Our shop is located in Chicago, and our shop accessible to clients. Many a fine pouch program has been built in our building. Visitors get to see and touch beautiful fabrics and colors, and judge different pouch shapes and sizes for their efficacy. They select the best branding process for their logo and fabric, and in one case, Gina Rose, they’ve even helped silk screen!   Chances are you won’t be able to pay a visit, so how do we simulate the in-person experience? Well, we

The concept of "eco-friendly" gets kicked around a lot in pouch conversations these days; these immediately segue into a conversation...

From Wikipedia: "John Ruskin was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as...

My kids talked me into it. Firmly planted in Social Security-land - indented into the Lazy-Z-Boy - my kids convinced me that I needed a...

The simplicity is stunning. An everyday fabric - Silsuede - an everyday color - dark chocolate brown - and an everyday brand - a gold hot...

Over the past 75 years, we've serviced a lot of jewelers, and we get to know them and their buying habits pretty well. Historically, most...

Your store is closed; your online business is down for the holidays. The sale is made. For your customer - for your jewel - it is the...

Jenny sews our tricky fabrics - Ultrasuede ST, mainly - and one day she tearfully approached me and cried "Bobby, I have to quit - I have...

Hot stamping dates back to the Middle Ages, I think, and on some mediums - paper, cardboard, plastic, etc. - it has a place. Hot stamping...

I'm committed to it. These blog posts. Weekly, I hope. There's so much happening in this little shop that needs to be publicized, so...