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I hope to achieve something extra by blogging and by that I mean a feeling of completion and closure by giving an explanation to my creations. My first love is designing and in this blog I would like to talk about the why’s and the how’s of product development. Plus and probably even more importantly, how certain small things can improve your life and beautify your surroundings.

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SGD's Journal Decorating your home and life with quality products made in the USA.

English - Design Ideas, Product Development, Beautifying Your Home And Life

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SGD's Journal · 2M ago

Ready to Have Some Fun Outside? Introduce the 2012 Colors to your Outdoor Space.

Have you ever seen that show DIY-Backyard Crashers? It truly is amazing what they can do in two days to a back yard. On a few of those episodes they add life-size lawn Chessboards and Bocce Courts to their backyards. At first I was like “what the heck?”, but as I thought about it, I [...]

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SGD's Journal · 7M ago

Monograms are a way of expressing our Southern Hospitality

I exhibited for the first time at the AmericasMart in Atlanta about five years ago. I was nervous and excited with all kinds of expectations and hopes. At the time my items were designed around the gourmet shops and I was mainly presenting tabletop products. My focus at the show was on finding m

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SGD's Journal · 8M ago

Shift our customer service back home

I was trying to set up my American Express merchant account yesterday online so that I could go paperless and change some of my banking choices and I kept having verification problems. They had different information on file than what I was entering in and after three attempts I finally realized I h

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SGD's Journal · 8M ago

Shift our customer service back home

I was trying to set up my American Express merchant account yesterday online so that I could go paperless and change my banking information with them but I kept having verification problems. They had different information on file than what I was entering in and after three attempts I finally reali

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SGD's Journal · 9M ago

Outsourcing our history to China – the final straw

Yesterday I was having my morning cup of coffee and flipping through a magazine when I turned on the TV to watch one of my favorite shows – CBS Sunday Morning. No fail, they always have great topics and leave you feeling fulfilled about watching. Your fulfillment generally comes with either excite

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SGD's Journal · 9M ago

Happy birthday from the wildcard.

Our daughter turned 12 yesterday amidst a flurry of activity around the house and many balloons and streamers. It was a double birthday party since one of her good friends has the same birthday as her – born on the same day, in the same city, living on the same street born just 5 hours [...]

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SGD's Journal · 9M ago

Self-preservation – Organization

An organized life is like a finely tuned machine in that all the aspects start to work together seamlessly if they are greased regularly, placed in the proper position, ordered by function and are rid of any dirt or grime that shouldn’t be there. I did not discover the power of organization until s

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SGD's Journal · 10M ago

What came first, the action or the post?

This is something new for me, blogging. Even though around my home I feel that I have a lot to say and everyone should be listening, this is a bit different when posting to the world who can decide whether they even want to be bothered. My children certainly don’t have that choice although they [.

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