A Garden Path Continues to Grow!
August 2006
With our garden at Dreams of Nature in its summer peak, we’ve been busy digging into our creativity to plant even more botanical designs. The sweet qualities of daisies, buttercups, and heart shaped petals delight our Garden Path category while sky blue hydrangeas, golden asters, wild lilies, and a spectacular mountain wildcat flower make as pause in awe of their individual beauty.

The Tide Brings In New Designs!
July 2006
The Ocean category continues to swell with new delightful designs: rice shells sway as coconuts on a maple leaf palm tree, a quilt of beautiful handmade papers is stitched together with sand, an iridescent capiz shell is the backdrop to forest moss and a garden larkspur flower, a magnificent daisy blooms with petals dipped in sand, and a basket with coconut bark handles is woven with sand and shells.

Category Expansion
Spring 2006
With our new categories – NATURE’S HARVEST and NATURE’S POTPOURRI - we continue to use nature in unexpected ways. Sprigs of thyme are used as hands on a rustic garden clock, lavender stems sway in a field of lavender while lavender buds create a soothing border around a clam shell, and real pressed fruit and vegetables remind us of the beauty of a fresh summer harvest.

AmericasMart, Atlanta, GA
January, March, July & September 2006
You can find us four times a year at AmericasMart. We are located in the Maison de Vie showroom on the sixth floor of the AmericasMart Gift Building (Building 2). The permanent showroom is open during the four major shows of the year held in January, March, July, and September and is closed between markets.

New York International Gift Show
January & August 2006
We are always excited to travel to the NY International Gift Show twice a year. In August, we will be located in General Gift within the Maison de Vie booth space #2486, 2587.

Nature's Album
Fall 2005
At Dreams of Nature, our love of the outdoors has us reaching for our cameras every season of the year. The distinctive designs of Nature’s Album were created to stir our sense of sight, touch, and even smell. Photographic images become alive as they are united with their pressed counterparts. These natural photographic art cards set a stage on paper to reenact a scene of nature. The natural characters: petals, blossoms, and leaves are arranged in a harmonious fashion dressing our photographic stage in a three-dimensional way.

30 New Designs
February 2005
With our creative juices flowing, 30 new designs were born for 2005! We were excited to play with new ingredients such as lavender and huckleberry teas, macadamia nut coffee, corn husk, black sand, mountain ferns, purple and golden leaf grasses. These natural materials inspired whimsical and elegant designs such as grand pianos, rose guitars, bubble baths filled with flowers, mountain scenes, and many more (see Catalog).

The Gift Fair in Atlanta
January 2005
We were thrilled to exhibit in the Handmade section at the Gift Fair in Atlanta. An eight-foot bamboo arbor dressed in white orchids welcomed visitors to our booth. We presented our new line of framed art, as well as several new designs for 2005. Our natural art was featured in several Gift Fair magazines and advertisements (see example).

Framed Art
December 2004
In response to many requests for framed art, all of our designs are now available in 5 x 5 treasure box frames. These beautiful frames are offered in three different colors: green, teak, and black. Please see our Catalog pages for images of our framed designs.

New Studio Space
Summer 2004
With twice the space, this cheerful light-filled studio has been a welcome change. Every day we enjoy looking out at the surrounding trees as we continue to be inspired by nature’s beauty.

Natalie Reilly
August 2004
Natalie Reilly joined Dreams of Nature to head our national sales office in Odenton, Maryland. Her creative energy and extensive background in sales and marketing have been a wonderful addition to the Dreams of Nature team. It has been a joy to collaborate with her on a wide variety of projects including new designs and future endeavors.

AM Northwest
An ABC affiliate in Portland, Oregon
July 29, 2004
A fun craft segment was filmed before a live studio audience with the co-host of AM Northwest, Helen Raptis. Marjorie demonstrated easy ways to create cards utilizing old family photographs, pressed flowers, and sea glass.

The National Stationery Show
New York City
May 2004
Dreams of Nature made a very successful debut at the National Stationery Show in New York City. Our booth was built entirely out of natural materials … straw, jute, bamboo, and copper. White orchids and tropical flowers flowed about the booth creating a serene gallery feel.

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