Today at work...

I got to play with a bunch of new O'verlay prototypes.  We having been working with thicker material and coming up with some new concepts and products, and I thought I would sneak you a peek. 

One we will have available soon is "Decorative Corners."

 1/2" thick corners to be exact...

A big part of my job is product development.  So I spend  a lot of time drawing patterns and having samples made. Then the fun part, testing.  Sticking them to everything in my house, testing different adhesives, letting my kids beat the crap out of them trying to knock them off.

Here is my metal Crate & Barrel Parsons desk before (welcome to my laboratory)...

And with a little super glue tester...

Held really well. Joe had to kick it reallllly hard to get to get it off.

We still have some revisions we need to make before they go on the site.  

We want to use these for anywhere you have a 90 degree angle that needs dressing up.

And we have some mini corners for the LACK.

(Yes, there is a blinding amount of O'verlaying going on below.) 

So that is a portion of my fun today!  I would love to know what you think of these babies.  We will have them up once the kinks are worked out. 

And I almost forgot to tell you... O'verlays is running a 15% off sale 

thru 2/15 in honor of Valentine's Day.

Use Coupon Code LOVE15 at checkout! 

Also, thank you for your comments on yesterday's stress post.  You gave me lots of good ideas, and we are tackling the basement this weekend. 

 (I might just get my husband a dumpster for Valentines Day. 

Sadly he would seriously be turned on by that. He is a Spartan.)

Price Check and Thanks!

Hey everyone! I just want to give a big THANK YOU shout out to Joss & Main.  They have been so great to work with during my Curator Sale, and I hope you all have enjoyed it. But its not over yet! There are still lots of great things to be had.

Also, there was a little price glitch with the O'verlays fretwork panels in my Joss & Main Event, but its all fixed now.  First off, the pricing is per PAIR.  And secondly they are $32.95 per pair, which means they are less than $16.50 a piece- great deal! So if you have been wanting some, but holding out for a sale, this is it! Quantities are limited, so get them while they last! Sale ends Friday!

O'verlays on TV!?!

Holy Crazy Stuff! I'm at a serious loss for words. This past month has been a whirlwind and a blur since starting O'verlays and we have gotten such an amazing response from all of you. The design blog community has been such a driving force in our success, and we have all of you to thank.

  Danielle Oakey posted us back in the beginning of July and she was asked to do a feature on O'verlays by her local television station KLS Studio 5.  It aired today, and I feel like a proud mother watching their kid on TV. I'm all in "What? Pinch me!" mode. 

Click to video to watch. Danielle did such an amazing job and was so calm and collected. (I, on the other hand, was an excited nervous wreck just watching.)

BIG thank yous to Danielle Oakey and Studio 5 for making us look good!   

All in a days work...the out takes.

So yesterday we had a little photo shoot.  Cheryle and I both needed new head shots, and had been asked for some "at work" shots, so we complied.  We actually had to have our "end of the week wrap- up" Friday meeting early because Cheryle is leaving me for a vacation today.

 I know, how dare she?

So we did our little wrap up, with cocktails -keeping it real.

 (BTW we start Mondays with coffee and a  "what is our goals" meeting so it balances out.)

My dear friend and photog diva Nancy Stanley snapped away...

We laugh a lot. I like to tell dirty jokes. Nancy helped in this department too. If I could remember jokes, I'd tell you the one she had just told us.

Me:" Hee- hee, snort, snort, snort"

Then it was musical chairs and back to business...

and more vag-jay-jay/ balls jokes and wine...

"hee-hawwww"

Next we headed outside, and it only got worse. 

We discovered a new fashion line and headgear...

Being serious is seriously hard.

As promised...

O'verlays finally has a Greek Key.

Here it is all done up.  First we have the small wee key. Its a hair under 2", but it packs a punch.  Check out this IKEA LACK hack...

We are will be selling this pattern by the foot,

(looks so good on Parsons style furniture, under crown molding,

around doorways and framing mirror)

or in a kit for the LACK side table shown above.

The kit contains 12 precut pieces... 8 for the legs and 4 for the apron, as well as adhesive tabs.

Next up is the BIG key for drawer fronts.

On the MALM, 7"x 30"...

(I need to get some more MALMs,

if my nightstand could talk it would say "what are you doing to me woman?")

and painted silver on the RAST, 7" x 22.5"...

we flipped the middle drawer to show you it's reversible if you want to mix it up.

Those big 20" squares are ready too. They are compatible with IKEA BESTA.

sorry, ran out of time and couldn't get a hack to show you... try to use your imagination here...

They can be used for tiling walls, privacy screens

 and they also give boring flat paneled doors some oomph...

Get them HERE!

The grand opening sale ends August 1st!

I'm off to declutter my house and get ready for a yard sale tomorrow.

Have a fabtastic weekend!

Never Ending Story and some Good News

Finally picked a color for my kitchen, against the male judgement in my house. C2-Mod, a light lilac/pink number. Its getting balanced with lots of charcoal and browns and orange. I compromised. My husband hated my big limed oak table. Said it was gross because the kids constantly trashed it, and all their food stuck in the grain. He was right in the practical sense (what is that?), so I switched the DOCKSTA back in for him and I picked the color. I'm a girl and I'm the primary kitchen slave. I need to be happy. So here it is in the beginning stage...

(ignore the hot mess throught the door, that is getting a mini-lift this weekend)

In other news.... guess what is going on O'verlays later tonight?
Big ass 20" squares and....

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you all have been so patient... (thank you)... BIG ASS greek key..

and some wee key too...

("I might be tiny and only 2" tall, but watch what I can do!")

Check back tomorrow for the done-did ups, good stuffs.

I'm a painting fiend right now, off to stick stuff on a RAST.

She done me proud...

I knew when I shipped O'verlays to Bri over at Me, You and a Wiener she would make something spectacular.  She is after all, IMO, the "Queen of Hacking".  So when I saw, this I was beyond excited...

She used the 5"x19" Danikas on this dresser and performed a magical facelift!

before..

I had a serious proud parent moment.  Cheryle and I are so pumped to see the O'verlays in action.  I love seeing how they are getting used, the colors and applications... just when I think I couldn't imagine another combination... BOOM, and there it is...

Now go hop over and see how Bri did this and tell her she rocks!

Do you have a before and after O'verlays project? We want to see it!

The OVALS are coming!

Thats what a new pattern, 2 mojitos and natural born awkwardness looks like folks. Sexy, I know. You should have seen the shots where I vogued with them, if only they hadn't blurred.

My husband is a lucky man.

So YEAH! O'verlays has a new pattern about to launch!

Wanted to share it with you here first... meet our little oval bundle... 

She'll be showing up on O'verlays early next week in the standard sizes to fit Malm, Rast and some others.  I am trying to decide if I like overlapping or non overlapping better for larger panels...

Which do you prefer? Heck, I can do them both if you want. 

Greek Key is up next and then some Pagodas.  I'm  SO excited about these new babies!

Can't wait to share them with you soon.

I'm off to play with prototypes and drink my mojito face off.\

Happy weekend!

O'VERLAYS IS LIVE!

We have fretwork panels available for sale finally!

O'VERLAYS is live!

And I feel ready to drop!  We are so excited and so exhausted at the same time.  Thanks for all the kind words and your patience. I know you were probably starting to think I was full of it. Starting a new business took a bit longer than we anticipated, and in the 11th hour (this past Friday) we realized that if we wanted the site to look like how we wanted we were going to have to take over designing it ourselves. yikes.

 

  Despite the fact that the only thing I ever designed online was my blog,  we did it and launched. (I did lose our storefront 3 times in an overtired fog of hitting wrong buttons and mildly stroked) I give all you web designers out there massive kudoos. My back hurts from hunching over a screen and I have had daily migraines from staring at a screen,

and don't get me started about code.

The only down side is we can't do coupon codes or bulk price breaks at this time, but hopefully in the near future. Instead we marked the store down for you.  The site incorporates Adobe Flash, so we apologize to all the iPhones in advance- that was the trade off with the template we chose-

 but it looks pretty*.

And as promised we have a winner of the $50 credit....

Thank you for all your comments! We really hope you enjoy our product

and would love to hear your feeback.

In the meantime here is a brief overview of what we are offering:

- we have 4 sizes and patterns currently-more in production.

-we are made locally so we can do custom rather quickly 7-10 days to ship from design approval,

just contact us with the size you are interested in and we will send you a quote.

-the product is paintable,

just use a paint or primer made for plastic

(we like Krylon & Rustoleum's spraypaints)

-we include adhesive tabs that we recommend for smooth, clean surfaces like glass or mirror,

on painted or slightly textured surfaces we recommend using a few tabs to hold it in place and to secure it with a couple small brad nails in the corner. You can also use your own adhesive.
-we will ship internationally- just contact us, we are working out the pricing still, but it can be done!

I know there is more, but my brain is drained...

I will be back now on a regular basis. Thanks for understanding my lack of posts lately, hopefully it was all worth it! Now I just need a good nap.
Let me know what you think, and thanks again!

xox
Danika