Monday, February 8, 2010

A Valentine's Day Recipe


For those of you looking for easy Valentine's Day recipes, here's a cookie recipe that's quite delicious. (And the cookies look lovely on our French Country Cake Stand.)

Cake Cookies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

1 box cake mix
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup oil
1 egg
1/2 bag chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients together and spoon onto a cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

Note: You can use any combination of cake mix and candy chips. In this case, we used strawberry cake mix and chocolate chips. Some other delicious combinations: spice cake with white chocolate chips, chocolate cake with dark chocolate chips, yellow cake with chocolate chips.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Creativity with Santa


One of our dear customer friends passed along her brilliant idea for using our Hanging Santa Note Holder. She and her husband live off the coast of North Carolina on Ocracoke Island, and have traveled every year for the past nine years to Midland, Texas, to teach kindergarten classes about their island. They used the Santa Note Holder to help tell their island's story by dressing him up in various outfits, representing the the people who work on the island.

We loved the creativity and humor behind this project and hope you do, too.

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

A Wisteria Poem

It's a rather dreary day in Dallas. We're dreaming of warmer days ahead and the promise of blooming Wisteria. Here's a poem we came across that reminds us of spring!


"Field Guide" by Billy Collins

No one I ask knows the name of the flower
we pulled the car to the side of the road to pick
and that I point to dangling purple from my lapel.

I am passing through the needle of spring
in North Carolina, as ignorant of the flowers of the south
as the woman at the barbecue stand who laughs
and the man who gives me a look as he pumps the gas

and everyone else I ask on the way to the airport
to return to where this purple madness is not seen
blazing against the sober pines and rioting along the
roadside.

On the plane, the stewardess is afraid she cannot answer
my question, now insistent with the fear that I will leave
the province of this flower without its sound in my ear.

Then, as if he were giving me the time of day, a passenger
looks up from his magazine and says wisteria.

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Employee Spotlight: Sang


Sang is our Accounting Clerk. He is probably one of the nicest and most patient people you will ever meet. He and his wife are currently looking forward to the sleepless nights with their first little girl on the way! Please pray they don't lose their sanity!

What are your favorite things about working at Wisteria?
I enjoy being around and working with great people. Also, some of the products we have are really unique and fascinating.

What is one thing about you people probably don't know?
I'm an amateur musician. I love playing the guitar, and I'm currently leading worship at my church.

What is your favorite place to visit?
New York and New Jersey, my hometown.

What is the one place in the world you've never been but would love to go?
Many, many places, but I'd especially love to go to Europe one day.

How would you describe your personal style?
Laid back and soft spoken.

What is your favorite Wisteria item?
w2626 Chicken Note Holder Frame

What is your most treasured item?
My 1991 USA Fender Stratocaster Guitar

How many/what languages do you speak?
Two: English and Korean.

My one indulgence is:
Haagen Dazs strawberry flavored ice cream. I could eat a gallon of those.

Craziest food ever eaten:
Black goat meat soup. Did not enjoy it by the way.

Favorite spot in my house:
My little study room.

Favorite food:
Cheddar's Key West Chicken and Shrimp.

My pet's name is:
Willy, A Finnish Spitz

Favorite place to watch the sunset:
On the small mountain near my house called the Prayer Mountain.

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Squirrel Appreciation Day

Today is Squirrel Appreciation Day. Whether you think they are pests or pets, squirrels have a funny aspect to them that we love. In celebration of this holiday, we'd like to share a few photos. And to keep the appreciation going all year round, here's a few of our favorite squirrel items.


This squirrel was taunting one of our employees' dog.

While walking through the Dallas Arboretum, one of our employees spotted this squirrel either sunbathing or trying to camouflage himself on the rock.

This squirrel jumped out in front of one of our employees while he was on a walk.


Fore more info, you can read an article about the holiday here.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Mavericks Basketball Game

Before Christmas, several Wisteria employees got together to go to a Dallas Mavericks basketball game. Here's some pictures from the event!



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Friday, January 15, 2010

Trip to India Part 3


Here's a few more pictures from our recent trip to India. These pictures were taken in Jodhpur, which is known as the blue city. You can see traces of that in some of these pictures.





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