Initial Impressions http://initial-impressions.net/blog Personal impressions on embroidery, creative gifts, monograms, and more! Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:16:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 en More Exciting News for Digital Women http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=380 http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=380#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:16:26 +0000 peg Working mother http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=380 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/?feed=rss2&p=380 Free Women’s Business Grant Application http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=379 http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=379#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:15:15 +0000 peg Working mother Contests and Promotions http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=379 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 way to find out the details. I think I will apply too!

Free Business Grant for Women
Grant Application Here!

]]> http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=379 When Cooking is Not Her Forte http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=202 http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=202#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:06:55 +0000 peg Uncategorized http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=202 navy-martini-apron-blog2.jpg

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/?feed=rss2&p=202 Anniversary of Initial Impressions on Etsy http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=372 http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=372#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:10:38 +0000 peg Uncategorized http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=372 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 creative and unusual gift there and something created with lots of TLC.

You can find them at www.etsy.com.

You can find the Initial Impressions site at http://www.etsy.com/shop/InitialImpressions

]]> http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=372 Flickr Photo Gallery of Past Projects http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=371 http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=371#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:46:01 +0000 peg Looking back http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=371 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/?feed=rss2&p=371 In The Knot http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=370 http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=370#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:06:34 +0000 peg Looking back Special projects Embroidered Weddings http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=370 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 the dual use of the dress by adding personalized labels with the details of both weddings.  The article provides a link to show these labels too.

Using this link, scroll down until you see “Charlie” 

http://vintage.weddings.com/?listpost=1&showpost=tag%3ablogger.com%2c1999%3ablog-2640781797914580517.post-6978140545753961668

]]> http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=370 Initial Impressions on Facebook http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=369 http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=369#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:08:09 +0000 peg Uncategorized http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=369 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/?feed=rss2&p=369 Today’s Interesting Wedding Project http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=366 http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=366#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:02:52 +0000 peg Special projects Customer suggestions - embroidery Customer suggestions - products Embroidered Weddings From Our Customers Today's Embroidery Projects http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=366 bridalgowntrainlabel3.jpgNormally 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 level and asked me to make a set of wedding labels to be applied to the outside of the wedding gown train to be an integral part of the gown.  She wanted them to be large and impressive.  We decided to do one label for each letter of the monogram.  The labels will be sewn onto the train near the bottom.  She chose silver metallic thread for the monogram to go with the rest of the detail on the dress.  I hope to get the opportunity to see the dress with its monogram.

]]> http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=366 Quick Ship http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=365 http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=365#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:07:12 +0000 peg Holidays Today's Embroidery Projects http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=365 tagalongsingleblog3.jpgToday I will spend some time making quick ship items that I can make ahead of time so I can save some time later when things get really busy! These are fun little stroller toys, personalized with one letter.

]]> http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=365 Organic cotton and silk for babies… http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=363 http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=363#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:11:38 +0000 peg Customer suggestions - products Today's Embroidery Projects http://initial-impressions.net/blog/?p=363 Today while I work on pending orders I need to decide on which of some organic cotton and silk trim baby blankets customers would like the best.

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