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IT ALL STARTED BACK IN 1992, WHEN BEN BUSKO WAS JUST 8 YEARS OLD, SELLING DÉCOUPAGE INSPIRED BY HIS GARDEN. ARMED WITH A PAINT BRUSH, BEN DEVELOPED HIS DESIGN SENSIBILITY AND TECHNIQUE PIECE BY PIECE; USING IMAGERY, A COLORFUL PALETTE AND WORDS IN ENTIRELY NEW WAYS; AND BEN'S GARDEN WAS BORN. BEN’S CHARMING DESIGNS ARE INDIVIDUALLY HANDCRAFTED USING TRADITIONAL ARTISAN TECHNIQUES HONORED FOR CENTURIES, EXCLUSIVELY & ENTIRELY BY HAND IN NEW YORK CITY. HIS EVER-EXPANDING COLLECTION INCLUDES COASTERS, SUPERSTRONG™ MAGNETS, FRENCH CRYSTAL PAPERWEIGHTS, PHOTO FRAMES, FRAMED ARTWORK, AND HIS CELEBRATED DÉCOUPAGE GLASS TRAYS AND PLATTERS. WHAT BEGAN AS BEN'S PASSION FOR SHARING HIS COLORFUL AND THOUGHTFUL WORLD TRANSFORMED INTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIS CUSTOMERS. TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES, SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH THINGS THEY LOVE, SHARE A BIT OF WIT AND AN APPRECIATION FOR FASHION. IT ALL WONDERFULLY RESULTS IN TURNING A HOUSE INTO A HOME! TODAY YOU CAN DISCOVER BEN'S REFRESHING AND CAPTIVATING COLLECTION OF UNIQUE HOME, GARDEN, GIFT & CHARM, IN OUR CELEBRATED BEN’S GARDEN SHOPS IN NEW YORK. A VERY SELECT GROUP OF EXCLUSIVE, SOPHISTICATED AND WELL CURATED BOUTIQUES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INTERNATIONALLY, IN EVERY TIME ZONE ON EVERY CONTINENT. WHETHER IN SAN FRANCISCO, SAO PAULO OR SHANGHAI, YOU'LL BE CERTAIN TO FIND A WARM SMILE, ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND AN ATTENTIVE, EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH EVERY PIECE OF BEN'S GARDEN. BEN BUSKO HAS DEMONSTRATED HIS DECOUPAGE TECHNIQUE TO MARTHA STEWART ON HER TELEVISION SHOW, HAD HIS DESIGN SELECTED AS AN OPRAH “O-LIST MUST-HAVE" PRODUCT, AND HIS DESIGNS HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN A NUMBER OF PROMINENT PERIODICALS INCLUDING HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, IN STYLE AND ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST. COLLECTORS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE GROWN TO PRIZE BEN'S DESIGNS.
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Copper & Glass Quote Coasters, Set of 4
Handcrafted of glass and antiqued copper with plastic bumpers protect the tabletop. Each quote available in a set of 4 coasters, wrapped with pewter grosgrain ribbon. The back of each coaster reads “Handcrafted with antiqued copper and glass in New York by Ben’s Garden.”
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Twinkle twinkle little star, point me to the nearest bar.
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Hello bubbles, goodbye troubles. Kate Thatcher
Kate Thatcher
1. T WINKLE T WINKLE
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I choose to pair my wine with good friends and laughter. Carter Thompson
[# CQ -21 02 ]
MAKE IT A DOUBLE.
2. H EL LO B U B B L E S [# CQ -2115]
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CARTER THOMPSON
Love the wine you’re with.
3 . I C H O O S E TO PA I R [# CQ -20 86]
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POUR IT TALL, WATCH ME FALL. finn harper
Kate Thatcher
4. M A K E I T A D O U B L E [# CQ -21 0 0]
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If you’re happy and you know it, raise your glass. (clink-clink) If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
7. I F YO U ' R E H A P PY [# CQ -2 1 04]
5 . LOV E T H E W I N E [# CQ -21 09]
6 . P O U R I T TA L L [# CQ -2 11 0]
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I can’t stop drinking about you. Emma G. Bond
8 . I C A N ' T S TO P [# CQ -21 03]
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When wine comes in, wisdom comes out. Carter Thompson
9. W H EN W I N E S CO M E [# CQ -982 ]
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May your home be a place where friends meet, family gathers, and love grows. �Anonymous
1 . M AY YO U R H O M E [# CQ -24 4]
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
Why limit
happy to an hour? W.C. Fields
Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. T H E O R N A M EN T O F [# CQ - 6]
3 . W H Y L I M I T H A P PY [# CQ -8 87 ]
4. W I N E A N D F R I EN D S [# CQ -276]
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Here’s to nights we’ll never remember, with
friends we’ll never forget. Anonymous
5 . H E R E' S TO N I G H T S [# CQ - 611]
Always be ready to have the time of your life. Tatum Thatcher
9. A LWAYS B E R E A DY [# CQ -982 ]
I choose mz friends how I like mz Cocktails... Strong, fabulous and with a twis¹t. Anonymous
6 . I C H O O S E M Y [# CQ -8 8 4]
Cocktails don't solve any problems, But then again, neither does water. Emily Beckett
10. CO C K TA I L S D O N T [# CQ -212 ]
Good friends,
good wine, good times. Henry Guest
7. G O O D F R I EN D S [# CQ -4 42 ]
WITH FRIENDS, IT DOESN’T MATTER IF THE GLASS IS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL. THERE IS CLEARLY ROOM FOR MORE WINE.
My friends have made the story of my life. Helen Keller
8 . M Y F R I EN D S [# CQ -50]
The road to a friends house is never long. Anonymous
W.C. FIELDS
11 . W I T H F R I EN D S [# CQ -965]
12. T H E R OA D TO A [# CQ -3 3 3]
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Step a side coffee thi s i s a job for a cocktail.
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Partners in wine.
about
Finn Harper
feelings. Finn Harper
Emma G. Bond
10. S T EP A S I D E CO F F EE [# CQ -20 8 8]
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I have mixed drinks
Here's to nights
11 . I H AV E M I X ED [# CQ - 20 85]
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that turned into mornings,
Wine a little.
12. PA RT N E R S I N W I N E [# CQ -2 1 01]
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Laugh a lot.
with friends who became family.
Finn Harper
Henry W. Guest
I drink wine because I don’t like to keep things bottled up. Finn Harper
13 . H E R E' S TO N I G H T S [# CQ -2028]
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14. W I N E A L I T T L E [# CQ - 603]
The sun and the sand and a drink in my hand.
15 . I D R I N K B E C AU S E [# CQ -2117 ]
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16 . T H E S U N A N D T H E [# CQ -2099]
The best cocktails are the ones we drink with friends. Emma G. Bond
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Great minds drink alike. Emilie Laurent
Emma G. Bond
Finn Harper
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Coffee keeps me busy until it’s acceptable to drink wine.
17. CO F F EE K EEP S M E [# CQ -2071]
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�ou’re only as stron� as the cock�ails you drink, �e tables you dance o� and the friends you �eep.
18 . G R E AT M I N D S [# CQ -2073]
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TIME TO WINE DOWN. CARTER THOMPSON
Emma G. Bond
19. T H E B E S T [# CQ -204 6]
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20. YO U ' R E O N LY A S [# CQ -2070]
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21 . T I M E TO W I N E [# CQ -2072 ]
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Hear no evil or speak no evil, and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties.
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There is always good living, when there is good drinking. Benjamin Franklin
22. H E A R N O E V I L O R [# CQ -8 86]
23 . K EEP YO U R [# CQ -203 6]
ANY FRIEND
24. T H E R E I S A LWAYS [# CQ -204 5]
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OF WINE
Wine a little, you’ll feel better.
IS A FRIEND
W.C. Fields
OF MINE. TATUM THATCHER
Cocktails and my friends make me happy. Emma G. Bond
25 . A N Y F R I EN D O F [# CQ -2027 ]
26 . W I N E A L I T T L E [# CQ - 603]
Friends don't let friends wine alone.
27. CO C K TA I L S A N D [# CQ -2041]
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Tatum Thatcher
Always be ready to have the time of your life. Tatum Thatcher
28 . F R I EN D S D O N ' T L E T [# CQ -797
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Harry C. Fields
Oscar Wilde
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Keep your friends close, & your wine glass closer.
There’s always time for a glass of wine. Henry W. Guest
31 . T H E R E' S A LWAYS [# CQ -2031]
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When you reach the end of your rope,
tie a knot in it and hang on. Thomas Jefferson
29. A LWAYS B E R E A DY [# CQ -982 ]
3 0. W H EN YO U R E AC H [# CQ -983]
Wine is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy.
The trouble with trouble is, it starts out as fun.
I cook with wine & sometimes I even add it to the food.
Benjamin Franklin
Anonymous
W.C. Fields
32. W I N E I S P R O O F [# CQ -871]
33 . T H E T R O U B L E W I T H [# CQ -8 81]
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3 4. I CO O K W I T H W I N E [# CQ -8 82 ]
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Ben's Amusing™ Premium Cocktail Napkins
Ben thinks no detail is too small. Ben also thinks that there is nothing wonderful about a regular, thin beverage napkin. Enjoy a proper cocktail and add just a bit of cheer with each of our premium inspired cocktail napkins. Each napkin measures a generous {5}” by {5},” and printed on premium three-ply softest tissue. Forty napkins are packaged in a clear, plastic box. Sure to give each guest a party they will not forget.
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1 . T I M E TO W I N E [# C N Q -2072 ]
I choose to start with cocktails, because no great story ever started with a salad.
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2. M A K E I T D O U B L E [# C N Q -21 0 0
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Cocktails don't solve any problems, But then again, neither does water. Emily Beckett
Amelie Laurent-
4. I C H O O S E [# C N Q -4 55]
5 . A LWAYS B E R E A DY [# C N Q -982 ]
7. I C H O O S E TO
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10. W I T H A L L T H EI R [# C N Q -274]
6 . CO C K TA I L S D O N ' T [# C N Q -2 12 ]
Life is just like a cocktail party in the sunshine.
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With all these time zones, happy hour may Anonymous never end
3 . G R E AT M I N D S [# C N Q -2073]
[# C N Q -20 86]
YESTERDAY IS HISTORY. TOMORROW IS MYSTERY. TODAY IS A GIFT.
tatum thatcher
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
8 . L I F E I S J U S T L I K E [# C N Q -213]
9. Y E S T E R DAY I S [# C N Q -4 51]
A party without cake
is just a meeting-
I choose mz friends how I like mz Cocktails... Strong, fabulous and with a twis¹t. Anonymous
11 . A PA RT Y [# C N Q -75 6]
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12. I C H O O S E M Y [# CQ -8 8 4]
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Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.
Why limit
happy to an hour? W.C. Fields
Henry W. Guest
13 . L I F E I S W H AT [# C N Q -3 57 ]
WE OUGHT TO BE OPENING A BOTTLE OF WINE! EDITH WHARTON
14. I M P E R F E C T I O N [# C N Q -272 ]
Happy
15 . W H Y L I M I T [# CQ -8 87 ]
16 . W E O U G H T TO [# C N Q -526]
Here’s to nights we’ll never remember, with
hour is the best hour.
friends we’ll never forget.
Henry Guest
Anonymous
17. H A P PY H O U R [# C N Q -73 5]
18 . S O M EB O DY [# C N Q -8 83]
19. H E R E' S TO [# C N Q - 611]
Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.
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Everyone needs to believe in something and I believe I’ll have another drink.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
20. I T ’ S T H E M O S T [# C N Q -4 4 4 4]
21 . L AU G H A S M U C H [# C N Q -712 ]
Agood friend, knows when to make a cocktail and talk it out. A great friend, knows when to just stop talking and hand over Anonymous— the bottle. 24. A G O O D F R I EN D [# C N Q -929]
Humphrey Bogart
22. W I N E A L I T T L E [# C N Q - 603]
23 . E V E RYO N E [# C N Q -8 8 8]
IF YOU ACCEPT A DINNER INVITATION, YOU HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO BE AMUSING. THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR
25 . PA R I S I S A LWAYS [# C N Q - 61]
26 . I F YO U ACC EP T [# C N Q - 62 ]
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27.T H E T R O U B L E [# C N Q -8 81]
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Ben’s Timeline BEN’S GARDEN
{1983} Ben Busko is born in Setauket, Long Island, NY. {1987} Ben started his first garden. {1988} Known to always have a gardener’s trowel or paintbrush in hand. {1989} Ben découpaged his mother’s cocktail table. She was pretty impressed. {1992} Ben started “BEN’S GARDEN” selling découpage & notecards. {1994} Mails Smith & Hawken and New York Botanical Garden a catalog, gets orders from both. Orders pour in. Ben puts his friends to work in his parent’s carriage house. {1995} Ben had to change the “Please call 24/7, we’re waiting,” in his catalog, because his mom was not happy answering the phone at night. {2000} A.P. English High School teacher conferenced his parents. Pages were missing from his textbooks. (He was making paperweights with the quotes.) {2000} Publishes first issue of BEN’S GARDEN Quarterly. {2001} Met with C.Z. Guest, a famous socialite, to ask her to write for his magazine. While eating tiny sandwiches and watching her son practice polo, Ben talks about taking up polo as a sport. She laughs and agrees to { Ben on right, his brother Jon in BEN’S GARDEN.} write for his Magazine. {2002} Graduates High School. Running BEN’S GARDEN at home in Setauket was making his parents and neighbors nuts. {2003} Has a personal meeting with head buyer at Anthropologie, and BEN’S GARDEN get’s an order! They end up buying all of Ben’s designs within 6 months. {2003} Becomes a Certified Master Gardener through Cornell University. Wholesale clients grow to include: ABC Carpet & Home, Dean & DeLuca, Kate’s Paperie. Ben begins regularly exhibiting at national trade shows in Atlanta, San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York City. {2004} Ben turns 20, and moves to Oyster Bay, Long Island and opens his first BEN’S GARDEN Store & Artist Studio. {2006} Ben’s Custom Découpage is featured in InStyle Magazine, and Ben is formally introduced to every bride, mother-to-be and gift-giver in America, even in Paris, Belgium and Chile. The orders fly in. {2006} Starts writing quarterly magazine column for Home Magazines. Ben’s A.P. English high school teacher is impressed. {2007} Opens second BEN’S GARDEN Store in Huntington, New York on Long Island at 3850 Sq. Ft. with indoor conservatory room. Learns it’s a big store to vacuum. {2008} BEN’S GARDEN Studio in Oyster Bay expands into the space next door, to meet increased wholesale demand. It turns out customers like great handcrafted things made in the U.S.A. {2008} Ben’s découpage designs are featured on Oprah’s “O-List.” Hip, hip, hurray! {2009} Ben moves from Oyster Bay to Manhattan, he chooses to live above the High Line, of course. {2010} Ben meets Martha Stewart. During two segments on her Show, he teaches her how to découpage and paint antique maps (all while trying not to fall over and speak in complete sentences), he attempts to not let on he’s read all 40 of her books, and admit to looking forward to each issue of her Magazine. “Wow, every drop of glue is just where it should be....” said Ben overlooking Martha while she is gluing, “well of course,” she replies. {2011} Installs a 4,000 sq. ft. living green wall on the rear facade of his Huntington Store, the first on Long Island. The profound reality of gravity sets in quite abruptly, yet the Green Wall is deemed a success and small wonder. {2012} Business booms and Ben flies to the Nordstrom Flagship Store in Seattle to have his first BEN’S GARDEN “meet-andgreet,” sign découpage pieces and celebrate their Nordstrom Anniversary Event. Amazing! {2013} Ben expands the BEN’S GARDEN Production Studio with a Brooklyn expansion to a 14,000 sq. ft. historic, waterfront warehouse overlooking the Statue of Liberty. Continues to meet and just fall in love with amazing BEN’S GARDEN customers during Special Trunk-Show Events in amazing, home boutiques carrying BEN’S GARDEN Collection all across the Country. Frequent flyer miles pile up. {2013} More BEN’S GARDEN Stores in Brooklyn and Manhattan build out. Ben launches tech accessories, iPhone cases, tabletop ceramics, and more. 14
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