Wild Sorbet Frame Co.

2010 Contest Winners!!!

2010-10-08T18:47:00.001-05:00

Home Category

1st Place: Laurie Nowling

2nd Place: Kerri King

3rd Place: Erin Montante

Nursery Category

1st Place: Kelli France

2nd Place: Deana Levine

3rd place: Lauren Savage

Studio Display

1st Place: Shelley DeJager

2nd Place: Allison Notgrass

3rd Place: Crackle Bingham

Hospital/Retail Display

1st place: Lauren Savage

2nd Place: Stephanie Seay

COVER WINNER: To Be Announced at Imaging USA 2011!!!

Thank you for all our entries! We love seeing our frames in your clients homes!

CONTEST TIME!!

2010-07-07T21:01:00.004-05:00

It's CONTEST TIME!!!

Yep, Can you believe it is here again? Well, we can and we are ready for some awesome shots from the most awesome photographers in the business, who just happen to be OUR clients!

Start ordering now to get what you need for the PERFECT SHOT!

PLEASE PLEASE Check Back Daily for Updates of Prizes!!!!

Here are the details:

Category 1: Home

Our frames with your images in any "Home type" setting.

To be elidgeible for prizes, frames must be hanging or on easels.

Category 2: Nursery

Our frames with your images in a Nursery setting.

Category 3: Retail / Hospital Display

Our frames with your images hung in a Retail space, hospital, physician's office etc.

Category 4: Studio Display

We want to see Wild Sorbet in your studio!

COVER WINNER!

Yep, some talented photog will be chosen to have their Image on the cover of our 2011 Catalog

along with a small biography of the artist inside!

PRIZES!

Keep Checking Daily for listing of Prizes.

Cover Winner:

$400.00 Credit with Wild Sorbet

Color Set and Pose Guide from The Walden's!
FULL Scholarship from AFTER DARK for New Orleans!!
(a $400.00 value)
V Gallery's Evolution Complete Box Set
6 months of Pree-Vu Software
6x8 Jillian Backdrop + a 8ft baseboard ($800.value)
from Barbour Backdrops

Home Category

1st Place: $250 in Wild Sorbet Product

3 months free with Animoto
3 months of Pree-VU software
VGallery Product Sampler

2nd Place: $150 in Wild Sorbet Product

Cool Camera Strap from Peppers
VGallery Product Sampler

3rd Place: $75 in Wild Sorbet Product

$10.00 off Joy of Marketing Product
VGallery Product Sampler

Nursery Category

1st Place: $250 in Wild Sorbet Product

3 months free with Animoto
3 months of Pree Vu software
Vgallery Product Sampler CD

2nd Place: $150 in Wild Sorbet Product

3 months of Pree-Vu software
Vgallery Product Sampler CD
3rd Place: $75 in Wild Sorbet Products

3 months of Pree-Vu Software
Vgallery Product Sampler CD

Retail / Hospital Display Category

1st Place: $250 in Wild Sorbet Product

Cool stuff from Design Revolution
3 months of Pree-Vu software
Vgallery Product Sampler CD

2nd Place: $150 in Wild Sorbet Product

3 months of Pree-Vu software
Vgallery Product Sampler CD

Studio Display

1st Place: $250 in Wild Sorbet Product

labeled "Feature Studio" in Catalog with "your story"
Vgallery Product Sampler CD

.........more to come

2nd Place: $150.00 in Wild Sorbet Product
Vgallery Product Sampler CD

.....more to come

BONUS TO EVERYONE!

Even if you don't Place as a winner - if we use your image in our catalog, blog or website you will receive 15% off any one frame for every image we use!! So what do you have to loose? We need LOTS of images for our catalog!

RULES!

I know.....I know...we hate them to but we have to have them. (they're not too bad!

1. We must receive your images between today and September 10th, 2010

2. We must have permission (verbal or email is fine) to publish your images in our catalog

3. We must receive your image in 300 dpi (ready for print)

4. You are free to send as many "views" as you'd like for judging (we will only use one though)

Hints:

Look at the 2010 Catalog (it is online if you don't have it) these are good examples

of what we are looking for

Think "magazine Style" use cool lighting!
Feel Free to "set it up" just to get a cool shot
Be sure to straighten pillows, make beds, turn off lamps to avoid glares, arrange accessory decor to best compliment the frame.
We REALLY need these: Stripes, Christmas Frames, Parisian, Gallery Frames and VGallery Frames and our new Multi-Opening Frames

2010-06-30T17:33:00.000-05:00

NEW SERVICE AT WILD SORBET!!
You've been asking for it and we Listened!
Now Available: FRAME FINISHING
What is this?
1. Your Lab Drop Ships Us Your Images(2251 County Rd. 28, Florence, AL 35634)
2. We Insert your Image, apply paper backing, hanging hardware and even Rubber Bumpers!
3. We send it to you ready to present to your client!
TA - DAAAA! COST?:
16x20 and Smaller.........$8.00/frame Larger than 16x 20 ........$12.00/frame Call 866-735-9707 to order**yes, we are working on integrating it into our website**yes, if you have an order here now, we can add the service if it has not already shipped

A NEW Face at Wild Sorbet

2010-06-16T11:51:00.001-05:00

Meet a New Face at WildSorbet!

We have a new business partner and are soooo excited! Kerry DeLay McCane is now a joint owner in Wild Sorbet and with her business expertise in finance and manufacturing........well, just get ready, here we come !!!! Kerry lives in Kansas City but has an office here at our studio in Florence. We just love it when she gets to visit which is about once a month.

Here is Kerry with the girls......Kristi, Alyse, Debra, Alena, Ashlie and Cindy.....Kerry is the tall one in Blue!

To give a little history on Kerry, she began her professional career with Proctor & Gamble and was over the global distribution of 'Febreeze' - remember when that came out? Well, that was Kerry! She was more recently the CFO at Clockwork Home Services in Sarasota, FL. This is a company that franchises Mister Sparky Electrical, Benjamin Franklin Plumbling and One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning! This company was just on the Celebrity Apprentice - if you caught that episode.....very cool! Anyway, Kerry now has her own consulting company but she and her husband decided to invest and actually become a part of Wild Sorbet. For that, we are very grateful. She has already improved many aspects of our business with many more on the way. Most of which you will see soon!

Thanks for your Thoughts!

2010-06-03T00:37:00.001-05:00

Just a Note from me...asking for your thoughts and prayers.

As most of you know, I am originally from the Mississippi Coast. Was born and raised on the Gulf and all of my family still call it home. We named our "Seaside Stripe" collection after the towns along the Alabama and Florida coasts - just my summer memories! Well a few days ago my Mom who is in Pascagoula, MS sent me this link http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/oil_reaches_louisiana_shores.html. It is from the Boston Globe and is simply some pretty disturbing images of the oil spill. I forwarded this link along with just a little note asking some of you to just remember them in your prayers and know that this is very real. I was just touched at the response. Within almost 24 hrs nearly every photog replied to me just to say they cared.
Can I just say "WOW"! Thank you .

I grew up boating, swimming, skiiing and fishing in these waters and I just want to cry as I watch this Oil getting closer and closer and ruining my beautiful coast. My brother, in Ocean Springs absolutely loves Salt Water fishing. Just this morning they closed another few hundred square miles of the Gulf from fishing. It is unsafe to eat the fist caught in these waters. They are saying we may not have shrimp for 10 to 15 years. We have THE BEST sweet Shrimp!!! (in case you didn't know).

On top of this, the current Hurricane Season predictions according to NOAA are very grim. This is suppose to be a very active and dangerous season. Katrina was only 5 years ago. I know some are tired of hearing of Katrina but my Grandmother lost her home and almost everything she had ever owned. She is just one of many. No pity needed or wanted by her, though. My heart simply hurts when I think of just one more disaster for this area.

Anyway, I simply wanted to put this on our blog to share with everyone. I am just so appreciative of your thoughts and prayers. I am a VERY strong believer in them! If you can say one for them - Thank you.

Tana

My weekend with Lori Nordstom . (and i finally met Julia Woods!)

2010-02-08T19:20:00.001-06:00

What A Weekend!!!

I just have to say...Lori and Dan are the BEST! Russ and I had an awesome time. We went to Lori's Studio on Thursday and got the "Grand Tour". I have to say, it is GORGEOUS! So open and beautiful. And I'm not just saying that because our frames are in the window ;0) Her studio sits on one of 4 main streets that surround a quaint, small-town America 'Square' - complete with courthouse in the middle and all.

We ate at a yummy Mexican restaurant on the square with Dan and Jaxon, Lori's son. (let me just say - this is Burrito # 1 for Dan and Russ).We stayed in DesMoines at 'Hotel Dan', which I highly reccomend for anyone visiting DesMoines - the hospitality was unbelieveable. LOL! A little too much snow for an Alabama Girl!

The PPof Iowa convention started the next day and let me just say...WOW what an awsome State Convention - they had around 350 people there with some great speakers (Lori being one of them!)

Their organization is very strong and everyone was so nice! All we had to do was speak and they knew we were visitors...LOL (wonder why?!)

So I got to finally meet Julia Woods. OMG - is she just the sweetest thing ever! We all went to lunch. Lori, Dan, Russ, Julia, Dan and Alex McClanahan and another Dan - 3 Dan's at one table - how strange! Dan (Lori's Dan) took us to the coolest place to eat, I had chicken (burrito # 2 for Lori, Dan and Russ). Afterwards we went to West End Architechtural Salvage - they take old architectural pieces and make cool furniture and stuff. Lori has the coolest giant frame they made for her our of old ceiling tins.

Saturday nite Lori spoke. She packed the room out! We lined the room with frames and she gave 3 away. I got to meet some really sweet Iowa photogs too!

I warned her I would post these!Lori,.......here they are (and you didn;t get to photoshop them!) Oh, by the way, if anyone out there is in need of a good photographer/drummer/guitar player....she's your girl! The theme party? "Party Like a Rock Star" - and boy did they! Slash from GNR was there as well as all the members from KISS (in full make-up).

After this late nite party, we headed to a secret, late-nite, mexican hide-away that (I think ) only Dan could find and yes, had yet another Burrito (# 3). (not that I was counting!)

Sunday Morning we went to Julia's program. She is a fabulous speaker. I am proud to say...i have a new bff! ;0) She was such a blessing to meet and talk to. She is one of those people who is just as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside (if that's even possible!) We chatted all the way to the airport together and well, she almost missed her plane b/c of it! Sorry Julia!! Can't wait to see ya in Vegas.

Russ and I hated saying goodbye but we had to. I want to make it a requirement that to order Wild Sorbet frames, you must be a member or Photo Talk Forum ! but I guess i can'tdo that! I do have to say it is an awesome forum and worth cheking out!

Lori and I had to get in one pose with a WS frame after her program!

Lori, Julia and I after Lori's Program

2010-01-19T00:00:00.000-06:00

Imaging USA 2010 and Wild Sorbet

We had a BLAST!! What a great show. Almost 10,000 photographers in Nashville, TN. It was Freezing and snowed almost every day but we didn't care! Take a peek at our fun.....

TOTAL CHAOS!! Lots of work to do! This is our crate that Russ built so that we can ROLL (most) everything we need into the show in 1 trip. Problem is...it's never just 1 trip.....LOL!The "idea" was a good one, so we give him an "E" for Effort!

This was the far left side of our booth. It was designed to resemble a den. We had a sillouette of a sofa painted on beadbord with a chair rail, wallpaper and even crown moulding and baseboards. The idea? After we hung a beautiful grouping of a family above the sofa, the photographer could get a visual of what we can do with these awesome frames. It's inspiration for you to share with your clients!

TA - DA!!!!!

The finished booth! Paper Lanterns and All! We wanted everyone to come by our booth and EVERYONE loves a party sooooo.....we made our booth look like a BIG PARTY!!!

If you didn't come, it's not b/c you weren't invited!

Vicki Taufer and Me. She was VERY busy. Did you follow her on Twitter while she was there?

Me, Ashlie and Sarah Petty sporting her New favorite long- sleeve T-shirt!!!

Jill Wight, owner of the awesome Jill e Bags. We LOVE Jill!!

Me and Elissa Kadue. Elissa is in Minnesota and is one of our greatest cutomers. I think she orders DAILY. It was so great to see her in person. She and her friend even helped us set up - now that's a GOOD customer!

Me, Rebecca Doehring and Ashlie! Becca has been a customer since the begining. Her beautiful baby, Edie Sue was the baby in the Nursery Collection frames in our booth - she is adorable!!!!

Laura Cotril, a customer since our first tradeshow...Chicks who Click! We love Laura!

We are going to WPPI in Vegas....come see us!!

Software at SHOW Prices!

2010-01-08T22:30:00.000-06:00

SOFTWARE INFO! Pree-Vu, the awesome new software for Wild Sorbet frames IS going to made available to you at the Show Prices offered at ImagingUSA.This will be available Monday and Tuesday ONLY Jan.11 and Jan.12(you are not buying this from me - so I can't extend it)see the flyer below for prices and details Simply call 706-210-0730 and ask for JeffThey have the BEST customer service and will be able to answer ALL your questionsYES - it is MAC compatible go to http://www.preevu.com/ for more info too!Just remember, these prices, for the years you choose, include ALL updates during that time!!!Trust me....there are bigger things to come ;0)

Come See US!!

2010-01-06T18:57:00.000-06:00

Come See Our New Software!

Yep, that's right! We now have software for you to show your clients the exact frame they are buying - before they buy it! It works almost exactly like Pro-Select and we are revealing it at Imaging!

SHOW SPECIALS!

15% OFF Any Frame in the booth (cash and carry)

and yes we have about 200 and they are ALL for sale.

15% OFF Trims and Corners - if we run out of Trim collections - we will ship them FREE!

10% OFF any frames ordered at the SHOW!

20% OFF ANY Backdrop Ordered at the Show!

Designer or Wild Sorbet

FREE Ledge with all orders $800.00 or more

Come see the NEW Gallery Frame by Kimberly Wylie - we are Introducing it here.

Be the First to offer this unique frame, made especially for Canvases!

2009-12-26T23:16:00.000-06:00

Don't Miss This:

Sarah Petty is having her

FREE Marketing WebSummit

Monday, December 28th!

click here to Register: Joy of Marketing Web Summit

Come See Us At IMAGING - in Nashville!

2009-12-26T20:03:00.001-06:00

Imaging USA....2010 Come see us in Nashville!We will be there January 10, 11 and 12. This will be the biggest booth we have EVER had.We will be unveiling our most innovative Frame ever - Inspired by Kimberly Wylie.Kimberly is the PPA Magazine's cover photographer for the Imaging Issue! Come hear Kim speak every day at our booth.Lori Nordstrom will also be stopping by! Check the blog daily for more updates!

2009-10-01T15:35:00.123-05:00

2009 CONTEST WINNERS

HOME CATEGORY


First Place : Kerri King, Camden, TN
	This frame is a 4" 16x20 Toffee Frame with Olive Bungalow Trim

Second Place: Michelle Rasmussen, Tucson, AZ
	This frame is a 4" 8x12 Sugar Cookie frame with Sugar Cookie on scroll trim.

Third Place: Becki Basham, Lufkin, TX
This girly bedroom display is made up of 1 12x12 Cherri Lolli sandwiched between two 6" 12x12 Strawberry Parfait frame with Posh Pink Gables trim.


NURSERY CATEGORY


First Place: Michelle Rassmussen, Tuscon, AZ
This grouping consists of a 4" 16x24 Milk Chocolate frame with blueberry muffin Wavy trim and a set of 3 10x10 Wavy Trimlings in Milk Chocolate

Second Place: Roots Photography and Design,Bloomington, IL
This sweet little frame is a 15x30 Cherry Lolly!

Third Place: Heather Carson, Auburn, AL
This grouping is made up of a 6" 20x20 Frame with Blueberry wavy trim and blueberry dots flanked by 2 4" 16x16 Milk Chocolate Frames with Blueberry rope trim


STUDIO DISPLAY CATEGORY

First Place: Roots Photography and Design, Bloomington, IL




Second Place: Jessica Kamm, Atlanta, GA




Third Place: Elissa Kadue, Hopkins, MN



RETAIL DISPLAY CATEGORY

First Place: Mindy Gibson, West Jordan, UT


Second Place: Heather Dillon, Scottsdale, AZ



Third Place: Vanessa Alves, Orlando FL

2009-09-28T09:31:00.002-05:00

We just LOVE giving you neat info! Whatever you do, PLEASE Don't miss this. When Sarah send me this info, I was blown away at the amount of knowledge available thru this 2 day event and it's FREE!!!!! Check it out!

2009-07-14T14:20:00.020-05:00

It's CONTEST TIME Again!

This is our way of getting great images for our catalog while showing off our Awesome clients!

So, if you have a frame, or even if you don't (you have time to order)....why not enter?

Deadline is September 13th

There will be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner for the following Categories:

Home

hint: any room in the house. We are really looking for room settings in any and every room! Kitchen, Den, Playroom, Bathroom, Master Bedroom....anywhere!

Nursery

hint: we would love to see the crib frame (6" 18x36) and changing table frame (4" 15x30) !

Studio Display

hint: we want to see creative studio displays - we know you have them!

Hospital/Retail Display

hint: try to get as many frames in the shot as possible but it would be great if we can tell exactly where they are. If not, we will put the location under the photo with your name

We know these are out there....we have sold them.....SHOW US!

AND

A Grand Prize for the Cover Winner

The winner will be chosen by our editor and announced at ImagingUSA held in Nashville, TN in January 2010.

PRIZES!!!!

**If you send in an image and we use it ANYWHERE....our blog, our website, our catalog....we will give you 10% off any one frame. So even if you don't PLACE in the contest, you can receive this discount if your image is used.

Home

1st place:

*Beverly Walden's "Basic Sales Suite"

(a 2-DVD set of 3 hrs of education on Sales and product development)

A $199.00 value go to timandbevwalden.com/ for more info

*$250.00 in Wild Sorbet Products

*Sassy mamaThredz from Ana Brandt
go to http://www.thredzshop.com/ or http://www.thethredzline.com/for more

*25 Send Out Cards + postage

(from Debra Ferro)

2nd Place:

*A Camera Strap of your choice from spiceupyourcamera.com

(donated by Lori Nordstrom)

*$200.00 in Wild Sorbet Products

3rd Place:

*$150 in Wild Sorbet Products

Nursery

1st Place:

*Vicky Taufer's Workflow DVD

A $149.00 value go to vgalleryhaven.com

*$250.00 in Wild Sorbet Products

*A twin set crochet (pink and blue - hat and bottoms) from Ana Brandt

go to http://www.babythredz.com/ to see more

2nd Place:

*A Camera Strap of your choice from spiceupyourcamera.com

(donated by Lori Nordstrom)

*$200.00 in Wild Sorbet Products

3rd Place:

*$150.00 in Wild Sorbet Products

Studio Display

1st Place:

*Something great from Sarah Petty..........details to come

*$250.00 in Wild sorbet Products

2nd Place:

*$50.00 gift certificate from Design Revolution

go to designrevolutiononline.com/ to check it out!

*$200.00 in Wild Sorbet Products

3rd Place:

*$150.00 in Wild Sorbet Products

Hospital/Retail Display

1st Place:

*Art of Romance DVD from Rick and Debra Ferro

($100 value)

*Something really cool fromHeather Bookout...details to come

*$250.00 in Wild Sorbet Products

2nd Place:

*Business and Marketing a Strategies from Rick and Deb Ferro

(a $99.00 value)

*$200.00 in Wild Sorbet Products

3rd Place:

*$150.00 in Wild sorbet Products

Grand Prize Cover WINNER!!!

*6 month membership to Lori Nordstroms Photo Talk Forum

(go to phototalkforum.com/ to check it out)

*$250 gift certificate to Design Revolution

(go to designrevolutiononline.com/ to see more)

*CM2 Dvd (Creative Marketing) from Ana Brandt

(go to b--studio.com to see more)

*$400.00 in Wild Sorbet Products

Here's How it works!

1. Think of your clients that you have sold Wild Sorbet Frames to and have awesome frames for photographing.

2. Ask them very nicely (maybe offer a session discount) to allow you to come to their home and shoot images of your Art on their walls. Remember, you can use these images on your blog or site too!

3. Be Creative! Get ideas from cool Magazines. Try something different. Try shooting from several angels but be sure the frame can clearly be seen. Refer to our most recent catalog for ideas. Don't have one? Let us know and we will send one out!

4. Haven't ordered a Wild Sorbet Frame yet? Call us. You have time to order and enter the contest. We can help......don't be overwhelmed.

5. Send as many images as you like but no more than 2 of the same frame or grouping.

6. Email 300dpi or larger to service@wildsorbet.com by September 13th.

Rules and Boring stuff

1. Contest is void where prohibited.

2. Contest ends Midnight, Sept. 13 2009.

3. No more than 2 entries of the same frame or grouping will be considered for judging

4. 10% discounts will only go to those entries actually used by Wild Sorbet and will be

distributed at time of usage

5. Contest Winners will be notified by Sept. 16 and Posted here by Sept 18.

6. All photographers will be credited by Wild Sorbet upon any posting of the image

How Sweet it is

2009-06-25T12:48:00.000-05:00

Was looking through a customers Blog and saw this post. I loved this frame when we made this design in this particular size but when I saw what Debbie Riggs had put in it.........I loved it even more!! This is just precious! Now I want an image with my 4 kids and all their cousins like this to put in one for me! LOL!

This is an 18x36 Teaparty frame (from the Classic Collection) with Milk Chocolate Plain trim.

2009-06-12T21:16:00.000-05:00

Check out this GREAT new Forum!!!!

I am putting this on the main page because I think it is something everyone should at least chck out! Lori Nordstrom has started this very recently and it is a great tool for any photographer. Check it out! There is a post about us in the vendor forum!
http://www.phototalkforum.com/forum/index.php?referrerid=349

Lori Nordstrom's Display

2009-04-28T21:15:00.000-05:00

Lori Nordstrom's Awesome Studio Window!!!

Who could pass by and NOT stop when they saw this!???!!!

Thanks, Lori for these great pics.

2009-03-27T12:14:00.000-05:00

CONTEST WINNERS

Since some of you are new to us, we thought we would post the contest winners from last fall.

They were on our old blog, but wanted you to see them here too!

YES, we will be having another contest soon.....so get ready!

We want your images, in our frames, hung on walls in a room setting!!!

Everyone always wants to know the colors of the frames we put on our blog so here ya go!

1. By Andrea Graeve:

Frame base: Espresso Trim: Haven on Plain Dots: Sugar cookie

2. By Elissa Kadue

Frame base: Candy Apple/Milk Chocoate Stripe Trim: Butternut Squash on Gables

3. By Andrea Rodman

Frame Base: Formal Bronze Trim: Rubbed Bronze Rope

4. By Kerri King

Frame Base: Posh Pink Trim:Custom green (to match bedding) Wavy Dots: Shave Ice Blue

5. By Michelle Tippman

16x20 Frame Base: Posh Pink Trim: Granny Smith Wavy

10x10 Wavy Trimlings: Strawberry Parfait, Green Apple and Raspberry

6. By Lisa Harden

Frame Base: Strawberry Parfait Trim: Milk Chocolate Wavy Dots: Milk Chocolate

Wedding Images from Kelly Ng

2009-03-03T21:50:00.000-06:00

Some really cool Wedding images (in some really cool frames) from photographer Kelly Ng. VERY creative, Kelly!!!

The top 2 frames are Bungalow Trimlings in Formal BronzeThe 3rd frame is a 6" 16x24 Formal Bronze with Rubbed Bronze on Bungalowside note: this is what we call our "twist on the tradidional" and is one of our biggest sellers!The 4th frame is a 2" 4x10 Posh Pink with Purely Pink on gablesThe last frame is a 2" 4x10 Formal Silver with Fruit punch on Rope.

2009-02-17T13:17:00.000-06:00

WELCOME TO OUR NEW BLOG!!!

Well, it was a long time coming, but thanks to Nikki at Expressive Style Graphics it is finally done. My new years resolution (along with my diet) is to post on this at least twice a week. Wish me luck! We are just busting at the seams with all you new photographers and are so happy you are here. Let me just say again, as I said 1000 times at IUSA.....please call us! The website and all can be a little overwhelming, to say the least. We are more than happy to guide you thru everything! 866-735-9707.

Here is a peek at some of our new designs that we unveiled at Imaging in Phoenix!