The Artisan Group at the GBK Golden Globes Gift Lounge January 2012

This weekend saw artisans from all over the globe glued to their computer screens as we kept track of Founder Valerie and Managing Partner Nikki at the GBK Gift Lounge in honour of Golden Globes nominees held at the Beverley Hills L'Ermitage Hotel.


100 gift bags containing $800 of handmade goodies were gifted to attending celebrities such as Jennifer Love Hewitt, Elizabeth McGovern, Jeremy Irons, Damien Lewis, Chris Noth and many many more.


The press were also gifted mini swag bags with reporters from the The Huffington Post, ABC News, Mingle Media, Hollywood.TV, LA Daily News, LA's The Place, Splash magazines and The Today Show in Australia in attendance.


Artisans participating in the gift bags were BeezKneezDesigns, 13 Black Cats Designs, Sahetah's Jewelery, Piccolo Paradiso, Cherry Tree Soaps, JuditB Jewelery, Blue Scarab Jewelry, Villa Lusso, Barefoot Bath & Body, Jewels For Hope, Java Jane Designs, Dave Dilli Photography, I Am Maryann, Expression Rings of Hope, Alexis Studio Design, Luster Metalworks, TearDrop Paperie, Botjoy, LapisBeach Hand-Knit Wearable Art, Simply Paperie, The Crimson Poppy, Swirly Garden, SariBlue, Caroline G, Kath's Elegant Accessories, The Write Stuff Design, Taradara, Oh Joy! Photography, Wee Bindery, Cloven Rustic Jewelry, Hearts Of Stone Jewelry, Longrunners, Cassia Aromatics


I was a participant at business card level along with a whole heap of other talented artisans.


Everyone's displays were greeted with such enthusiasm and many celebrities have tweeted the artisans thanking them.


Looking forward to hearing all the success stories that come out of this event!!

Celebrity Tweets!!

I LOVE Downton Abbey - we are talking obsession - I'm a history geek and I read the book in an evening!! So imagine my excitement when I tweeted Hugh Bonneville (Lord Grantham) about his nomination for a Golden Globe and asked if he would be attending the Gift Lounge. This is what happened next!!

Well I nearly fell off my chair I was so excited!! I went on to wish the Downton cast good luck for their nominations and he replied "Thanks!"

Happy Downton fan :D