As a small business owner, I am always excited to learn more about other small businesses -- especially those created by women. I love hearing how they started, obstacles they've overcome, and what inspires them. Over the next few months, I'm going to be profiling female small business owners of all stripes -- from creative ventures to social services, bloggers and more.
Stay tuned for this interview series, coming soon!
Do you own a small business you'd like featured? Email me at happilyeverclever@gmail.com
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
I refuse to go to the grocery store...
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| Horrible photo, delicious muffins |
Fast forward to today. After brunch with the girls, taking my dog for a long walk, cleaning the kitchen, and doing some work stuff, I really wanted to use my mini muffin pan, but I refused to go to the grocery store.
I found some walnuts, oatmeal, eggs, and bananas that were turning brown and whipped up some delicious and semi-healthy banana walnut muffins with oatmeal and brown sugar streusel on top (Recipe can be found on Cooking Light). I love it when I can figure out something to make with ingredients I already have. It cuts down on unnecessary trips to the store, saving money on both gas and food!
Note that I used white flour, since I didn't have any wheat flour, and I'd recommend making extra streusel for the top, since what the recipe called for wasn't quite enough. And, if you are making mini muffins instead of regular, they only need to cook for about 10 minutes.
Now I'm on to organizing my closet. Productive little Sunday!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Exciting Blogging News!
First, Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!
Second, I'm VERY excited about a new chapter in my life as a blogger. I've recently been selected by Girl Power Hour to be a featured blogger on their site!
Girl Power Hour is a local Seattle (and now San Francisco) women's networking group that brings together professionals from all over the city for monthly networking, cocktail-ing, and educational opportunities. I have been to some of their events over the last few years, and they really bring together some of the city's best movers and shakers (and, as a small business owner, networking is KEY)!
I'll be blogging over at Girl Power Hour on the same topics as I do here -- personal finance, saving money, charitable giving, etc. -- even with the same name!
But don't worry, I'll still be blogging here as well. I'm hopeful that blogging with GPH will bring some more readers to this blog, and connect my business ventures with more potential clients.
Stay tuned in the next couple weeks as my first blog with Girl Power Hour comes out!
Second, I'm VERY excited about a new chapter in my life as a blogger. I've recently been selected by Girl Power Hour to be a featured blogger on their site!
Girl Power Hour is a local Seattle (and now San Francisco) women's networking group that brings together professionals from all over the city for monthly networking, cocktail-ing, and educational opportunities. I have been to some of their events over the last few years, and they really bring together some of the city's best movers and shakers (and, as a small business owner, networking is KEY)!I'll be blogging over at Girl Power Hour on the same topics as I do here -- personal finance, saving money, charitable giving, etc. -- even with the same name!
But don't worry, I'll still be blogging here as well. I'm hopeful that blogging with GPH will bring some more readers to this blog, and connect my business ventures with more potential clients.
Stay tuned in the next couple weeks as my first blog with Girl Power Hour comes out!
Friday, February 3, 2012
Perhaps off topic, definitely right on
My apologies that this blog posting is a little off topic, but I had to post this somewhere, and this seemed as good a place as any. As you probably know, I'm a freelance copywriter. I write everything from ad campaigns to emails, sales trainings to magazine articles. I write for an agency in Seattle and one of my colleagues posted a link to a really cool blog called "Letters of Note." The owner of this blog posts letters, postcards, and telegrams from famous and/or notorious people in history.
The particular link she sent was a letter that David Ogilvy wrote to a colleague in 1955. Ogilvy would become founder of Ogilvy & Mather, one of America's most storied advertising agencies. Sidenote: Even if you aren't a big advertising/marketing/copywriting nerd like me, you have at least heard Ogilvy's name mentioned a million times on Mad Men.
There's something about the way he describes the writing process...and the way that it starts out organized, strategic, and methodical, and devolves (or evolves!) into something instinctive, passionate, urgent, and emotional.
Take a couple minutes to read his letter here: I am a lousy copywriter
The particular link she sent was a letter that David Ogilvy wrote to a colleague in 1955. Ogilvy would become founder of Ogilvy & Mather, one of America's most storied advertising agencies. Sidenote: Even if you aren't a big advertising/marketing/copywriting nerd like me, you have at least heard Ogilvy's name mentioned a million times on Mad Men.
There's something about the way he describes the writing process...and the way that it starts out organized, strategic, and methodical, and devolves (or evolves!) into something instinctive, passionate, urgent, and emotional.
Take a couple minutes to read his letter here: I am a lousy copywriter
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