{ Bloomingville Spring/Summer 2011 }

I always get happy when I see a new collection from Bloomingville. Their products are always delightful, and so are their photos.Let me present Bloomingville Spring/Summer 2011!As you can see they have a lot of pastels, driftwood, baskets and industrial look in their new collection. I think it looks great when you mix them all together. Their style is very feminine and delicate.What do you think

Light Up The New Year with Fire and Ice!!

Happy New Year!! We will be outdoors tonight enjoying some fireworks on New Year's Eve. We will be watching them from a dear friend's beautiful outdoor patio. I was trying to come up with a wonderful hostess gift and decided to make some Ice Sculpture Luminaries. I have always been fascinated by the the combination of Fire and Ice. I love the warm ambiance it creates. Of course they can be made

Glen Raven set to open Asian headquarters

Glen Raven Inc. will hold a grand opening for its Asian headquarters in Suzhou, China, on Thursday.Burlington-based Glen Raven said the 190,000-square-foot facility near Shanghai will include product development, marketing, sourcing and manufacturing for Glen Raven's activities in China and throughout Asia.


The facility, which will employ more than 300 people, includes a manufacturing operation that will allow the company to manufacture and distribute its Sunbrella brand fabrics to furniture makers in China.The facility will also support Glen Raven Technical Fabrics, a subsidiary of the company that markets textiles to the automotive, military and other markets.

"China and the Asia-Pacific Rim are vitally important markets for Glen Raven and for our customers," Allen E. Gant Jr., president of Glen Raven, said in a news release. "With this base of operations in China, we will be well positioned to assist our clients with their global sourcing needs, while we also develop, manufacture, market and distribute our own brands throughout Asia."

Hua Li will be general manager of Glen Raven Asia.