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Fabrics by Designer Charlotte Moss Debut at Calico Corners – Calico Home Stores

Kennett Square, PA (PRWEB) January 05, 2012

Fabrics by Designer Charlotte Moss Debut

at Calico Corners – Calico Home stores

Pretty patterns and updated classics in prints and jacquards arrive from noted designer, author and style-setter Charlotte Moss.

Interior designer Charlotte Moss has spent a lifetime creating elegant and inspired rooms. Now she has brought that signature style to her new collection of 92 decorative fabrics and 75 color-coordinated trims, all available at retail at the Calico Corners – Calico Home stores across the country and online at http://www.calicocorners.com.

With this collection, Moss brings to life her favorite designs in painterly patterns, pretty colors and a wonderful marriage of textures. “I approached this collection almost as if it were a wardrobe for rooms,” explains Moss. “I feel fabrics should be instantly appealing, elegant and comfortable, and adaptable to different rooms and uses.” Making the collection well rounded—with lots of coordinates in wovens and prints and trimmings—was an important goal. “I want to inspire the customer to create her own vision—her look—with enough choices to do it easily and stylishly,” adds Moss.

Many fabrics in the Charlotte Moss collection are inspired by antique textile documents and vintage clothing picked up on her travels. Other patterns are drawn from nature or adapted from motifs that she uses again and again in her residential design work.

Charlotte Moss’ interest in design began when she learned to sew in eighth-grade home economics classes. With saved babysitting money, she stitched up clothing for herself, plus curtains, dust ruffles and slipcovers to redecorate her room. Young Charlotte’s sister was her first client in these ventures. That passion for decorating grew. “Years later, newly married, I sewed and I shopped at Calico Corners,” recalls Moss. Eventually, she left a career marketing tax shelters in New York City when her firm was bought out, cashed a bonus check and started Charlotte Moss Interior Design.

She has been creating a name for herself ever since, with high profile design projects, magazine features, distinctive designer showhouse rooms and seven books published. Charlotte Moss Decorates is the most recent title, also available at Calico.

“We think the fabrics in the Charlotte Moss collection will resonate perfectly with the Calico customer,” notes Lori Cropp, merchandise manager for the 90+ Calico Corners – Calico Home stores. “For the customer who loves traditional design, there are classic patterns, paisleys and vining florals rendered in fresh, updated colors. There is even a design with a printed passementerie border that appears to be a braided trim.” Border prints look novel again, adds Cropp, noting that they can be used for custom window treatments with the border accenting the leading edge of a drapery or the hem of a valance or a bedskirt. The border can also be cut off and appliquéd around the hem of a chair skirt, coverlet or tableskirt.

“For those who prefer a more transitional style,” says Cropp, “there are stylish patterns with graphic elements from baskets and garden gates, wood grain designs and a dramatic ombred strié damask.

“People are often afraid of mixing patterns for fear the result will look too busy,” notes Moss in a recent interview with Architectural Digest. “But I love the conversation that the layering of fabric creates.” With 92 fabrics in the Charlotte Moss collection, there is opportunity for lots of good conversation while creating a beautiful room.

About Calico Corners

Calico Corners – Calico Home stores provide expert decorating advice and free in-home design consultation in more than 90 stores across the country. Consumers will find thousands of designer fabrics for the home at value prices; custom window treatments, blinds and shades; custom upholstered furniture, slipcovers, bedding and more. Thousands of fabrics are available online. For more information or to find the nearest store, visit http://www.CalicoCorners.com or call (800) 213-6366.

Contact:    Jan Jessup                

(610) 444-9700, Ext. 262

publicrelations(at)calicocorners(dot)com or jjessup(at)calicocorners(dot)com     

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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay wishes revellers an ‘Appy New Year with the London 2012 Festival

Michael Craig-Martin is one of 12 leading artists behind the official London 2012 posters

(PRWEB) December 27, 2011

For the first countdown event of the London 2012 Festival partygoers at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay will receive a special digital extra to add to their celebrations.

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is using @thistimeofyear to bring a piece of London 2012 Festival art to Scotland’s capital to mark the moment that the Olympic and Paralympic year begins.

Partygoers at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, Edinburgh residents and visitors to the City will be able to download a specially created App from the Hogmanay website. The app uses augmented reality technology, to deliver a virtual surprise created by Michael Craig-Martin, one of the official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic poster artists.

The app will be available to download from 28 December. From 30th December revellers will be able to open the app and point their phone at Edinburgh Castle and a Michael Craig-Martin image, developed using augmented reality, will appear. At midnight on 31 December partygoers can point their phone at Edinburgh Castle and a special augmented reality e-card will pop up on the phone that can be included as the backdrop in photos taken in Edinburgh giving a 2012 greeting to send to friends and family and share through social media.

@thistimeofyear is a London 2012 Festival commission from Magic Lantern, produced in association with Unique Events and the City of Edinburgh Council for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay.

Ruth Mackenzie, Director, Cultural Olympiad & London 2012 Festival, said: ‘We’re excited to be working with Edinburgh’s Hogmanay for our first countdown event which, in this digital age, brings together new technologies and art for the New Year celebrations in Edinburgh. We hope @thistimeofyear will bring a fun dimension to the celebrations as we see in the Olympic and Paralympic year.’

Michael Craig-Martin said: ‘I am delighted to contribute through new technological media to this exciting celebration which is one of the countdown events for the London 2012 Festival. Next year should prove an important time for art and culture as well outstanding sporting events.’

Pete Irvine, Creative Director of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, said ‘We are delighted that part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is the first countdown event of the London 2012 Festival.    The eyes of the world will be on the UK this year, and where better to welcome 2012, the Year of Creative Scotland, than Edinburgh – where 80,000 revellers will enjoy the UK’s largest New Year’s Party, and the spectacular Midnight fireworks.’

Andrew Dixon, Chief Executive, Creative Scotland said: ‘Scotland is a festival nation and Hogmanay is one of the biggest and best. This Hogmanay will kick off an extraordinary, year-long celebration of Scottish creativity for the Year of Creative Scotland 2012 and the London 2012 Festival– and @thistimeofyear is the perfect start!’

The London 2012 Festival will be a spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration from 21 June and running until 9 September 2012 bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK.

On Midsummer Night, the first day of the London 2012 Festival, Gustavo Dudamel and The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela will perform a spectacular outdoor concert in the heart of a Scottish community where their “El Sistema” philosophy has taken root. Playing ‘The Big Concert’ – the opening Concert of the London 2012 Festival in Scotland – Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela will perform this open air concert in the shadow of Stirling Castle. Maestro Dudamel, the Venezuelan conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the orchestra will be ‘artists-in-residence’ with the children from the Big Noise orchestra in the days before the family concert and the children will perform with their Venezuelan mentors.

Other highlights of the London 2012 Festival programme in Scotland include the Kronos Quartet performing Terry Riley’s Sun Rings at Glasgow’s Riverside Museum, a new digital artwork for an iconic site in Dundee, two new productions for children and young people for the Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival, a relay of film screenings starting in Shetland, a new film by director Lynn Ramsay and a story relay by pioneering climate and culture organisation Cape Farewell.

Edinburgh’s Festivals will play a major role in celebrating London 2012, with the world’s elite and emerging cultural talent gathering in Edinburgh while their sporting equivalents are in London. Creative Scotland and Edinburgh’s Festivals are a major partner of the London 2012 Festival.

Notes to editors:

About the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival

The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad is the largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Movements. Spread over four years, it is designed to give everyone in the UK a chance to be part of London 2012 and inspire creativity across all forms of culture, especially among young people.

The culmination of the Cultural Olympiad will be the London 2012 Festival, a spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK, from Midsummers Day on 21 June and running until the final day of the Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012.The London 2012 Festival will celebrate the huge range, quality and accessibility of the UK’s world-class culture including dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, fashion, film and digital innovation, giving the opportunity for people across the UK to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Principal funders of the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival are Arts Council England, Legacy Trust UK and the Olympic Lottery Distributor. BP and BT are Premier Partners of the Cultural Olympiad and the London 2012 Festival.

About Creative Scotland

Creative Scotland is the national development agency for the arts, screen and creative industries, and its ambition is to see Scotland recognised as one of the world’s most creative nations. Investing in our Creative Future, the organisation’s corporate plan sets out its vision: That Scotland is recognised as a leading creative nation – one that attracts, develops and retains talent, where the arts and the creative industries are supported and celebrated and their economic contribution fully captured, a nation where the arts and creativity play a central part in the lives, education and well-being of our population.

The Year of Creative Scotland begins on January 1, 2012 and is a chance to showcase, celebrate and promote Scotland’s cultural and creative strengths. Creative Scotland has created a programme that shows Scotland’s creativity at its best: contemporary, international and reflecting the joy that a vibrant cultural life brings to our communities. We have invested in a dynamic and exciting year-long programme of activity celebrating our world-class events, festivals, culture and heritage, to promote Scotland’s culture and creativity in an international spotlight.

London 2012 Games partners:

The Worldwide Olympic Partners who support the London 2012 Olympic Games and the National Olympic Committees around the world are Coca-Cola, Acer, Atos, Dow Chemical Company, GE, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Samsung and Visa.

LOCOG has seven domestic Tier One Partners – adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB. There are seven domestic Tier Two Supporters – Adecco, ArcelorMittal, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook and UPS. There are now twenty-eight domestic Tier Three Suppliers and Providers – Aggreko, Airwave, Atkins, Boston Consulting Group, CBS Outdoor, Crystal CG, Eurostar, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, G4S, GSK, Gymnova, Heathrow Airport, Heineken UK, Holiday Inn, John Lewis, McCann Worldgroup, Mondo, NATURE VALLEY, Next, Nielsen, Populous, Rapiscan Systems, Rio Tinto, Technogym, Thames Water, Ticketmaster, Trebor and Westfield.

There is one domestic Tier One Paralympic Games-only Partner, Sainsbury’s and one domestic Tier Three Paralympic Games-only Supplier, Otto Bock. The London 2012 Paralympic Games also acknowledges the support of the National Lottery.

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CEO Rags to Riches

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) November 22, 2006

CEO George D. Wells with Nancy Shonka Padberg share secrets of leadership, life & laughter in a new book, “The American Dream in a Kilt.”

Take a peek behind the corporate curtain and see how this CEO followed the rules. This business book shares the cultural details of conducting international business, how George felt firing hundreds of employees, the response when he wore his kilt to work and how the boardroom operates.

How do you help build the semiconductor business into a $ 242 billion industry? By leading corporations to profitability, beating unions and empowering people around him. Learn George’s 12 communication secrets to success that created profitable and healthy working environments and how empowering employees leads to success.

“The combination of George’s Scottish wit and sharp business acumen resulted in a leadership style that was truly unique. There is no question that he was a key figure in shaping the future of Silicon Valley,” Larry Carter, Former CFO, Cisco Systems

George D. Wells arrived in the United States from Clydebank, Scotland with $ 200, a wife, a baby and a job offer in Boston. After spending several decades building Silicon Valley he resides in Saratoga, California. He continues to give his business expertise as Lead Director to QLogic Corporation and board member of The First Tee organization. George, a dynamic leader, has conducted business all over the world, has given hundreds of speeches and is mentor to many.

Nancy Shonka Padberg is a MBA graduate of The Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, former Los Angeles Times executive and vice president of The Phelps Group. She is now president of her own firm, Navigate Consulting (http://www.navigateconsulting.biz), with expertise in publishing, marketing and public relations. She contributes her spare time to two non-profit boards and her daughter’s sports. She resides in Santa Monica.

Visit http://www.dreaminakilt.com for biographies, stories, book receptions and testimonials. Hardcover books available for $ 21.95 on http://www.dreaminakilt.com and paperback for $ 14.95 on Amazon.com.

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Parcel2Go Stresses Importance of Reliable Parcel Delivery to eBay Sellers

Bolton, Lancs (PRWEB UK) 11 December 2011

An estimated 5.8 million Christmas shoppers visited the retail and auction website eBay last Sunday and with many millions more due to visit over the coming days, online parcel delivery specialist Parcel2Go has called on sellers to be prepared for the Christmas rush.

Data released earlier this month claimed the average Brit will spend just over £250 on gifts this year and Richard Mercer, marketing director at Parcel2Go, said online sellers should be doing everything possible to appeal to shoppers.

He said offering a wide range of delivery options from courier services is one way for eBay sellers to ensure that they are making their auctions and fixed-price sale items available to as many people as possible.

He said: “Sellers offering limited domestic and international parcel delivery options are restricting themselves unnecessarily. All the retail figures being released at the moment point to significant opportunities this year for online businesses, with shoppers looking to enjoy the festive season before they think about tightening their belts further after Christmas.

“Parcel2Go’s eBay widget has been designed to make it quick and easy to add parcel delivery information to product listings and the wide range of services available will certainly appeal to potential customers.”

The important role that smartphones will play in online buying this Christmas has also been stressed. eBay expected about two items to be purchased every second during Super Sunday, once again highlighting the ever increasing use of mobiles by shoppers in the UK.

“The remaining shopping days before Christmas represent a fantastic opportunity for sellers,” Richard added. “We’re reminding them to act now, get their parcel delivery options up to scratch and make sure their customers receive the best service possible.”

About Parcel2Go:

Parcel2Go Ltd has been offering its customers the opportunity to organise London, Birmingham and Glasgow parcel delivery services for the past 21 years. Based in Bolton, the company operates a cost-effective collection and delivery service using couriers such as City Link and DHL throughout the UK, Europe, and countries across the world.

For further information contact:

Les Yates

Marketing Executive

Telephone: 08713 308066

Email: l(dot)yates(at)parcel2go(dot)com    

Website: http://www.parcel2go.com

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