Small Business Saturday is upon us once again. It's here - it's today. With it comes its fair share of critics. Essentially, it's a shopping holiday that was created by American Express five years ago to promote spending at local and small shops. Last year, consumers who said they were aware of the campaign spent approximately $5.7 billion with independent merchants. Consumer awareness hit 71%, and 46% of those people reported making a purchase. Depending on the size of the "small" business, that purchase may ...
Archives for November 2017
Happy Thanksgiving + Cheers to Making Our Hearts Happy
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how important it is to keeping my passion just that - a passion. This year especially, I've put a lot of pressure to make Madalynne, now my full time gig, work. Leaving the corporate world a little over a year ago, I felt as if people were watching to see whether I'd fly or flop. Thankfully, Madalynne is working out, but along the way, I've found myself losing my creative outlet that originally started this blog. Not totally, just slightly. Madalynne started as a hobby. It was ...
Thankful: Bra Making with Madalynne Recap
With Turkey Day just around the corner, the November workshop feels different than the others. Gratitude is something that's been on my mind lately. We’re all encouraged to dream big, push for more, and improve in our work life as well as our personal life. As the year draws to a close, something that has been on my mind is how to navigate my desire to be bigger with my desire for a life of gratitude and fulfillment. I’m still figuring this one out - I'm guessing I always will - but I'm so very thankful of ...
Cozy & Cute: Bralette Giveaway with Madison Brunner
Hello Madalynne readers! This week, I’ve partnered with Maddie to host a giveaway featuring my newest favorite bralette. Before I get started, a little bit about me... I am a twenty something style blogger, posting my favorite outfits and inspirations on my website and instagram. I have a soft spots for coffee (iced or hot), warm weather and a good pair of boots. Oh, and also super soft (and wearable!) intimates like the Nina halter bralette ; ) I discovered Madalynne Intimates recently and was taken aback by ...
Styling a Lace Bodysuit with The Fashionably Broke Teacher
It was shortly after I had left the corporate world and was working as a personal stylist at Anthropologie Rittenhouse as I transitioned into full time entrepreneur when I first met Lindsey of the blog, The Fashionably Broke Teacher. The other personal stylist and I were looking to grow the PS program and researching local bloggers to help us spread the word. We reached out to a handful, and Lindsey was the first to respond. She too was in somewhat of a new stage of her life, having recently moved from the south. ...
