Tips from Stina The Renegade Seamstress
Getting back on the Road
Getting Arteries Mobile Boutique Back on the Road: The Magic of Festivals and the Call of the Open Road in 2024"Every Woman Wants a Dress No One Else Has"
Slow fashion is the process and upcycling the tool Stina Andersen uses in designing ARTeries by Stina custom dresses because" Every Woman Wants a Dress No One Else Has"Focus Pocus and Goal Sewing!
Alright Amigas! Time to start setting intentions for 2016, you know creating unrealistic expectations for your superhumanself that will drop off the radar in a few weeks. Then again- perhaps you want to focus on a few possible resolutions - that you will be able to maintain and love working to achieve!
Throughout the past year due to the business of life and the combined stress of working a 3/4 time job, sewing my clothing line, launching ARTeries Mobile Boutique, and being a single parent, while remaining social and healthy; I lost track of some of my goals! That's not to say I didn't achieve a lot of my goals- because I rocked 2015 and did a H-E-double hockeysticks of an amazing job. (Back patting sound effects.)
In fact 2015 was sew successful because I learned a new tactic for setting myself up for success from my business consultant Tonya Snider of tenBiz.She assured me that SMART goals were going to get me where I wanted to go!
She was sew right! I happen to love acronyms and alliteration as different words may work better for some people when making goals. My favorites are in bold!
S - Specific, or significant, stretching, stimulating, simple, self owned, strategic, sensible...
M. - Measurable, or meaningful, motivating, manageable, maintainable...
A. – Achievable, or attainable, action-oriented, appropriate, agreed, assignable, ambitious, accepted, audacious...
R. - Relevant, or rewarding, results-oriented, resourced, recorded, reviewable, robust...
T. – Time based or time-bound, time- lined, track-able...
Sew, try to carve some downtime for yourself this holidaze to do some SMART planning for the year ahead. Maybe if this concept is new just start with a short term goal that can be met fairly easily with a two or three steps before launching into I want to change my life mode!
For example:
Strategy: I am going to run a New Years Resolution 5k on January first.
Measurable: I run the race at 10am and am having a celebratory brunch at noon.
Action Steps: I found a couple of friends to support this goal and run with me. I registered for the event, step three put on my running shoes...
Rewarding: I am going to feel like a superstar for the start of 2016.
Time-based: The date is set, I just have to show up and participate.
This is one girlboss who wants success and happiness in 2016! Stay SMART benchmark those goals!
Sew it up,
Stina
Fashion Designer Mom: A True Story
How to Host a Successful Clothing Swap
I highly recommend you create a fun, playful atmosphere where women can feel free to play and explore new looks! Clothes swaps can empower women to unleash their creativity and explore new color schemes.
The joy of clothes swapping is beyond measure! To take a bag of unwanted garments to a party and swap them out for new desirable clothes is like getting a makeover without the cost.
Foam & Fabrics Closes... Sew What's a Local Sewer to do?
The local quick stop for all basic sewing projects is about to disappear!Foam and Fabrics on Biltmore Ave, In Asheville, NC, may not have been filled with the most amazing fabrics you have ever seen liken to that of Mood in NYC, but what they did have was great customer service, and a commitment to local sewers.
Motivation for building a Mobile based Business
We crossed the border and drove, days and nights, just sleeping in the art car all five of us, oh however did we do that? Meanwhile, I was all the time making art from miniature suitcase studios that traveled with us. The sketchbooks from that period are sand crusted , treasure troves of magical Mexican adventures. Now, we are preparing to build a mobile boutique to create a shoppe that will match the amazing stories of golden girls with amazing fashionable scores! Look for our new Golden Fashion Truck on the road in 2015!
