Angel Dear is acclaimed for its baby-safe, baby-approved products. Parents everywhere are at ease whenever they buy anything with the Angel Dear label. They can continue to be at ease when their son or daughter is sleeping soundly in one of Angel Dear’s blankets. Soft, warm, and long-lasting, babies will love its adorable design. Check them out!
Here’s what S’well Bottle users have to say about these bottles: “No one paid me a nickel to say this, I say it because it is true. S’well makes the greatest bottle that has ever touched my pink and beautiful lips. I have no idea how it keeps liquid so cold for so long, but…
Angel Dear is acclaimed for its baby-safe, baby-approved products. Parents everywhere are at ease whenever they buy anything with the Angel Dear label. They can continue to be at ease when their son or daughter is sleeping soundly in one of Angel Dear’s blankets. Soft, warm, and long-lasting, babies will love its adorable design. Check…
While lots of American companies are now making organic, eco-friendly, no-animal-testing bath and body products, only a fraction of them have been offering these products for more than a decade, let alone more than two. Kalastyle is one of these forward-thinking vendors, and has a full arsenal of simple yet beautifully made, widely appealing, non-gender-specific…
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For thirty years spa owner Deanna Montrose has been offering paraffin wax and coconut oil treatments from her award-winning salon. Her soothing concoction heats up in the microwave in two minutes. Due to the complexity of administering a paraffin treatment in the salon — it takes two hours for it to heat in a…
Pottymints Video Interview Pottymints ———– Recently GND reporter Charlie Shew met with Michelle Goldman, proud mom of PottyMints inventor Susanna Goldman. Pottymints, located in West Orange New Jersey, begain shipping their aromatic mints a year ago. According to Michelle, the genesis of PottyMints was a hotel stay three years ago when Susanna noticed that her…
Alex Monroe Video interview with Emma GND: What is your name and the name of the company you represent? Emma: My name is Emma and the company is Alex Monroe. GND: And where are you based? Emma: We are based in London. GND: Are all of your components made in London? Emma: We purchase our chains from…
Today’s gift shoppers are as esthetically conscious as they are globally minded. So, it’s no surprise that the ‘Fair Trade’ movement has emerged from a trend to a sustainable purchasing habit. First on the scene were chocolate and coffee brands that elevated ethical production to the ‘Fair Trade’ standard. Then, special certification began to…
EverThread, fresh out of the REVTECH startup accelerator in Dallas, disrupted the Gift Industry in 2015 by allowing retailers to customize textile products online that would then be quickly printed with no minimum orders. Think: VistaPrint or CafePress for Home Goods (but for retailers….). Gift Retailers have been so responsive that EverThread has now taken their process one step further. For retailers…
UK brand eatsleepdoodle was awarded the Best New Gift Product Award at NY NOW with the doodle Monet Placemat set. The placemat design is inspired by Monet’s great Impressionist paintings of the Japanese-style bridge and water-lily pond that he created at his home in Giverny. These were the subject of about 250 of his paintings…
Humble Tea releases the first dissolvable organic tea morsel that makes the perfect cup of tea with just hot water, no steeping needed! The first dissolvable organic tea morsel that makes the perfect cup of tea with just hot water, no steeping needed! Tea Drops manufactures certified USDA Organic, bagless, pressed teas that dissolve in…
Q Squared NYC unveiled nine new patterned collections and six solid shades for the Spring/Summer 2016 season in its biggest launch since 2011. Q Squared NYC creates luxury melamine boasting the appearance of fine porcelain and ceramic. Its fresh designs and shatter-resistant dinnerware and serveware presents a new take on year-round indoor and outdoor dining….
When you’re an established candle company—competing against thousands of other home-fragrance brands—how do you stand out in an overcrowded market? For Bridgewater Candle Company, the answer came in a bowl of rice. Originally founded in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1998, a time when several competitors were in a tough transition period, Bridgewater immediately made a splash, thanks…
It all started with a margarita. Amy Gueli, a former sales and management executive in the beauty industry, was the owner of the Limelite Boutique in Sylvania, Ohio. While visiting trade shows in search of fun, whimsical designs to sells in her accessories and gift shop, she found a Chinese manufacturer of affordable accessories,…
Décor lovers and home DIY fans are in for a treat this season, with a brand-new crop of hardcover decorating books on the scene—perfect for browsing, learning, gifting, and artfully stacking on a coffee table near you. While how-to decorating books have a long history, dating back to Edith Wharton’s 1897 tome The Decoration…
It’s not often that we can give back simply by doing our favorite things, but if Jean Thompson has her way, the world might soon be fed via eating chocolate. A former high-tech sales and marketing executive, Thompson helms jcoco, a Seattle-based chocolate company that’s putting the style in lifestyle with a delectable—and fashionable—line of…
Michelle and Tony Gach were both corporate execs—Tony as a district manager for Coca-Cola and Michelle as an accounts manager in the cosmetics and fragrance industry—when recession downsizing claimed both of their jobs within two years of each other. Tony used the opportunity to start his own business, Good 4 U Boutique, a handbag party…
With so many product designers constantly on the hunt for the new and novel, finding classic designs that sell year after year can be tricky. But for Mostrom and Chase Handweavers, consistency has been the key to building an audience—and repeat sales—for a carefully edited collection of heirloom-quality scarves, blankets, and table linens. Mostrom…
Color stories tend to come and go, but there’s one hue that has been at the top of many product designer’s lists for at least two seasons: indigo. From home décor to personal accessories and giftables, the indigo trend is going strong and shows no sign of abating. A halfway tone between blue and…
In today’s eco-conscious marketplace, customers are paying more and more attention to how their favorite products are made. From cleaning supplies to children’s toys and sofa fabrics, there’s never been more of a call for products that are safe and nontoxic. But what about the toys, beds, and other accessories we use for our pets?…
With photo sharing more popular than ever, thanks to the ubiquity pf social media, making your photos stand out has become more and more difficult. Cameo, LLC is on a mission to change that, with a carefully curated selection of glass-print products that allows anyone to turn his or her wedding, travel, family, celebratory, and…
These days, it’s easy to find items and add-ons to personalize your favorite accessories and lifestyle products—think labels for kids’ lunch boxes, monogrammed accessory trays, bracelets and watches with interchangeable bands, or iPhone cases emblazoned with your favorite artist’s work. Clarissa Tumblers takes this idea one step farther with three levels personalization on perhaps the…
Not many product designers see a world of possibility in the trash, but for Adam Fetsch, empty bottles have provided the inspiration for a collection of creative home products. Fetsch was working in a restaurant when he noticed the enormous amount of waste, in the form of discarded wine bottles, generated every week. Although he…
Leave it to an engineer to solve the most common of everyday problems. Michael Tunney, a Chicago-based mechanical engineer by training, took a look at the typical key ring—and its bulky, jangly, thigh- and purse-poking chaos of keys—and knew there was a better approach. He spent several weeks considering a way to neatly contain the…
When you’re one of the most popular bloggers on the planet, how do you follow up your hugely successful online act? While many bloggers are branching out into product lines and specialty services, Paul Lowe, founder of the Sweet Paul blog, went the rather unconventional route: he started a print magazine. Lowe created Sweet Paul…
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