With the holidays behind me, during the first few months of 2013 I put together a collection of images to take to press for Haute Wrap. At the same time I began work on designing my logo, branding, and packaging.

I went to New York to pursue another project that I had been wanting to produce for over a year: Italian woven scarves with my images. While in New York I was approached by the National Stationary Show that is held in May. I wasn’t keen on the amount of time, travel and the money and I’d have to spend to enter the show, but they did a great job convincing me to come to New York in May and introduce Haute Wrap.

It was a splendid 2 weeks  — in fact, there are a few new gift wrapping papers for 2014 inspired by my visit to New York!