We have new patterns, most using black, at Fairy Cove Silks! Be sure to drop by and check them out!
Phoenix
Black Tie-Dye Delphinium
Black Tie-Dye Pink Rainbow
Poppy Circles
Siren Song
Pink Rainbow
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Fairy Cove Silks Studio Relocates Back to Oregon
Meagan Maloney, Owner and Artist, Carries Specialty Silks Business Onward
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Meagan Maloney, owner and artist of local small business Fairy Cove Silks has moved the silk studio back to Oregon. Arriving just 10 months ago with husband, children, and studio in tow as a combined job move and family dream relocation to Greensboro. The family was hit hard when husband Michael Maloneys’ layoff came from his new local employer RF Micro Devices thus necessitating the return to Oregon for the family and business.
Fairy Cove Silks specializes in the artistic hand-dyeing of varied beautiful silk fabrics, offering a wholesome and creative product line of childrens’ dress up and imaginative educational silk toys, in addition to serving large niche markets of belly dance, women’s fashion, and interior décor. Their extensive services include personalized custom service of consulting, design, and sewing fabrication. A highly innovative and growing company, Fairy Cove has doubled in sales for four years, growing the business into a fully stand-alone production operation with its move to Greensboro. With the support of her husband, Meagan was able to launch a beautiful 2,000sf production studio centrally located and poised for growth in Piedmont Centre, located next to Mikhael’s Deli on Beechwood Drive, and employing a small dedicated staff.
Fairy Cove especially enjoyed the regions rich traditions of textile industry, having found a happy home here in North Carolina. As 99% of Fairy Cove’s business involves doing business online via its’ website www.fairycove.com and shipping globally, it is a loss to the local community as the companies’ future is so bright and fully anticipated becoming a productive and contributing member of the local art and business community. Just recently after many dedicated months of settling the daily operations of the local studio Meagan had begun canvassing the city and region for customers and businesses to partner with.
“Some of the business’ recent challenges have been the new CPSIA ‘toy’ legislation”, says Meagan, recently reported in the News & Record as a lead story in January 2009 which outlined the extensive difficulties small manufacturers of the US are currently facing with the poorly written new legislation. Thankfully, Fairy Cove’s “diversity of product line has continued to carry the business forward recently and allowed for continued growth in the dance markets of silk veil and costume as Fairy Cove Silks has emerged as a premier brand name serving the global dance community.”
Many factors contribute to closing of the Greensboro studio. While Fairy Cove actually showed steady growth through the fall in our shrinking economy, and even demonstrated record-breaking sales in January, the business is yet young, and provides only a portion of the families’ total income. The sponsored cross-country move for the family by RF Micro last year has been costly and full of much effort and multiple travel costs. When combined with the January layoff and RFMD’s offer of an additional paid return to Oregon, Michael and Meagan expressed that returning “seemed the safest course of action”.
Four of the families’ five children attended local schools -- Grimsley, Kiser, and Sternberger -- by the last name of Fuson. They will miss and be greatly missed by the welcoming faculty and community of parents and students. The family and children enjoyed the warmth of local community including many social summer activities at Green Valley Pool, and on into fall with the contagious patriotic school spirit of Grimsley where athlete scholar Daniel Fuson, a junior, played defensive lineman for Varsity Football and also placing just recently 2nd place at the Metro 4A conference winner as heavy-weight for the Grimsley wrestling team. Greensboro’s “green” shined on brightly with three children playing soccer through the fall on the lush fields of Bryan Park. It is with sadness we see this thriving happy family and business leave the good people of Greensboro. “Thank you Greensboro, the many thousands of wonderful people we’ve come to know --- for your ever warm and welcoming true Southern hospitality, we will miss you deeply!”
Plans for Fairy Cove are afoot for its relocation in hometown St. Helens, OR, just 30 minutes west of Portland along the beautiful Columbia River. The children are returning to their former schools and community, with mixed feelings of comfort and also some sadness and regret for leaving Greensboro. As the business has grown in size this past year, the time it has had expanding its infrastructure and operations will surely be of lasting benefit. Business will carry on, shipping to all destinations across the world.
For more information about Fairy Cove Silks and their innovative silk products for every use, please visit them on the web at: www.fairycove.com
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