Archive for April 25th, 2008

  • The Original Mompreneurs

    If you have ever asked yourself, “Who coined the term ‘Mompreneurs’?” then you don’t need to wonder any more. Registered by two moms years ago, mompreneur belongs to Patricia Cobe and Ellen H. Parlapiano. Authors and mompreneurs themselves, they have written two books called, Mompreneurs®: A Mother’s Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Work-at-Home and [...]

  • Mom O Matic’s Automat Charming Jewelry

    Chicagoist:
    We like to make it a personal mission to make ourselves look like a bunch of crazy wildflowers. Local Mom O Matic’s Automat is helping us in our quest with their vintage buttons and plastic bits transformed as fun, bold jewelry (we adore this church basement charm bracelet, pictured).
    Mom O Matic herself, Tanya Svoboda, 36, [...]

  • Don’t Leave Out The Multiples

    The card industry covers quite a few aspects of life and parenthood, and it also misses three things. Can you guess? Twins, triplets and quadruplets. When we walk up and down those card isle their’s nothing from the point of view of a family that has twins or more. If you [...]

  • Mom-Owned Business Is “2 Sweet”

    Named for Carin Walling’s twin daughters, 2 Sweet Sisters is a family-run online children’s boutique that is still doing very well. Having been launched for a year now, as of April 1st - probably the best “April’s Fool” idea around, 2 Sweet Sisters has grown and features many great children’s products like the hooded [...]