Archive for April, 2008

Sewing is a talent, one that not everyone has. It’s always great when I get to see a success story about a mom who takes her talent and turns it into a business. In this case, Caroline used her sewing skills to sew herself a unique diaper bag. She didn’t want what […]

The Mercury News:
Raising a child in a world with fears over toxic plastics in baby bottles and children’s toys isn’t easy, just ask any mom or dad. Things get even more complicated when you start to wonder which fruits and vegetables are most important to buy organic to avoid pesticide fallout, or even choosing a […]

Burp rags are the best friend of a new parent. All the spit up that happens when burping our babies after a bottle makes us thankful for a good burp cloth to help get us through that time in our children’s lives.
It was Sheila McGoldrick that took the burp cloth that we all know […]

Sometimes it amazes me how the inspiration for a business comes to some people. In this case, a business literally just fell in Olivia Omega Logan’s lap.
It all started when she was trying to come up with a unique baby shower gift. So she decided to turn to her sewing skills and ended […]

NWI Times:
Jennifer McWhirter, a stay-at-home mom with years of retail experience, and her friend, Amy Jalovecky, an orthodontic assistant, had always talked about opening a business together. But it wasn’t until McWhirter saw the barely worn clothing from her two growing children pile up that the two got the idea to open a gently worn, […]

Seacoast Online:
The location at 33 Deer St. has three personal service businesses under its roof. One of them is Vanity, a hair salon owned and operated by Heidi White, a teenaged mother-turned-up and coming entrepreneur.
White had originally dreamt of becoming a psychiatrist, but at the tender age of 17 she found herself to be a […]

Concord Monitor:
If you bought a rug at Wal-Mart or Home Depot in the last three years, there’s a good chance it was designed by Tressa Kosowicz, a work-from-home mom from Hopkinton who left New York City’s fast-paced world of fashion design eight years ago.
After three years as a product developer for a major rug manufacturer, […]

When some of us that aren’t so familiar with cloth diapers think of one, we most likely have an image of big scary pins and large cloth squares that comes to mind. That is what Sandra Rocco thought of when she decided to look them up online. She was very surprised to see […]

Vintage is a style that is fast bringing back the things our parents used to wear. Many of those things are classic and speak of a time that will never be duplicated. These same items can bring us good memories and a good feeling that we want our children to have.
Deanna Gardner has […]

It’s impossible to be a super parent. No matter how we try, every parent is bound to end up under some stereotype. Whether it’s because they bottle feed their child or because mom works a full time job. Society has a way of making parents feel bad, although they are good moms […]