I Met My CRUSH !

What a week I'm having! First I posted about my new crush that I have on SEMIKOLON earlier this week, but since I did not have my camera with me, had to rely upon lack-luster pictures I found on the web. Well.... while attending Atlanta's Gift Market this week {you will definitely see a later post about this humongous show} you can imagine my surprise when I found SEMIKOLON actually has a permanent showroom, here in Atlanta! There I was perusing the showrooms and the bright hues of SEMIKOLON was calling me, like a moth to the light:)

The showroom is merchandised exactly the way Sam Flax has their new SEMILOLON department set up and it is STUNNING!!! The people were very nice as I started snapping pictures like a mad crazy paparazzi person. I met Richard Waters, the Coordinator for Sales and Merchandising for US and Canada, the man who helped Sam Flax get their department up and running. He said the US just got SEMIKOLON in January, but the company has been around for approx 25 years. They are owned by Pierre Belvedere, which as many already know, is also a premium line of journals, and paper goods.

The products are of German design and there really is no website where you can simply go and actually purchase SEMIKOLON products, at least right now - but he did say if anyone wanted to know where they could buy these little luxuries close to where they live, feel free to send him an email - richardwaters@sympatico.ca

If you love lively color and pattern the way I do, you will love SEMIKOLON - and NO I do not work for them in any way, shape or form. Just have a huge crush:)

;SEMIKOLON; my new crush!!

I just got back from my local Sam Flax store here in Atlanta, and all I can say is HOW COOL WAS THAT? Since opening my shop just a few months ago, Sam Flax has been my home-away-from-home so to speak. They have the most extensive array of paper goods, gifts, packaging and artists supplies anywhere on Earth. Well, my visit today was like no other as I discovered this crisp, clean, colorful line from Canada, called SEMIKOLON.

Apparently the buyers at Sam Flax have just started to receive their purchases from the National Stationery Show last month and Semikolon was where they must have spent the bulk of their dollars. They have dedicated the entire front section of this large store to one big SEMIKOLON department. With it's halogen lighting, brightly colored journals and paper displayed on wood fixtures, stacked high - oh my! I was awestruck and found my feet stuck to the floor, like I was wearing lead shoes. I couldn't move if I wanted to - I want to live there, or at least go broke buying one of every thing.

For those of you unfamiliar with this line {count me on that list} they have an almost Scandinavian feel of simplicity in their product design. Just about every size, color and pattern can be found in fine writing journals, notepads, photo albums and pages, photo frames, office organization, gift boxes of all sizes and so much more. I was under a time crunch, but plan on making another visit to add a few pieces to my own office and to just GAZE until the store management asks me to leave:))