The Bargain Hunter: Early holiday deals Nov 19, 2009
The goods: Closeout prices are bargain basement, but the inventory is anything but at Peking Handicraft's one-day sale on its home textiles, decorative accessories and gift wares sold to stores and catalogs around the country. Some prices on the samples and overruns priced at 60 to 75 percent off retail. (San Francisco Chronicle)
People make room in their homes to accommodate their growing passion: Wine Nov 3, 2009
Home-decor catalogs are filled with items related to corks, labels, bottles and barrels. New homes are constructed with wine bars and even cellars. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Holiday sales events at warehouses, outlets Oct 12, 2009
The hand-blown glass pumpkins from Cohn-Stone Studios - artistic originals sought in the collectible marketplace - are featured in numerous museums, galleries and catalogs ... This importer of silk floral design and small home-decor items covers the retail spectrum - selling to major catalogs, boutiques and gift stores, TV shopping networks and major Internet sites. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Book offers a look at thoroughly modern design Oct 11, 2009
The hefty 304-page volume, published by Mitchell Beazley/Octopus Books USA ( 35), catalogs the key design movements, players and pieces of the past 100 years. The book is organized by design period, and topics include the craft movement, Le Corbusier, Murano glass and funk-ceramics sculptor David Gilhooly. (Montana Standard, MT)
Wyo co. recycles vintage phones, seltzer bottles Oct 6, 2009
Johnsons recycled products are sold through national retailers and catalogs in the U.S., including Anthropologie, Neiman Marcus, Sundance and Coldwater Creek. We manage our own logistics, he explained. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Cool meets quirky in stylist's home Jul 27, 2009
While his own home may lack the polish of those catalogs, that's exactly how he likes it ... While his own home may lack the polish of those catalogs, that's exactly how he likes it. (San Francisco Chronicle)
HouseWorks: Marriage of then and now Jul 17, 2009
Although - thanks to the Sears and Montgomery Ward catalogs golden oak could be found everywhere on the prairie, that fancy stuff was rare as hens teeth. Send your home repair and remodeling questions to: HouseWorks, P.O. Box 81609, Lincoln, NE 68501, or e-mail. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Herb feud spiced up by death threats Jun 16, 2009
In 2005, after a disgruntled employee of Bolin gave Fasseas catalogs and recipes on herbs, Fasseas started selling products only Bolin had, he said, because they were passed down to him by his great grandfather from Wales. Bolin got a copyright lawyer to stop Fasseas, which added an extra layer of spice to the bickering, Bolin said. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Urban Cool Made in the Country May 30, 2009
Scego has been featured in magazines and catalogs in the United Kingdom, Russia, Hong Kongs and Israel. He's also been written about in local publications like St. Louis at Home and Rural Missouri. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Fort Worth Postcard and Paper Show to Showcase Unique Collections from Pretty Artisan Cards to Rough Old West Cowboys May 17, 2009
There will be hand-tinted cards, early postal history, documents, letterhead, old Valentines and Easter cards, Santa Claus die cuts, hold-to-light cards, pages from turn-of-the-century flower catalogs, prints, antique photos, brochures, early writing, historical documents, vintage advertising, maps, prints, celebrity pictures and autographs. Vintage images can be enlarged and framed for home d;cor and small images are suitable for embellishing scrapbooks. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Donnelley profit drops 92% on charges; gets 2 multiyear contract renewals May 7, 2009
The company, which prints magazines, catalogs and other materials, earned $13. 9 million, or 7 cents per share, down from $182. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Jacko Flea Market Finds Mar 10, 2009
Now most of those items can be seen for the first time by the public in five separate catalogs being for an auction beginning April 21, 2009 in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel ... But in the meantime: now we can look at the stuff ourselves Julien's has just put the catalogs online for perusal and it s chockablock with kooky, interesting, and mid priced valuables from Michael Jackson s strange, strange life ... The creepiest parts of the catalogs for most people will be the items... (Fox News)
Police: Rap producer injured in Ariz. hotel fight Feb 17, 2009
Magazines, shopping catalogs, newspapers, office and school papers, and junk mail all may be accepted ... The public is invited to recycle newspaper, magazines, catalogs, envelopes, folders, copy paper and mail in the green bin outside the shelter at 421 45th St. Every time the bin is picked up, the shelter receives money to save more homeless animals. (Northwest Indiana Times)
Recent Work by Collage Artist Cathy Horner Feb 9, 2009
Inspired by her 100-year-old farmhouse and a long-time appreciation for antiques and vintage objects, Horner found a new muse at age 48 when she began creating collages from her collection of images from old magazines, newspapers, and catalogs. The Black Rooster Gallery, now managed by Leslie Brewer, promotes local and regional artists and crafts persons and is located in the General Francis Marion Hotel at 109 E. Main Street in downtown Marion, Virginia. (AbsoluteArts.com)
