Archive for June 20th, 2008

livemint.com:
When Rakesh Shukla started his technical writing outsourcing firm called The Writers Block (TWB), he decided to go after a somewhat unexpected source of labour to staff his company: the unemployed.
To be more specific, he looked for women who had taken some time off to raise a child, but were looking to get back into [...]

Blount Today:
Kristina Roland was proud of her work.
Her handmade dresses for little girls were smart. They were catchy without being cluttered. They looked great on her Hannah Montana-obsessed 4-year-old daughter, Maddie. They were the kinds of things, she hoped, mothers could pass to their daughters from generation to generation.
Would anyone want to buy one, though?
Four [...]

ajc.com:
Allyson Roberts is a wife and mother in Alpharetta, and a Realtor whose business is evolving — if not evaporating — before her eyes.
So she did what anyone might do to keep a job that has provided a good income for 23 years. Roberts changed her business strategy and cut back on personal spending.
She didn’t [...]

Not everyone can be a Suzi Homemaker. Well of course, except for Suzi herself. A mom-owned embroidery and sewing business, she specializes in personalized things for babies and children. Including the cute aprons shown on the two children here.
Embroidery had already been something she’d done for many years. After she had [...]

I know we tend to hear quite a bit about the benefits of things ‘Made in the US’ but that shouldn’t stop us from recognizing the talents of people that live elsewhere. Julia has a personal connection to a place that brings it’s own unique styles and tastes to the world, Thailand. She was [...]