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Mo

Designer Toolbox: Happy Holidays Darlings!

by Mo on December 17, 2009

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Hi Darlings, we hope shoppers are making you joyous this holiday season! Apologies if you were affected by a minor blip this week on the site…just a wee bit of technical difficulties. If you were uploading images into your boutique on Tuesday, you may want to take a moment ad make sure they made it in succesfully.
We kicked off the month with a mini Darling shop at the SCOPE Art Show in Miami. Shoppers there and at other Darling events have won almost $1k in e-gift cards to spend at Smashing Darling. We hope they land in your Darling boutique soon!

how to: Help Your Shoppers W-I-N

Maybe you already know about the indie designer BLOG OFF happening over at WhatDesigners.com. But, have you told all of your fans about it? Spread the word today. If they win, they could use that Smashing Darling e-gift card to shop in your boutique! Bloggers writing about indie designers can comment and link their post for a chance to win up to $250 in e-gift card credit at Smashing Darling. Bloggers have all month, and five winners will be chosen. Click here for all the details!

More fun customer incentives coming soon in 2010!
Re-charge and Re:new

We hope you get a chance to take a break over the holidays and have some playtime. Maybe download the Smock Shop pattern, hideaway in your studio and make your own one-of-a-kind smock, read more about it here. Re-charge your inspiration!

What do you do with all your leftover textile bits and pieces? If you find yourself cleaning out shop in early 2010, help this organization help others. Re:new teaches refugee women knitting and sewing and relies on fabric donations. Click here to learn more.
Last bits for 2009
If your holiday break entails a beach (yay!) check out this beachy sample sale, Sara Bella Maui….Have a holiday sale happening that we missed? Send it our way so we can let people know!….Hey Chicago Darlings, support the indie community this weekend, free admission at the Sustainable Style Soiree….and, we have definitely added the Bowery Bazaar onto a list of things to check out in the new year. Anything you want to see happen at Smashing Darling in 2010? Let us know, we want to hear your wishes!

Happy, Happy Holidays to you all!

cheers ~ the Darlings

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trish

Re:new, Creating Hope for Refugee Women

by trish on December 15, 2009

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Re:new is an organization in Wheaton, IL helping refugee women in the area settle. They teach sewing and knitting classes to help women learn new skills. The organization also accepts donated textiles and clothing. In fact they rely on donated goods because all of their projects are made from recycled materials. They have lots of great information on their site too. Did you know in 2007 11.9 million tons of knew textiles were generated. In that same year 2.8 billion pounds of textiles were wasted. Nice to know there are places to donate such materials so we can break our wasteful habits while at the same time create opportunity. Waste creates more waste … Resourcefulness creates more resourcefulness. It’s the law of attraction. Any way check them out and look for other organizations like them. Please send them our way. We will add them to our blog roll and would love to post about them.

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