I wanted to give you a sneak peek into what’s been brewing in the studio and introduce my new business partner, Leslie! I’ve known Leslie for a long time and when it comes to business, she’s the yin to my yang.. the butter on my toast… the whip cream in my hot chocolate… pretty much a perfect fit all the way around!

All of the area’s I struggle with; budgeting, shipping, meeting with clients etc. she is fabulous at! Leslie started her career in retail and shortly after moved over to the corporate side, working as a buyer for a major department store. I am so excited to have her knowledge & expertise on board in creating this new company!

Below you’ll see the logo I’ve created for our company. Our company is called, Everyday Hideaway, a name I sincerely love! It’s about creating a cozy, magical hideaway for your everyday life… something with a little bit of curiosity and a lot of comfort & beauty.

We are also launching, EH party, as in, Everyday Hideaway party. EH party will focus on stationery & party goods while Everyday Hideaway will be your source for cool & interesting home goods! Do you remember the photo’s I shared a while back? Those are for EH party! So exciting!

We created EH party in order to offer some high quality, high style party goods but also, to fund Everyday Hideaway. Let’s face it, I know my way around stationery and it’s something I’m good at, so if we can do that for a while and pour all the profit into Everyday Hideaway, we’ll be well on our way to creating the gorgeous home goods unlike anything else currently on the market!

We have seriously considered getting a small business loan but I’m so draw to the exciting interactive funding avenue offered over at Kickstarter. I think that whole thing is pretty darn cool.. how fun to be able to be an integral part in growing a business and get super cool gifts for doing so! It’s ultra rad, I mean just look at all these cool ideas!

Would you invest in a great company (a-hem, perhaps Everyday Hideaway) if it were on there? I know I could come up with some killer  ’for your support’ gifts and of course for a large pledge, you would not only get the satisfaction of knowing you are a huge part of funding something really special but you would also get one of the first cake stands as a gift! (Eep! Did I spill the beans! Yup, you heard..er.. read it right, I’ve designed some really gorgeous cake stands (!) and those are definitely what we’re set on having manufactured first!) Here’s a sneak peak at two designs:

I want to offer the ‘Candy’ stand in three colors: pink & white, aqua & white and a beautiful soft gray & white. I really want to get these made! We have found and talked to a manufacturer here on the west coast. All we’re waiting for is the money… it’s frustrating because I know people will love them!

We are, at this point undecided on which approach to take but I’d really love to hear your thoughts.  Would pledging $25, $50, $100? more? be something you’d ever consider doing? Keep in mind that not only do you get to be an important part of something really neat, but you’d also get something super cool in return?! I know I would .. but .. I’m slightly biased. *wink*

While we ponder the best solution to the funding, we’ve been working hard on getting a good variety of products ready for EH party! A large amount of EH party goods will be PDF style to keep costs down for us but also for YOU and to give you more control over how you want to style your parties!  I’m excited to show you all the goods!

We’ll also be revealing some VERY special Christmas cards SOON! So if you have not bought yours yet, hang tight a little bit longer and you’ll be able to order them from Everyday Hideaway! Trust me, you’re going to LOVE them!

Oh yeah, and I just created a FB page for us too, not much there now but soon it will be a great place to interact with both myself and Leslie and tell us what you want! One of the benefits of having a small company is that we can listen and act quickly based on what our customers are looking for, so come join us and tell us what you’d love to see! Talk to you soon! ~m