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Clean Living: New York International Gift Fair - Albums, Cards and Keepsake Boxes
ALBUMS/KEEPSAKE BOXES TIME TOO Homebase: Los Altos, CA DESIGNERS: Catherine Nunes and Betsy Pace Wholesale prices: $4.50-$20 Nunes and Pace offer busy parents a convenient array of "trackers" to keep apace with busy kids. The Baby Tracker organizer fits 12 months of daily tracker pages, monthly calendar pockets, and "parent pages" for contact lists, medical emergencies and health facts. All the info is stored in an easy-to-tote six-ring, spill-proof binder with an elastic enclosure. Refillable pages are available.
Tel: 650-917-1322 E-mail: Bpace@timetoo.com
RAG & BONE BINDERY Homebase: Pawtucket, RI DESIGNERS: Ilira Steinman and Jason Thompson Wholesale prices: Approximately $8-$34 For 17 years Rag & Bone has offered fine, handmade albums in a range of sophisticated solids and prints. Their new Digital Photo Album is just as lovely as their other items and even easier to use. The unique construction allows parents to print directly onto the pages, so no special tools or printers are necessary. Think of all the pictures you can get off your desktop!
Tel: 401-728-0762 / 888 338 8128 E-mail: jan@ragandbone.com
SUZIBELLA Homebase: Kennett Square, PA DESIGNER: Suzanne Longacre Wholesale prices: $24.50 Inside Longacre's deep white Keepsake box are a pouch for baby's first silky little curl, a ribbon-tied box for a tooth, and a pretty pouch for infant's favorite pacifier or rattle. On the top of each box is a sheer blue, pink or yellow bow and a charming poem written by the designer.
Tel: 610-742-6297 E-mail: Info@suzibella.com
STATIONERY, CARDS JILLANNE Homebase: New York, NY DESIGNER: Jillanne Emerson Wholesale prices: Contact manufacturer The watercolors of smiling frogs, rabbits bearing bouquets, and lazy turtles have a naïve charm that children will appreciate. Each birthday card is printed on heavy watercolor stock for an opulent feel.
Tel: 877-545-5266 E-mail: Ja@jillanne.com
LETTERSPACE Homebase: Chicago, IL DESIGNER: Jami Darwin Chiang Wholesale prices: 50 cents to $7 for a box of six cards Chiang employs fresh, bright tones to color her baby announcements. Parents will love the simply rendered yet sophisticated stacking dolls, bicycles, happy owls and kites. What better way to welcome a newcomer?
Tel: 773-276-5770 E-mail: Jami@letterspacepaper.com
RED CAP CARDS Homebase: Beverly Hills, CA DESIGNER: Carrie Gifford Wholesale prices: $1.85-$2.25 per card The mysterious settings, the awkward figures, the careful line work, and the subtlety of Gifford's colors make each illustrated card intriguing. Her New Cards and Boxed Flat Notes are especially compelling.
Tel: 310-622-9673 E-mail: Info@redcapcards.com
Originally published October 22, 2008
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