EARTH ANGELS: February 2018

Thursday, February 22, 2018

...a dolls' dressmaker...peek into her world

I totally adore Hilary Wagstaff and all that she creates...

...so what a true treat for me to dedicate my column to her in the latest issue of Where Women Create

that's JUST hit the newsstands...

Hilary has a

finely tuned personal style...

the clothing she creates for Blythe dolls shows that she's at the top of her craft -- with an aesthetic that makes her creations clearly identifiable as her art.

Her story and style were a natural match for my

"Business of the Studio" column...

...her wee fashions send me...

tiny embroidered details, finely fitting frocks.... but above all that...Hilary has a wonderful story of her business and how it happened...

how fab that she's shared her story!

A huge thanks to Editor in Chief, Jo Packham of Where Women Create for the opportunity to celebrate Hilary and her Moshi Moshi Studio

in the new issue of the magazine....

A peek at her studio space shows her empirical nature and her dedication to order, a love of vintage fineries,

and a nod to texture...

I was thrilled to be invited to photograph her studio space last year in Penarth, Wales.

You can follow Hilary via her facebook page...HERE

and....you'll find a link

to her etsy page there...

she's on Instagram as @hilarywagstaff

Thanks Hilary for sharing your story and style! Your creations are fabulous, your business journey noteworthy and I am so grateful to know you through the wonderful Blythe community!

xo Jen

Friday, February 16, 2018

London event next week...SUPER EXCITED....

...hi all...

I'll be heading to London next week ...

I am super excited to once again participate in the fab HUGGLET's WINTER BEAR FEST...

along with special guest and featured artist

Letty Worley!

AND
AND AND

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...I'll also be doing several photo shoots for Jo Packham's Where Women Create magazines...STAY TUNED for just a few peeks and intel about these exciting shoots... be sure to follow me on instagram at @jensearthangels

Will I see you in London again???

So many friends there that I am super excited to see...

Hope so!!

Stay tuned for more peeks!

xo Jen

Saturday, February 10, 2018

paying the bills with your passion...part III..take note of you're a creativpreneur!

Some of you have been following my column in Where Women Create: BUSINESS

called...

"Turning Your Passion into Your Paycheck"

If so -- TAKE NOTE -- Part III has just dropped onto the newsstands and it's packed with tips and tools for MARKETING YOUR HANDMADE BUSINESS...

...many of you don't know that my formal training is in Urban Planning -- yep -- even have the Masters and the Professional License (AICP) --
but that may not seem to match with what I do everyday with Earth Angels Studios...

But it does! It does! Why???

My specialization in Planning is in small business economic development... that means, I know how to help business grow through garnering sales, how they market and how they position themselves within the economy as makers and manufacturers...

So now -- instead of working with food and fashion liked I used to in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn when I lived in Queens -- I work with handmade and have since I started my dabbling in 1994 as a hobby business...

I went full time into Earth Angels in 2000 when I had my first kiddo and have not looked back.... Soooo it' really nice for me to have the opportunity to come full-circle and share my business development know-how in this four part series called

"Paying the Bills with Your Passion"

(you can catch the prior columns -- Parts I & II --

in the July and October issues...)

A big thanks to Editor in Chief, Jo Packham, for the opportunity to share my experience and know-how in this column...

It's been a joy for me to work on these articles to encourage artful entrepreneurship.