2010
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By donna on November 25, 2010
Wow, two posts in one day! Just a quick announcement here: Today, on Thanksgiving, our new designs are ready to see and shop for and wish list at www.Bettybelts.com Tip: use the code FRIEND at checkout for 10% off your entire order when you are directed to our shipping partner Essential Surf. I am thankful [...]
Posted in All, Products, conscious consumerism, fashion | Tagged betty b designs, Betty Belts, bliss jewelry, new designs, silver jewelry, stretch wood belt |
By donna on November 25, 2010
Gratitude is something I feel more than ever now. Just an example: Last night my production manager (who is like family) in Bali and I had a “meeting” across oceans. We chatted and shared pictures via online messenger and email with our respective smartphones. It allowed us to be so close, as if we were [...]
Posted in All, art, beauty, connectedness, conscious consumerism, life | Tagged appreciation, Bali, Betty Belts, connectedness, David Pu'u, good times, gratitude, ventura |
By donna on October 28, 2010
I just introduced a new line of jewelry I created with the help of a few local craftsmen, made from upcycled surfboard resin, excess material created with the surfboard building process. Each stripe comes from a board made by master shaper Dennis Ryder. It represents the dreams of riding waves on a new board, hopefully [...]
Posted in All, Environmental, conscious consumerism, recycling, transparency and ethics |
By donna on September 6, 2010
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others [...]
Posted in All | Tagged emotional labor, inspiring quote, labor day |
By donna on September 5, 2010
I enjoyed Seth Godin’s brief blog today so much I am stoked to share it with you. I believe he is the one who originally coined this gorgeous term: “emotional labor”. It expresses making a difference, putting love into what you do so love can come out of it. There’s your answer right there. Smiles, [...]
Posted in All | Tagged emotional labor, love, make a difference, seth godin, smile |
By donna on August 18, 2010
This is something really cool from the ASR Trade show last weekend. We gave them a box of our hottest accessories and they ended up on almost every model in the show. Here’s an opportunity to see great ways to style the goods. My favorite is the two of my white bangles stacked with two [...]
Posted in All, Products, events, fashion, modeling, surfing, women, women's surfing |
By donna on June 11, 2010
I always wanted to be in Fast Company Magazine, and I’m pretty sure that will still happen one day. But for now I’ll have to settle for the Wall Street Journal Magazine. Full page. Me. Surfing. With a big smile on my face. Life is good. Life needs a LIKE button. Photo Copyright David Pu’u
Posted in All, ocean, surfing, travel, women's surfing | Tagged Betty Belts, donna von hoesslin, surfing, women's surfing |
By donna on May 2, 2010
I have a beautiful new collection coming out shortly (check www.BettyBelts.com starting May 10th). I’ve been busy tying up all the loose ends to get it on the site and available to you. Meanwhile, my S.O. David Pu’u, who shot all the designs and the women behind them, Team Betty, wrote a beautiful piece on [...]
Posted in All, Products, beauty, conscious consumerism, fashion, modeling, philantrophy, photography, women's surfing | Tagged betty b designs, Betty Belts, cause designs, cause jewelry, David Pu'u, donna von hoesslin designs, inspirational jewelry, Jeanette Ortiz, Mary Osborne, new designs, Sierra Partridge, ventura, women's surfing |
By donna on April 28, 2010
Working with sterling silver every day for several years now, I’ve learned a lot, even made a few cool discoveries about how to optimize it’s care. Here are some tips. What makes silver tarnish? All silver will tarnish, even the high quality stuff like Tiffany and Betty B. Exposure to various elements (including plain old [...]
Posted in All, Environmental, Products, fashion | Tagged cleaning silver without chemicals, eco friendly silver care, eco friendly silver polishing, polish silver, polishing jewelry, sterling silver care |
By donna on April 5, 2010
David Pu’u is, as you probably already know, a very gifted photographer of beautiful things. He and I are both blessed to work with some amazing people, including twins Hailey and Sierra Partridge. Here is his most recent blog about what that means… Model Models by David Pu’u Recently, NYC based production company Silent Crow [...]
Posted in All, Meaningful career, beauty, conscious consumerism, fashion, life, marketing, modeling, ocean, photography, surfing, travel, women, women's surfing | Tagged betty b., Betty Belts, brand identity, brand personality, branding, David Pu'u, Hailey Partridge, hobie, partridge twins, Sierra Partridge, sports modeling, surf photography, surfing twins, team betty, women in surfing |
