Articles by Laurie
My Very Happy Birthday Book Review and #Giveaway US 04/27
I See Me! offers personalized children’s books. It was founded by Husband Allan and Wife Maia, in 2000. They had the idea to design children’s books that could be personalized, have beautiful illustrations, and an engaging story line. The first I See Me! book was called My Very Own Name; it was created to help teach children the letters that spelled their names. As it was in the beginning, their mission remains to show children that they are special and unique in their own ways.
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Karen Kane Women’s Clothing Review and $100 Gift Card #giveaway (4/26)
Karen Kane offers clothing designed with elegance and comfort in mind. Karen grew up in a small town with the dream of becoming a fashion designer. She moved to LA to attend the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. After graduating, in 1979, Karen designed and launched her first collection from a garage. As she began to work on the second, Karen found herself needing more help and more space. She found a location in Downtown LA and expanded her team.
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School Zone Kids Educational Software and Workbooks Review
School Zone Publishing Company is one of my favorite producers of kid’s educational products. They began in 1972 as School Zone Learning Center, supplying educators with schoolbooks containing a variety of lessons. A few years later, changes were made in the school curriculum (and probably budgets) that prevented the sharing of materials between school and home. Parents were left needing educational products to help teach their children. School Zone Learning Centers recognized this need and began Read more [...]
Leading Lady Full Figure Bra Review
In 1939, Frank Farino worked for a Cleveland bra company. He got word that the company was going to be shutting down. Frank was owed some back pay but, was instead given two sewing machines, four of the company’s sales accounts and $240. Frank turned this set-back into an opportunity to start his own intimate apparel company.
As the war progressed, Frank ran into challenges of finding materials needed to make his intimate apparel. He again took what he was given and found a way to make it work. Read more [...]
Stash Tea Review
Since 1972 Stash Tea Company has operated out of Portland Oregon. In the beginning, Stash Tea produced loose herbal teas and bulk herbs that were marketed to natural foods stores. Then in 1975 the company created a mail order catalog and decided to embrace bagged teas. They began working with fine restaurants supplying them with traditional and special blends of herbal tea. To this day, Stash Tea is one of the largest suppliers of specialty teas, in the US.
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