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Accessorize Your Holidays
Horse Canada
November - December 2009
Life's too short not to surround yourself and your friends with stuff you love and that reflects your passion! This article in the November - December 2009 issue of Horse Canada Magazine and details Rebecca Ray's designer accessories and the Annie and Keeley handbags.

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Woman Entrepreneur Rebecca Smith Turns Her Passion Into Profit
CountryLiving.com
November 20, 2009
An equestrian, dog breeder, and creative business owner, she found a way to channel her love of the sporting life into a successful accessories company.
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Accessories and Home Decor Products from Rebecca Ray Designs
CountryLiving.com
November 20, 2009
Some of our favorite picks from this women entrepreneur's signature line.
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Country Living Collection by Rebecca Ray
WhatsWear.com, Online Fashion Magazine
November 18, 2009
The Country Living Collection by Rebecca Ray is an exclusive collection of handbags, travel accessories, and home products created by designer Rebecca Smith in association with Country Living magazine. Intended to bring a little bit of that leisurely country style into the lives of every contemporary woman, this Rebecca Ray collection uses vintage imagery, antique photos, authentic equestrian hardware and unique but sturdy fabrics to create a modern approach to country style.
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Tune in to our new PBS Show!
Lifestyles with Rebecca will air October 11th
October 11, 2009
Lifestyles with Rebecca is an exciting PBS series of 13 weekly episodes, featuring Rebecca traveling the highways and byways of America with her design partner Michelle Luciano. The pair will introduce viewers to the people who have embraced artistry, creativity and simplicity to “Re-Life!” themselves.
www.lifestyleswithrebecca.com

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Country Living Expands its Artisans Collection with Rebecca Ray
Press Release
August 2009
(New York, NY August 3, 2009)

Hearst Brand Development is delighted to announce a new partnership with Rebecca Ray Designs. Rebecca Ray is the newest member to join the Country Living Artisans Collection, a specialty partner business created in 2007 celebrating the work of talented American artisans. The exclusive collection by Rebecca Ray Designs, features a line of hand sewn bags and accessories that will debut at the New York International Gift Fair, August 15 – 20 (Booth # 2721/2723).

“The Country Living Artisans Collection allows us to serve our readers lifestyles by offering designs and styles that harmonize with the spirit of Country Living readers”, said Glen Ellen Brown, vice president, Hearst Brand Development. “Rebecca Ray is a natural partner for us, given her unique ability to combine yesterday’s vintage looks and interpret them for modern day use as market and travel bags for today’s women on the go.”

“I have been very fortunate to connect and have a great support system with the Country Living community,” commented Rebecca Smith, founder of Rebecca Ray Designs. “The Country Living Artisans Collection will offer American women distinctive designs with practical usage at affordable prices.”

New plans and projects for Rebecca Smith continue this fall... Lifestyles with Rebecca Ray, (www.lifestyleswithrebecca.com) an exciting PBS series of 13 weekly episodes, featuring Rebecca traveling the highways and byways of America with her design partner Michelle Luciano. The pair will introduce viewers to the people who have embraced artistry, creativity and simplicity to “Re-Life!” themselves. On September 18th, 2009 Rebecca Ray will take part in the 4th annual Country Living Fair in Ohio Village, Columbus, Ohio. It is at this uniquely Country Living event that Rebecca Ray’s new collection will be introduced to the public for the first time.


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The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Trio of Locals is Behind Show on Starting Over
July, 2009
"LifeStyles With Rebecca," a weekly PBS series premiering in October, provides a weekly dose of hope and inspiration by putting the focus on Americans who, by choice or economic necessity, have successfully reinvented themselves. The show is the brainchild of Tom Jacobs, who lives in Shaker Heights and stars Rebecca and Michelle of Rebecca Ray Designs.
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Spotlight on Rebecca Ray Designs
SewingBusiness.com
June 2009
Rebecca Yuhasz Smith started her Rebecca Ray Designs handbag business about eleven years ago, but says she feels like an overnight success, even though she’s been working at the business for years. A couple of years ago she says her business made $24,000, but that all changed pretty rapidly when she won the Country Living Country Living Magazine’s Pitch Your Product Competition in 2007.
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Rebecca Ray Designs grew after owner let others into business
Cleveland Plain Dealer
June 2009
Michelle Luciano and Rebecca Yuhasz Smith of Rebecca Ray Designs said they underestimated what it took to turn a small cottage business into a nationally distributed line of bags and accessories. Friends since childhood, the business partners have a new national PBS television show about people who reinvent themselves.
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Trendy Tuesday: Local woman leaves corporate America for design
WKYC Channel 3
March 2009
WKYC Channel 3 features Rebecca on their weekly segment called "Trendy Tuesday."
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Rebecca Ray's
Flagship Store is Now Open!
April 2008
The Rebecca Ray Design Team opened our flagship storefront in Chagrin Falls, Ohio on Wednesday, April 9th. The success of our handbag collection, and Rebecca's penchant for collecting sporting art antiques, led to the company out-growing several basements and storage spaces. A great space was available in Chagrin, and we took the opportunity to use it as a design studio, office, and retail store. In the Step North building with Brides by the Falls, The Bees Knees, Imagery, and other boutiques, we are excited to bring Chagrin a totally unique shopping experience!

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The Cleveland Plain Dealer
In Your Space (view pictures)
June 2008
The Rebecca Ray Studio in Chagrin Falls is featured in the June 9, 2008 issue of The Plain Dealer. An article in the Business section of the paper, "In Your Space," features the retail and design space of Rebecca Ray Designs.
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Country Living Magazine
Collecting: Displays of Affection
February 2008
Rebecca Ray Designs was honored again by Country Living Magazine in its February 2008 article, "Displays of Affection". The article on the growing trend of collecting dog art was followed by a mention of Rebecca Ray Designs as a source for canine collectibles.

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Country Living Magazine
Pitch Your Product
November 2007
We participated in the magazine’s Pitch Your Product event as part of the Women Entrepreneurs program. We are honored to have been selected.
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