From humble beginnings to serving the top retailers in America and around the world.
Since 1991 Katherine’s Collection, designs holiday décor and collectibles that blend imagination, storytelling, and craftsmanship. Each collection is thoughtfully created by our Northeast Ohio design team, inspired by seasonal trends and timeless traditions across holidays like Christmas, Halloween, and Easter.
Handcrafted by skilled artisans in the Philippines, our pieces showcase intricate details and luxurious materials—from rich fabrics to crystals and custom embellishments. The result is décor that’s visually stunning, emotionally resonant, and built to last. With decades of experience and a loyal following, Katherine’s Collection is known for creating not just products—but meaningful holiday memories.
From Imagination to Masterpiece: Our 100+ Hour Journey
At Katherine’s Collection, every product begins with imagination and takes shape through meticulous artistry. We don’t buy any products —we design, sculpt, and craft from the ground up. With over 100 hours is devoted to each doll, we pour time and care into every exquisite detail.
Our designers collaborate to develop a theme through sketches, mood boards, and current trends and designs.
Total Time: 22 Hours
From storyboards to fabrics, every costume is designed to bring personality and depth to each piece.
Total Time: 33 Hours
Each doll face is hand-sculpted and painted, ensuring a one-of-a-kind expression of artistry.
Total Time: 50 Hours
Every detail is meticulously refined, ensuring that each piece meets our highest standards. This final step brings the every doll to life.
Total Time: 10 Hours
The team behind Katherine’s Collection is a passionate group of designers, stylists, and creatives. With a deep love for storytelling and craftsmanship, they work year-round to dream up imaginative seasonal collections that bring wonder and whimsy into homes around the world. From initial sketches to final details, every piece is the result of close collaboration, artistry, and a shared commitment to creating holiday décor that inspires joy and nostalgia.
Talented artists making, sculpting, painting, and illustrating our signature pieces.
Years of professional experience between our Executive Leadership Team.
Years as leaders in holiday décor
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Most of Gary’s career has been in consumer products: with a focus on strategic matters, product development, and execution. In addition, he has considerable understanding and experience in purchasing and importing products from overseas. Gary also started A & F Designs, based in Manila, Philippines. This company was founded in 2012 to produce products for the global consumer seasonal market and product development also focused on holiday decorative items.
Gary lives in Cleveland, OH and has active interest in music, travel, and spending time with his family. He received an undergraduate degree from Emory University in Atlanta, GA and an M.B.A. from the Weatherhead School of management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Lynn’s responsibilities include; oversight of the product development and buying process, management of national accounts, direct accountability for the showrooms, all IT functions including digital activity and coordinating all sales and marketing activities. Ms. Labes has been with the Company since 2012. Earlier in her career she was a buyer for Bergdorf Goodman and a department manager at Jacobson Stores, both of which provided excellent experience and understanding of retail and the importance of developing products to meet the customer’s needs. Lynn received an undergraduate degree from University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, and an M.B.A. from the Weatherhead School of management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Lynn lives in Cleveland, OH and enjoys spending time with her family and her 3 dogs. In addition, Lynn is a total ‘nerd’ who tutors math and physics in her free time.
Chief Design Officer
Chief Design Officer
Raymond has a degree in Commercial Arts and Advertising from the College of Fine Arts at the University of Sto. Tomas, Manila Philippines. He has been designing for Katherine’s Collection for over 12 years. He gets his design inspiration from everyday things and happenings, his love for movies, food and of course his family. With the right kind of “feel good” music playing in the background he creates art pieces that will add just the right amount of drama, festive or whimsy to your space.
Director of Customer Experience
Director of Customer Experience
As Director of Customer Experience, Lisa brings over 35 years of cross-industry leadership rooted in operational excellence and a deep commitment to customer satisfaction. Her approach isn’t just about efficiency; it’s about people. She builds strong relationships with clients and creates experiences that truly reflect the heart of Katherine’s Collection. She makes sure every interaction leaves people feeling valued, respected, and happy. Lisa blends strategic insight with hands-on expertise. Her commitment to excellence helps create a seamless, customer-first experience that supports both loyalty and long-term business success.
Outside of work, Lisa cherishes time with her friends and family, finds joy in traveling to warm places, and loves the energy of seeing live music. Always embracing experiences that bring people together and create lasting memories.
Now that she’s at Katherine’s Collection, every holiday is Lisa’s favorite—because she gets to make them magical for everyone else!
Customer Service Manager
Customer Service Manager
Lisa was first introduced to Katherine’s Collection as a buyer in 2000 and was completely enchanted by Katherine’s captivating visual product displays. By January 2001 she was assisting in our former Atlanta showroom and became showroom manager in 2004. She stepped away from managing in 2012 but stayed on board working seasonally with our visual design team. Today, Lisa brings her extensive experience within the company to assist in all aspects of sales and customer service.
Outside of business hours, you can find Lisa perusing for mid-century furniture at flea markets or searching for 50’s & 60’s barware at local thrifts. She recently purchased a 120 yr. old house in Savannah, GA that she and her husband plan to renovate.
Halloween is her favorite holiday, and she has been known to keep some of her Katherine’s Halloween decor out year-round.
Director of Collections; Designer
Director of Collections; Designer
Carol’s passion for design began when she was a young child, sewing clothes for her dolls with scraps of leftover fabric from her mother. Together, they would handmake each of Carol’s Halloween costumes, which sparked her love of Halloween. She then went on to graduate with a degree in Fashion Design and Merchandising from Kent State University.
Over the course of her career, Carol has gained a wide variety of experience with many big names in the industry. She has interned with Zac Posen, assisted with the 2006 RTW Collection and Oscar Ceremony gowns, prepped garments for InStyle Magazine photoshoots, and even collaborated on a design concept presentation for Virgin Atlantic Airways. Perhaps most notably, she worked for Vera Wang for seven years, producing custom wedding and haute couture gowns for special clients.
Each of her past experiences has prepared Carol for her role at Katherine’s Collection as director of collections and designer and patternmaker. From the moment she entered the showroom, she felt at home among the explosion of colors, trims, and glitter. Carol never feels as though she is at work when she steps through the doors at Katherine’s Collection, because it is the place where she is able to fully explore her creativity and bring her sparkly ideas to life.
Fair wages, safe workplaces, and respect for skilled artisans and their families.
The importance Katherine’s Collection places on our team coupled with our passion for craftsmanship is what led us to start our factory, Andrews & Frank Design House, Inc. in Manila, The Philippines. Our dedication to our employees has been critical to our success, and this commitment has led to the long-term retention of experienced and highly skilled employees.
Managing our own production has allowed us to maintain the high caliber of design and quality that our buyers have come to expect from us. We have a team of brilliant creatives on-site who are able to oversee the product development and execution of each handmade piece.