Welcome summer with galvanized metal ornaments from Finding Home Farms

This was originally posted May 30, 2017 at my old blog.

Anchor galvanized metal ornament - Finding Home Farms

As summer approaches, your entertaining expands to the outdoors - and you find ways to bring the outdoors inside.

Add charm and authenticity to your décor with galvanized metal ornaments from Finding Home Farms.  Choose from shapes such as an anchor (pictured above), a starfish (pictured below), a mason jar, a vintage truck or a whale. 

Each adornment is strung on a white ribbon with a backer card for ease of merchandising at retail.  The ribbon also makes it ideal for embellishing gift packages or hanging as a simple, sophisticated home décor enhancement.

Starfish galvanized metal ornament - from Finding Home Farms

Ornaments are not just for specific holidays.  Use them as small favors when entertaining or as courtesy gifts for fellow garden club or book club members.  They can make any occasion more festive and make excellent mementos to mark celebrations or any memory-worthy event. 

Each piece is made in the USA and is refined by an "aging" process that creates the look of a vintage piece and adds character. 

Laura Putnam (half of the husband-and-wife team behind Finding Home Farms) is a published practitioner on metal crafting with her book Rustic Modern Metal Crafts (pictured below).  You can be sure her work is well-designed and high quality.

Laura Putnam's book - Rustic Modern Metal Crafts

I've focused here on the company's galvanized metal décor, but they also offer maple syrup products from the farm they own as well as a wonderfully-fragranced soy candle collection.

Lavender Evergreen soy candle - from Finding Home Farms

"Finding Home Farms is a family-owned, lifestyle brand that brings the best of the farm with our maple syrup products and the perfect ingredients for a welcoming home with our home décor offerings.  From hand-crafted maple syrup to soy candles and decorative home accessories, we proudly source and produce all of our products in the USA."

In Other Words....from Compendium

This was originally posted December 22, 2016 at my old blog.

New for 2017 - Compendium is introducing a new card line to their award-winning assortment!

In Other Words... provides your customers another option to say more with their greetings.  It is a card series that is big-hearted and witty, combining genuine sentiments and playful storytelling to mark life's important occasions.
 
You may already stock one or both of Compendium's other successful card lines - Positively Green or Frank & Funny.  So why should you consider another one?

• Generation X and Millennial consumers are purchasing more greeting cards, averaging 18 cards per year
• Greeting cards satisfy a craving for deeper, meaningful offline connections
• The growing demand for greetings that offer something original or distinctive
• In Other Words... incorporates bright colors with a simple design and smart, witty content with a small press aesthetic

Because In Other Words... celebrates the art of the written word, a percentage of each card's purchase is donated to organizations that promote literacy and support the readers of the future.  And like all Compendium cards, they are printed in the USA on FSC-certified recycled paper.

In Other Words... is available with the same spinner options as the existing collections - and with the same guaranteed sale as those collections, as well.