Christmas is Here!!!!

What a great year I Noe Design has had! I can not get over all the support and referrals that I have gotten from all of my family and friends. I have started a referral program for every Home Decor referral I give a $10 credit and for clothing and gift I give $5 referral. So just make sure when your friends call me they let me know that you sent them!

We are also gearing up for the holiday season and I have some fun Christmas fabrics in stock that I can make all kinds of goodies with. I can use these on tea towels, bath towels, a dresses for your little angels with monogramming. They make the best gifts for those hard to find people!

My fabric belts have been a big hit for gifts! If you can come to my fabric closet you can custom design belts for all of your friends and family. They are $15 and I can make them to any style that you desire and you will be able to give your special ones something created just for them!

Craft show banners have been the unexpected hit of the year. If you visit my ETSY store you will see all kinds of options. These are great for any crafter that you know. They can hang them in their craft rooms and take them to craft and home shows since they are also a table cloth overlay. It gives them that extra pinch of inspiration when needed!

Again thank you all so much for all that you have done to support me and I have had the best time working with you all. Please contact me with any questions or orders that you have for the holiday season or the new year. imogene@inoedesign.com

Summer Shows

We have a great summer and we have expanded our offerings at I Noe Design. We are partnering up with Julie Quill to add custom bedding to our offerings. This will allow for us to have a complete offering of home decor products and we are excited. Please visit the ETSY store to get further details on all of our products.

Our first event that we participated in was the Charlotte Mommies Annual Birthday. The second show was a trunk show done with Green Edge Kids clothing. I have now started sewing my tshirt dresses and selling them! All the girls love them at all ages from babies to 5 year olds adding leggings to complete the outfit. The third show that we will be advertising at is the Divine Consign Show that is happening in South Charlotte. Below are the summer specials that we are offering through these shows and wanted to extend the offering to all of our clients.

Free Monogramming on dresses purchased through ETSY store

Free In Home Consultations for Local Clients

$10 Discount on labor for custom panels and $5 Discount on custom valances

We have also partnered with another business Zerbert Baby that has wonderful sewn baby items. These make wonderful gifts for new mothers! Please visit the website and we will keep you updated on special offers through this partnership. http://www.zerbertbaby.com/

New Products with Monograms

Always adding new things to my lines to make sure that I am meeting the needs of all my clients. The monograms started on some of my window valances and has expanded. I am now making little tee shirt dresses and adding the monograms for that extra touch. Also
through my ETSY store and community I have been able to help many other crafters with my new banner that converts to a table cloth overlay for home shows. Please take a look at my shop, located in bottom left hand corner of webpage, for other new things to come.

We have also expanded and now are selling some of my valances in Black Lion in Pineville! They are located in, It's a Girl Thing's store. Please visit Kristin's website for all of her fun products that she has to offer. With us living close together it helps with a fast turnaround on these items. Thanks again and hope to hear from you all soon~

www.itsagirlthingmonograms.com

ETSY Store

I am so excited about my ETSY store, please click here to visit. I am getting to work with people all over the US. Also this has allowed me to showcase all my work for all my local clients as well. I would like all my orders to go through this site for tracking now and you can also pay with credit cards!! If you have a Pay Pal account you can use this as well. This store shows fabric that I am now going to carry is stock along with other decorating items that you may want to complete your look.

DECORATING IDEAS
After working with all of my clients over the past three months, I have learned everything from how to deal with difficult curtain rods to tying in all rooms with fabrics. They are a wonderful thing!! Here are some ideas that I want to share that we have implemented in my client's homes.

~ DEFINE YOUR DIFFERENT AREAS IN YOUR GREAT ROOMS
Use what you have and accent with your new fabrics. A great example of this is to have a valance of one fabric created to go over a sink window. Then find another coordinating fabric and create valances to go over your dinette windows that are two toned. This allows for your two areas: the work kitchen and the dining area to have different looks while still staying the same. Then if you have panels in your den we can make tie backs out of one of the fabrics in the kitchen area. Your look will be complete at a very minimal cost.


~ EXTRA FABRIC
When you find fabrics you like, worry about where they go later. This is the best way to find what you are really looking for. If you get involved with trying to use everything you have, you will never get exactly what you want. I have had a client buy a fabric they liked and thought there was no where for it to go. We are creating a shower curtain, valance, and matching accent towels to complete the look in a bathroom that she is going to love! When you provide me with extra fabric it allows me to come up with other creative ideas to use it in your home.

~ VALANCES OVER SHOWER CURTAINS
That is right. You have this guest bathroom that everyone sees and there is a white curtain there for them to look at. I can create a valance with button holes to go right over the curtain you have. We can also add a band of the fabric at the bottom to complete the look. Fun, small investment, with a huge impact.

~ WHEN VALANCES ARE BETTER THAN PANELS
This is always a question to start with. Panels always give a fuller, deeper look but are they always better? The answer I have is no. I feel that with valances you can create such a custom look and draw the attention to the top of the room. Which is great when there are toys and mess all over the floor. Also, children pull on panels and animals hide in them. So I always make sure that these two items are addressed before making this decision. While loving both window treatments equal these thoughts need to come in mind before making the decision for custom window treatments.

Grand Opening

We are so excited to show everyone all the offerings that we have in our store. Our number one focus is to provide you with products and services that are customized to meet your needs. I have had fun with all the orders for window treatments over the past couple of months. Please take time to look at all the fun things we have, like belts and headbands. If you have a craft and would like to display these products in our design shop just send me an email, imogene@inoedesign.com. Like before in order to make a purchase in the shop you need an account. If you are local and want to place an order just call or email me the details of your request and we can move forward this way. Thanks again for all the support and we can not wait to deliver our special products that are unique to your decorating style.

Thank You

Thanks to everyone for all the support on this sewing venture. I am about three weeks out right now. This is great! I have enjoyed coming to all of your houses and creating window treatments to really complete your decorating designs. The trips to Mary Jo's have been a blast. Kinda funny the lady that cuts the fabric knows exactly what type of lining I want:) We have added my mother's diaper bags out on the estore. These are great for new moms and also make great toy bags for older children. I have also enjoyed taking orders from people all over the US through ETSY. I never knew that this was going to be so much fun. I am loving the new sewing machine that my father purchased for me. I did not know how much I needed it until it was actually here. I am also in the process of joining with other moms that do crafts. We will be adding their items to the estore as well. Sorry the store is not stocked with goodies. I
promise to have more next time you come back. There is much more to come........

Favorite Fabrics

My sewing teacher referred me to this wonderful online fabric store.
They carry designer fabrics at discounted rates. You
can also have the fabric shipped directly to me.
www.hancocks-paducah.com

Everyone knows that I love Mary Jo's Fabric store!
I go once a month so if you want to go together let
me know and we will make the road trip.
Mary Jo's Fabric Store
401 Cox Road
Gastonia, NC 28085
www.maryjos.com


Smith and Noble is a great place to go see fabric matching of swatches.
Go to the website and select Fabric by the Yard and see all the options.
You can even order ten swatches for free.
www.smithandnoble.com

New Store

I'm still putting the final touches on my Etsy store, but please click here to check out this work in progress. Cheers!

To order on Etsy you do need an account. This is very easy and only takes a few minutes. We are using this store for our customers that want to pay with credit cards. We are also going to have all our items that we have in stock out there as well. If you have a Pay Pal account they will want you to use this. If you do not, you can use the option to pay with credit card only. Please email me with any questions. Once you put one of my items in your cart it is gone from my store. Thanks to you all!