Mary Sue Dwyer began sewing when she was in grammar school and occasional does a pillow or window treatments. But her real success came with ribbon belts. She had always admired Hadley Pollack’s belt designs so she decided to make one of her own. Friends admired her belt and asked
Tennis was her passion, so when Carolyn and her three boys moved to Singapore for her husband’s job she still found time to play. In her previous life, she was in PR for a cruise line in New York City. She left that line of work when she had kids
Kim Apelt had a degree from Brown and masters from Harvard. She was working on her PHD when she had her first child. Her husband’s career came first and she put aside her PHD to raise children and move with her husband. After a lot of soul searching, Kim wanted
Wondering if she could make a go of it, Jennifer McDermott started making beautiful cookies in her own kitchen. Formerly working for an art dealer in New York, kids and the suburbs gave her a change of direction. She was looking for fulfillment and offered her cookies to other nursery
Stationary was her mom’s business, so when Nancy Lochtefeld left a trading job with one child and one on the way, she looked for a home based business in the same area. Leaving her Wall Street career was devastating and the transition to become a stay at home mom proved