(Austin, TX; February 11,
2004) "Hyper-creative" children's product designer,
Robbi Cooper, is launching an online store and wholesale
line showcasing her diverse styles and design range.
While wholesaling to boutique stores is the company's
primary objective, the website www.everythingfromthegarden.com
is the perfect medium for bringing Robbi's creative spunk
immediately to the marketplace. Cooper's trademark and
something to always look for in her designs is packaging
and attention to detail that have always made her
products cutting edge and sought after. Transplanted to
Austin via Los Angeles, Cooper continues to stay on top
of the LA scene, making many trips to diverse sources of
inspiration.
A newcomer to the web Cooper already
sees a trend of what she calls "backwards to market." "I
can track a new product's performance immediately on a
consumer level through the website; the feedback helps me
to decide which products to develop further in the design
process. An idea comes to me and if I really believe in
it, I design 20 other products around it until it is a
line in and of itself, what you will see on my site is a
seedling planted in each category. www.everythingfromthegarden.com
is my garden and from there I harvest the best and most
fruitful ideas which I develop further and offer to
boutique stores through sales reps."
The diverse product range Cooper
currently offers consists of the Vintage collection:
featuring true vintage fabric finds. Wonderful hand
embroideries and unique old fabrics are paired with
modern useable cottons to create heirloom designs for a
new generation. Vintage prints on onesies and baby t's
retail at $18 while Vintage trimmed hooded Egyptian
cotton bath towels retail starting at $85. Many of the
pieces in this collection are numbers in a series of
limited quantities, making this grouping truly special
indeed. The Fortune Cookie T-shirts and onesies are
packaged in her trademark fortune cookie box they retail
at $18. This category has many expanded concepts already
in the works and Cooper encourages stores to look for it
at the upcoming fall markets….Canned goods which
come packaged in a canning jar all revolve around fruit
and vegetable motifs and include t-shirts and
accessories…..A cozy chenille collection is a
whimsical interpretation of burp cloths, silky's, bath
towels and onesie sets…coloring cards, and the very
successful baby book, "Help! We're having a BABY!" -
solicited advice from family and friends. The advice book
for new parents is already a sweeping success with gift
givers across the country and no store should be without
it!
"An inside joke at our company is that
we should be called 3 a.m. designs because that is when
many of the concepts originate. Out of a sound sleep
comes a spark of inspiration and I've learned over the
years to just go with it. I always encourage people to
keep a tape recorder near by or a note pad just in case.
Write down your ideas and you never know where they will
take you," says Cooper.
If you are a store or sales rep and
wish to carry any of the products on the website just
visit the wholesale link in the menu items at
www.everythingfromthegarden.com.