Life after Merry Marketplace

by Melissa Lewis on November 11, 2009

Well, we survived the rush of the Merry Marketplace season. We enjoyed seeing so many familiar faces and getting to catch up with some old friends. We were thrilled to meet new friends as well… thank you for stopping and sharing that your follow our blog and for all those who offered up prayers along our personal and business journeys as well! Aside from being able to create new pieces, one of our favorite things about doing these shows is hearing your stories and being able to meet the people who bring our pieces into their homes.

Every year we try to creat new pieces and introduce them here at Merry Marketplace first. Our new cross’s were a big hit, which we were so excited about. It’s such a rush when Jaime and I create something new, and we LOVE it! But still, not sure if everyone else will really “get it” and love it like we do. Trust me… we have been really off before! But that’s all part of it. You can’t be afraid of failure or rejection if you are in the business of art or creating new things. Sometimes people WILL think your crazy.

And of course, we always do some of our “one of kind” pieces specifically for Merry Marketplace. Our Shabby Racks sold out almost on the first day. I had to send Jaime home to go and make a some more for the rest of the crowd. Several wanted to order these and inquired if we could do more and even larger ones, if you would like one, please email or give us a call. We might even bring some back next year:)

Thanks again to everyone who came to see us. We hope our pieces bring joy in your home!

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Off The Wall at Merry Marketplace 2009

by Melissa Lewis on October 24, 2009

So, you’ve been wondering what happened to us right? Well, I have to give major props to all those working momma’s out there!!!! Balancing motherhood & owning your own business can be down right exhausting. AMAZING… but exhausting. Our wholesale division has expanded greatly over the past several months and we have been working tirelessly getting ready for our big show… the Junior League of Memphis’ Merry Marketplace.

We CANNOT WAIT to show you all what we have been working on. We will be there this year with our original & hand made frames & quote plaques. In addition to our staple pieces, we will also be bringing several pieces of our new furniture line. We will also have NEW PIECES we want to wait and surprise you with! You know us, we always like a sweet surprise!

If you are wondering whether or not to come out to the show, trust me… this will be a good one! We would love to see all of our old friends and meet some new faces as well. We’ve got lots of great treasures for your home as well as wonderful little jewels that would make any person happy to receive as a Christmas Present!!

Our booth has moved so that we could get a better and more open spot. Be sure to take not of the map below so you can head on over!

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We’re Still Here, and There Too.

by Melissa Lewis on May 21, 2009

I know you must be growing tired of hearing me apologize for the lack of posts here. But fortunately, the slowness of our blog does not reflect the status of what’s going on in our studio.

We’ve been busy filling orders and busy doing some faux finishing as well. We’ve been working on our new line of mirrors to go with our furniture pieces. Another frequent request that we are finally able to fulfill.

It may be summer time outside, but for us, it’s Merry Marketplace time! I can’t believe it’s already approaching for us, but we are so excited to show all of you our new furniture pieces and new frame designs. We have been working away at coming up with some original pieces and we have added some new great new color choices as well.

Our website has had an update as well! If you are a designer or have your own store, you can now easily get in touch with our fabulously wonderful Sales Rep.

If you are interesting in buying one of our pieces for your home or for a gift for someone else, we have listed the stores you can find us in. If you have a need for a custom size, you can place that order through one of our stores!

If you don’t see a store listed in your area, please go and tell you favorite gift and home decor spot about our site. If they place an order, we will send you a FREE FRAME!

On A Side Note…

For those of you who are long time and loyal readers, you know about my personal journey with infertility. My husband and I started a blog a couple of months ago to share our story and hopefully encourage others who share this same path, to possible enlighten others who don’t but know someone who does and also, we wanted to share our new journey through adoption!

If you would like to read along, feel free to click on over and follow our story!

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Off The Wall’s Night At Bella Vita

by Melissa Lewis on May 1, 2009

(Megan, Paige of Vintage Gypsy, Stephanie, Melissa, Emily of Emyo)

It’s been a long time coming, but we finally debuted our first line of Off The Wall Furniture!

When Stephanie invited us to be apart of their Trunk Show, we were so excited to be able to use this opportunity to show off our newest creations, including our tables. After many questions from some of you wondering why we don’t make furniture and when we were going to start… we now are making tables with our signature style and colors. Who knows what we will be making next?!

Stephanie and Megan did such a fantastic job with the displays. The store was absolutely beautiful and they featured everyone’s art with great care and creativity. Here’s a niche of some of our newest designs.

Jaime and I love to be able to do shows like this. It’s a great opportunity to be able to get to know all of you and how we can make products that you need and love. Unfortunately, my partner in crime wasn’t able to make it to this show. But my sweet husband, Bart came to show his support and was our photographer for the evening. I think he might just be our number one fan!

This is one of my favorite pieces. Well, honestly, they all are. I wanted to take all of our tables home myself.

Unfortunately, you can’t really get the full picture of our green side table shown above. It has a Moroccan inspired motif painted on the top. I guess you just need to take a trip to Bella Vita so you can get a good look.

They have done such a wonderful job arranging each one of frames in the store. This wall holds many of our designs that can be customized for your own home. We are constantly coming up with new designs, that we just don’t have the time to put all of them on our website. A lot of what the store gets from us are one of a kind pieces!

You know we had to put our most popular designs on a table, the Floral Accent Table is shown above, and is currently only available at Bella Vita!

Jaime and I have such a blast building and painting our frames and trays, and now our tables! It’s definitely a blessing to be able to do what we love, especially this day and age. Thanks so much to everyone who has supported and encouraged us along the way!

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Off The Wall’s Debut Of New Line

by Melissa Lewis on April 24, 2009

Trunk Show - April 30th!

Let me just start off by saying how much I appreciate your patience with our lack of posts on our blog. This has been one of our busiest seasons. Lots of new things have been stirring up and developing, and since it’s just Jaime and myself, we are left to be our own book keepers, receptionist, carpenters, designers in addition to being the artists. If only we had more hands, I could keep you all in the loop here a lot better!

However, I hope you will be happy for the wait. We developed our own line of custom made furniture and we just can’t wait to show you all! We will have a special premier of our newest creations this coming Thursdsay, April 30 at Bella Vita in Collierville, TN. You really don’t want to miss the fun, and we would love to see each of you there!

We will also have brand new designs for our newest line of frames and trays. Lots of new things to see and fun to be had. So be sure to put the date on your calendars. The Trunk Show starts at 5:00 pm and we will be there to chat and say hi.

Here’s a little sneak peek of our work in progress… because we are just too excited to wait till then!