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By donna on May 13, 2011
But the very first time Donna stepped on a surfboard at the age of 31 her life changed forever.
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By donna on April 27, 2011
The surfboard resin jewelry is a fantastic achievement. We finally found a beautiful solution for the waste byproduct resin created by surfboard building.
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By donna on February 24, 2011
“It’s good because rightsizing allows you to be profitable and live as a human.” Today’s Daily Dose of Seth once again just nails it. This is one of many reasons I don’t send my designs free to celebrities and don’t want to sell my brand to Macy’s or Urban Outfitters. I keep BB small and [...]
Posted in All, Environmental, Meaningful career, connectedness, conscious consumerism, fashion, gratitude, marketing, small business, transparency and ethics | Tagged Betty Belts, David Pu'u, ethics, gratitude, National Retail Federation, scale, seth godin, small business, The big show, xo7 |
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 [...]
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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 February 18, 2010
Wow, I’m blown away! I’m a “Cover Girl” today! Check out this inspiring article below from this week’s VC Reporter… Commerce, Compassion and Community by Claudia Pardo McFayden The sweet scent of African freesia wafting through the store and onto the street entices visitors into the carefully decorated eclectic space that is Betty Belts. Cradled [...]
Posted in Environmental, Meaningful career, Products, conscious consumerism, fashion, ocean, philantrophy, photography, small business, surfing, transparency and ethics, women, women's surfing | Tagged Bali, balinese artisan, Balinese culture, betty b designs, Betty Belts, David Pu'u, Hailey Partridge, inspirational jewelry, inspiring small business, Jeanette Ortiz, love what you do, love your work, Mary Osborne, Meaningful career, motivational small business reading, ocean inspired, Sierra Partridge, small biz success, sustainability movement, ventura creative, ventura find, win-win, women's surfing |
By donna on December 1, 2009
Check out “Green T” Tamara wearing the Betty B. “Hala” recycled glass necklace and wood peace earrings at Nicole Sherwin’s Green Lounge! Green T at the Green Lounge with Nicole Sherwin
Posted in All, Environmental, conscious consumerism, events, fashion | Tagged green fashion, green lounge, green T, hollywood green, nicole sherwin, peace earrings, recycled glass necklace, tamara henry |
By donna on September 19, 2009
… Perfectly explained by Seth Godin in his Blog today. I’m a big fan of Seth’s Blog and always recommend it and his books to people I mentor. If you can only subscribe to ONE blog, make it Seth’s.
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By donna on September 19, 2009
Enchantment is the word that flows through my mind throughout this trip. Bali is incredibly enchanting. Inspiring… Gorgeous… The land of the Gods. We are almost done here. I’ve been working on new designs with my artisan friends and also with each of the young women from Team Betty who joined us for a portion [...]
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By donna on August 9, 2009
http://adistinctivestyle.com/ This is an awesome online magazine, complete with soundtracks and short videos to go with the stories, a very hip must-read (See Kate Hudson on the cover). It’s the Vanity Fair of the sustainability movement. And even better, there’s an interview with me in it where I got a chance to talk about some [...]
Posted in Environmental, Products, beauty, conscious consumerism, fashion, modeling, photography, women | Tagged Betty Belts, distinctive style, Kate Hudson, sustainability movement, Vanity Fair |
