Monograms

Attention Brides! It's wedding season and you're probably busy planning all the little details like the reception site, the menu, the dresses, but have you thought about one of the most important details? The monogram? Well if you haven't, don't worry there is still time to make sure you avoid this blunder. Emery made a few samples this week that will be available on the Etsy site.

We wanted to have a few ready that may catch your eye, but since it's hard to predict what your initials are before we've even talked, we will also largely offer custom monograms. Each is unique and made-to-order for you, whether it be for a wedding or just because you want one. We're planning to offer them in sets (like you see above), singles, lowercase and uppercase.

The ones we've already done for weddings have been great for an extra touch on the cake or guest book table. It's a decoration you can actually use post-wedding and just display somewhere in your house.These aren't just for weddings either. We'll also be happy to do any sort of design if you have another idea for where you want one. Monograms or spelling out a full name for wall hangings or on a shelf are a popular idea for baby and kids' rooms that can be very cute. They also make a stylish "knick-knack" for your desk at work or home. I know I'm always drawn to monograms in stores and think one would be perfect decor for my cubicle, but of course they never a have a good "M" in a design I like. So just let us know what you're looking for and we're on it!

Towel Hoodies

What is emery doing this week? Working on our products for our Etsy site of course! Towel hoodies are quickly becoming one of our favorite items to make. I even read in a baby book you should have 4-5 for your child...hello emery?! We sell these at the art center and are also making some for our Etsy shop. Here are two of the hoodies that will be featured in our Etsy shop.


They are fun for bath time and also for the beach. I know many times I have been at the beach or getting off the boat and I could have used one myself! Of course they are soft and cuddly and we are loving the idea of using fun emery patterns for the towels. So let us know when you need 4-5 for your child! :)

Keep the ideas coming!

As we spread the word about emery and what we've been up to, we find that a lot of people have interesting suggestions of things they'd like to see us make. Turns out everyone has ideas but they just don't know how to make them happen! We love hearing things like this and take note of products for the future all the time.

I was talking about our little venture at work this week with a friend. She recently had a baby girl. Now that her baby is in daycare, she was complaining about how everything you bring has to be labeled. Specifically she is having trouble labeling bottles. Right now she writes the name on the bottle with a sharpie but it wears in the dishwasher. She told me they have bottle rings but she hadn't found anything good. I was kind of baffled by this. I mean my baby is still in my belly and now I have a label dilemna to worry about?! The wheels started turning and I did a little digging and came up with three different options for labeling.

First is this elastic, embroidered band:

Genius to use it as a gift label to, right?! The second option I found has emery written all over it, literally. It's much like our fabric coffee cozies we've been making for the Lakes Art Center, modified for a bottle. Bottle cozie!

The last one is vinyl labels (dishwasher and microwave proof of course). These would not only work for bottles, but sippy cups, bowls, pacifiers, bags, etc. I have not run this by my partner, but I am confident with her amazing graphic design skills this is something she could easily do. Right Em? She can't really protest, she's living it up in Vegas this week!

So anytime you have a need like this, keep letting us know and we'd love to make it for you. We just want to give the people what the want! We are still working hard on custom orders and more product for the big etsy site launch. We promise we'll have more previews of that to come real soon.

Grand Opening

The grand opening was a huge success! We sold lots of product, lots of people turned out for the event, everyone finally got to see our work in person...overall a great day for emery. We wanted to show our blog readers some of the photos of the displays but check out facebook for a complete album. THANK YOU to everyone who came to support us, it means so much to us.

What's next? We need to fill up that display again, and work on our Etsy site products. A new idea we had is entering into Art in the Park in Okoboji...what do you all think?!