When she renovated her home, she finally had a proper mudroom…..but still lacrosse, field hockey , and ice hockey sticks magically multiplied and ended up on the floor. Kim Genzburg needed a solution so she built one. Taking a small wooden table, she drilled holes in the top and painted
Like so many ventures, this one started with a pre-school auction. When Janine Vairo donated a children’s birthday party including everything from paper goods to party favors, her friends said you should do this as a business. Coming from an advertising background, she had some experience in packaging and marketing.
So many times a newborn baby can lead a mom to a venture. With a restless baby that startled easily, Karen Barski had tried everything she could find at the baby stores and on line but nothing worked, We swaddled Bella but she unraveled herself within 15 minutes…ALL NIGHT LONG.
When guests stopped by at bedtime, she wanted her daughter, Olivia, to look nice. But Christina Lari didn’t have any elegant bedtime lounge-wear to dress her two year old with – so she created her own. Working full time in her family’s real estate development firm, Christina is involved in
If you’ve ever tried to change a baby girl’s diaper while she’s wearing a wet bathing suit, you know it’s not easy. That’s what Kimberly Goodwin was doing when she realized there was a need for bathing suits with snaps. That way moms could easily change a diaper. With no
Being from the South, her mother instilled in her the importance of proper etiquette. But Jill Ciporin never dreamed she’d be the one teaching others the intricacies of good graces. Starting her career in television at CNN, Jill became an associate producer of a morning show in Atlanta. Her husband’s
Attending a birthday party for her niece where the 7 year old guests got to make and decorate their own cookies, she thought “what a great idea.” Due to downsizing of her company, Carrie Memmesheimer was laid off from her Technology Business Group Manager job at a human resources company
Twenty four hours after her baby was born, she started to write about the experiences she was having with her newborn son. Jennifer Covello had been writing since she was a child, keeping journals and drafting stories, so journaling about the life of her child came naturally. Her career in
Even with her own line of fabulous jewelry, she had a clientele that wanted to create their own pieces for special outfits. Lindsay Cain worked in marketing, event planning and PR. Designing jewelry was a hobby but when a booth at a trade show garnered her orders from 40 stores
Knowing of her cool design sense from her work at Knoll Furniture, her friends asked her to help decorate their kids rooms. Allison Krongard loved the modern esthetic and wanted to use large graphics and murals on the walls. She did a lot of research but couldn’t find the kinds