Houston News: They call her the Mum Lady, but Veronica Lozano doesn’t mind. The full-time working mother of three girls has created a side business by making homecoming mums for students in the Kingwood-Humble area. The idea started with one request and soon blossomed into a makeshift mum factory in her home selling hundreds of […]
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News-Record.com: The production area of this textile manufacturing company is a swath of concrete and brick walls and red, blue, hot pink, black and yellow fabric. Until last year, the palette at Fuller Specialty was entirely monochromatic. Their product: mostly mesh sports jerseys and gym bags. Then Sue Catherine discovered the company on the Internet
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WSPA: An Upstate mom says people stop her in airports and on the streets to ask her where she got her daughter’s t-shirt. It turns out she designed it to teach character to her two-year-old daughter Lena. Melissa Patton is the mom behind Bee-Tees. She designs t-shirts, hats, and bags with simple, inspirational thoughts: “Bee
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Rockford Register Star: When Joelene Chinn finishes one of her creations, it’s a bit like Rockford’s infamous Sock Monkey – gone punk. The 33-year-old mother is the mastermind behind the rockin’ sock dolls popping up throughout the Rock River Valley. It’s only been a few months since she launched her business, Socks That Rock, but
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Examiner.com: It has been 2 1/2 years since Luminous Glow Candle Company was born. Since then, Belinda has found that right combination. Currently, her hand poured soy candles are housed in 19 retail locations in the Tampa Bay area including Carrollwood Florist and Abby’s Heath and Nutrition. Much of her business also comes from schools,
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The News-Press: Talking shop with Stephanie Bloch and Michelle Forneris, owners of Baby Kakes. The company sells gorgeous diaper cakes handmade by Bloch as well as baby clothes and accessories. They have been in business since November. “We’re moms so we try to make the diaper cakes practical and include useful items in the cake,”
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Tennessean.com: When Anne Elizabeth McIntosh entered her son’s room one Saturday morning, she found the place covered in old T-shirts. Of the 43 shirts, only eight still fit, but mom and son spent the next two hours telling stories about all the others that didn’t. The two realized there were a lot of memories attached
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The Washington Post: Newborn babies have a naturally sweet smell. However, some of the other smells they make are just plain stinky. And as new-mom Dana Rubinstein discovered while washing bottles in a sleepless stupor one late night, cleaning detergents may not be doing much to help. The next day she acted on her “a-ha”
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FloridaToday.com: Amy Wagner has heard the stories: Stay-at-home mom starts home-based business, makes it big. “I’m not expecting that, but we all have dreams,” the mother of a 2-year-old son said. Her dream is Songbird Cotton Co., which sells the purses, diaper bags and baby quilts that Wagner makes. She started reading the success stories
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freep.com: Pam Klumpp, a Traverse City mom of three, brainstormed a new business when she wondered out loud how to reuse scrap material from a family friend’s banner-making company. Like many people in her community, Pam recycles plastic, glass and paper and has tried to live a green life. Her husband, Brian, works in a
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