Yesterday Lynn asked to see some photos of my work, so I decided to put them in my post. The first ones are from 1990. They are pictures of my girls wearing my headpieces; I used these pictures in my marketing materials. The Veil they are wearing ended up being my biggest seller, I made […]
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I have lived my whole life being a creative person, as a child I had to have something to glue, sew or draw on or I would start to go crazy. I’m still that way today. It’s like therapy for me to create something new. Thank God for my business, which allowed me to fulfill […]
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When my girls were small there was two things that kept them busy for long periods of time, playing Dress up and doing crafts. One of the best babysitters I had was a big box filled with dress-up cloths. I started by finding outdated stuff from my closet and then I added in some old […]
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I know I am a strong woman. It takes strength to be a mom. It takes strength to run a household. It takes strength to be a business owner. It takes strength to be a good wife. It takes strength to go through the loss of a child, and to do all these things at […]
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After looking at what a lot of the e-moms out there have to say about working from home, it accrued to me that many of these young moms think this is something new. Believe me woman have been doing this for a while. (even my grandmother did it) I admit my business had nothing to […]
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When you work from home it’s so great not have to fight the traffic anymore, but a few time a week I started doing my own version of a commute to work. Sometimes it consisted of a walk around the block, this was a great way to clear my head and get ready for my […]
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One of the temptations of a home office is to work all day in your pajamas. This seems like such a great perk at first, but I found I was much more productive when I got dressed and put on my make-up before going to work. I was ready to jump into the day, not […]
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Lets face it woman have always been great at multi tasking. Sometimes I wonder why God didn’t give us an extra arm, because we can do so much at one time. The longer I worked at home the better I got at juggling things. It was great to be able to work while the laundry […]
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When you start a business you dream about getting big, but in reality, it’s important to set some ground rules on just how big you want to be. My business started small, working only during my daughters nap times and quickly spiraled out of control. I soon hired a full time babysitter and a few […]
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