Digital Women, my first and favorite online group is in the news again. Ladies who are in business or who are thinking about being in business should definitely connect with Digital Women.
Here is the article:
http://www.womenentrepreneur.com/2010/02/womens-only-networking-grows.html
I have belonged to the online group Digital Women since I started Initial Impressions in 1999. Rebecca and her group is a tremendous resource for women in business. She is offering a business grant and has asked that we all get the word out. Here is the way to find out the details. I think I will apply too!
One of our popular apron designs is this exquisite martini apron - perfectly suited for the homemaker who knows how to mix a good drink. The embroidery thread is used in shading to provide wonderful detail. A perfect addition to a well stocked bar.
On Feb 1, Initial Impressions will mark its second anniversary of having a shop on etsy.com Etsy is a consortium of shops selling handmade and vintage items. Whether it is at my shop or another one of the thousands of shops featured there, you are sure to find a creative and unusual gift there and something created with lots of TLC.
You can find them at www.etsy.com.
You can find the Initial Impressions site at http://www.etsy.com/shop/InitialImpressions
One of the best ways to get creatively inspired is to look at the possibilities. Here is a link to the flickr photo gallery of just some of the projects created in the last ten years.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/initial-impressions/
The Knot just did an article on vintage weddings where the bride wears her mother’s dress. The dress I wore in 1974 was worn again by my daughter in 2007. You can see photos, along with other brides who had the same idea.
We took it a step further by memorializing the dual use of the dress by adding personalized labels with the details of both weddings. The article provides a link to show these labels too.
Using this link, scroll down until you see “Charlie”
I have not posted recently because I have concentrated the time available to start posting on facebook. You can also follow Initial Impressions there at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boulder-CO/Initial-Impressions/179819580208
Normally our wedding gown labels go on the inside of the top (bodice) of the dress or along the inside hem. They provide a photographic opportunity as the bride is getting dressed in her gown or when the skirt is tossed while dancing.
Today a customer took things to the next level and asked me to make a set of wedding labels to be applied to the outside of the wedding gown train to be an integral part of the gown. She wanted them to be large and impressive. We decided to do one label for each letter of the monogram. The labels will be sewn onto the train near the bottom. She chose silver metallic thread for the monogram to go with the rest of the detail on the dress. I hope to get the opportunity to see the dress with its monogram.
Today I will spend some time making quick ship items that I can make ahead of time so I can save some time later when things get really busy! These are fun little stroller toys, personalized with one letter.
Today while I work on pending orders I need to decide on which of some organic cotton and silk trim baby blankets customers would like the best.
