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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 in a corner just off [...]
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 fortune, Sierra and Hailey [...]
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 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 of the trip. Mary [...]
Posted in All, Environmental, Products, beauty, fashion, modeling, ocean, philantrophy, photography, travel, women, 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
Posted in conscious consumerism, marketing, ocean, small business, surfing, travel, women, women's surfing |
By donna on May 1, 2009
Wow, I’m so excited!
Thanks to all of you who voted and the judges, who found my story compelling enough to select it as one of the top 50, I win 5K and get to compete in the next round (with a video I make) for an additional 10K or better yet, 25K grant!
Read my winning [...]
Posted in All, marketing, small business, women, women's surfing |
By donna on April 14, 2009
Betty Belts Surfer Mary Osborne has some good advice for those who want to start surfing.
She is well qualified to as author of the book Surfer Sister.
Here is a blog she wrote as an introduction for those interested in the world of surfing.
http://www.examiner.com/x-2148-LA-Surfing-Examiner~y2009m1d19-Do-you-want-to-start-surfing
It’s truly amazing how surfing changed my own life. Connecting with [...]
Posted in All, surfing, women's surfing |
By donna on April 14, 2009
The lovely, always smiling Mary Osborne was the very first athlete I wanted on my surf team when I got started with Betty Belts in 2003.
I asked her “Mary, I’m starting a surf team, will you be on it?”. And luckily she said gladly and we’ve done a lot together since. The man I love [...]
Posted in All, beauty, modeling, photography, pro surfing, surfing, women, women's surfing |
By donna on March 30, 2009
Come to Wahine Wednesday to celebrate women and surfing, April 1st, at the Sandbar in Santa Barbara.
This event is a fundraiser for Heal The Ocean
Great performances by Todd Hannigan and our own fabulous Zuri Star!
Surfer Sister book signing with Betty Belts Surfer Mary Osborne!
Buy gorgeous surf jewelry and belts from Betty Belts and David Pu’u [...]
Posted in All, Environmental, conscious consumerism, events, fashion, ocean, surfing, women, women's surfing |
By donna on March 13, 2009
DEEP is a wonderful magazine about the Ocean and those who pursue its pleasures.
I was fortunate to be featured in their Green issue this year with a profile about my business and ethics lovingly written by the man who knows me better than anyone, David Pu’u. Click on the page below to enlarge and click [...]
Posted in All, Environmental, conscious consumerism, fashion, ocean, small business, surfing, travel, women, women's surfing |
By donna on March 3, 2009
Congratulations to Mary, for getting this well deserved attention by one of our country’s biggest daily newspapers.
Mary Osborne was the very first surfer to join the Betty Belts Surf Team way back in 2003 and I’ve watched her career explode over the years.
By Sal Ruibal, USA TODAY
On the surface, Mary Osborne looks like a [...]
Posted in modeling, pro surfing, surfing, women, women's surfing |
