Playful Potter Raises $2,100 for Vera Bradley Foundation
Date: Wednesday September 24, 2008Posted in: Vera Bradley News
Playful Potter studio owner Denise Oliver won the Create for the Cure Member Award at the international convention for Contemporary Ceramic Studios Association (CCSA) held in Phoenix, Ariz., September 5-8. Oliver was honored by convention attendees for creating the best pottery piece for the charity auction that benefited the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer.
CCSA, comprised of over 700 studios from throughout the world, choose the Vera Bradley Foundation as the beneficiary of the organization’s charity auction of pottery art created by the CCSA studios. Oliver’s creation, a colorful and playful fountain that featured 10 different ceramic techniques commonly used at pottery painting studios as well as 12 fused glass pieces. At auction, the piece sold for $2,100. In total, CCSA raised $33,000 for the Vera Bradley Foundation.
“The piece was the result of 60 hours work by my manager Tabatha Wade and myself,” said Oliver. “There were many fantastic examples of creative ceramic art submitted and I was very surprised and pleased that the Playful Potter fountain was selected for the award.”
“The fountain was the member award winner, and the big winner of the night was a clock created by Julie Cates from On the Pot in Salina, Kansas that sold for $8,000 and received the Create for the Cure Supplier Award,” added Oliver. “It was gratifying to provide these funds to the Vera Bradley Foundation. CCSA selected the foundation because 100% of the funds raised go to research,” explained Oliver who serves on the CCSA board of directors.
Playful Potter, located at 1351 E. Prater Way in Sparks, has been serving pottery artists from Washoe County for more than six years. Besides drop-in painting, the studio offers glass fusing, party packages for birthdays and other celebrations, story time for children every Friday morning and other events and activities that can be seen on playfulpotter.com or call 356-5811 for more information.
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Vera Bradley Creator to Speak at Franklin College
Date: Tuesday September 16, 2008Posted in: Vera Bradley News
FRANKLIN, Ind. - The co-president and co-founder of Vera Bradley, designer of distinctive handbags, luggage, home décor and accessories, will be the speaker for the 2008 Cummins Lecture in Ethical Leadership at Franklin College. This is the second year of the three year lecture series.
Patricia R. Miller’s visit is made possible through funding provided by the Cummins Foundation.
She will present a lecture titled “A life-long pursuit of learning is the grand prize in human existence” on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 11 a.m. in the Napolitan Student Center’s Branigin Room.
In addition, Miller will give a public address titled “Be your Own Best Friend” on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbus Learning Center, 4555 Central Avenue, Columbus, Ind., as an offering of the 2008 Cummins Lecture.
“What an honor it is to be chosen as a 2008 Cummins Lecturer!” said Miller. “Ethics in the workplace and in the world are vital to creating a positive and vibrant life. Franklin College is doing an amazing job instilling positive values in its students through these lectures.”
“Franklin College seeks to bring to our campus and community dynamic leaders who translate ethics into action for the common good,” said Dr. James G. Moseley, president of Franklin College. “There are no easy solutions to the challenges we face. We need to hear directly from leaders—like Patricia Miller—who understand the complexity of those issues.”
“The Cummins’ partnership with Franklin College brings an important message to south central Indiana through the upcoming lecture series on ethical leadership,” said Tim Solso, Cummins Inc. chairman and CEO. “Social responsibility, civic engagement and diversity are both timely and timeless messages for corporations, community leadership, universities and any organization that affects the lives of people and communities.”
Vera Bradley is based in Fort Wayne, Ind., and was founded by Miller and friend Barbara Bradley Baekgaard in 1982. Vera Bradley products recently have been seen in more than 20 feature-length films, as well as in celebrity gift lounges surrounding the 2008 Tony Awards, 2008 Daytime Emmys and 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Both events are free and open to the public. For more information call the Office of Public Relations at (317) 738-8185.
Founded in 1834, Franklin College is a residential four-year undergraduate liberal arts institution 20 minutes from downtown Indianapolis. The College prepares men and women for significant careers through the liberal arts, offering its 1,018 students 28 majors including biology, business, education, and journalism. In 1842, FC began admitting women, becoming the first coeducational institution in Indiana and the seventh in the nation. Franklin College maintains a voluntary association with the American Baptist Churches USA.
Source: Franklin College
Vera Bradley Tickled Pink tickets on sale
Date: Friday September 5, 2008Posted in: Vera Bradley News
To kick off National Breast Cancer Awareness month, more than 500 women are expected to attend the fifth annual Tickled Pink on Oct. 3.
The “ultimate girls’ night out,” to be held at Vera Bradley’s Distribution facility, will include hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and a silent auction.
The evening includes:
*A performance by Delta Goodrem.
*A sneak peak of the 2009 Breast Cancer Awareness pattern Hope Garden.
*An exclusive Vera Bradley gift made especially for Tickled Pink 2008 guests.
*An opportunity to discuss developments in research with Indiana University Simon Cancer Center researchers and clinicians.
Tickets are $75, and are expected to sell out. For tickets or information, visit verabradley.org or call Vera Bradley at 482-4673. All proceeds benefit the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer. You can also check availability on Vera Bradley Zone.com and potentially save lots of money on these tickets. Our auctions have been known to sell for WELL BELOW retail price. You can visit our Vera Bradley Store by clicking here.
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As I prepared my notes in the corner of a local office building, I noticed a group of women huddled in a circle, just ecstatic with a fellow workers latest designer handbag purchase.
Any passer by could not resist taking a glimpse to see why the ladies were crowding around.
“Oh my god thats a real Vera Bradley!” , ” How Much Was It ?”, “Where did you get it?”
They quickly kept commenting, and questioning one after another, throwing in any bit of information on the handbag they could.
The young lady clutching on to this brand new Vera Bradley designer handbag answered, “I tried to look online, but I was too skeptical, I couldn’t do it and ended up paying full retail for it at boutique house cleaners Vancouver. ” Ouch I thought to myself, because I could sense she paid upwards of $900 for what was a bag worth around $400 online, but that’s if you know where to get it, and most don’t.
The women remained gathered for nearly up to an hour as I worked on my laptop waiting for a tardy business call. I was thinking to myself that these women are so interested in this bag that it led to and upholstery cleaning in hour conversation delaying all delegated office work. To hear all their lingering questions on how to obtain a deal on these beautiful designer handbags–a question that most women are asking.
Today, designer handbag e-commerce remains in its infancy. As the world of online sales progress, tougher measures will be taken to prevent sale of fake designer handbags and the production of these replicas. Is it going to take a new world order to crack down on this issue or just a few people doing the right research and spreading the word on a massive basis? Know where to get good deals on true authentic handbags upholstery cleaning richmond pass the word on. The average citizen in North America passes on a deal to their friends when they find one. Many deals are to be had, and there are actual legitimate online companies who only sell authentic designer handbags.
In this world of designer handbag mania, I believe slowly but surely the majority of people seeking deals on the real thing will find them online. There will always be the boutique go’er that just can’t resist the atmosphere and the thrill of paying full retail price, or maybe to brag s upholstery cleaning friends how many paychecks they had to set aside or how much their boyfriend spent on them. That is just how it is in this highly competitive designer handbag fashion era.
In this day and age, not just with designer handbags but shopping in general, great discounts can be found by purchasing items online as opposed to offline at a department stores or boutiques. and upholstery cleaning in and coupons can be found from the legitimate websites on blogs or forums even furthering the online designer handbag discount. Times will change and the comfort and convenience of shopping at home online will ultimately become second nature to the average shopper or designer handbag lover.
Vera Bradley plans 560 jobs at new Indiana factory
Date: Tuesday August 19, 2008Posted in: Vera Bradley News
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -
The Fort Wayne area appears to be breaking about even in jobs related to Vera Bradley Designs Inc. as the company switches from having contractors make its handbags, luggage and accessories to doing it in-house.
Vera Bradley announced Friday it plans to convert an industrial site in New Haven, just east of Fort Wayne, into a new production facility that will employ about 560 people, including about 70 who already work at other Vera Bradley facilities.
Three Fort Wayne companies that provide products to Vera Bradley announced in March that Vera Bradley’s decision to do the work in-house would force them to close, putting 537 people out of work. Vera Bradley said it decided to do the work within the company to increase efficiency and provide more control over the products.
“This is an important step in our plan to integrate previously outsourced manufacturing into our operation,” says Mike Ray, Vera Bradley’s chief executive officer. “We are happy to have found the facility right here in Allen County.”
The company is completing plans to lease the 125,356-square-foot facility. Startup work is expected to begin next month.
The city of New Haven has pledged a $100,000 grant over three years to assist with the building reconfiguration. The New Haven City Council also will consider phasing in property taxes associated with the project.
Vera Bradley could save about $299,000 while still paying nearly $417,000 in local property tax over seven years based on calculations provided by Allen County officials.
Vera Bradley and Hanning & Bean Enterprises, which owns the building, will spend about $2 million to improve the building and $2.2 million on equipment, machinery and computer hardware and software, according to the Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance.
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Vera Bradley Purses, Vera Bradley Handbags, Vera Bradley Fabrics, Patterns and more!
Date: Wednesday August 6, 2008Posted in: Vera Bradley News
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California is home to the 17th Vera Bradley retail store, which opens today.
The 1,674-square-foot, company-owned store has been designed by the Vera Bradley design team, which chose every detail, including furniture, fixtures, paint colors and lighting, according to the company’s statement Friday.
The store, in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville, will sell the company’s signature quilted-cotton handbags, luggage and accessories in addition to stationery, tableware, fine rugs and men’s ties.
Fort Wayne-based Vera Bradley Design employs 594 nationwide, including 360 locally. In addition to the 17 company-owned stores, five Vera Bradley stores are owned by retail partners.
