By donna on September 23, 2011
David had been working on a new edit of his online gallery for the past week and has been meticulously selecting from 400,000 + images of his immense library from recent and older work. These are some of the gems he unearthed, many of which have rarely or never been seen. Bookmark his website: www.DavidPuu.com [...]
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By donna on September 10, 2011
Wow, it’s not every day the founders of Surfaid International walk into your shop. What an honor it was to meet Dr. Dave and Randall! Surfaid has been one of my favorite orgs to give to over the years for the amazing work they do preventing Malaria and especially after the Tsunami in Indo. David [...]
Posted in All, Meaningful career, connectedness, events, fashion, ocean, philantrophy, photography, surfing | Tagged David Pu'u, Donovan Frankenreiter, Dr. Dave, Havassy Art, Malibu, Robb Havassy, Sample Sale, Stewart+Brown, Stoneworks Gallery, Surfaid International, ventura |
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 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 [...]
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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 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 |
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 October 4, 2009
Read about Sierra and Hailey Partridge of Team Betty in this great article on the Good Times Blog. More Than Meets The Eye by Kelly Vander Kaay The Partridge twins prove powerful role models Despite the packed schedule that comes with being in demand, or perhaps in order to give thanks for the associated good [...]
Posted in All, life, ocean, philantrophy, surfing, women, women's surfing | Tagged Betty Belts, good times, Hailey Partridge, partridge twins, role models, santa cruz, Sierra Partridge, surfing twins, women's surfing |
By donna on June 3, 2009
The judges are judging, the votes are being tallied. Tomorrow I will find out if my video submission won my company a small business grant from Intuit. You can’t vote on it any more, but please come watch my video and be inspired! Fingers crossed, my friends! SMiles and Aloha, Donna
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