Initial Impressions

April 5, 2010

Those Cute and Super Useful Fringe Bibs

Filed under: Uncategorized, New Product Announcements — peg @ 2:27 pm

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I am excited to announce the arrival of the fringe edge bibs. But I am even more excited to share that I managed to add this item to the website all by myself. This means, I have learned, that I am completely trainable!

http://www.initial-impressions.net/infant/fringebib.shtm

March 30, 2010

New Website Item

Filed under: New Product Announcements — peg @ 5:00 pm

I am excited to announce that we now carry the bath and shower wraps for young girls. And, to make it even neater, they match the ladies shower wraps and come in a variety of yummy colors.

You can find them on the website here:
http://initial-impressions.net/children/showerwrapGirls.html

February 13, 2010

More Exciting News for Digital Women

Filed under: Working mother — peg @ 9:16 am

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

February 9, 2010

Free Women’s Business Grant Application

Filed under: Working mother, Contests and Promotions — peg @ 8:15 am

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!

Free Business Grant for Women
Grant Application Here!

February 2, 2010

When Cooking is Not Her Forte

Filed under: Uncategorized — peg @ 6:06 pm

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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.

January 30, 2010

Anniversary of Initial Impressions on Etsy

Filed under: Uncategorized — peg @ 5:10 pm

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

January 7, 2010

Flickr Photo Gallery of Past Projects

Filed under: Looking back — peg @ 7:46 am

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/

December 9, 2009

In The Knot

Filed under: Looking back, Special projects, Embroidered Weddings — peg @ 1:06 pm

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” 

http://vintage.weddings.com/?listpost=1&showpost=tag%3ablogger.com%2c1999%3ablog-2640781797914580517.post-6978140545753961668

December 3, 2009

Initial Impressions on Facebook

Filed under: Uncategorized — peg @ 4:08 pm

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

 

 

 

November 5, 2009

Today’s Interesting Wedding Project

bridalgowntrainlabel3.jpgNormally 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.

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