Cheree Berry Invitations - So Inviting!

If you're thinking of great wedding and event planning inspiration for the coming spring/summer season, look no further than 100 Layer Cake - one of our favorite wedding blogs. They cover a variety of weddings and feature top wedding vendors, from the best photographers to the best florists. The folks at "the Cake" take their wedding invitations and snail mail with a side of flair. A hot tangerine envelope liner, gold foil details, horn blowers (why not?), multi-colored confetti dots spilling out of envelopes, and bold stripes and patterns. There’s one place to get it all and that’s Cheree Berry Paper! If gold confetti could come flying out from your screen when we announced that, we’d make it happen. Yes, we get that excited when we talk about paper! And we’re even more excited to share her new designs with you! Just take a look at these suites – does it get any more fun than this?

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Explore the Beautiful Ceramics of Italy

Ceramics of Italy is an International Contemporary Furniture Fair exhibit coming up that will feature nine of Italy’s leading ceramic tile companies and their new designs. The ICFF will be held from May 19-22, 2012 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City. The show focuses primarily on modern design, and the Ceramics of Italy exhibit will show off fresh tile trends for floor and wall coverings in booth #1432. Exhibitors include Atlas Concorde; Ceramiche Refin; Cooperativa Ceramica d’Imola; Cotto d’Este; Fap Ceramiche; Mirage Granito Ceramico; Il Ferrone; Sant’Agostino; and Settecento mosaici e ceramiche d’arte.

Expect to see many state-of-the-art flooring and wall covering developments.

• Urban motifs
• Wood, stone, and concrete looks created with ink-jet technology
• LEED-compliant tiles
• Super-thin porcelains

 

According to Franco Manfredini, president of Confindustria Ceramica:

We are excited to be attending the show for the fourth time. New York is an important market for our Italian companies and the architects and designers we meet every year make it an event we cannot miss.

Italian manufacturers continue to focus on both aesthetic and technological trends that are both bold and progressive in the tile industry. For updated information on Ceramics of Italy’s participation at ICFF or to view new products launching this season, visit the Italian Tile website.

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Click here to read Sheffield's exclusive photo tour: A Day at the Kips Bay Show House.

As lead curriculum developer, it's fun to check out new flooring and wall covering products. If you're interested in learning more about the exciting world of interior design, then we encourage you to explore the Sheffield School, New York, NY. Sheffield began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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It makes our day when we hear from a former student. And that’s why we launched a new website, specifically to collect and showcase course reviews and testimonials!

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Announcing New Website Review for Interior Designers

The Sheffield School was founded in 1985 as a school for aspiring interior designers. Since then, it's grown and expanded to offer education in other creative areas, but we never forgot our roots. And today, we're happy to announce a new service we've created specifically for interior designers.

It's called SiteCatapult! And it's a website review service for interior designers of all shapes and sizes.

We did some research and found that today's interior designers drive a huge amount of new business through their websites. In fact, most professional interior designers today use their website to drive word of mouth marketing and referrals. But when we talked to our students and graduates, many did not know where to get started with their website.

By taking ideas from marketers, website developers, and interior designers, we were able to create a service that we're sure interior designers are going to love.

If you have a website, you can purchase a professional web evaluation. Our evaluator will dive head first into your site. And using some basic information that you provide us, will fill out a 16 page evaluation form designed to show you how your site stacks up against the competition, and give you real-life steps that you can use to take your site to the next level.

Don't have a website yet? We've got you covered too. We're offering a downloadable ebook for $19.99 that serves as a guide to creating your interior design website.

We've got something for everyone. Check it out and sign up for your evaluation or ebook today!

6 Favorite Lights from Luce Plan

 

Bright ideas in lighting spring up all the time from talented product designers. New lightings gives interior designers and homeowners cause to celebrate. Fresh, contemporary designs are great ways to enliven tired interiors and shine light into the darkest corners of rooms, creating pools of inviting warmth. Luce Plan, the international lighting company and showroom, has an amazing array of lamps and other lights that we're craving - and here are 6 of our favorite designs. Click on each photo for more information.

 

 
 

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