Happy Valentines Day!

Hope everyone's day is full of lots of pink and red!

Haymarket Designs Product Update

We have some exciting new products to introduce to you this year. We've been working on several of them for a few months and the first to share with you is our new line of plates and platters!




These melamine plates and platters come in the original 6 Haymarket patterns AND 9 new designs we just added! Its been fun creating new patterns that keep the look of Haymarket's original hand-painted patterns but are created on the computer. So much more flexibility with color, size and fonts!

Speaking of fonts we are also introducing 5 more monogram choices and 4 new text fonts, plus 5 new background shapes!! So many choices and combinations possible... we can never pick our favorite!

Stay tuned in the next couple of weeks for more new products! And just a little hint of what's to come....one word, LUCITE!

Say you "Shell"

How cute and clever is this "be my bridesmaid" invite?

It's from one of my best friends from college (and her very creative mom). Her name is Mary Ladd and she is getting married in Florida this September so it's very fitting! Being an advertiser I LOVE great "branding" like this, so it of course got my mind thinking of what I will do when I ask my bridesmaids (one day). I turned to my trusty Pinterest to find what a few other brides have done. 

Dress Cookies 

Personalized  Photo Wine Bottles

Paper Doll Chain with all the girls' names. (Love the font!)

Memento Boxes with info about the big day

Wedding Chicks

I may be partial, but I like my friends the best of what I've seen. It's very personalized and now I have a little memento to always remember the occasion. What kind of "be my bridesmaid" invites have y'all received or seen?

And the Big News...Haymarket Designs is in Southern Living!!

That's right! One of Haymarket's trays is featured in Southern Living's Christmas Gift Guide!! I was waiting to get my hands on a copy of the December issue to share the good news, but I've heard from a few friends further South that the issue is already in homes so I can't keep it a secret anymore!

This is has been in the works for months, but I wasn't sure which of the items they requested would be selected (if any). Luckily they picked one of my favorites, the bamboo tray in coral!

I'll post the article when my issue arrives, but here it is featured in their online gift guide! :) 

If you can't tell I'm grinning ear to ear. I LOVE Southern Living and feel so lucky/honored to have Haymarket featured!!

Has anyone seen the December issue yet?

New iPhone Covers from Haymarket Designs!

As a few of you may have already seen Haymarket Designs now makes iPhone covers!
(and blackberry and driod covers too!)

We are still working on new designs but right now they come in bamboo, zebra, moroccan tile and reverse moroccan tile. Plus three new patterns...cheetah, criss-cross and reverse criss-cross! You can choose any color  and pattern and add a monogram too if you'd like.

Let me know if there are any other patterns you'd like to see!

New Look for HaymarketDesigns.com

This week is a big week for Haymarket Designs! Lots of exciting things to share with you all!! But first I want to share the new look of Haymarketdesings.com. Does the background the familiar? It is one of Haymarket's own designs, the bamboo! We also updated the navigation and add a few more bells and whistles to make it easier for you to shop! Check it out!

Fabric Dilemma!

Help! I bought a pair of Bergere chairs at an auction and I can't decide what to fabric to use!

For a little background...

My couch is aqua, like this one

I love the navy aqua color combo but I wanted something bright and bold to make these chairs look more modern. I saw this chair on pinterest and fell in love with the orange zebra fabric.

After weeks of hunting I finally found out that the fabric is called Expedition, but I haven't been able to find it in the tangerine color-way. I have found it in poppy (red) and indigo (navy) though....and that begins my fabric dilemma!

OPTION 1: Using the navy zebra fabric on the Bergere chairs and brining the tangerine in as an accent in the room. 

PROS: I LOVE this color scheme, if you could't tell from Haymarket Designs' website!

CONS: The navy looks really dark and I'm afraid it won't be the fun, bright fabric I envisioned for the chairs to begin with. Here it is on another chair and it almost looks black!

OPTION 2:

Using the poppy zebra fabric on the Bergere chairs and having navy as an accent.

PROS: This is the closest to the tangerine color-way that I fell in love with initially.

CONS: Its very red in person and I'm afraid it doesn't look the best with my aqua couch.

OPTION 3:

The wild card. Yellow ikat on the Bergere chairs and navy accents.

I found the ikat by Duralee in one of my many fabric hunts. I had ruled it out until I saw a picture of it on a chair yesterday...

PROS: I love the bright color and the big pattern

CONS: My high school colors were green and yellow and I always stray away from green and yellow color combos. 

So there you have it...I'm thoroughly confused! Please give me any thoughts, opinions or other options you have! 

Happy 4th of July from Haymarket Designs

Hope you are celebrating with lots of red, white and blue!

1. Trellis Tray in Poppy
2. Bamboo Frame in Hydrangea
3. Reverse Moroccan Tile in Midnight with Poppy Monogram
4. Moroccan Tile Wastebasket and Tissue Box in Royal
5. Chevron Frame in Poppy 
6. Seashell Frame in Hydrangea
7. Reverse Moroccan Tile in Poppy
8. Trellis Wastebasket in Midnight
9. Trellis Wastebasket in Poppy
10. Chevron Wastebasket in Midnight

New from Haymarket Designs + THANK YOUs

It's been a busy few weeks for Haymarket Designs and I just wanted to share with y'all some of the latest design/color combos. Can you tell what's been the most popular? Thank you to everyone that ordered!

Bamboo Trays with Monograms (Coral and Hydrangea)


Trellis Tray (Pistachio)


Trellis Tray (Saddle)


Trellis Wastebaskets (Onyx, Aqua, Rose, Peacock, Poppy, Forrest, Midnight)


Moroccan Tile Wastebaskets (Seafoam, Pistachio, Peach, Royal, Coral)



Chevron Wastebaskets (Tangerine, Midnight, Sunshine)



Chevron Tissue Box (Tangerine)


Trellis Tissue Box (Rose)



Bamboo Tissue Box (Saddle)


Circle Dance Frame (Seafoam)


Moroccan Tile Small Frame (Apple)



Trellis Picture Frames (Peach, Apple, Coral)


And thank you to all the wonderful blogs that have featured Haymarket in the past few weeks!
I'm flattered and appreciate it so much!!