http://startupkidsline.com Journals our expreriences starting a children's clothing line and apparel manufacturing business. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:51:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, here we go 'round the mulberry bush. New regulations, new regulations, new regulations, we...all...fall...down. No, not really, but this stuff will make your head spin and that being the case, I'm not writing any advice about this - except for this one part: **You must now issue a certificate ... http://startupkidsline.com/2008/11/12/new-regulations-for-consumer-products-manufacturers/ I'm actually going to attempt to answer some questions that I get over and over from people who are ready to sell to their first boutique, but are just a little unsure about what to expect. I had these same questions too, because it's such an unknown - getting that ... http://startupkidsline.com/2008/11/07/selling-to-your-first-boutique/ Wow, how is everybody out there doing? I am happy to say I'm doing good, but it's been a journey to get here. Sorry that I haven't blogged so much lately. I've been on a mental roller-coaster ride, but I think I need to just suck it up and get ... http://startupkidsline.com/2008/11/01/keep-your-head-up/ OH, they meant having a clothing line would really be a lot of work?!?! Well, duh, but at least it's work I love. I've spent a bit too much time beating myself up, or at the very least, spinning my wheels. I picked up a notebook from a year ago and ... http://startupkidsline.com/2008/09/17/rambling-and-social-networking/ Ok, so where have I been? I think that maybe I don't even know. It's been a very crazy and very stressful couple of months and so I just hid my head in a hole. Everything was going so great at the beginning of the summer. But it got tough ... http://startupkidsline.com/2008/09/05/uturn-running-a-clothing-line-the-wrong-way/ Here I thought I was such a good blogger and that I really do my best to share what I can...until I registered with blogHer and my blog was denied because it's been way too long since I've updated the blog. They sent me a date, it's been over a ... http://startupkidsline.com/2008/08/23/blog-denial-wakes-me-up-a-little-bit/ We have been so BUSY lately! Really running-a-business-it's-hard-to-keep-up-with-orders BUSY. And it's great. It's due to a number of factors, the first being a complete change in our discipline and focus. I've also gone to a few business intensive seminars that changed my view of myself and our business completely for ... http://startupkidsline.com/2008/07/19/the-makings-of-a-best-selling-clothing-line/ I know SO many people who will be exhibiting at the ABC show this year. It's coming up fast, can you believe it? We're not going. I feel such a huge amount of relief at this fact, but don't let that discourage you, I'm just really happy to be off ... http://startupkidsline.com/2008/07/01/make-the-most-of-abc-kids-tradeshow/ I've never worked so hard in my life, but I need to work harder!! Harder baby, harder baby. I can't believe that I'm years into this now. What I really can't believe is how much there still is to accomplish, even with the years of work behind us. Doesn't that ... http://startupkidsline.com/2008/06/24/hard-work-growing-a-business/ I have to admit that it is sometimes hard for me to remember all the things I didn't know when I first started down this designing path. Fabric, fabric, fabric. Everything about fabric intimidated me. Not because I hadn't worked with plenty of it in my life, but because I ... http://startupkidsline.com/2008/06/21/learning-about-the-types-of-fabric/