Looking Ahead to a Year Full of Promise- 2012

Beth and Lisa celebrate life by wearing hats!

As 2011 draws to a close, we look reflectively back on all we have accomplished and endured in the past year and look hopefully towards next year- 2012. Although scholars are divided as to what the world has in store for 2012- the main concern being the end of the Mayan calendar, many other theories abound as well– among astronomers, alien watchers, New Agers, Native Americans, Christians, etc. as to what will really happen at the close of next year.

One recurring theme is that it’s not the “end” at all, but really a new beginning, a turning point in the history of the mankind and the world when things begin to change for the better. Here at GPP, we prefer to lean our beliefs towards this hopeful outlook on the future. So that said, here’s what’s been going on with us:

After some initial pilot placements in an upcoming new tv series for HBO, “Veep”, starring Julia Louis Dreyfus, we look forward to placing our clients in several tv shows at the start of the new year. Beth and Lisa did a trip to the NYC studios in Long Island City, Manhattan and Brooklyn to deliver some seasonal cheer in the form of gift baskets highlighting some of the products we had just had the pleasure of placing in “Veep”.

Baskets of green and local product goodness for NYC productions.

Basket of green goodness for "The Good Wife"

As Beth knew the decorator for “The Good Wife” from many moons ago (coincidentally also named Beth!) , when GPP Beth was a dresser and shop’s keeper on the movie “For Richer or Poorer”- TGW Beth was the decorator, both Beths had been in touch and TGW Beth was very excited about and supportive of our company. “The Good Wife” shoots at Broadway Stages , which is the world’s first solar paneled sound stage, and the day we arrived, “The Good Wife” told us they had won an EPA award for green production. Yay for “The Good Wife” and we’re so glad you like our products! TGW Beth also has gained international attention for the decoration of their lovely sets. You can follow her on twitter @goodwifesetdec.

Over two days, Beth and Lisa delivered our baskets of cheer to multiple productions.

Beth at Silvercup Studios

Lisa at SVU

We were very happy to be able to meet the decorator for “Gossip Girl”- a very nice woman named Christina who was also the decorator on “Sex in the City”! She also loved our stuff and was immediately thinking of a place to dress in the Damn Good Doormat that was part of her basket.

We also paid a visit to our friends at the eco-media pioneering Film Biz Recycling and Prop Shop. We finally got a chance to meet founder and president Eva Radke in person and found her to be a soul sister of the first order! She’s someone who spent years as a film and commercial art department worker bee just like us and decided it was time someone did something to reduce the waste created by such a usually wasteful business.
What Film Biz has done over the past 4 years is phenomenal. There should be an organization like theirs in every production city. GPP and Film Biz fully support each other’s efforts and hopefully have forged what will be a long and mutually beneficial friendship.
We also paid a visit to Sustainable NYC which won Green America’s People’s Choice Best Eco Business Award this year. Some fun and interesting stuff in there- and you bet we’ll be contacting some of those companies represented in the store! And of course- off to the Christmas Market at Union Square where more local, green, entrepreneurial products were seen- and some holiday shopping done as well!

Then- we were to get our own holiday gift in the form of a wonderful interview with Beth of GPP published on New Hope Media 360’s website. This is the organization that publishes “Natural Food Merchandiser” and organizes both ExpoEast and ExpoWest, the two largest natural products expos in North America.
The next day our friend Jeff calls us- he’s decorating VH1’s “Single Ladies” in Atlanta and wants to know what we can get him for the show! So- we’re starting 2012 with the promise of placements in 4+ major network shows and more coming our way as well once all of the holiday season dust settles.
Lastly, we send out best of holiday wishes to you all- thank you for your interest in our company.