sherry let us know that we have 25 working days until the Open House, which in our world means "CRRRAAPPPP!" Inevidably we will get it done, but MAN do we have some things to get done! We are continuing to get stuff in slowly, however everthing that is coming in we absolutely love! Which I would hope to be the situation, since we bought it in the first place, lol.
Guys, for those of you that are looking for Christmas trees, garlands, and wreaths....you're going to be so excited this year. Even though we believed that we couldn't work any harder, we tried in January to find a better, more economical selection of trees, wreaths, and garlands. And did we ever!@ If my memory serves me right...the garlands for example, are 18" wide (WOW...6" wider than last years) and more full that what we've had in the past, and is less expensive! WIN WIN!
We're doing some Christmas collections we haven't done in a while, such as Candy and Ice World. HOWEVER, our favorite theme (aside from our JSD collections of course) is what we affectionately refer to as "A Trailer Park Christmas"....and we have a trailer to prove it... : ) we had a lot of fun with that one!
Well I guess I should get off of here and actually do some "work" on the floor! Hope to see you soon!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Best in Business 2009
Many of you may have seen us in Kentucky Homes and Gardens (we always hear how much love seeing us in there), but a new place you may have not seen us in before is Best in Business.
Best in Business is a local magazine that has lots of information in them about area stores, restaurants, and etc. You can find them in almost every hotel room in the city, as well as Joseph Beth, of course The Corman Marketplace, and a myriad of other locations. The publication will be out all year, so if you have any guests coming into town and are staying at a hotel, make sure you give them a heads up!
Make sure you take a second to stop and look at our ad, and also the feature store about JSD Designs in the back of the magazine ( I think it's the next to last couple of pages)
Fall Contest Winners 2008!
OK...I know...it's really late......but here's the 2008 Fall Contest Decorating Contest Winners! Our designer judge could not pick between the two of these, and so we are awarding 2 first place awards!
Katherine Vallance
Katherine Vallance
Nancy Thomas
Congrats again! The winners will be also shown on our website, as well as featured in our company newsletter, email newsletter, and will receive giftcards for The Corman Marketplace.
I'm sorry there couldn't be more winners, there were some truly amazing things that came in....it just shows....YOU CAN DO IT!
VACAY!
OK...last year I shared Jeremy and my cruise with you last year, well we are going on another cruise this year as well! This time we are leaving out of Miami, and going to Half Moon Cay Bahamas, San Juan PR, Grand Turks, and St. Thomas....
We aren't leaving until May 22...but I'll be sure to keep you up to date on that... I'm SO EXCITED.... :)
If you've ever been any of these places and have some input on our shore excursions, please feel free to email me at jrice@cormans.com
J
We aren't leaving until May 22...but I'll be sure to keep you up to date on that... I'm SO EXCITED.... :)
If you've ever been any of these places and have some input on our shore excursions, please feel free to email me at jrice@cormans.com
J
Celebrate Spring in 2009
Ok, so there are some ideas being tossed around for the Celebrate Spring. Although details I can't give yet, I can tell you to leave days the week of March 23-27 open.....
SPRING...I'm ready for Spring!
SPRING...I'm ready for Spring!
NEW JSD Design Products for 2009
Released in Jan at all of the markets were two more lines of product that JSD Designs has developed. Traditional in nature, it is perfect for here at home! We have Holiday Cheer, which is red and apple green. It's very fun and includes a Santa Belt Ball Ornament, Snowman Face Orn, Bells, Grosgrain ribbon, and cute cute cute. It's very fun and cheery! There are some super cute items in this collection. As pieces come in, I will try to get pictures up.
The second theme is call "The Gift", which includes a key figure of Santa holding Baby Jesus in a waterglobe, washed in beautiful gold. It's truly the most beautiful thing we've done to date. The whole idea is that you can keep the "reason for the season" in the front of your mind, and at the same time celebrate the other side of Christmas as well. Various shades of gold, white, and bronze make this theme formal and truly beautiful.
When the lines are released, it's always a little scary...you never know how people are going to take to them. It was so comforting to here Sales Reps tell you that they just loved your themes, and that they were their favorites.
Obviously you will see them both here at The Corman Marketplace...I actually think we got a piece or two in a shipment yesterday....EVEN MORE EXCITING!
We're working on our themes for 2010 already of course, which include three new themes, as well as the ground work is laid for us to start working on something else, although we can't talk about that yet... :)
So exciting...
J
The second theme is call "The Gift", which includes a key figure of Santa holding Baby Jesus in a waterglobe, washed in beautiful gold. It's truly the most beautiful thing we've done to date. The whole idea is that you can keep the "reason for the season" in the front of your mind, and at the same time celebrate the other side of Christmas as well. Various shades of gold, white, and bronze make this theme formal and truly beautiful.
When the lines are released, it's always a little scary...you never know how people are going to take to them. It was so comforting to here Sales Reps tell you that they just loved your themes, and that they were their favorites.
Obviously you will see them both here at The Corman Marketplace...I actually think we got a piece or two in a shipment yesterday....EVEN MORE EXCITING!
We're working on our themes for 2010 already of course, which include three new themes, as well as the ground work is laid for us to start working on something else, although we can't talk about that yet... :)
So exciting...
J
Market 2009!
Well as hard as it is to believe that it's 2009, add even more disbelieve that Stuart, Dwayne, and I have already been to Market (in ATL) and are back. I think we say it every year, but this Market was harder and weirder than ever!
First off, we were down in Atlanta a few days early because we were designing another showroom, Vickerman (we hope to have pics up soon). So we were ready to go on Day 1, which was Tuesday Jan 6 at 9am. Now....we are usually there before the show starts anyway, finishing up Roman's showroom with a little of this and that, so being down early was nothing new, and we knew how the first day usually goes....fairly busy. Well, as we entered Building 1( the Market is called AmericasMart, and now has 4 buildings, which total 11.5 million square feet...yes..that's right million!), we noticed no one around...as we road the escalators up to the 18th floor...there was still no one! We actually stopped off, and checked to make sure we were there on the right day and at the right time...it was like a ghost town....weird. We had never seen anything like that!
Eventually people showed up through the week. Traditionally, the weekend is the busiest. It makes sense. A lot of store owners, mom and pop establishments lets say can't afford to take off during the week to leave the store, so instead they just wait until the weekend. The Market was still down, I think one of our vendors said that they were down 30% dollar wise. We were wondering how people would react to the economy, and you could definitely tell that people were scared to spend money, that is except for us, lol. We heard from many retailers that they were down around 40% last year....fortunately, we were blessed and were down nothing like that. Actually there's a retailer here in Lex that was down 80% in the last quarter....scary people...scary....
BUT enough about bad things...lol as if the media doesn't letter us forget...sometimes I wonder if they would just shut up people might not feel they way they do....
The market was hard in many ways, as to be expected, prices had went up like they do every year, so we had to weed through them! Also, it appears that many of our vendors were afraid to go out and make custom themes, and just went with what the factories had over seas (except for the JSD Designs products, they were all original! :) ) See, products get made in a few ways. 1: Our American vendors have product development teams that read trends and forecasts, and then develop product that they want to sell, then send that over seas to Foreign Factories to be made. 2: The American vendors come up with ideas and patterns, and then apply that designs and items they see over seas 3: Just buy what they see when they go overseas (foreign factories have their own showrooms, where American Vendors can walk through to get ideas) or 4: A mix of all of the above.
Truthfully, most of the time it is " a little of all of the above" ; however, this year, it appears that they just all bought what they saw, because truthfully all showrooms at Market looked 85/90% the same. I believe that this was possibly true because it's less expensive to buy something that a factory has in production alread, as well as probably will sell many of them to multiple vendors, not just one to having something created custom and have a limited run on quantity.
So we were left to delve in the mess, and make something unique and custom for us. And I think we did a really excellent job! It was very hard, I mean very hard! But as always fun, and exhausting...both mentally and physically!
Believe it or not, things are already coming in! We're trying to get those things priced and ready to go out soon!
Gotta run..Hope to see you soon!
J
First off, we were down in Atlanta a few days early because we were designing another showroom, Vickerman (we hope to have pics up soon). So we were ready to go on Day 1, which was Tuesday Jan 6 at 9am. Now....we are usually there before the show starts anyway, finishing up Roman's showroom with a little of this and that, so being down early was nothing new, and we knew how the first day usually goes....fairly busy. Well, as we entered Building 1( the Market is called AmericasMart, and now has 4 buildings, which total 11.5 million square feet...yes..that's right million!), we noticed no one around...as we road the escalators up to the 18th floor...there was still no one! We actually stopped off, and checked to make sure we were there on the right day and at the right time...it was like a ghost town....weird. We had never seen anything like that!
Eventually people showed up through the week. Traditionally, the weekend is the busiest. It makes sense. A lot of store owners, mom and pop establishments lets say can't afford to take off during the week to leave the store, so instead they just wait until the weekend. The Market was still down, I think one of our vendors said that they were down 30% dollar wise. We were wondering how people would react to the economy, and you could definitely tell that people were scared to spend money, that is except for us, lol. We heard from many retailers that they were down around 40% last year....fortunately, we were blessed and were down nothing like that. Actually there's a retailer here in Lex that was down 80% in the last quarter....scary people...scary....
BUT enough about bad things...lol as if the media doesn't letter us forget...sometimes I wonder if they would just shut up people might not feel they way they do....
The market was hard in many ways, as to be expected, prices had went up like they do every year, so we had to weed through them! Also, it appears that many of our vendors were afraid to go out and make custom themes, and just went with what the factories had over seas (except for the JSD Designs products, they were all original! :) ) See, products get made in a few ways. 1: Our American vendors have product development teams that read trends and forecasts, and then develop product that they want to sell, then send that over seas to Foreign Factories to be made. 2: The American vendors come up with ideas and patterns, and then apply that designs and items they see over seas 3: Just buy what they see when they go overseas (foreign factories have their own showrooms, where American Vendors can walk through to get ideas) or 4: A mix of all of the above.
Truthfully, most of the time it is " a little of all of the above" ; however, this year, it appears that they just all bought what they saw, because truthfully all showrooms at Market looked 85/90% the same. I believe that this was possibly true because it's less expensive to buy something that a factory has in production alread, as well as probably will sell many of them to multiple vendors, not just one to having something created custom and have a limited run on quantity.
So we were left to delve in the mess, and make something unique and custom for us. And I think we did a really excellent job! It was very hard, I mean very hard! But as always fun, and exhausting...both mentally and physically!
Believe it or not, things are already coming in! We're trying to get those things priced and ready to go out soon!
Gotta run..Hope to see you soon!
J
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