Top Seller

 

Galison's Vintage Camera Photo Album has been a top seller for years and it seems like there is no end in sight!

Recenlty our Vintage Camera Photo Album hit 100,000 units sold. And just like if this was our car odometer, a little impromptu celebration seemed to be in order.

Thanks to everyone who has helped make our Vintage Camera Photo Album a top seller and hopefully 200,000 is just around the corner!

 

~Shannon

National Dessert Day

 

We don't have to tell you that Galison/Mudpuppy loves desserts; just look at all our sweets & treats products!

And since today is "National Dessert Day" we took the opportunity to do a little celebrating.

We could have made cupcakes to go with our Galison and Mudpuppy products.....

But we decided to try our hand at the Cheesecake Brownies from our Chocolicious Recipe Portfolio Notes.

It was a perfect way to celebrate this "sweet" day!

And we can make an excuse to celebrate everyday for the rest of the month too. October is "National Dessert Month"; looks like those cupcakes might be made after all!

 

~Shannon

Columbus Day

 

The New York City Columbus Day parade is getting ready to go past our Midtown offices! And we can’t let all those festivities go by without a quick post about Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day.

Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492, 519 years ago, and we officially celebrate his arrival on the second Monday in October.

We’re pretty sure he didn’t use the vintage map on our Bon Voyage products, when setting sail, but that doesn’t mean we like them, or him, any less.

Maybe this Columbus Day, we should take inspiration and go on a journey of our own….or at least send out a Bon Voyage Writer’s Notecard on a little trip!

Happy Columbus Day and have fun at all your celebrations; we’ll be out enjoying the parade!

 

~Shannon

Monster Sneak Peek

We love our Galison and Mudpuppy fans, and Halloween is right around the corner, so that can only mean one thing........

Mudpuppy Monster Finger Puppets are available just for YOU!  These new Monster Finger Puppets won't be available to the general public till December, but to show our true fans how much we love you, we’re making some available right now. We’ve pulled some stock out so you can get these “scary” monsters in time for Halloween.

Just a little way to say thanks for your continued support of Galison/Mudpuppy!

 

~Shannon

Galison Goes to Tahiti

Our offices are in New York City, and while we love our city, sometimes it's nice to think of exotic places...like Tahiti.

Paul Gauguin was a successful Parisian stockbroker until a financial crash in 1882 made him reconsider his career. He renounced the world of business and devoted himself to painting.

Disillusioned with Western civilization and conventional, representational art, Gauguin sailed for Tahiti in 1891 expecting to find an unspoiled paradise. Although he found a world already influenced by French colonization, he stayed and painted instead the world he had been seeking.

 

Galison's Gauguin portfolio showcases paintings made in Tahiti during the last decade of the nineteenth century:

1. Nafea Faaipoipo (When Are You Getting Married?), 1892, from the Rudoloph Staechelin Family Foundation, Basel (the cover image)
2. Parau Api (What's New?), 1892, from the Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden
3. Woman with Mango, 1893, from The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
4. The Bathers, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1897.

 

 

Do you dream of Tahiti? Let us know in the Comments section!

 

~~Susan with Julia's research