Archive for August, 2008

Nonpareil Online:
Community is defined as a group of interacting people living in a common location and has become a well-known, often-used word in the 21st century.

Community of believers. Community service. Living community. Community center.
With the help of the Internet, a new kind of community is quickly emerging, no longer confining community to proximity.
An e-community called [...]

The Whig Standard:
When Alison Turnbull-Smith’s children suffered growing pains a few years ago, she fabricated some homemade hot bags to ease their discomfort.

“They were always wanting a hot water bottle and some of them would leak or be messy,” said Turnbull-Smith, owner of BeddBudds BeddBuggs.
A mother of five children, she stitched hot bags out of [...]

PR Free:
When Michelle Aarnes and her husband decided to start a family, Aarnes knew she wanted to work from home. The thought of leaving a newborn in someone else’s care was unbearable. And as a former Sales Assistant who had worked twelve years for a well-known financial management company, sales – which might seem daunting [...]

DawsonTimes.com:
For the last thirteen years, Forsyth County resident, Julie Wilson has been fortunate to have been a stay-at-home mom, thanks to her husband, Denny’s, entrepreneurial knack for building successful businesses. Although Julie hasn’t been part of the workforce, per se, in many years, she has worked diligently at raising the couples’ two children, taking particular [...]

Today, How Fast They Grow announces its all new HOLIDAY GIFT CARD. Like prior gift card offerings, it is one of the most elaborate and elegant gift cards available. “When people receive our gift cards, they are amazed. Our gift cards are works of art in their own right. We took our cues from retailers [...]

There are two very important aspects to starting a business: money and motivation. You may have only one, but your idea is nothing without the other.

Night Helper is a watch designed by a Lisa Charleston, and her husband. Lisa is not just a mom but also a grandmother and a health care worker. [...]

The Seattle Times:
Shannon Davis was at home with two small children when a nagging thought just wouldn’t go away: There has to be a better way for stay-at-home moms to leverage their skills and still be around for their children.

Davis, of University Heights, Ohio, never wanted to be an entrepreneur. She just wanted to do [...]

tampabay.com:
For Mommas, the idea of working from home seems ideal, but be careful what you wish for. Working from home is not a substitute for child care. I work at home a few hours a day several days a week and can tell you that I get a lot more done in the office than [...]

As any new parent knows, it can be nearly impossible to figure out which products are a must and what is a waste when purchasing baby products. There is just too much to choose from.
Kimberly Shore Levin of Nursery Know-It-All can tell you all about it. As the mom of 3 children under [...]

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Beauty and business are passions of Kristen Null-Croner.
Now, the Monroeville mom has combined them in a new line of lip products.

But they aren’t your usual pucker products. The 20 lipsticks and glosses in her Marina Cosmetics line harness the power of sea life to hydrate, nourish and color the kissers.
Conscious of the trend toward [...]