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Have a wonderfully colourful week!

Visual Merchandising Displays

Hi!

I would like to share with you the best retail window displays which I have found recently.

That is all about visual merchandising.

Inspiring! Very inspiring!

Johnnie Walker “Where Flavour is King”, London

Moschino, London

LV express. , Plaza 66 Shanghai. 

Louis Vuitton, Las Vegas

Selfridges breathing window by Studio Souffle, London

 

Lace Up Save Lives, Nike

Hackett, London

Barneys, New York

Lord & Taylor

 

From the blog "Blog of Francesco Mugnai"
 

There are lots of ideas we can grab and use in our very own stores, online boutiques or just for everyday to clear our minds!

Be inspired!

xo,
IEVA

Tips how to take care of leather bags and other leather items!

EpicLeather classically designed, authentically styled, vintage look, hand crafted genuine long-lasting leather bags and journals and other beautiful items made from leather by EpicLinen!

Each piece of leather might have unique scratches, scars and discolorations which add specific characteristics to natural handmade leather bag. 

Few tips how to take care of genuine leather bags and other goods made from leather: 

• Small scratches can be removed by rubbing them gently with your finger. The natural oils on your hands will work nicely into the leather. 

 

• For larger scratches and marks apply a tiny amount of oil to the mark. Let it soak in for a few minutes. The excess should be wiped away with a clean soft cloth. At first you should always test any cream or oil on a small area of the bag before placing a bigger amount.

 

• The new bag will give special leather odour which is very common and natural to leather goods. If the smell is a little overwhelming, better to add a small nice sachet to the leather bag filled for example with lavender petals etc. Keep it for a few days, that should be helpful to reduce the odour. 

 

• Small drop of baby oil, olive oil or even an essential oil might assist to lessen the smell as well. Take a clean soft cloth and wipe evenly over the bag.  

Trademark EpicLeather by EpicLinen

 Hello new week!

Some of you already know, some of you - don't. 

Today I would like to represent our still brand new line EpicLeather which we have launched about a month ago!

EpicLinen and EpicLeather are two our trademarks now!

We are so proud of them! :)

Briefly about EpicLeather brand!

EpicLinen Team - that is myself and my husband both are focused only on natural, genuine products that fulfil a function, are comfortable and will stand the test of time!

EpicLeather sells only genuine handcrafted various designs and styles leather bags and journals. Bags and journals, notebooks, guest books including photo albums are classically designed, authentically styled goat, buffalo and camel leather production. 

 

 

These goods are still being processed in traditional way that has been used ages ago by exploiting natural materials and products! Each bag is a one-of-a-kind original masterpiece!

Photography by +Mindaugas Zumas 

The leather used for these bags is non-chemically treated and dye free. The leather retains distinctive earthy leather’s smell that evaporates away with days of use. Natural oil is primed once to accent natural scars, scratches, burns. All those features make bag unique in design. Oil protected leather is a subject to water resistance. The more is used, the softer, flexible and durable it becomes.  

What is more important – looks better with age, regular use as the leather softens and deepens in color!

Take your time to look around! 

Enjoy the time at our boutique!

xo,
IEVA

Summer Accessory - Linen Scarves

Hello! Hello! Hello!

to Everyone! 

It's been for a while since the last time I have blogged here.

Summer!
Summer runs non-stop with pretty awesome days!
Don't you agree?
There is no doubt we need to enjoy summer while it is herein.

August!
One of the hottest months of the summer!
Beautiful month!
Harvest time!
...unfortunately last month...

but! Noses up! We keep going forward! :)


Today we have started SALES, which is August SALE and very closely related with summer.

Linen Scarves are on SALE!

We run this SALE at our EpicLinen online boutique
and our Etsy shop!

Photography: +Mindaugas Zumas 
I hardly can imagine summer without these accessories.
I find it difficult not having scarves in my wardrobe. 

 










  Photography: +Mindaugas Zumas

 
 Linen scarves help to smarten yourself.
On chilly nights good to wrap yourself into scarf.
On hot days useful to cover from sun heat.
These kind of accessories easily can match to your outfit.


Create new outfits with Linen Scarves!

Photography: +Mindaugas Zumas

Please feel free to share with your friends or people you know
may like it! :)

See you soon!


Ach, that's right, and we moved back to our home country :)
Sending best wishes for all of you from there with those beautiful zinnias from my mother's garden!

Photography: +Ieva Zumienė 



   Happy Friday!
Happy Weekend!

xo,
IEVA

Types of Linen Fabric

Flax has been known since the ancient ages. 

It is an oldest natural textile fiber.

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Linen fabrics are widely used in households for its strength and practicality. In comparison to synthetic fiber, flax could be proud of its natural richness and undeniable attractiveness, no matter whether it is upholstery, decorative linen cushion or drapery. 

Flax surface is slippery and smooth, performs the function of air conditioning, resist well to stain and dust.

Damask Linen

This is a linen type fabric which is woven on a jacquard loom. Satin and plain weaves are used in this combination. Damask is smooth textured fabric desing with a double-sided features.Very often comes in one color but not necessarily. Damask fabric or jacquard patterns mostly used to design and sew tablecloths, napkins, table runners, placemats and other household goods.

 

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Plain-woven Linen
Plain-woven fabric is smooth linen. Commonly is divided in such categories: glass toweling linen, Holland linen, Cambric linen and butcher's linen.

Glass toweling linen - got its name from its mainly use. Guess what is it? :) Of course it is a wipe of glasswear. This type of fabric has a loose weave that makes it more absorbent and well-suited for cleaning purposes. Normally it has striped or checked patterns of red or blue on white or natural (gray) background. Just liek these:

 

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Holland linen - is treated with oil and starch. The main reason is to make it opaque, not letting the sunlight to force through. The best way to use it - to make lampshades and window shades.

 

http://www.wayfair.com/tall-gold-lamp-th.html

http://www.bellacor.com/green-and-white-table-lamps-th.htm 

Cambric linen - is the thinnest and finest diversity of linen fabrics. Plain linen fabric got its name from place - Cambria in France. Here it was firstly produced ever. Usage is very popular among those who makes handkerchiefs, lingerie, doilies and sheers.

 http://www.angolostefania.it/main/en/fazzoletto/

http://etsy.me/12V74Pr

 

Butcher's linen - it is also plain weave but stiff, rough and strong fabric. It is woven by using thin and thick yarns. 

 

Generally it is used for heavy-duty clothing such as butcher aprons.

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Loosely-woven Linen

Sometimes it is called as bird's eye linen because of small geometric patterns reminiscent of a bird's eye. It is loosely woven to make it highly absorbent. This type of linen fabric mainly used for diapers and sanitary towels. 

 http://romantichistory.blogspot.fr/2012/06/necessary-nappy.html

  

Huckaback - is one more loosely woven linen fabric type. Produced from melange of linen and cotton. It is woven in towel lengths.

 http://huckabacktowels.com/

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Another type of loosely woven linen is art linen which is produced from hand-twisted yarns and has a smooth finish.

 http://www.art-boards.com/OPL-SolidCoreConstruction.html

Sheeting Linen
Heavy type of linen, also has a characteristic of being wide. Use in produce of sheets, suits and dresses. Wider width is another advantage against other linen types listed above. This makes easier to cut patterns for garments of different lengths and sizes.

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http://www.ofdresses.com/1323/a-women%27s-linen-dress-for.html

Toweling Linen 
This name is dedicated to all kind of linen which is suitable in making towels. As far as we all know - towels are used for various of purposes on a daily basis. Toweling linen comes in different sizes. 

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/kotheafabric/3491918920/

Linen fabric is light, nice, long lasting, steady natural material which is easy to wash, dries out very quickly and the process of ironing is not as difficult as it might exist. 

In spite of this linen fabric crumples also fast, consequently appeared wrinkles are very common, which show its authenticity and originality as the result of high quality icon.

and!

Linen is considered a luxurious material but affordable to everyone!

Photography by +Mindaugas Zumas and +Ieva Zumienė 

 

Promoting Table Linens

Good evening everyone!

Today I would like to announce a special
coupon code to all of you!

Feeling happy as our flock of fans expanding! :)

+EpicLinen has hit 400 fans on Facebook page recently!

As a matter of fact we decided to host a promotion code which is 30 % OFF all
Linen Tablecloths.

Sounds good?

Coupon code is valid through 28/05/2013

Promotion code: TABLELINEN

If you know someone who would be interested in this promotion, please feel free to share this information!

In case if you don't know someone who would like to, please spread the word out as well! :)

Cheers! 

Happy shopping everyone!

www.epiclinen.com
http://www.etsy.com/shop/EpicLinen