What mom wouldn’t want a little bubbly—or a beautiful bauble—on Mother’s Day? We’re effervescing with excitement to introduce our latest collection, Champagne. It’s not only the perfect gift to toast Mom, it also makes a stunning, statement-making accessory for spring’s hottest trends: * oranges and tangerines; * pink shorts suits; * feminine pastels;
At Marco Polo Designs, we love fashion—and we love the Oscars! (Photo courtesy of moviefanatic.com) With this year’s nominees setting fashion trends, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to have some fun on Pinterest, a new online “pin board” and social media platform growing in popularity, especially among Facebook users. On Pinterest, you can
Well, our last day in Venice arrived, for yet another design trip. The weather was absolutely gorgeous this time around— unlike the driven snow and high water that we experienced last March. We collected our final bead samples, and assembled the various bits and pieces into the rough finished bead sequences for each design. We
Though it’s hard for us to believe, our Spring 2011 design trip to Murano is nearly half over. Our current Venice activities are in full swing. We’ve multiple trips to visit our artisan friends on the island of Murano, as well as in Venice. We’ve even had the pleasure of sharing 2 home-cooked lunches with
Penny and I have been in Italy since Thursday 4/28— which seems hard for us to believe. Since then, we had the good fortune of spending three days in Florence (or Fiorenza), with our good Irish friends Brian and Geraldine in tow (photos below). Unlike our previous Venice trips, we’re actually allowing ourselves a little
We got to Chicago last night, and almost didn’t recognize the place: a moderate-temperature crystal-clear night, bright city lights glittering in the towering skyline, and a welcoming hotel staff. Wahoo The hard work is paying off. This event will be GOOD! Today, we’re setting up our Marco Polo Designs booth. It’s coming together wonderfully. The
It’s hard to believe that January of the no-longer-New Year is gone already— and it has been a busy one for Marco Polo Designs! In early January, the MPD “brain trust”— Penny, Claude, Inside Sales Manager Najela, our Customer Service torch-bearer Rocky, and our capable Outside Sales Manager Doug— met to chart out our year.
When to (un)Friend – (un)Follow?
A couple of days ago, we noticed this tweet: “If a casual acquaintance friended you in Facebook, started posting offers for jewelery, Tupperware, etc, would you unfriend?” We might be one of those “jewelry people” that the author of that tweet refers to. The bottom-line nitty-gritty reality is that we’re all selling something. We sell
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