Have you ever wondered whether your soap and cosmetics products labels comply with FDA law? Have you ever struggled to understand how to make cosmetics in accordance with the Good Manufacturing Practices recommended by FDA to protect your customers and produce safe products? Do you ever think you should label your products to comply with…
Donna Maria announces the 2012 12 Handmade Holi-Days Multi-Media Celebration!
This page in IBN’s Handmade Holiday Gift Guide is filled with discount codes, so don’t miss them. Even without a code, our publication is filled with articles and American businesses owners who will inspire and encourage you.. Please join me in celebrating the entrepreneurs featured today: Dropwise Essentials, High Sierra Botanicals, Sweet & Woodsy Aromatherapy.
In her book, The Sweet Potato Queens’ Book of Love, author Jill Conner Browne writes as follows: Cheap jewelry, however, is worse than no jewelry at all, and there are very few things in life than are worse than no jewelry at all.” I have always loved jewelry, but even the most dazzling jewels I…
Introducing Flower Essence Energy and Skin Perfection in IBN’s 2012 Handmade Holiday Gift Guide!
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Handmade Holiday Holiday Gift Guide Features: Sea Blossom Soaps, This Little Soap of Mine, Mailelani Samoa, Eclipse Spa.
The holiday are in full swing and it’s time to introduce you to more of the Indies featured in IBN’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide. I continue to be so proud to introduce you to some of the nation’s most amazing small business owners … people who are making massive contributions to their local economies and…
The holidays are in full swing, and it’s time to introduce you to more of America’s “real” small businesses, featured in IBN’s 2012 Handmade Holiday Gift Guide. Today, I’m pleased to introduce Magic Moon SoapWorks, Bella Lucce and Naturally Good Soaps! Let me tell you a little about these companies.
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more.” -Melody Beattie HANDMADE ENTREPRENEURIAL COACHING AND MENTORING The best coaching and mentoring for handmade entrepreneurs is at Indie Beauty Network. Click here to connect at our social network.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and…
It’s two days before Thanksgiving and the holiday season is now in full swing! I’m thrilled to be traveling to my hometown of Washington, DC, to visit my family. Before I go, I’m excited to cue up a few introductions so you can get to know the people and products featured in IBN’s 2012 Handmade…
All of us know someone who has been adversely affected in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Those of us in the Indie Beauty Community are no exception. In the midst of the devastation, one story stands out and I am asking for your help. Here’s why: This is a picture of the trash heap that…
Bramble Berry is featured in IBN’s 2012 Handmade Holiday Gift Guide.
While most of my posts are designed to help you maximize your potential through small business ownership, a few are designed to make me personally happy. This post is one of those. My son is Number 85 on our local Pop Warner football team. Like his Titans teammates, he plays offense and defense, and I…
“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.” -Elizabeth Lawrence Walking through the North Carolina woods with the kiddos. HANDMADE ENTREPRENEURIAL COACHING AND MENTORING The best virtual coaching and mentoring for handmade entrepreneurs is at Indie Beauty Network. Click here to connect at our social…
All of us know someone who has been affected by the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. One of the people I know, a member of IBN, lost her home, many of her pets and her business. Her name is Mariann Smith and she is the founder and CEO of Just Bubbly, a…
I am pleased to announce the publication of IBN’s 2012 Handmade Holiday Gift Guide! Inspiration is everywhere inside this 32-page publication. Click the cover to open the publication and start shopping now. Be on the lookout for discount codes throughout! We invite you to grab a cup of your favorite tea, sit back and relax.…
Each Thursday night at 8pm ET, IBN hosts #HandmadeChat, a weekly Twitter talk show designed to help you sell more of the products you make. If you’ve never attended before, now is the time. It’s fun, informative, and a super supportive environment where you’ll learn so much about making your business more successful. To learn…
Are you fan of the television show, Shark Tank, airing weekly on ABC? It’s always been one of my favorites, but it’s clout shot to the stratosphere when I learned that IBN members Charlotte Clary and Bev Vines-Haines, co-founders Healing Leaf in Yelm, Washington, will be featured on the show next week. A lot of…
I‘m a naturally upbeat person. Even so, there have been times in my life when I’ve been especially discouraged. Some of these times are fleeting — like when I was not selected to win this trip to the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs’ Conference earlier this year. Other discouragements have been more jarring and long lasting —…