Archive for June 16th, 2008

Star-News:
Two years ago, Wilmington mom Meg Henson was living a fashion nightmare.
The stay-at-home mom wanted her 3-year-old son, Holden, to look hip, but it seemed every store she shopped was full of mediocre boys clothing. Nothing stood out.
It was a world of blah, blah, blue. Blah, blah, forest green. Blah, blah, khaki.
Add the lovely [...]

Inside Bay Area:
Jan Loomis calls herself a hobbyist cake decorator, but she is nothing short of an artist.
Instead of using clay and paint, she uses the not-so-pretty-sounding medium of gum paste. Loomis flattens the sugar, tylose powder and egg white mixture and deftly sculpts it into hydrangeas, poppies, roses, lilac, blackberries and peonies.
When dry, she [...]

ScrippsNews:
Some moms choose to work full time. Others become full-time moms.
Lately, a category in between is gaining popularity, even inspiring a new term: mompreneur.
Mompreneurs are women who run their own businesses — usually out of their homes — while juggling the duties of motherhood, said Ellen Parlapiano, who trademarked the term and is co-author of [...]

It’s a common misconception that you need to go to a jewelry store to find great jewelry. The truth is that you can also find it in the home of everyday crafters. These gorgeous earrings shown here are unique to Catherine Hodge and her own online shop.
Based in Michigan, as a work-at-home mom [...]