Mom Owned Businesses

Green Posh Moms

June 10, 2008

The words green and posh seemed a bit con­tra­dic­tory to me at first, but then I thought about the city of San Francisco and a lit­tle (energy-efficient flu­o­re­sent) light went off in my head and I got it. Green Posh Moms is a forum being devel­oped by two sis­ters, one of whom lives right here in […]

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Recycling Babies?!

May 30, 2008

There are so many work-at-home moms out there doing cool things! One mom based right here in Leesburg, VA finds used clothes and turns them into some­thing new for babies, hence her name — Recycling Babies.

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Steam Cleaning Our Floors

April 17, 2008

Active Family Services, LLC has been quoted in the Washington Post! I am tick­led that our steam clean­ing prac­tices made the news.

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Bubble of Pink

April 15, 2008

This new blog, writ­ten by a local mom, is full of inter­views of entrepreneurial women.

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Thanks to all of you who vis­ited our table at the Loudoun County Child Care & Resource Fair today! Our Where in Loudoun County? con­test stumped many folks. Guesses included: Potomac River, Algonkian Park, Goose Creek, White’s Ferry, and Ida Lee Park. I’ll send an email with the results later tonight, but in the mean­time only […]

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UPDATE: A while back the Play’n Around Gym changed own­er­ship and became known as Sense Abilities for Kids which did not last long. Sadly, as far as I know it was not replaced. Click here for list­ings on other indoor play options. My chil­dren have been to open play at the Play’n Around Gym a […]

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Moondance Soaps & More

November 10, 2007

moondancesoaps.com 6013 Old Horseman Trl. Raleigh, NC 27613 877−762−7728 info@moondancesoaps.com Nice soaps are a rel­a­tively cheap way to indulge on a daily basis even when the bud­get gets tight. While I still just talk­ing about start­ing Active Family Services, my hus­band sur­prised me with a gift of hand­made soaps from Moondance. He had come across an […]

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A Toy Garden

September 22, 2007

This web­site was rec­om­mended on a list I was on, and when I checked it out I was WOW-ed. Even my inlaws were WOW-ed and they are some of the most dis­crim­i­nat­ing con­sumers I know (in a good way!). A Toy Garden is filled with lots of thought­fully cho­sen options. If you are look­ing to start […]

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Mothering.com

September 16, 2007

This is the web­site for Mothering Magazine which labels itself as “the birth­place of nat­ural fam­ily lifestyle.” Despite the arro­gance of that asser­tion I have found their forums to be kind of online home where I can turn for infor­ma­tion on par­ent­ing in a style that is gen­tle on my chil­dren and the earth. If […]

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