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Outstanding Expectations offers online shopping from a brick and mortar showroom located in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee outside of Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Outstanding Expectations is a specialty gift shop that sells kites, dollhouses, miniatures, unique jewelry, teas, toys, home decor, personal gifts, original and commissioned fine art, photography, giclee prints and specialty merchandise and printing services.
Owners, Greg and Kathryn Rutherford, are both fine artists, craftsmen and instructors with qualifications in many areas and specialty services that make their business offerings unique.
Kathryn is an award-winning fine artist, art and photography restoration conservator and licensed high school and college fine art teacher who's work and expertise spans traditional fine art and portraiture, historical techniques and digital technology. Follow this link to see Kathryn Rutherford Fine Art at the Heirloom Art Studio website.
Greg is a technical advisor and instructor in the screenprinting industry and has operated his own graphic design and print studio for more than twenty-five years. He also creates magnificent Nantucket Style Baskets, woodturned bowls and also works in ceramics and clay. Follow this link to view Greg Rutherford's Mystic Ink Screenprinting and Specialty Print Studio services.
The Heirloom Art Studio and Mystic Ink are located in the upper level of the Tennessee showroom, in Wears Valley, and Outstanding Expectations fills the ground level with specialty gifts, unique items and many handmade products including Nantucket Style Baskets, woodturning and turned bowls, dye sublimated and printed mugs, mousepads, home decor, purses, tiles, murals and much more all with original fine art and photography designs.
The Sword and Ivy is an online store which opened as a result of the many customer requests for specific product lines and designs. The online store offers items from around the world that have the wants and needs of a very specific clientele in mind.
Many of the items sold at The Sword and Ivy are designed and handmade by Greg and Kathryn Rutherford. Since they are both fine artists and are able to produce all of their own designs then produce them as screenprinted and dye sublimation products all in-house, Greg and Kathryn can produce unique products, with unique designs and offer them at lower prices. They print all their individual designs on glass, metal, magnet, ceramic, tiles and textiles producing a range of products from the traditional boxes, coffee mugs, mousepads and t-shirts to the more specialized items of purses, scarves, jewelry, umbrellas, printed kites and even custom tiles for installation in home decor products or tile murals for walls, floors or showers.
WHOLESALE INQUIRIES ARE WELCOME on certain products
with the appropriate business and tax licenses
Many of our customers know and love Socks the Gallery Cat. Follow the link below to visit her online pages of photographs and news.
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