Category: Blog

Carolyn Jeffrey – CRJ Event Management

How do you take a full-time job in New York City and turn it into your own venture that works around your new schedule with kids?  Carolyn Jeffrey planned events for Channel 13.  But when her first child was born, she says, “I went back to work for a minute,

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Lynda Fassa – Green Babies

With a former career as a Ford model, a colicky baby that cried 24/7and in desperate need of an income, Lynda Fassa wasn’t sure what to do with her diverse skill set and a child that couldn’t be left with a sitter.  By chance, she saw an article on cotton

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Kim Beaumont – Downunder

Ever think about taking a kayak tour with girlfriends in the moonlight?  How about a yoga class on a paddle board?  Or having a family kayak race to a lighthouse? Well Kim Beaumont has and offers these fun adventures from her surf shop on Five Mile River in Rowayton and

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Rosey Costello – Everything is Rosey

Buying gifts for others led this mom to have her own gift shop.  When Rosey Costello found a hand knit sweater she liked for her son at a gift show, she was sold.  Learning that the vendor wasn’t returning the following year in time for the holidays, Rosey asked if

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Guest Blog- Take Care of Yourself First by Laura Van Riper

All too often women, especially mothers, use the three dirtiest words in the English language: “should, could, and would”.  This type of thinking is an energy-draining, unproductive trap that is important to avoid. You are most likely wearing too many hats to do anything perfectly. In addition to taking care

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Deb Golden – Garden Fairy Tea Parties

How do you combine a love of gardening, singing, cooking, and entertaining to create a venture, and add a 4 year old to the mix and a baby on the way. That’s what Deb Golden was trying to figure out after she moved to Connecticut from Australia three years ago.

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Stephanie Heinecken – Saxsy Bags

It’s seems fitting that someone who worked for the well known environmentalist John Denver would end up creating a venture that is working towards protecting the environment.  Stephanie Heineken stayed in Colorado after attending the University of Boulder.  Working as an editor and writer on wildlife documentaries for PBS kept

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