What would you do with a trash bag full of old clothes? For many, it would be given to charities but for Cheryl Fudge, she had an idea. She has taken bags of discarded clothing and created a growing empire. With 20 years in the fashion business designing for a
Monogramming is a tradition in Brooke’s family. With a grandmother who offered hand sewn monograms on clothing at one time and a mother who has had a monogramming business for 18 years in Westchester, NY, Brooke was destined to learn to sew. Growing up, she was influenced by these two
This idea was hatched while sitting on the beach with friends. Beth has been a visitor of Nantucket for years and knows where to find all the great food items on the island. For example, she told us the blue fish pate from the fish market out towards Cisco is
This week we’re featuring a venturekid with a vacation venture idea we love. More vacation venture ideas next week. For the past three summers, 12 year old Molly has had a vacation venture which nets her some spending money for souvenirs. For her birthday she received a book on how
Tracy Fox had the entrepreneurial spirit early and took her father’s lead. Although he owned a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, Tracy’s father became one of the first chefs in Manhattan to open a gourmet take out shop. A cookbook followed and he helped Tracy open a restaurant
Meeting Darcy Creech is like coming across a bundle of untapped energy. The owner of Peter Beaton Hats lives life all out. Like the label on her rain boots says, “Leave a trail worth following,” she does just that. It began when Darcy created a hat for herself that drew
In 2004, Rhonda felt so sure of the relationship between toxic chemicals and their effect on children’s health she wrote a cookbook explaining the reasons parents should stop microwaving in plastic, feeding tuna to their children and using nonstick cookware. After rejections from numerous publishers, she rethought her approach and
Website Success – 5 Tricks From a Child’s Birthday Party by Vanessa Wood I recently helped supervise a kid’s birthday party. So much chaos created by such small people! Despite a mishap with an extremely red fruit punch and a white carpet, and the one child who sat on a
Pots and pans for a college graduation gift, kept Laurie Bakke in the kitchen doing what she loves -cooking. After meeting her husband in Colorado and spending time in Chicago, came a move back to her home town in North Carolina with twins, a boy and a girl, in the
With four kids, ages 13 to 21, Colleen Bushby has her hands full as a single mom. Divorced for 8 years, Colleen is all about making her life, and the lives of other divorced women, “better, not bitter.” She remembers walking out of divorce court, after almost 15 years of
Her father’s favorite phrase, ‘Fasta fa Zool’ a play on the Italian soup, pasta e fagiole gave Janet King a name for her venture. To her father it meant a ‘little bit of this and a little bit of that’. And that’s what Janet sells on eBay. Seven years ago
With her Grandmother as her biggest influence, Patty Reis loved to bake cakes from the time she was in grade school. Interesting that baking cupcakes for her own grade-schoolers bake sale lead to a new venture. The cupcakes were so well received that friends started to ask her to bake