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the move, the franklins pendants, the shop

31. August 2010

Hello! My, has it been a while! I am so thankful to have had Heidi and Kelsey guest writing while I have been preparing for this move. They will continue to post until I am settled in next week. As for my life lately… I officially begin moving my stuff into my new apartment tomorrow [...]

ali fedotowski (the bachelorette) wears Jess LC!

24. August 2010

Photo credit: Matt Smith/James Breeden/PacificCoastNews.com This just in! My PR ladies sent me an email last night saying that they found photos of Ali Fedotowsky, of this season’s The Bachelorette walking with her fiancĂ©, Roberto while wearing a Jess LC Franklin Be Present Necklace! I was shocked, thrilled, and so happy to know that she [...]

makeunder my week: august, 16th

16. August 2010

Hi Guys, Whew! I took a mini-weekend trip to Rochester, Michigan this weekend to see my hometown. I hadn’t been back in town since my parents moved to a Philadelphia suburb two and a half years ago. It was a bit surreal to walk the streets with my childhood best friend, Carol Beth, and revisit [...]

flashback to Jess LC circa 2001

10. August 2010

Hi guys! I just want to pop in and say that Susie and I are still busy chipping away at the orders from last weekend – the response was so much bigger than expected and we are filling orders as quickly as possible. In the meantime, my longtime friend, Krista, sent me some photos of [...]

makeunder my week: august 9th

9. August 2010

Hi Guys, Good afternoon! I am a bit late in posting today because we had a secret sale this weekend for people on the Jess LC email list (sign up is on the top right of our homepage). There was such a huge response to the deal that I’ve been quite busy prepping, printing, and [...]

off the chain: july blog ambassadors

4. August 2010

As we get just a bit further into August, I want to give a shout out to the newest Jess LC Blog Ambassadors. These lovely ladies have awesome blogs. If you have any time to do some blog reading, I suggest jumping around these sites for inspiration.You can also see the full list of Blog [...]

fgi rising star nomination & other press

31. July 2010

Hot off the press! I have been nominated for a FGI (Fashion Group International) Rising Star Award. I am super excited about this because the last award I won for my business was Entrepreneur of the Year in my graduation class at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. And that might [...]

new york press tour!

29. July 2010

At long last! I am proud to say that we are all caught up with work from the past few weeks and I finally have a chance to sit down and tell you all about the press tour in New York. I will start by saying there was incredible amount of clarity and purpose throughout [...]

franklin inventory update

23. July 2010

I just want to pop in and let you all know that I temporarily pulled the Franklin collection off the site while I was in NYC so that I could come back and do a proper inventory. Once I mentioned the mistake in the braille and marked them 50% off, there was a flurry of [...]

sidewalk sale today and tomorrow

20. July 2010

Good morning! I am on my way to the second day of desk sides: People Style Watch and Real Simple are on the agenda today. Then I visit my PR showroom and meet the girls at Red Light PR for the first time in person. And after that I go to American Express to talk [...]

franklin pendant update

15. July 2010

I’d like to check in and let you all know about something which came to my attention yesterday right before I left for the airport. It turns out that the program I used to create the Franklin braille necklaces produced the letter preceding each intended letter in the alphabet. For example “BREATHE” came out “AQDASMD.” [...]

about the franklin collection

7. July 2010

Thank you for all of the sweet comments and support for the launch of the new Franklin Intentional Braille Necklaces and lookbook! I’m excited to explain a little bit more about the collection and show the necklaces in more detail. I have been thinking about doing something with braille for a long time. Graphically, I [...]