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Look what we found on facebook!
Trisha at Lilly Pulitzer is obsessed with our website! And we're VERY flattered!
Read all abou it at: http://blog.lillypulitzer.com/?s=stray+dog+designs
Jamie Waugh puts her excellent blogging skills to good use telling all about the history of Stray Dog Designs -- even where to buy our products in NYC!
Read it at: http://www.dwell.com/daily/blog/34589814.html
Thank you, Jamie!
The Deco Detective snooped around and found us! Read all about it at: http://thedecodetective.blogspot.com/2008/10/conscientious-and-cute-stray-dog.html
Denise Hopkins of Eden Environments Sustainable Design Center in Grand Rapids, MI -- a Stray Dog Dog Designs customer -- outlines her passion for going green in the 10/13/08 issue of MiBiz.com -- "Gorgeous and green"
Read all about it at:
http://www.mibiz.com/absolutenm/templates/dbtemplate.aspx?articleid=14420&zoneid=32
On Sunday, October 12, 2008 the Miami Herald featured two Stray Dog Designs lamps in its review of the the recent Hospitality Design Boutique Show in Miami Beach.
It includes pictures of our Artichoke Lamp and our Oopsy Daisy Floor Lamp.
See for yourself at : http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/718811.html
Boutique Design, the online component of DESIGN magazine, spotlights our designer , Jane Gray!
Go to: www.boutiquedesign.com/Spotlight--Jane-Gray-of-Stray-Dog-Designs-5716.
and read for yourself what Jane has to say about herself and her designs.
It's a great read about a great designer!
Cactus Creek Daily highlights our Deer with Flowers -- a new twist on the deer trophy head.
Check it out at http://cactuscreekdaily.com/
Colorful Deer with Flowers
Stray Dog Designs offers many papier mache creatures {inlcuding Ferdinand the Bull, a Fish, Pagan Goat and Peace Antelope}, plus this delightful Deer with Flowers. Even more fabulous, all of these critters are available in white, violet, sky, sea blue, chartreuse, candy brown, douglas fir, jackson tan, gold, pumpkin - wait, there’s more… aqua, pink, vienna and yorktowne green.
Rory sings our praises on Design *Sponge!
http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/09/feeling-sculptural-white-lamps.html
100% Original designs * Hand Crafted by artisans in Haiti and Mexico * Assembled in the United States * Created and Shipped with recycled products * Profits shared with less fortunate families & their pets
It sounds like a business model that is too good to be true, but really Stray Dog Designs is all of that and more!! Having been featured in national publications over and over again, Stray Dog Designs has earned its reputation as QUALITY company with exceptional products.
With creativity oozing from the pages of their website, I hardly know where to start on fun furniture and accessories that will fit perfectly into your Rustic * Western * Vintage abode… Ferdinand the Bull seems as good a start as any!!
Ferdinand the Bull, along the rest of the PAPIER-MACHE MENAGERIE, is hand made by
artisans in Haiti. Besides being perfect for a farm house, Ferdinand is also available in 14 colors!! While the white bull{LEFT} would be a unique addition to your white peely-paint bedroom, the chartreuse bull {BELOW} will really make a statement!!
I was sorting through my emails today, and came across an interesting press release from Stray Dog Designs that I want to share with you. Let me start by saying, this company rocks! Not only are their lamps, furniture and other home décor accessories beautiful, they are also handcrafted using materials that are completely recyclable or sustainable. Jane Gray, designer and co-founder (with her husband, no less!) strongly believes that environmentally responsible materials should be used whenever possible and that artisans should be paid a fair living wage. This alone makes them awesome, but Jane is taking it to the next level.
Look at some of her gorgeous designs:
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Ophelia Lamp—A branchy base, striped shade, and flower finial make this lamp cute and kind of fancy. Tole. Handmade and hand painted by artisans in Mexico. |
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Peacock—A truly magnificent bird. Handmade of papier mache from recycled materials by artisans in Haiti. |
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Weed Cube Stool/Accent Table—Wraparound weeds adorn a versatile cube. Handmade of papier mache from recycled materials by artisans in Haiti. |
Now here’s the really exciting news: Effective immediately, SSD will donate a portion of the purchase price of EVERY product to local charities in the communities where their products are made. This includes feeding and housing the homeless, and medical care for animals. The new giving program, aptly called Stray Giving—!Vaya con Perros! (Go with Dogs!) stemmed from holiday overload that Jane experienced in 2007. Not only did it look like Santa’s elves took over every store (immediately after Halloween. Do I really have to look at this stuff for two months?), but she noticed that her children received a ridiculous amount of gifts—most unappreciated and only played with a few times. So she encouraged her family to buy each other less gifts (but perhaps more thoughtful), and use the money they saved to give to those in need. To her surprise, everyone loved the idea and from that, Jane realized that she could give back even more using her company as the vehicle. Basically, you get the best of both—beautiful items to add to your registry and good karma.
Go to straydogdesigns.com to check out these wares and to learn more about Stray Giving. Cheers!
Posted by Aimée at 1:54 p.m.
Read Aimee's blog at: http://www.bridalguide.com/community/blogs/welcome-home/artful-giving/
Is this stuff fun or what?!? At Stray Dog Designs the colors are yum, the shapes are wild -- these dudes are having fun and not taking high design too seriously. Jane and Billy are always good for conversation and some icy cold Corona at the end of a shift!
"We moved our client into their house this week and wanted to tell you how THRILLED we all are with your Stray Dog Lamps! We LOVE our twin DOUGS on the buffet, our two PECKS look totally BUFF in our family room, the teenage son is totally CHILLIN' with his FROSTY lamps, the
12 year old daughter LOVES her LOUISAS and was tickled to add the colorful FLOWER magnets! Next time I go back to the house I'll take pics for you!
BIG THANKS, to you and JANE for bringing the world functional items that SATISFY our GLOBAL/GREEN CONSCIENCE, and STEAL our ARTISTIC HEARTS!"
The white accessories available at Stray Dog are lovely and add a natural touch. All of their products are original, handmade works of art designed by Jane Gray, and created with recycled materials by artisans in sustainable jobs. If you want color, they also have several accessories available in a variety of colors. I especially love the bird sculptures and bird stool/accent table!
Kim Cook ,of the Associated Press, recently interviewed Stray Dog Designs designer Jane Gray.
Of course, being the AP, there was a good deal of editing involved, but by the end of June our Artichoke Lamp and a couple of Jane's comments popped up in newspapers all over the US and Canada.
In case you missed it, here's what Jane said:
"Our clients have a sense of humor and a desire to put a little fun into their surroundings."
"Adding a lamp or two with loads of personality is a great way to punch up your interior without spending too much money."
So true!
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Design-Milk raves about our Artichoke, Jenny Lynn, and Doug Buffet lamps.
Jonathan at Apartment Therapy highlights our Sarah and Artichoke lamps.
Jon at It's (K)not Wood says our FauxFaux lamp has an "unexpected combination of the paper with the clear base and finial".
Elizabeth Tipton says on her eTips blog that she "loves" our papier mache crab and "may redecorate (her) den" around our Nancy lamp.
Anne Collins at pointclickhome.com includes our Ferdinand papier mache bull head in her entry on faux animal heads.
SimplyGrove lists a number of our "fun, creative products".
Katy Elliot says our products are "infused with natural elements as well as humor.
Simply stated, we are very flattered that Holly Becker took the time to share our story in detail -- with pictures! -- in Simply Stated. In fact there was nothing simple about it -- and we loved it!
And she loves dogs too!
See for yourself at:
http://simplystated.realsimple.com/home/2008/04/stray-dog-desig.html
Take a tour of the lovely new HGTV Green House and see Stray Dog Designs products everywhere!
This wonderful house has earned the Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.
See the one hour HGTV Green House special that will air 6 times from March to May:
| • | March 23, 2008 9:00 PM ET/PT |
| • | March 24, 2008 1:00 AM ET/PT |
| • | April 04, 2008 10:00 AM ET/PT |
| • | April 06, 2008 5:00 PM ET/PT |
| • | April 22, 2008 10:00 AM ET/PT |
| • | May 04, 2008 5:00 PM ET/PT |
Go to the HGTV Green House website and see how great our products look:
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/green_home/
On the first floor:
2 Sam Buffet Lamps, Russ Glass Lamp, and Miguel Lamp in white
On the second floor:
2 Katie Lamps, Sandy Glass Lamp, Frosty Glass Lamp, Sarah Lamp with green silk shade, Bird Stool/Accent Table, and many Crabs
We're proud and happy to be part of this beautiful house!
See what the bloggers are saying about Stray Dog Designs:
http://layersofmeaning.blogspot.com/2008/02/check-it-out-stray-dog-designs.html
http://www.orangebeautiful.com/blog/post.php?post_id=541
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| Jane Grey, with daughter Stella |
Grey: As a medium, papier-mâché was a big departure for us. It’s the same thing you made in elementary school with newspaper and Elmer’s Glue or flour and water. You just put so many layers on, and it dries really hard. You don’t see it around much anymore, but every once in a while you’ll run into antique papier-mâché.
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| Stray Dog Designs’ papier-mâché Artichoke lamp in Bahamian Sea Blue. |
The place where our papier-mâché is made is also a big change for us. Our glass, tin and iron pieces are made by artisans in Mexico, where half the population lives in poverty. Papier-mâché can be done anywhere in the world, of course, but we chose Haiti because the country is having such a hard struggle; almost 80 percent are unemployed. We figured that anyone, even [those] without an infrastructure, can do papier-mâché.
We initially did the [line] in white, which is unlike us because we’re all about color. But the artisans in Haiti were new to working with us, and the designs we were giving them were so different from anything they had been doing, I thought it would be best to keep the job as simple as possible. Also, because it is such a poor country, it is really hard for them to get paint that would match our Benjamin Moore colors. We [recently] decided to paint things ourselves here in the States using water-based, low-VOC [volatile organic compounds] paints. Considering the large amount of products coming from overseas that contain high levels of toxic chemicals, we are ecstatic to have found paint that is safe for the environ-ment, our customers and our employees. At the Atlanta Market in January, we introduced 12 new colors. People loved the white, but we are really best known for our bright colors.
This summer we are proud to be included in two special green showrooms in addition to our regular showroom spaces.
From Wednesday, July 11th through Monday, July 16th in “The AmericasMart Green Product Showcase” in Atlanta, three of our papier mache products will be on display along with our Little Mikey Glass Lamp--the Sarah Lamp, the Fish Stool/Accent Table, and our Birds--in Building 2, Space 1201 from 9am – 6pm daily.
The following month, our papier mache Aloe Stool/Accent Table and our Birds will be included in “SustainAbility: Design for a Better World,” debuting at
We are delighted to note that what has been a major part of our mission for the 12 years of our existence is now a new and important trend. Since our inception we have been committed to using recycled materials whenever possible, and to paying the artisans who make our products a living wage. We have made a point of seeking out countries with the greatest need, and we make an effort to choose mediums that reflect the artisans’ rich history and expertise.
Our papier mache products are handmade from recycled cement bags by artisans in
We will continue to search for ways to make our products more environmentally friendly, and to seek new paths to social responsibility.
