seatbeltblog: September 2011

9/22/11

Leavin' on a Jet Plane

I'm heading out to Omaha, NE for the LTD Release Party at Material Girl.

See you there.

And if you can't make it out to Nebraska, join Melanie at the Harveys Santa Ana Store!

9/21/11

Last week Melanie and I took a trip to Carlsbad, San Diego for a few days. We've driven through it on the 5 freeway many times and even visited Legoland but little did we know it's a really quaint little town. The hotel we stayed at had bicycles for the guests so we pedaled around town.

We stopped at Olde Joy Antiques. We often look to the past for inspiration for our bags. I thought I would share some things that we liked.

This hat was actually a new reproduction. Liked the buckle on the side and the B&W leopard print

We love old keys and ended up buying this vintage deck of playing cards to play Gin Rummy back at the hotel.

This display reminded me that Halloween is just around the corner.

Scaredy Cat

Love the old 70's Mickey phone.

These earrings reminded me of Paint by Numbers

There was lots of fun costume jewelry.

Melanie's favorite flower is the Magnolia. We have an old painting of one in our Home that we found at an antique store when we were first dating.

We bought this cute little globe for our girls. Melanie Home schools them and is always looking for fun ways to teach them.

This floral needle point bag had the neatest acrylic handle that actually worked as a closure system. The new Margot handles were inspired by a vintage handbag that Melanie found.

This handbag had a really cute french provincial design that reminded me of Toile Print which is often seen as Wallpaper.

This bag was just a bit bigger than a Mini Wristlet. The micro-needlepoint must have taken many hours to do.

More needlepoint. Growing up my mother did a lot of needlepoint so I have a great appreciation for this art form.

We got these placemats for the girls. Love the 60's artwork.

These retro print pillows were on display in the window reminding us that Carlsbad is a Beach front Community. We had lots of fun in Carlsbad. If you're ever in the San Diego area stop in and check it out.

9/16/11

NBC Launch Event

Last Saturday we launched the Nightmare Before Christmas collection at Vault 28.

This was such a fun collection for us to work on. Nightmare before Christmas is one of my favorite Tim Burton movies. When I first saw it back in 1993 I never imaged that I would get the opportunity to work with the creative team to design a collection of handbags.

When designing the collection, I wanted to capture the essence of the movie without being overly obvious so I chose the skull and bat prints and added the iconic Moon Silhouette of Jack and Sally with the Glow-in-the-dark Charms.

This was a Gift With Purchase Tote that Disney arranged to be given only at the launch. We were amazed that the sold out because we projected more than 3X what they normally offer. A lot of guests were having us sign right on the moon next to Sally and Jack.

It was so great to see so many of girls with our bags hanging out at Downtown Disney

The line started forming at 6am.

We got to meet a lot of new people many of which were buying their very first HARVEYS bag.

Everyone was so patient. Many waited in line for hours.

Our Store managers Karla and Brittany.

I spotted this Get Checked bag. Very cute and she even had a pink Clippa.

This is the Vault 28 crew. They are always so helpful.

Some of the HARVEYS crew: Cheryl, Christopher, Melissa and Allison . Disney gave us a bunch of Park Hopper Passes for that day so they came out early to enjoy the Park.

Vault 28 also has a great selection of other Disney x HARVEYS bags as well as other non-Disney HARVEYS bags too.

Thank you so much to all that came out. We really enjoyed chatting with everyone and hope you had as much fun as we did.

9/8/11

Special Delivery

I'm getting really excited for the Nightmare Before Christmas event this Saturday. Everybody has been rushing around getting prepared for the event. We just finished making all of the bags including the special Gift with Purchase. Since Disneyland is less that 10 miles from our Factory, we thought we would personally deliver them.

I got my special security badge

Then pulled up to the loading dock.

Here they are, all 22 boxes. It's been a lot of work and we can't wait to unveil the new designs.

Hope to see you on Saturday.

9/6/11

D23

A couple of weeks ago Allison and Paul from our Sales team visited the D23 Expo in Anaheim. They had a great time and took some amazing pictures so I asked Allison to give us a recap here on the blog. Take it away Allison:

Hi there,

Its Allison F. from the Harveys sales team!

A few weeks ago Paul and I took a field trip to D23 at the Anaheim Convention Center to show our support for one of our favorite Harveys retailers, Charming Shoppe from Orange CA.

Charming Shoppe had an amazing setup all three days of the Disney convention. They proudly displayed their Classic Disney, Minnie Mouse & Steamboat Willie collection bags. Adrienne from Charming Shoppe had a blast visiting with the Harveys fans that stopped by to say hi and meeting a bunch of new fans!

There were also some other really great exhibits that caught my eye....

Check out Cruella de Vil's office, this girl knows how to decorate!

An original Sleeping Beauty poster and book from the movie...

Walt Disney's design studio...

A few of the fans who came dressed for the occasion...

This GIANT cupcake tower along with awesome themed birthday parties...

It was a great day full of so many amazing things to see, Disney sure knows how to throw an event :) The fun didn't end there, be sure to check out Charming Shoppes Facebook for details about their Harveys giveaway!!!

https://www.facebook.com/CharmingShoppe?sk=app_121121694568521

xo, Allison

Thank you Allison. I'm a little jealous I didn't go this year. I'll definitely have to pay a visit next year.