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haring a bit of exciting news with all of you that I mentioned earlier, but wanted to give you all the details, I’ve joined the Open Sky Project and am excited that they approached me about this opportunity. Open Sky, out of New York, is a unique site that features online stores from “experts” in their field and they become “shopkeepers” on the site, selling items that they believe in and that they think would be of interest to readers and other online shoppers. Most of the shopkeepers are bloggers too, with varying ranges of interests, from Home, to beauty products, to Cooking and Gardening.
From Open Sky:
OpenSky connects you to experts and the products they love and use.
We call our experts Shopkeepers and together we’re bringing humanity back to shopping.
We believe that when you do and share what you love, and work together with like-minded people, you thrive.
Welcome to Main Street.
So, I hope you’ll get excited with me too, as I get my little online shop stocked up with some fun and cost effective products. I have no idea what all will go in there, but one thing at the top of the list is beadboard wallpaper. I so believe in that product and would love to share it with everyone. If you have any ideas for me on what I should think about adding to the shop, I’m all ears! This is all new to me and I can’t wait to see what happens with it.
I will share in any profits that the online shop may get, so I wanted you to be aware of that too, as I look for fun and useful home products that I think all of you may enjoy too. And of course, I will keep budget in mind as I look at products to add. Another of my blog friends, Lauren, from Pure Style Home has just joined Open Sky too, so I’m happy to see another blog buddy over there.
There are only 6 items in my shop now, but I’m happy to say that beadboard wallpaper is there and ready to go, so if you’re looking to buy this wonderful wallpaper, please buy it from me! Yippee!! Several of you have asked about it and I’m so excited that we were able to source this directly from Graham-Brown. I have been looking at other vendors and I’m hoping to get many more neat accessories and home items in there as time goes on. You will see that all the pictures are not showing up yet and they are working on all of that too. This is a new concept, new website, so there will be things to work out.
I’ve also sourced some really fun and exciting new wallpapers from Graham-Brown which will be going in there hopefully today. Wallpaper is back! And these new ones are so fun and unique. I’ll do a post sometime soon about some of these wallpapers and how to use them effectively. Who knows, I just might have to use one somewhere in my house. Wait til you see them.
Click over and check it out: Southern Hospitality at Open Sky Project
Thank you ALL for your support these 3 years that I’ve been blogging. Without all of you behind me, I wouldn’t be moving into new territories and being given new opportunities. I appreciate all of YOU!
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Good luck in all of your ventures, Rhoda!!
xoxo
Jane
Yay!! Congratulations!
Rhoda,
Congrats!! That sounds like a fun & exciting new project!
& how happy am I as a reader to finaly have all the things you talk about in one spot for me to purchase aswell.
Keep venturing -you never know where it will take you!
always a pleasure
This was just the incentive I needed to take on a weekend project with the freezing weather we have been experiencing. I bought the beadboard wallpaper and will do my powder room on the main level later this month. Thanks Rhoda – I will shop with confidence knowing that I love your sense of style! Also re: your New Year post about what will “go out of style” …. my last house was 120 years old and had beautiful wainscotting in some of the rooms. I think it is traditional and here to stay!
I’ve not heard of that one. How flattering that they approached you, too! Good luck with it. We’ll be cheering you on.
Well, best of luck with this, Rhoda! I’m sure you’ll do fabulously!
CONGRATS!! I have enjoyed your site over the past year of learning about blogging. You have given me such amazing ideas and I can’t wait to shop your store. I’m trying to work up the courage to use the wallpaper. I will do it….I really will.
Good luck Rhoda…headed over to peek right now !!!
All the best,
Kathy
ps I love wallpaper , as I have stated before in the bathroom…something warm and fuzzy about it
Congrats! I checked it out immediately because I’ve been waiting (per your instructions!) to buy my beadboard wallpaper. I see in your notes you say that the adhesive is sold separately. Can you provide some info on that? Thanks & best wishes for success with Open Sky!
What an exciting business venture. Congratulations!!!
Wishing you much success with your store!
Rhonda
How exciting for you and Congratulations! I will look forward to browsing around your new shop.
Wonderful news! Congratulations! I can’t to get over there and check out the beautiful things you’ll have listed.
Rhoda, I’m a bit confused about the wallpaper. Are there actual grooves in it or are the grooves simply a shadow effect? Thanks so much and good luck in your shop! I dnjoy reading your blog!
Sounds good. Best of luck with it all!
Please carry that bracelet you modeled earlier in the week.
I am CRAZY for it – especially since you can style it yourself.
Am I the only one not getting pictures of the two footed bowls when I click on “details”? Best of luck in your new pursuit, Rhoda!
Congratulations and we hope you will continue to write your blog.
Thank you girls! I’m really excited about this new venture. I’m SO hoping to get some fun products in there & add lots more to the shop.
Jan S. – I am having them check on that adhesive thing right now with Graham-Brown. The item # of the product is the pre-pasted version (which is what I want in my shop) & the description talks about adhesive, so I’m making sure that they are shipping out the pre-pasted version for my shop. If there is a problem I will let that be known, but I’m pretty sure that the description is just an error. It’s not something that I wrote up myself. They are letting me know ASAP on that!
Sandy, if you missed my tutorial back in June on this product, take a look here for ALL the details:
http://southernhospitalityblog.com/beadboard-wallpaper-project/
I promise, there are actual grooves in the paper & you can’t tell it’s not the real thing. My friends who I told about it have come to my house & are amazed at it. It is great stuff if you don’t want to go to the trouble of power tools & cutting real wood. You paint it just like you do your trimwork & it looks fantastic.
And yes, I mentioned that all the pics are not showing up yet, they are still working on some of the glitches with that, so I hope to have that cleared up soon. I know you will not want to buy without seeing a pic, I totally understand that.
I’ll be adding a link from my sidebar over the shop, so you can check it out periodically for new things.
Rhoda, this sounds like a really fun new adventure for you, Congratulations!! I am doing shopping alerts on my new blog from time to time so I will have to be sure and check it out and direct readers your way!! Kathysue
How exciting for you Rhoda! This sounds like a great adventure.
I wanted to tell you how great it was to meet you last weekend. It was a fun weekend without a doubt and I hope that we will meet again!
Jennifer
Congrats, Rhoda! When I get started on my kitchen- I’ll be ordering that wallpaper! Looking forward to more great stuff in your store!
Congrats and good luck on your new endeavor! I will be keeping an eye on it!
Wishing you all the best Rhoda in your new venture with Open Sky! I’m certain that you will do a fab job of keeping it stocked with much wanted items. TFS! Sheila
Hey Rhoda, Wishing you the most success in your store! Don’t forget to keep all those wonderful DIY posts and inspirations coming…for those of us who shamelessly copy your projects!!
YOUR products are very reasonbly priced,,,can’t wait to see what appears in your store next!!
What an interesting concept…you should have fun with it! Then open up a real live store….you would do well with that!
Thanks for sharing Open Sky. I had never heard of it.
Hey Rhoda!
Good for you…you go Girl….I know you will have fun with your store.
xx
Congrats on your new venture, I can’t wait to see all thethings you stock in your store…going there now.
Barbara
That’s fun! Congratulations!
Well congratulations Rhoda! Always exciting to have something new going on! Sounds very fun!
Congrats and best wishes for success in your new business venture! Question: Is all the wallpaper offered on your site double rolls?
Thank you.
Deborah
Congratulations!!! The bunnie bookends are so cute!
xoxo
Eddie