PartyPail, Inc. Introduces New Popular Baby Shower Themes Just in Time for Fall

Enumclaw, WA (PRWEB) September 14, 2011

PartyPail, Inc. has introduced some new baby shower decorations, including Happi Tree baby shower and Ladybug Fancy baby shower themes. These decorations prominently feature owls and ladybugs, both popular animals being featured in this season?s trendiest baby nurseries and lifestyle products. Both themes include everything needed to throw a baby shower, from the invitations and tableware to personalized favors and room d?cor.

"We are proud to offer what we believe is the best selection of baby shower decorating themes available anywhere, and these new designs extend our leadership in this important celebration category,? says Edward Hechter, CEO of PartyPail, Inc. ?Happi Tree is already a very popular nursery theme, so we loved the idea of being able to offer the same theme as d?cor for the shower welcoming baby into the world!?

The Happi Tree owl baby shower theme is already proving to be popular, quickly becoming a best seller as soon as it was made available on the PartyPail.com website. Part of this popularity is probably due to the season?s trend of woodland creatures, but some can probably also be attributed to the reputation of owls as wise animals, something parents undoubtedly hope for in their children.

The new Ladybug Fancy baby shower theme is also a being met with immediate success. Sales have been extremely brisk for this pattern since it was made available late last Friday night. Ladybugs have always been popular insects with children, since they are more attractive than other small insects, and are considered beneficial creatures. Many children collect ladybugs and even keep them as pets, so using ladybugs as a baby shower theme was a natural move.

?We?ve been looking for more patterns featuring the animals that moms love to use for design inspiration in their nurseries. and these new themes capture the whimsical and fun feel of a baby-centered event,? says Traver West, General Manager of PartyPail. ?Owls and ladybugs are always popular designs with many home decorating and lifestyle companies right now, and they translate into great themes for baby shower decorations.?

As part of the product launch, PartyPail has also introduced lines of coordinating baby shower favors for both Ladybug Fancy and Happi Tree. Based on feedback from customers, and the success of prior similar product line extensions, the company?s product team worked hard to ready the release of almost 20 Owl and Ladybug baby shower favors that are integrated into the offerings. These favors feature free personalization, allowing the host of the shower to create truly one-of-a-kind gifts for the attendees.

About PartyPail:

PartyPail, Inc. is a party supply company specializing in baby shower decorations, 1st birthday party supplies, bridal shower d?cor, and themes for adult milestone birthday parties. Based in beautiful rural Washington State, PartyPail started out as a baby shower decorations company, but has grown to include supplies for many types of celebrations. Over the years the staff has grown as well, from a business completely operated by husband and wife team, Lisa and Edward Hechter, to a staff of more than 25 employees. This growth can be attributed to the company?s focus on keeping prices affordable and offering five star customer service.

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The Crucible Announces Its New Fall Deals and Benefits

Oakland, CA (PRWEB) October 18, 2011

It?s the time of year for giving and, as the holidays approach, The Crucible is giving their hardworking and thoughtful community an opportunity to give a gift and receive one as well. The one-of-a-kind 56,000 square-foot industrial arts education facility is now offering a Gift and Get promotion, so when people give the gift of Crucible magic, they get a little in return. The Crucible also recently updated its membership program with more benefits and cool Crucible swag.

The Crucible offers an incredible variety of industrial arts classes including blacksmithing, ceramics, fire performance, glass blowing, jewelry, kinetics and electronics, metal fabrication, stoneworking, wood carving, and more. Now through December 29, 2011, anyone who purchases a Crucible Gift Certificate, class, or membership as a gift gets a voucher of $ 30 off a class valued at $ 100 or more for themselves.

Vouchers are made out to the purchaser only, and are non-transferable and not redeemable for cash. This promotion excludes Family Fun and Fun Together Classes. Gift Certificates can only be purchased in person or by phone, and are available in any denomination above $ 50. Gift Certificates can be used for Crucible classes, memberships, and events like The Crucible?s exclusive World Premiere Fire Opera, MACHINE.

?We all have enough ?stuff? and during the holidays we often struggle with ideas of what to give to others. It?s nice to avoid adding to the piles, and instead give an experience. Plus, you get the joy of giving a different type of gift. Experiences at The Crucible are unlike any other, and are ones people will talk about,? says Jonaya Leek, Crucible Programs Associate.

To entice folks to keep their Crucible membership and to inspire new members, The Crucible has added new levels and hot Crucible swag. Plus, the membership is tax-deductible, which is perfect this time of year, when folks start looking to supporting community programs for an end-of-year tax deduction.

The Crucible?s new membership program, which launched on October 1st, includes a new student level at $ 50 a year. Students must present a valid student I.D. when signing up. The Crucible also added a ?Titan? $ 2,500 level for top tier supporters.

All Crucible members get early registration on classes, discounts on tuition and tickets, complimentary access to Fireside Lounge events, and the ability to register for The Crucible?s CREATE Program. New benefits offered at different levels include limited edition Crucible note cards, complimentary tickets to events, discounts on the CREATE Program, a limited edition bronze belt buckle, complimentary weekend taster class for two and a private tour and lunch with The Crucible?s Executive Director.

?When you gift a membership, you are not just giving year-round discounts on cool classes and spectacular events; you are also donating to a world-class industrial arts organization.? Says Ray Boyle, Crucible Development Coordinator, ?These benefits and Gift and Get promotion not only help our community, but also help sustain our organization.?

As a nonprofit organization, The Crucible relies on the support of the Bay Area community to fuel its fires. Membership dues directly support Crucible arts education programs, allowing the organization to provide free programs for West Oakland youth, develop innovative performances with artists from throughout the Bay Area, and continue to offer world-class industrial arts education.

For more information about The Crucible, call (510) 250-3687 or find them on the web at http://www.thecrucible.org.

About The Crucible

The Crucible is an educational facility that offers Bay Area art classes in the fine and industrial arts to people at all skill levels and original Bay Area team building events. What started in 1999 in an empty 6,000 square-foot warehouse in Berkeley has now grown to a 56,000 square-foot building in the heart of West Oakland. They offer imaginative and constructive Bay Area kids? activities.

The Crucible offers instruction in industrial and fine art for every level from beginning and intermediate to advanced levels in formats ranging from three-hour tasters to ten-week programs. Prices vary by course and duration. Class fees include tuition, studio fees, materials, tool access and safety training. There are no shopping lists for supplies and no hidden costs.

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Chinese, American and European Furnishings Highlight Kaminski Auction's Three Day Fall Auction

Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 05, 2011

Kaminski Auctions of Beverly, MA and Beverly Hills, CA is following up their very successful August Asian auction with an important Asian evening auction on Thursday, October 14th at 4:00 followed by a two day Autumn Estate Auction Saturday and Sunday October 15th & 16th starting at 10:00 am at their auction gallery at 117 Elliott Street, Rte 62 Beverly, MA.

Highlights of this Asian sale include a stunning enameled lotus bowl decorated with flowers and butterflies on a fret background, estimated at $ 2000-$ 3000, and an impressive bronze Guan Yin standing 40 inches tall by 13 inches, estimated at $ 4000-$ 6000.

An overriding trend in today?s Asian market is Chinese porcelain, which sell far above auction estimates. Kaminski?s August Asian sale was no exception, as a circa 1925 Chinese vase painted in the traditional style of artist Wang Shigu with mountain landscapes reached $ 152,100 and became the star of the auction.

Exceptional porcelain pieces in this upcoming evening sale include a fine Kangxi period (1662-1722) oxblood vase estimated at $ 3000-$ 5000, and an 18th century Chinese export famille rose tureen with unique animal-shaped grips and a pomegranate-shaped finial, estimated at $ 4000-$ 6000, as well as a pair of 19th century Chinese famille noir lidded ginger jars painted with plum blossoms and birds on lacquer stands, which should bring well above their $ 700-$ 1200 auction estimate.

Other top lots include a 19th century famille verte vase elegantly painted with Chinese immortals, a 18th/19th century beautifully carved gilt wood standing Buddha, and a 19th century double-sided jade plaque on a wood base intricately carved with a ribbon-tailed bird perched amongst peony flowers on one side and an early morning scene on the reverse with a rooster overlooking a scholar reading under a pavilion and a farmer tilling with yoked ox.

Furniture in the sale includes a pair of 20th century Chinese hardwood armchairs with round marble back-plates and a Chinese Republic period four panel screen intricately carved with figures in garden scenes.

The evening format of the sale is sure to attract important dealers and collectors overseas on the Internet. Recent Kaminski Asian auctions have also seen a large regular audience of Asian art collectors in attendance, competing for the important lots.

An exceptional collection of American and European decorative furnishings, fine art silver and rugs are on offer Saturday and Sunday October 15th & 16th starting at 10:00am both days with items from a prominent Mexican family of Tijuana, Baja California and an important Beverly Hills collector. Both sale days have a mix of European and American items.

The cover lot of the auction brochure is an exquisite 18th or 19th century neoclassical style Italian table very similar to a table in the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection, Malibu, California. The table, with supports in the form of winged rams, is in the manner of Francesco Antonio Franzoni (Italian 1734-1818), and has the coat of arms of Pope Pius VI carved on the supports. The top is white and green breccia medicea polished marble. The table was once the centerpiece of the Paine Furniture Company?s corporate offices at 81 Arlington Street, Boston, MA. It will be sold in its present location, from the consignor?s home in Brookline, MA.

There is also a wonderful pair of Lalique style glass tables in the form of swans and signed at the bottom with an estimate of $ 6000-$ 7000.

Sure to draw considerable interest on Saturday, are two pieces of New Hampshire Queen Anne furniture, the first a desirably diminutive maple fan carved highboy with original brass hardware, circa 1760-1780 estimated at $ 6000-$ 9 000,and the second a single drawer tiger maple table estimated at $ 5000-$ 8000. A Boston Chippendale mahogany card table circa 1760 and estimated at $ 9000-$ 12,000 caps off the top lots of American furniture in the Saturday sale.

A pair of monumental 19th century Napoleon III Sevres urns are a featured lot of the Sunday sale. They are exquisitely painted on a navy blue and gold background with a coronation scene on one side and a landscape on the reverse. The urns stand 63 inches tall and are estimated at $ 30,000-$ 40,000.

An interesting silver item in the sale is a Norwegian silver Viking ship on stand centerpiece by the silversmith Gustav Gaudernack and dated 1901. It was produced by the David Anderson Company and is estimated to bring about $ 15,000.

There is a carefully selected collection of Inuit art, including soapstone sculptures, whalebone carvings and carved antler from Mr. and Mrs. Russell White, of Gloucester, MA. The Whites developed their interest in Inuit carvings in the 1960?s during their family visits to Canada.

Several Russian paintings are included in the sale a female portrait, oil on canvas by Fedor Chumakov (Russian, 1823-1911) is estimated at $ 4000-$ 6000. There is a beautiful seascape with rocks, oil on board by Constantin Alexandrovitch Westchiloff (Russian 1877-1945) valued at $ 5000-$ 7000 and a still life, oil on canvas signed 1939 by Nikolay Sinezubov (Russian 1891-1948).

Other paintings include a Arthur Fitzwilliam Tate (American 1819-1905),oil on canvas, depicting a dog with a deer as well as a Jessica Hayllarr ,British (1858-1940) oil on canvas signed ??..estimated at $ 10,000-$ 15,000. A very large 17th century Spanish painting of a religious scene oil on canvas?..estimated at $ 8000-$ 12,000.

Lovely decorative furnishings abound in this sale. On Sunday, October 16th there is a pair of blackamoor torchieres on pedestals from the 1950?s, a pair of Second Empire bronze six light candelabras on triangular bases, a hand painted French trumeau mirror, French Aubusson tapestry panels, a pair of French Louis XV armchairs with brocaded silk upholstery , a pair of French girandoles of gilt bronze, marble and crystal, a 17th century four panel Portuguese screen of stamped, painted and gilded leather, a pair of 18th century painted and polychrome candlesticks with scroll feet that have been converted into lamps, a wonderful pair of 19th century Imari lamps with gilt metal mounts, a pair of 17th century Italian angels of wood and gesso, and much more from a Beverly Hills collector with discerning taste.

Preview hours for this sale are Sunday, October 9th from noon-5:00pm, Monday ?Thursday, October 13th 10:00am-5:00pm, Friday October 14th 10:00-4:00pm and starting at 8:00am days of sale at the Kaminski Auction gallery,117 Elliot Street , Rte62, Beverly, MA.

View all lots at our NEW website at http://www.kaminskiauctions.com.