http://initial-impressions.net/blog Personal impressions on embroidery, creative gifts, monograms, and more! Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:01:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=385 I am excited to announce that we now carry the bath and shower wraps for young girls. And, to make it even neater, they match the ladies shower wraps and come in a variety of yummy colors. You can find them on the website here: http://initial-impressions.net/children/showerwrapGirls.html http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=381 Digital Women, my first and favorite online group is in the news again. Ladies who are in business or who are thinking about being in business should definitely connect with Digital Women. Here is the article: http://www.womenentrepreneur.com/2010/02/womens-only-networking-grows.html http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=380 I have belonged to the online group Digital Women since I started Initial Impressions in 1999. Rebecca and her group is a tremendous resource for women in business. She is offering a business grant and has asked that we all get the word out. Here is the ... http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=379 One of our popular apron designs is this exquisite martini apron - perfectly suited for the homemaker who knows how to mix a good drink. The embroidery thread is used in shading to provide wonderful detail. A perfect addition to a well stocked bar. http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=202 On Feb 1, Initial Impressions will mark its second anniversary of having a shop on etsy.com Etsy is a consortium of shops selling handmade and vintage items. Whether it is at my shop or another one of the thousands of shops featured there, you are sure to find a ... http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=372 One of the best ways to get creatively inspired is to look at the possibilities. Here is a link to the flickr photo gallery of just some of the projects created in the last ten years. http://www.flickr.com/photos/initial-impressions/ http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=371 The Knot just did an article on vintage weddings where the bride wears her mother's dress.  The dress I wore in 1974 was worn again by my daughter in 2007.  You can see photos, along with other brides who had the same idea. We took it a step further by memorializing ... http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=370 I have not posted recently because I have concentrated the time available to start posting on facebook.  You can also follow Initial Impressions there at  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boulder-CO/Initial-Impressions/179819580208       http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=369 Normally our wedding gown labels go on the inside of the top (bodice) of the dress or along the inside hem.  They provide a photographic opportunity as the bride is getting dressed in her gown or when the skirt is tossed while dancing.  Today a customer took things to the next ... http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=366