The Talent of Living Creatively
It’s Valentine’s Day and I want to celebrate!!
Smooth Grain Red Leather front and back with Wine Paisley on Buckskin Suede
We’ve been working extremely hard the past month broading our new line of Paisley Collections and while doing so, we have a few good looking samples to giveaway. Since you’re fans of ours, we thought you’d like first snag at an opportunity to win a beautiful new Chelsea Cosmetic bag adorned with our paisley.
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This blows my mind, literally.
One can compose music while manipulating individual scent containers like organ stops. Each olfactory note is custom designed by sequence and scent intensities. An electronically controlled heater provides the intensity of the olfactory note as it contacts the glass liquid container. People can specify the intensity and the duration of each olfactory note provided by the GUI (graphical user interface) as the olfactory composition is “played” by the sсentisizer.
OMG.
How do you walk a tradeshow without looking like a novice? How do you keep your artful act together when reaching for your personal effects?
If you have vexing visions of your fifth grade awkwardness, follow some of these tips to streamline your tradeshow floor savvy. After all, we’re all tramps, we just don’t want to appear like one. Oh and as for the definition of tramps, I mean nomads, not hussies people! 
Eating questionable turkey bacon that originally smelled of dirty socks, we sat in the uncannily bright house chilled by the remnants of old man Winter.
Snow.
Ugh. I dread snow when I’m not planning for it. My friends update their Facebooks pages with, “Yay! Another snow day!” My response? “Ew.”
Seriously. I grew up in the North, in the middle of the mitten where I’ve learned to replicate the hallow sound of the wind that whirled itself around the corner of the house like an icy leather whip with my mouth. That howl of isolation. Alone. Cold.
“Snow is for postcards,” I hear myself grumble like an old croon. To my good fortune, we didn’t get much. Although, the layer of snow + sleet + snow is a trifecta from hell for the roads that hide from Sunday’s sunlight.
As I heat the kettle for more hot water, I spy a beautiful shadow being cast across the sheath of snow. Revealed is the candelabra that hangs from the low Maple branch conveniently positioned across our table. Truth be told, I move the table to meet the tree branch to center the candelabra and that’s as far as I allow my environmental designer skills to actualize, otherwise I’d be out on the deck creating fanciful outdoor living space all day. I’ve decided I don’t have time for that as I prioritize my business before my home. Pathetic.
How do you create collateral consistency without creating collateral damage to your small business identity?
How can you go from just creating a postcard to broadening your company’s visual identity?
Visual consistency extends beyond just one piece of collateral expanding across the board. Visual consistency also helps convey to your customer that she’s landing in the right place with visual cues that you’ve provided. Think of your system as a puzzle… If you give her a business card, does it relate to your Web site? If you give her a postcard, does it relate to your business card or line sheet?
In this entry, I’m going to outline how I’ve applied elements of design to make my ID system consistent throughout my collateral -both print and Web. Hopefully, you’ll be inspired to review your materials once again.
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Columbus Circle Wide Cuff + Swarovski Crystals
We’re having a blast in the studio applying the paisley in innovative ways. When you want to show your personal style in subtle ways, the ECStewart Columbus Circle Cuff is the perfect accessory. These hand made, all suede cuffs showcase the unique ECStewart Mankolam-Paisley design accented with Swarovski crystal rivets for just a hint of bling.
We’ll have 2 styles to choose -wide and thin- great for free spirits.
Wine Paisley on Wide Buckskin Suede Cuff
If you’re looking to develop your unique style, please visit ecstewart.com to view our full line of limited edition handbags and accessories.
PS. Through the end of January, we’re donating 10% of online sales proceeds to Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund from new Web site! http://ow.ly/11oXb
After trying many new things last year and realizing that some of them were successful and others not so much, we’ve returned to home base.
First, CalligraphyPets® is now officially wrapped under the umbrella of ECStewart Designs. We love the CalligraphyPets® and they will always be my golden child. Bacchus will always serve to be my inspiration for new art as his calligraphic line is the basis for all that I do.
Now that Andrew is working w/me full time, we wanted to expand our horizons and experiment a bit with new patterns, design, namely building new product. Having just launched our new Paisley Collection in handbags, totes, and other accessories, we’re excited to hear/read your thoughts on our new endeavors.
A little Lively, Lucky, & Rebellious
An updated Web site and online boutique! CalligraphyPets and ECStewart Collections are now permanently combined on ecstewart.com. If you try to head to CalligraphyPets.com, you’ll be redirected to ecstewart.com.
Thanks so much for following us and remaining loyal, even throughout some of our experimental stages. We may rebel once in a while, but we always come home.
Lively and Lucky
You can now adorn your 2010 style with ECStewart’s Paisley necklines.
Have you ever been mesmerized by looking through a magnifying glass? The details of wonder come alive for only a moment and the ethereal magic lasts just seconds. Imagine taking that magic moment with you. These magic moments are captured as elegant archival art prints supported by a hint of Lisa’s Mankolam Paisley, set in a sterling silver bezel and sealed with resin that both enhances and magnifies the elegant image.
Ideal for free spirits.
If you’re looking to develop your unique style and to purchase a bit of magic, please visit Mankolam Paisley Necklines to view our full line of paisley infused wearable fine art.
With this, it is my hope that you will consider including ECStewart Collections & CalligraphyPets in your life.
PS. Through the end of January, we’re donating 10% of online sales proceeds to Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund from new Web site! http://ow.ly/11oXb
As devastating as last year economic woes were to my business, I still believe I’m very lucky to have been born and raised within the United States.
Until Saturday, January 30th, I am donating 10% of my online sales proceeds to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund. Please join us in helping others who are not so lucky by making a fine art purchase on ecstewart.com.
Thanks so much for your gracious consideration.
Warmly,
Lisa & Andrew
As we walked the Accessories Show yesterday in NYC, we realized that there are no more rules to fashion -as long as it’s comfortable, it’s applicable. Due to the influence of cinema, current events, political upheavals, technology, and the flattening of the World, the fashion World is becoming fragmented and has so for several years -and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
While I enjoy reviewing fashion representative of each decade within the 2oth Century, both because of the extreme changes in hem length as a political response, but also the relaxation of the staunch formality of structure (ie. suits, pillbox hats, & gloves), I also found a mashing of decades and reinventions that seemed pretty, well… lazy. Now, after walking the Accessories Show (that also includes apparel), I understand the opportunity to recycle past trends as well as launch new ideas through technological advances. There are some fascinating revolutions that are beginning to peak out into the Brave New World and it’s exciting to watch them progress (fabric gradations, laser cut fabrics).
Additionally, the freedom to expound on global reach as well as up-cycle ingenuities promotes the latitude to curate your own wardrobe and with that, I will never feel like such an odd-ball when walking down the street with a draped toga over metallic Ed Hardy high tops. Okay, maybe…
So, for your personal accessory journal, I’ve outlined four categories that we’ve mashed for your enjoyment:
