RedNek Wine Glass makes $5 million
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The company, a wholesaler of gift and home decor items, started making the wine glass -- simply a Ball Mason jar glued on top of a Libbey candlestick holder -- 10 months ago, and in less than a year, the product has had $5 million in sales.
"The RedNek Wine Glass has quickly become a phenomenon," said John Hill, vice president of Carson Home Accents.
In the beginning ... It was only by chance that the idea of the product came to the attention of the company in January.
"One of our salespeople saw this item on a shelf at a Hallmark store," said Hill, adding that Carson Home Accents subsequently met the original inventor of the product and signed a licensing deal with her that allowed the company to manufacture and sell RedNek Wine Glasses.
Okie Morris, 43, who invented the Original RedNek Wine Glass, calls herself a "repurposer." "I use old things and give them a new twist," she said.
Is this the next Snuggie?
Source: CNN
Home Style: Last-minute holiday decorating ideas
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Been too busy to decorate for the holidays? Believe me, I've been there. Some years I've been so busy helping everyone else get their homes ready that I barely had time to toss up a decoration or two before the family arrived for Christmas dinner.
Never fear: There is still time to change your home from bah-humbug to merry and bright. Here are six festive fixes you can do in minutes.
1 . Hang a wreath or swag.
If you only have seconds to decorate, hang a pretty holiday wreath or swag. Nothing is simpler than this holiday mainstay. Get a wreath that's already decorated, fluff out the evergreen branches and you're done. If you want, spend 10 seconds more and add a holiday ribbon. Be sure to pay attention to scale: You don't want to hang a tiny wreath in a huge window or on a huge empty wall. Big spaces call for big wreaths.
Any surface can handle a holiday wreath or swag. Hang one from the obvious places, like your front door or above your fireplace mantel. Or give guests a little surprise by hanging your swag or wreath someplace unusual, like from the door of an armoire or the top of a bookcase.
Source: The Seattle Times