COCOCOZY UPDATE FROM NEW YORK!

Prize winning COCOCOZY Lucite Tray! (above)

Starting with a design non sequitur...an admission that has nothing to do with decor and design...so beware...

Okay...I am showing the full COCOCOZY Home Collection in New York..it is day 4 of the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) and I just had an apple fritter for breakfast. I DO NOT normally eat apple fritters. I don't. Really I don't. I don't. Well...uh...hmmm...okay...well I've had an apple fritter before...and maybe I had one back in December (TE ate half of it)...but I can tell you prior to that I had not had one since January 2012 (I think). Note to self...ban all apple fritters for 2013. Hope my mother who is an erudite college French professor is not reading this post...she would think, "Why is my daughter eating something called an apple fritter and moreover why is she choosing to mention this on a blog. Tres bizarre."

Anyhoooo...today is the last day of the New York gift fair. We've had a terrific time here at the COCOCOZY Booth. Yesterday...CM who runs all things COCOCOZY was interviewed by a camera crew...he did a great job...and I've been talking so much that I've lost my voice. MK, a lovely interior designer and artist, is helping us...she is the calm and collected. CM and I definitely both have big spurts of energy that involve talking up a storm and then having to sit down because we've expended a flurry of energy.

Yesterday, midday, a lady came by with an award certificate - our COCOCOZY Lucite Tray was picked! CM and I started jumping up and down and screaming for joy - making a scene really. We were one of 3 finalists in the Dining category for some trade show award. Meanwhile, our booth neighbors Pom Pom at Home also won...but they were reserved and demure about their win. Another note to self: learn to be reserved and demure.

Our finalist award certificate! (above)

Our COCOCOZY Lucite Tray with it's envelope opening bottom allows you to easily change tray bottom inserts and protects them from getting damaged. (above)

We also mixed up things at the booth yesterday and threw our new COCOCOZY Rug Collection on the floor of the booth...probably makes sense to show rugs on the floor...see picture below...do you like the booth with the rugs on the floor or without.  Will take your comments into consideration for the next show's display.

BOOTH - AFTER - WITH COCOCOZY RUGS ON GROUND (below)

BOOTH - BEFORE - WITH NO RUGS ON FLOOR (below)

Anyhooo...need to go run around and take some photos of other things so I can do a little fair round up for you tomorrow!  Hope you all are having a good week!

To shop for these items and more, click here to go to the COCOCOZY Online Store.

Happy Wednesday! (please excuse typos as I am in an apple fritter daze)

xo
Coco

COCOCOZY AT THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL GIFT FAIR 2013!

The COCOCOZY booth at the New York International Gift Fair. (above)

So, am here in New York at the New York International Gift Fair! We made it! Wooohooo!!!!

CM who runs all things operations is here with me (he is doing an amazing job...so impressed with his skills on the floor with clients). Also MK, a lovely interior designer here in NYC, is helping out too.

It has been a whirlwind as usual.  I arrived on Thursday night.  I went directly to best of friend AM's fabulous Soho apartment that she shares with her nice hubby JE and her two darling kids.  I haven't seen AM since the summer so I was so thrilled to be there with her.  She's like family.

The next morning we hit the ground running. We arrived at the Javits Center on Friday.  Set up the booth in one day (a record for us thanks to CM and MK).  Oh did I mention...as I was looking at the COCOCOZY bedding in the Downtown Company booth...someone spilled coffee all over several of our sample bedding shams...it was late evening on set up day and I was there by myself, so I rescued the coffee stained sham, spent a good half hour rinsing and washing right here at the fair!

Then TE arrived in town from Los Angeles on Friday night and I met him at the Bowery Hotel (love it there).  We then went to dinner in Chinatown with AM and JE at an interesting restaurant named Pulqueria (upstairs a Chinese restaurant but then downstairs is a rocking Mexican eatery complete with a DJ and great margaritas).

Saturday I dragged TE to the flower district to pick up Dianthus Green Trick, Boxwood topiaries, and white orchids (I'll show you shots of our booth greenery later), we put the finishing touches on the booth, went to lunch at Lucky Strike in Soho with AM, JE and kiddies, did a bit of shopping (walking around in the freezing cold in Soho was fun only when we went inside the stores...I'm not accustomed to super cold weather so TE heard my best wimpering and whining on that day).  Saturday ended with a big dinner at Gemma with the Capel Rugs folks John Magee and Tami Watras and designer Kevin O'Brien, TE, AM, JE and me.  A fun dinner.

Then yesterday the show began!  More updates to come.

COCOCOZY Oxford Rug in Navy! (above)

COCOCOZY Fence Rug in Charcoal on the wall in the booth. (above)

I got to see my COCOCOZY Bedding in the Downtown Company booth at the Javits Center #7826 for the first time on Saturday - it was such a thrill! (above and below)

If you are going to the NYIGF, please stop by and see us on the lower floor of the Javits Center, booth #7919.  I'd love to say "hi"!

Happy happy Monday!

xo
Coco