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Part II: Tess Casey’s studio, Aisling Flowers, and a Floral Design Workshop. As mentioned in Part I: Deborah Main Inspired by Flower Market with Tess Casey, the first day of #BlogTourNYC with Tess Casey was all arranged by our generous sponsor West Edge Design Fair. Thank you!!! Tess has this -
Well, hello world!! It’s great to be back home in Austin, Texas after a whirlwind of a #BlogTourNYC trip, but I am confident that I can speak for all my fellow bloggers: #BlogTourNYC was THE most enriching experience ever! We can’t believe it’s over! We miss everyone! AND, we wish -
Gorgeous display at Bunny Williams store Treillage New York. Photo by Deborah Main, 2014. WOW!!! What a whirlwind of a tour of NYC and all the fabulous design there!! I can’t even begin to describe how exciting it was, all that I learned, all the wonderful inspiration, and just how -
“Zoho CRM makes a soft landing – on luxury pillows! One product that can work for diverse businesses: here’s the story” Zoho, 2014. We are so proud to be featured as one of Zoho’s small business #SuccessStories!! We love using Zoho CRM and recommend it highly to keep the back -
Hey everyone! #BlogTourNYC is here THIS week: Tuesday March 18 – Saturday March 22. But the posts and energy from all the wonderful design karma will last for months….I can assure you of that!! I am so looking forward to meeting everyone at Modenus, all the bloggers, our sponsors, media -
This is a test from my phone to see if I can write a blog post and post it right away. Cause I want to be able to do little posts from NYC for y’all next week. Getting soooo excited about #BlogTourNYC I can hardly stand it!!! This tour is -
Thomas O’Brien and I at the #SneakPeek blogger event at Dallas Market Center. One of the highlights for me and Deborah Main Designs at the #SneakPeek at Dallas Market in January (Yup, I still have a couple more posts of inspiration from just that one single day!) was having the -
In less than one week, I’ll be in New York City at my very first Modenus Blog Tour!! Excited is an understatement. Ecstatic is more accurate!!! At the start of 2014, just one week after venturing out of my pillow-land comfort zone in January, I went to my very first -
A couple weeks ago I attended a “Woman’s Night Out” event hosted by BiGAUSTIN, called WOW1000. The evening was a fabulous success! I was one of six women-owned, small businesses in Austin asked to participate in this event as a vendor and supporter…and all I have to say from attending -
Photography by, with permission from, Modernism Week. Modernism Week, a non-profit organization with their signature design event in February, is happening RIGHT NOW in Palm Springs, California! This year it is being held February 13th-23rd at the Hilton Palm Springs. The event occurs on an annual basis to celebrate -
I’m still high in the clouds with excitement over receiving a Twtter direct message a few weeks ago, from Veronika Miller of Modenus, inviting me to the #BlogTourNYC March 18 -22, 2014. In fact, my adrenalin was so pumped up I couldn’t even think straight and I had to email -
Luxury brands take notice!! We at Deborah Main Designs are just head over heels in love with this new online luxury magazine that debuted last week: The Twenty Six. It is THE best new luxury magazine in the 21st century and is forging a new path on how luxury brands -
#SneakPeek at Dallas Market center started out here at Design Finds where our group perused new design offerings full of color. Photo by Deborah Main. As everyone knows, I LOVE color!! All you have to do is look at our brand new website, Deborah Main Designs, and it sums up -
The talented designers and bloggers of #SneakPeek2014 at #DallasMarket. Wonderful tote bags courtesy of Surya Showroom. Last weekend I had the time of my life in Dallas: Deborah Main Designs, (aka The Pillow Goddess) attended my very first blogger event: Sneak Peek 2014! But before we get to that I -
High Design is the “Juried” section at AltantasMart, where beautiful new products debut, and where we debuted Deborah Main luxury decorative pillows in 2013. Happy New Year everyone! It’s finally time for some reflection on 2013. As mentioned in my previous blog (in addition to the fact it’s taken me -
Happy New Year! I’ve been thinking all week about what I was going to write. Many new year posts have come and gone. Lot’s of reports on 2013, new year resolutions, new year “words”, great photos, etc. They all have been wonderful and inspiring. In fact, I’ve chosen my word: -
I’m hanging a beautiful red silk brocade ornament that my daughter made me for Christmas. She made it from the fabric she used to design, sew and model a dress for the Stitch Lab fashion show. At Deborah Main Designs studio in Austin, Texas, a cold front blew in last -
Only SIX more days until Christmas!! Yikes!!I I haven’t even started shopping… But so happy today because I finally finished ALL my deadlines (and school’s out!), including a 48-hour rush order for a client of Interior Design Gallery in time for for the client’s holiday party tomorrow night. Challenging, but -
This is a very spontaneous post…and a very unedited one at that. It’s not a glamorous holiday post by Deborah Main Designs on how to decorate your tree (sorry to disappoint). No, there are plenty of fabulous interior designers that are doing an all out job with that! (But do -
Have you ever dreamed of driving a Rolls Royce? Or hanging out in the back seat with a Deborah Main luxury pillow? Well how about the new Rolls Royce Wraith – “Wraith is a car for the curious, the confident and the bold….a car that pushes the boundaries of design -
Hello everyone. With two fall trunk shows Deborah Main Designs studio has been hopping!! Oh, and not to mention, that we’ll soon be launching our new website which we’re SUPER excited about. So thank you for being patient with a few absent blog posts. We’ll get back on it by -
Not having our own Deborah Main Designs brick and mortar, I am so fortunate to be part of a gorgeous well-established showroom in Austin to showcase all of our luxury decorative pillows in one place, Interior Design Gallery (IDG). You’ve heard me speak of them before and you’ll hear more, -
A skeleton window display along South Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas. We at Deborah Main Designs want to wish you a frightful Happy Halloween!! By now, kiddos have tricked and treated around the block and are laying out their candy to see the loot. Probably lining them all up by type -
NOTE: This blog post was written in Fall of 2013 to introduce you to the NEW design duo, CMJS Creativ. A lot of excitement has happened in two years! Starting the week of April 7, 2015, WATCH for NEW INTERVIEWS with Carisa Marie and John Strauss about 2015 HighPoint Market -
“Team Work Makes the Dream Work” is the theme of Deborah Main Designs’ blog post today about two talented designers, Carisa Marie and John Strauss, debuting their collaborative works of art in John Strauss Showroom at High Point Market (#hpmkt) in North Carolina. High Point, the largest furniture show in -
The Lamar Boulevard Bridge, before THIRST project installed, Austin, Texas, 2013. If I could make a pillow from wood I would. I love wood that much. I love everything about wood from the fibers, natural grain, colors of the wood, dead wood, driftwood, textures of the bark, all the way -
Come shop with Deborah Main Designs in Haddonfield, New Jersey tonight! Graphic by, with permission from, Pearl Clutch. Boy, do I wish I lived in Haddonfield, New Jersey today!! Haddonfield is a great shopping destination with a variety of stores, but for us at Deborah Main Designs, one special boutique, -
It’s so unusual for me to think about Christmas and the holidays in September when it’s still 97 degrees out! But we debuted our brand new holiday ornament collection in Atlanta in July at the International Gift & Home Furnishings show, so it’s kind of hard NOT to talk about -
Boy, we’re having fun now!! We’re starting to make our own little home videos to share with you, our readers, the juicy details about our studio. (See UnZipped video clip below). Just because we’ve been in business since 2004, doesn’t mean everyone knows exactly what Deborah Main Designs does! And -
I know, you’re saying, “Gee, it’s not even Halloween, and she’s already talking about Christmas!!” Well yes, it IS still summer here in Austin, but I can just sense that cool crisp fall breeze headed this way. And, I’m I REALLY excited about our new product debut, our original “Les
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Hope you are safe and sound, surrounded by family and friends, and your hearts are filled with gratitude and love. 🙏
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Wishing you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁🍷
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I cannot be more grateful to have such wonderful family, friends, and design community, thank you! (My gratitude is a long one today; please read my story.)
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This Thanksgiving is a very special one for me personally. For it was exactly 30 years ago today I went jogging and woke up from a nap with ME/CFS, a severely debilitating disease. I had just finished graduate school. Within 5 months I had to quit my career. I was 37 years old.
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I am one of the lucky ones and this milestone means so much to me because I could have stayed permanently bedridden, like many do. (See @meactnet)
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But because of my amazing husband, David, who has taken care of me all these years and recognized that making pillows was helping me heal, he became the house husband (while working 2 jobs and raising our son) and gave me the gift of creating my art, one-of-a-kind pillows. I could not be more grateful!!🙏
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It might be time for a break, cause as many of you know, I relapsed very badly this fall for 3 months, which is a wakeup call to do less activity, as the disease is always with me.
But I`ve been blessed beyond words with the most wonderful life, and a design business of 20 years. I thank each and every one of you for being part of my journey and supporting me all along the way.
Today, I am very thankful for YOU and grateful for the life I enjoy so much!! Sending you much love and a reminder that our health and family always come first. Bless you on this special day of thanks and enjoy dinner with loved ones and those pies!!
XOXO❤️🍁🦃❤️
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I`ve heard rumor people are already putting up their Christmas trees...🎄
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Happy Throw Pillow Thursday friends!
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I`m back!!! 🤗
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After a 3-month-long health relapse that seemed to never end (I have ME/CFS), it feels FANTASTIC to be back in the studio again creating!!! (Thank you for your love, support, and prayers during this difficult time. It helped!❤️)
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Makers have to make and it feels sooooo good to be back at it. 😄
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We all could use an extra special boost of holiday cheer this year, right?
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So we`re whipping up some BRAND NEW designs of our popular holiday ornaments.
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We almost sold out last holiday season, but with so many new/vintage fabrics, ribbon, French trim, and vintage rhinestone buttons we`ve collected over 20 years, we literally could make 1,000.
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This first beauty is one my dear friend @lindaholtcreative won years ago. We still have some of that 1960s ball gown fabric, so you may see one similar, but never the same, as they`re all one-of-a-kind ornaments. ✨️
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Each ornament comes in its own satin-lined white gift box ready to give. Your family and friends eyes will sparkle, just like the vintage rhinestone buttons, when they open the box. 🎁
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We even did an amazing custom order last December of 13 blue and white ones for a dear client, a Florida interior designer. Scroll left to see one, and our prior black boxes. 💙🤍🩵
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We aim to please! So while we`re not accepting large custom orders this year, we are accepting individual orders. It`s simple to custom order by color. Reach out now, so you have it in time for gift-giving season.
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Often, customers hang them year round. We even decorated @replacementsltd china with them during the @oneroomchallenge. They make perfect hostess gifts!
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Please subscribe to our newsletter for the discount code for 20th year in business. Plus, if you live in Austin, you`ll get the deets on our Annual Holiday Soiree coming soon. 🎉🥂🍾🎉
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I`ve missed y`all and look forward to seeing you. Happy Holidays and have a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving. Many thanks for your continued support. XO❤️
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