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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 black [...]
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 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 was in [...]
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 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 |
