One of the things I’m most looking forward to when our Philly store opens on Friday is seeing our new spring store displays! Our display team has transformed the entire atmosphere of our store from rich, sparkling winter to a light and airy spring.
We have a very cool giveaway for you today!! When I first saw our fall displays I fell completely in love with the deer – each store got one of the sculptures, which they then painted and embellished so that each one is unique and special to the store where it lived :) Now that our holiday displays have gone up in stores, and Fall displays have come down, we have some deer that we’d like to give away!
Since the deer are large (and heavy!) and fragile, we are offering the giveaways separately in each location where they are available, so that the winner can go pick it up at their convenience.
The following locations are each giving away ONE DEER. Please click on the link for your desired location and fill out the brief form to enter to win. This giveaway will remain open for one week, and then I will pick one winner for each location. I will send the winner a confirmation email and put you in touch with the store so you can schedule a time to pick up your deer.
These would make the most amazing lawn decorations! Good luck :)
*click on the link below for the store closest to you and fill out the form to enter*
Arizona:
Free People Scottsdale – 15147 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale AZ
California:
Free People Cahuenga – 1520 Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles CA
Free People Corte Madera – 1618 Redwood Highway, Corte Madera CA
Free People Glendale – 137 South Brand Blvd, Glendale CA
Massachusetts:
Free People Boston – 800 Boyleston St. #A, Boston MA
Free People Burlington – 75 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington MA
Free People Cambridge – 63 Church St, Cambridge MA
New York:
Free People 5th Ave – 79 5th Avenue, New York NY
Free People Garden City – 630 Old Country Road, Garden City NY
Virginia:
Free People Arlington – 2700 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington VA
Free People McLean – 1961 Chain Bridge Road, McLean VA
**UPDATE: Check your email, the winners have been contacted!!**
I have one of the awesome flannel lanterns from our Fall store displays and I want to give it to one of YOU!
To enter, click here and fill out the brief form. I will choose a winner at random one week from today!
Good luck :)
P.S. learn how we made them here.
Our display team continues to blow my mind… for Fall they have turned our stores into an enchanted forest of color and texture. Window screens crafted out of tree branches, sweater fragments, neon tape, yarn and other embellishments invite you into the store, where you are greeted by walls hung with embroidered canvas sacks, wooden flowers, patchwork flannel canvases embellished with sequins and cutouts, and even a magical free people deer. Take a look!
One of our fp girls cut pieces of her own sweater to use in the branch screen, making a cute crop top!
I love the colorful branches! Some are wrapped in fabric or string and some are painted. There are so many different fun combinations you can try!
Some of the canvas sacks are stuffed with sticks, while others hang flat on the walls. I love the bright colors and patterns of the embroidery!
The detail in these sequin blanket canvases is incredible.
All the tiny details make me smile.
This might be my favorite part – wooden flowers are taped in rows to the walls with neon pink duct tape! I am definitely thinking about doing this at my apartment.
how amazing do the flowers look on the wood panels?!
One store made their own little “barn” with wood and drew on it with chalk :)
pretty rad bike.
And last but certainly not least… the deer! Each store has one, and it arrived at the store as a plain statue which they then paint and embellish. So amazing! I love that each one is unique and special.
What do you guys think of the fall displays? What’s your favorite part?
i’m so excited to show you our new summer store displays now that they’ve been installed in all of our stores! these photos are from the opening of our new houston galleria store.
here at the navy yard our display team gets to work painting straw baskets! these photos make you realize just how much hard work and crafting they do…
ombre rope dying for what will be a very cool part of the display!
welcome to houston!
the new store space is like a blank canvas about to be brought to life.
the display team works their magic with the ombre rope to create an amazing macrame wall installation!
love.
the opposite wall is adorned with this incredible rope tapestry pieced together with yarn, pom-poms and trims from india.
the delicate “sari dori” display that drapes from the ceiling is made of strips of fabric from indian saris strung together.
i love all the beautiful dark wood.
the bottoms of the baskets have been painted with neon colors and hung on the walls and above the cash-wrap as lights! so awesome.
they’re also great for holding plants :) which leads me to my favorite part of the new displays…
the window display, where these incredible swings live! i would kill to have one of these at my beach house. i mean really…
so beautiful. and stay tuned, because i have not one but two amazing pieces of the summer displays to give away on the blog… trust me, you don’t want to miss this one ;)
*UPDATE 3/14 – congrats to our winner, fariza from california!*
i love everything about our spring store displays, but my favorite part are the amazing fabric covered suitcases. so i was very excited that our display team brought this beauty over to me for us to give away on the blog! can you imagine waiting for your luggage at baggage claim and seeing one of these come around on the conveyor belt?! talk about one of a kind!
underneath the fabric is a durable plastic suitcase, so these can be used although i’d recommend being gentle with it, due to the delicate nature of the hand-sewn fabric and embellishments.
to enter the giveaway, click here and fill out the simple form. we will leave it open for a week and i’ll pick a winner at random on monday. good luck!
today i have a special tour for you of the home of one of our visual display artists who lives out in california! she actually used to work here in the home office, but relocated to the west coast to work on displays for our stores in the western region. she’s very talented and the epitome of a free people girl, as you’ll see in the photos of her home and personal style.
i’m already jealous.
you can see that she has been hard at work – on our spring store displays!
i love the record player, and the requisite chewbacca mask – we have a bunch of them floating around home office :)
she told me that her grandmothers have been huge influences on her life. the photo at top left is her grandma ella, about whom she says, “she died when i was young, but i resemble her most and admire her work ethic and grace. she raised my dad and he raised me to explore and travel. he took me on trips across the country when i was young and as an adult. that father, daughter time has been so rewarding to me as an adult. we have been on a lot of adventures as a family!”
the most important thing in her home is the “wall of objects” at bottom right. she’s pointing to a photo of her grandmother joan, about whom she says “she taught me how to sew, crochet, knit, and cross stich. i spent a lot of time crafting with her. she and my mother taught me how to be creative in everything i do throughout the day. the two of these ladies have been very inspiring!” she also collected giraffe figurines, and the ones at bottom left were the first ones in her collection.
check out the slideshow for lots more photos of her lovely home!
display work
personal style
her dog (right) meets claude (left).
thanks so much for letting us peek inside your home! and thank you to claude’s mama for taking the pics :)
*UPDATE 12/20*
congrats to our winners so far:
marissa from georgia, elena from new york, jill from washington & taryn from california!
just one more dress to go…
if you have already entered, you do not need to enter again. if not, you still have a chance to win – click on the link below to enter! good luck! xoxo
in the spirit of the holidays and giving, we’re doing ANOTHER giveaway!
a lot of you have been asking about the beautiful display dresses in our new holiday displays. well guess what? starting this week, you can enter by clicking right here and filling out the simple form for your chance to win one!
each week on friday, we will pick a winner. we have four dresses to give away and one mini display, which consists of two of the felt snowflake panels and two sheer glittery booti print panels – inspired by actual indian booti prints. we’ll pick the winner of the mini display this friday, and then each friday after that we’ll pick a winner who will receive one of the dresses. the final winner will be announced monday december 27th, as we are not in the office friday december 24th.
you only need to enter the giveaway once, and each week a name will be selected at random from the entire list of entries.
PLEASE NOTE: the dresses are NOT meant to be worn. they are for display purposes only.
some of the dresses are embellished with pieces of glass and we would not want you to hurt yourselves :)
**finally, for those of you who do not win- you still have a chance to own one of the lovely dresses! they will be sold in our stores starting the day after christmas for $40 each, so stop by your local FP store to snap one up.**
good luck and happy holidays! xoxo
when i was looking through the photos of our new scottsdale, arizona, store i was completely captivated by this little “display moment” created by fp girl courtney.
love.
like it or not, fall is just around the corner… which of course means new store displays! here are some shots of the new displays at our king of prussia, PA store. the rich colors and the added texture of the yarn is perfect for fall, bringing to mind a cozy knit sweater you just want to wrap yourself up in.
i love how the fabric seems to be dripping from the ceiling, like the store is oozing creativity.
you may recognize the fabric covered vases that have been pictured around our home office and at our costa mesa store.
i think my favorite part of the display is the yarn. it is also used as decoration here at the home office – i love it, the colors make me happy :)
amazing work again, guys!
you probably remember these beautiful butterflies and dragonflies that flew into our stores for our spring display – well now that our new summer displays are up, they have gone into hibernation…and we want to give some away!
this giveaway will stay open until friday at midnight – and all you have to do to win is leave a comment below, and make sure to leave your email address so we can contact you if you win.
we will select a winner for each day (tuesday,wednesday, thursday, friday) to receive one of these amazing display pieces!
i am so jealous…i loved these displays and they’re even prettier in person because you can see all the details and craftsmanship that went into creating each one :) plus this is the first time we’re giving away some display items so it’s pretty exciting!
good luck!!!
**UPDATE Monday June 21 – the four winners have been selected and contacted. Once we hear back from them, we will announce on the blog.**
our new summer store displays are up and i am in awe!
for the garlands, our visual team drew inspiration from holiday decorations they saw in india:
here are some pics of the displays going up in our king of prussia, pa store!
the plexi art was done by hand by our display team members…stay tuned because we have a video of that for you!
the bikes are by far my favorite…they were designed by one of our visual display team members while she was in india.
aren’t they beautiful? i want one to ride around at the beach this summer!