Archive for August 1st, 2008

South Bend Tribune:
Faux painting took the decorating world by storm 15 or so years ago. Professionals and do-it-yourselfers alike grabbed sponges, rags and rakes and attempted to create distinctive wall treatments that began to appear, well, not so distinctive.
But Hallwood has taken faux finishing to another level. Operating as Hallwood Design out of South Bend, [...]

TIME:
In the 1800s, there was a certain logic–and a cool distance–to the formal calling card. Those who were part of, or sought a place among, the social élite would deliver a card with their name engraved on it to someone’s home to request a visit. But now that you can IM, e-mail or text pretty [...]

The Calgary Sun:
Stepping in to help new parents keep things clean is local mom-trepreneur Jessica Gaudette with her new home-based biz called Messie Jessie — a fabulous line of baby accessories that’s creating a lot of buzz among baby-makers.
Not that you have to be a mom to appreciate the products on the Messie Jessie [...]

Many moms are just as fashion forward minded as any other person out there. So when they are reduced down to simple baby styles after having a child, it can be a little depressing for the once fashionable mom. Tivoli Couture takes on that problem head on with all the baby products carried [...]

From the minds of children come… great business ideas? That’s how it worked for Lisa Leake! One day her daughter asked for a butterfly shirt and from there a business was born. As her tagline says, “clothing inspired by a child’s imagination.”
It may have been inspired by her daughter, but the business [...]