We were happy to see nice comments about our New York portfolio on Parcel Post, a blog our designers always check! Look at post 145 and scroll down to the third picture.
Speaking of New York, if any of you are attending the New York Stationery Show at the Javits Center (May 17-20), stop by Booth 2521 and visit!
We will be at other trade shows, too. Just email us at wholesale@galison.com if you want a formal appointment.
---Susan
WOW!!!!
I just got the news from the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Awards that we have just been awarded 8 more awards for 2009! That is in addition to the 2 awards we received last month – 10 in total! This is an all-time record for Mudpuppy! Congratulations!
Below are the newly awarded products:
Pirates 100 Piece Puzzle
Busy Bugs Floor Puzzle
Pirates Cove 63 Piece Puzzle
Charlie & Lola Mini Cube Puzzle
Pirates! Mini Cube Puzzle
Jungle Friends First Puzzles
Dinosaur Park Floor Puzzle
Constructibles – the whole category!
Or click here to see all our Mudpuppy award winners!
Brenda Bell, Publicity Director
Galison/Mudpuppy Press
212-354-8840 ext. 200
P.S. Thanks to Stephanie Oppenheim for blogging about our great floor puzzles, too. Have a look at her post!
It's Saint Patrick's Day and the weather in New York City is gorgeous. Below our office windows, the marching bands are massing on West 44th Street before following the green line up Fifth Avenue for the Saint Patrick's Day Parade: the Merchant Marine Band, the Tiger Band from Middlebury, Vermont, bonnet-wearing horses being unloaded at the site of the old Hippodrome. Bagpipes!!
Inside our office, it's festive, too. We just found out that two of our Mudpuppy products were awarded the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Awards for 2009:
Zoo Animals Block Puzzle, 9 sturdy 2-inch illustrated blocks that can form six different pictures as illustrated by Betsy Snyder:
The second Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal awardwinner is our Under the Sea 63-piece Puzzle illustrated in vibrant colors by Helen Dardik:
Have a look at other Mudpuppy Award Winners!
Our design team was excited to see that today's post on Design Sponge, one of the most recognized design blogs, featured Galison products that are new for Spring '09 and called them "fun new stationery and office designs...color, pattern, affordable prices." Scroll down below the pictures of new releases from Heath Ceramics to see a selection of what's new in stationery and home office desk items. For example, Maxine Sutton mini journal notepads, Dandelion file tote, and Winterthur Flowers perpetual ("birthday") calendar:
Have a look at what else is new for Spring at Galison!
So it's a good day here at Galison/Mudpuppy!
Erin go braugh !!!
----Susan
We haven’t been blogging recently for two reasons:
1. We were busy getting the new spring products up on our website: go ahead…have a look at both Galison and Mudpuppy! For example, new Everyday Journals like this Andy Warhol Pop journal, and new sorting banks from Mudpuppy.
2. We were busy crafting “Safety Information” web pages to reassure both parents and store owners that Mudpuppy puzzles, games, and gifts meet Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act safety standards and have the required documentation.
Well, if you are a store owner, please click here to read about the new regulations, how Mudpuppy has met them, and what new requirements mean for you. If you have heard rumors that you need documentation for all Mudpuppy products on your shelves, you will find the real facts on our wholesale website. (Spoiler Alert: You will also find copies of Certificates of Conformity for products we imported since November 12, 2008, the date after which these certificates are required. Earlier imports have been tested and are safe, but Certificates of Conformity are not issued retroactively and are not required for the earlier items.)
If you are a parent, please be assured that our products have been tested and met the standards for lead and for phthalates. Your only safety concern with Mudpuppy should be age appropriateness: while great for older children, several of our formats have small parts that could be a choking hazard for children under the age of three. These products are clearly labeled as possibly unsafe for younger children, but are safe for older children: Sticker Set Play Scenes, Magnetic Figures, Learning Wheels, and Calendars.
To learn more, please visit the Safety Information page at www.galison.com if you are an individual customer, and Safety Information on our wholesale site if you are a store owner. Feel free to post comments or questions here at the Galiwag, too.
Because it’s a lot more fun to tell you about our illustrators and what’s new!
---Susan
Thanks to all of you who entered our Galison Holiday Card giveaway contest. We have over 100 different designs of holiday cards in categories like Contemporary, Nature, Religious and Traditional, Black and White Photography, Asian Influence, etc.
Our two winners are: Grace Full (who has a blog herself, Grace Full Days), who wins two boxes of our
Vintage Angel Christmas Cards:
and Amanda T., who wins two boxes of our Wild Christmas holiday cards, which come in a reusable decorative tin box:
Note to Grace and Amanda, please email Susan at sales@galison.com to let me know your mailing addresses so we can send the cards to you ASAP!
Times may be tough, but it's so nice to send and to receive real holiday cards!
And it's not too late to start an advent calendar, either. We have two styles of "sticker" advent calendars from Mudpuppy. Instead of opening little doors, you decorate a background a little more each day.At the North Pole or Christmas Tree:
Thanks again to everyone who took a look at our Galison Holiday Time cards and holiday themed gifts.
--Susan
