So proud to be a winner of Boulder County Business Report’s inaugural Forty Under 40 group! Honored to be among the group of young emerging leaders under the age of 40 in the Boulder Valley.  The full story will be out soon…

Here are all the winners – Boulder never ceases to amaze!

Chris Barge, director of services, Community Foundation Serving Boulder County; Jason Berv, founder/executive director, Watershed School; Tyson Brawley, founder/chief executive, Goozmo LLC; Lynn Brewer, sales and marketing coordinator, Hotel Boulderado; Michael Christie, music director, Colorado Music Festival.

Dan Condon, associate director of professional development, Eagle Rock School; Brook Eddy, founder, Bhakti Chai LLC; Connie Eyster, partner, Hutchinson Black and Cook LLC; Matt Galligan, co-founder/chief executive, SimpleGeo Inc.; Justin Gold, founder, Justin’s Nut Butter LLC.

Katherine Gregory, vice president of operations, Clementine Art Inc. Brooke Gunn, account executive, ResourceMFG; Gillian Hamburger, president, Alem International Management Inc; Carly Hare, director of development, Native American Rights Fund; Quayle Hodek, chief executive, Renewable Choice Energy Inc.

Blake Jones, president, Namaste Solar Electric Inc.; Keith Kanemoto, co-owner, Prudential Rocky Mountain Realtors; Matt Kolb, founder, Pedal to Properties Inc.; Neil Littmann, vice president of operations, The Colorado Group Inc.; Ann Livingston, sustainability coordinator, Boulder County.

Arron Mansika, founder, Boulder’s Best Organics; Kristin Macdonald, associate, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP; Kimbal Musk, co-founder/president, OneRiot; Ari Newman, founder, president, FiltrBox; Warren Ng, co-founder/chief innovation officer, Napkin Labs Inc.

Joshua Onysko, co-founder/president, Pangea Organics; Christy Orris, owner, ATEK Manufacturing Inc; Brigette Paige, partner, Packard and Dierking LLC; Omar Postigo-Martell, principal, Well Translated LLC; Lisa Pedersen, chief executive, Humane Society of Boulder Valley.

Wendy Reynolds, senior vice president/director of market development, Flatirons Bank; Morgan Rogers, civic forum director, Community Foundation Serving Boulder County; David Rubin, president/general manager, A Spice of Life Catering Services;

Lisa Severy, director of career services, University of Colorado at Boulder; Nathan Seidle, founder, SparkFun Electronics.

David Sinkey, principal, Boulder Creek Life and Home; Heather Smith, founder, Lady Luxe Inc.; Tracy Taylor-Sea, event marketing director, Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce; Luke Vernon, chief operating officer, Eco-Products Inc.; Todd Walsh, broker associate, The Colorado Group Inc.

Doll,
I’ve missed you too.   What is a girl to do when the goin’ get CraZy?  So, I will be a peace maven next week and get you all the scoop you’ve been waiting for.  Love ya, mean it.

At least there have been some Apple Cider Bellinis  involved to keep everything on keel.  (my sigi drink for fall xH)

xo H

Get your social media on this Wed!

Chicks who Click presents -a Three Part Seminar Series-
Get Your Social Media On!

Social Media 101
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Presented by Heather Smith
Social media is all over the news, more and more you are hearing about Twitter, people are sending you emails to be their friend on Facebook, you’re seeing Youtube videos and Digging things-but if you are asking yourself, what does it all mean?  Why do I care and what do I do with it?  Then this seminar is for you!  Come find out how to utilize social media personally and professionally.

Utilizing your Social Toolbox
Thursday, October 22, 2009
5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Presented by Aimee Giese and Tara Anderson

If you are starting a business, or just branding yourself, you will want to know the most effective way of creating a brand called YOU!  You will want to know what tools do you use?  How to discover new tools, what you do to test them, how you decide on one over the other and tips for how to create a toolbox based on unique needs. The best tools behind evangelizing and outreach.

Or is this you?

Your manager comes to you and says, you are our new social media strategist-get out there and brand us, market us in a positive light and grow our social media presence!
Corporate Management Tools: If you are managing a community for a corporation you’ll find out about the top three tools for encouraging community growth online, which tools give you the best access to the community you’ve been able to grow and what happens when a new tool or application causes disruption?

Managing your Online Presence
Thursday, November 5, 2009
5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Presented by Doyle Albee

You have established yourself on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin…you started a personal or company blog…now what?  Come find out how to engage in social media, how to maximize your presence and manage your brand in a positive and effective way. There is a right way and a wrong way, come learn the right way-to engage in the conversation of social media.

Registration Information
$49 per session/$139 for all three sessions
Seats limited to 40 registrants!

Location:
Gordon Biersch Brewery and Restaurant
1 Flatiron Cir # 428
Broomfield, CO 80021-8214
(720) 887-2991

Hey artie smarties. Boulder Open Studios 2009 is among us!

This is truly the way you want to spend our next two gorgeous fall weekends in Boulder, Colorado.  Don’t live here? Don’t fret, you can come…we love visitors.  Book a lil’ fall holiday with the cute guy in your life your your BFF.

Here is the scoop, as promised:

What started as a tour of 50 artists studios with the help of a handful of volunteers and sponsors in 1995 has grown to over 125 juried artists, an active board of directors and a dedicated group of volunteers and sponsors.

First two weekends in October every year Saturdays & Sundays, October 3 & 4 and October 10 & 11, 2009 Noon-6pm each day Get the Guidebook This color guidebook includes a list of all of the participating artists, a photo of their work, a large tour map, bike routes, artist interviews, a children’s page and more. Although the Guidebook is not required, purchase helps make this non-profit event possible.
Go See Preview Exhibit You can see one piece of each artist’s work in the Canyon Gallery at the Boulder Public Library. This delightful show will help you choose your favorites. View one piece from each Open Studios artist. Mid September through mid October at the Boulder Public Library, 1100 Canyon Boulevard.
Map Your Tour Look through the Open Studios Guidebook and select your favorite artists. Circle their numbers on your map and you’re ready to start your adventure! No appointment is needed. Noon – 6pm, Saturday and Sunday, during the first two weeks of October.
Find the Studios The bright yellow Open Studios sign helps make studios easy to find and identify.
Visit the Artists Interact with Open Studios artists as they explain their processes and what inspires them to create their art. Buy art directly from the artist. All proceeds from the sale of art goes directly to the artist. Learn more about buying art.

Open Studios is now more than an ARTIST STUDIO TOUR held each autumn. In addition to our popular event in the fall, we now host THE OPEN STUDIOS JURIED ART FAIR in May, offer children’s ART CLASSES at Clementine Studio in Boulder throughout the year, and have a permanent ART GALLERY AT REMBRANDT YARD in downtown Boulder.

We are a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that relies on generous donations from sponsors, foundations and individuals. We also rely on and encourage active volunteer support to help us with our numerous events and with projects throughout the year. Without support, Open Studios would not exist. If you would like to donate time and/or money, visit our SUPPORT page.

The BOULDER CORK restaurant and WRIGHT KINGDOM REALTY, two of Open Studios sponsors,  are currently showing work by Open Studios artists. The Cork is featuring work from: Tom Cannon, Jane Hunt, Pete Wysong, Leah Bradley, Karen Divine, Barbara Frey and Karen Conduff. All artwork is for sale and benefits the artists and Open Studios.

Lady Luxe Inc. to dish the {natural + organic} scoop on: Tweet Smarts, Strategizing Social Media at Natural Products Expo East in The Beantown. Yea.

Lady Luxe is devoted to ‘social media for the socially responsible’ so I am thrilled to be speaking among  companies that share a commitment to ethical business practices such as sustainability, and eco-consciousness.

Here are the details, so you don’t miss out…

Tweet Smarts: Strategize Social Media

Thursday, 09/24/2009

1:00PM - 2:30PM,

Room Level 2, 252A

Description: Social Networking has turned into one the easiest way to market your business but how does this new media apply to the Natural Products Industry? Come and learn the steps to taking your business’ social media program to the next level.

…and I have the pleasure of teaming up on this talk with the lovely Cynthia Barstow of Seed to Shelf + my Alma Mater University of Massachusetts, Amherst baby!

We’re gonna call it as we see it, social media in natural products industry.  Don’t miss it, because we won’t miss a beat.

So, come on out to the show and get your tweet on!  Learn to create a buzz in the digital world.

And for sure, Travel Green + Save Green.

New Hope Natural Media will hook you up:

Qualified buyers, brokers, and distributors can ride a regional bus or train to the show and Natural Products Expo East will reimburse you up to $75—just visit the Transportation Desk with your receipt and badge to get your reimbursement!

So… I am in Boston already, and enjoying quite a bit of nostalgia from my grad school days at Tufts University (yes, I have gone from Nutritional Biochemisty to Social Media…and I can make the two mingle!), the many Head of the Charles races I rowed in (gooooo lightweights!)…

and hangin’ out at Bukowski’s downtown and The Thirsty Scholar in Cambridge…oh, and The Can Tab in Central Square with the legendary Little Joe Cook…

Tweet me…I am out on the town.

xo, Heather

It is time for a fabulous – eco fabulous that is – fall wardrobe.

This lovely Kelly B bamboo & organic cotton dress will be in mine.  She calls it the Lizzie Dress.

This can be your little plum dress, too…a flattery scoop neck up top and three rows of grommets line the bottom. Wear it well girl.

xo Heather

p.s. pick one up at CocosShoppe.com

Okay…yea…they really are just rhine stones.  But,  I am ready to ‘get in shape girl’ and dance my pants off  at Elite Dance Academy’s ultra-fab Grand Opening tomorrow here in Boulder!

GRAND OPENING PAR-TAE

When: Saturday August 29, 2009
Where: Elite Dance Academy Boulder- 3005 Sterling Circle
Free classes from 9am-2pm.
Performances by Elite Competitive Teams and Fairview Poms
Complimentary snacks and beverages
Drawing for prizes and more!

I am totally ready to shake my groove thing – yea yea.

I’ll see ya these free classes dolls…

xo, H

What a freak’in riot.  Seriously, a coco-loco riot.
Sweatriot is all natural, anti-oxidant-rich, dairy-free, kosher, gluten-free cacao with a mission.

Chocolate treats on a mission that is…

“To create a more just and celebrated multicultural world for our next generation.”

Here is how the Sweetriot team makes a difference…

and how you can by eating chocolate – a win/win if you ask me.

Our Product. Our People. Our Partnerships.

First of all, we consider what products we are creating. Are they good for the world….are they healthy…are they natural and fairly traded? Is the sourcing ethical? We worked very hard to find a partner in South America with a strong track record of social responsibility and a commitment to fair trade. Plus, we searched for a product – cacao – which comes from the most healthy & magical fruit in the world. It is a slow not fast food and we’re proud of that.

Our Product. Our People. Our Partnerships.

As a founder of a company, I am committed to building a workplace, which is empowered, team-oriented, positive, and service oriented. On the inside of our company, we need to be responsible in order to serve our partners and rioters effectively. I work hard to create fair HR practices such as a health care stipend even though we are a tiny company. I also work with my team on work-life balance issues and making sweetriot a wonderful place to work. Once again, we are not perfect, but we try our best.

Our Product. Our People. Our Partnerships.

Lastly, of course, we love to support non-profits who have similar values and ideals to sweetriot. We especially focus on organizations that celebrate culture and diversity and young people. Our partnerships take many forms but usually involve giving the organization cacao for their special events and also sending speakers and/or people to help them at events. At this point, we are not doing cash partnerships but that’s mainly because we are a brand new company and have NO profit! We will do this in the future, but it will not be JUST a check. That’s not true partnership.

Each delish tin of chocolate is sure to bring out the inner rioter… whether it’s the scrumptious taste and low calories of sweetriot cacao, the cool art on the edge, or the cacao country fun fact inside, you’ll be glad you gave peace(s) a chance.

Featured Artist #10: Callie Hirsh

That is gorgeous art…right.  Sweetriot supports the emerging artists community by featuring works that embrace sweetriot’s culture on its tins. Every few months they ask rioters to Rock the Art Vote and help pick the featured artist for upcoming tins.

Oh, and lastly, SJP and I covet the same Sweetriot coco love…Now if only by eating all this chocolate I could look like her in skinny jeans.

This is how I rolled on the RV vaca up to Jackson Whole, Yellow Stone & Teton National Parks.  Get out and see our beautiful, beautiful country!  Enjoy the majesty of it all. Don’t mean to sound like a commercial but it is true!

So, I’ve gotta give some props to my outdoor vaca essentials…

Rockin’ the LeSportsac Frieda pack.  I basically never leave home without this baby, and it is a true head turner because it is so glam and cool…and I know everyone else wants one.  So go get your own.  BTW – clicking on the different designs you can pick from is half the fun.

Also have to say my Patagonia windbreaker never let me down either.  When the temperature fluctuates in the mountains or around town this is all ya need.  In purple to, of course.  Least not forget the dedication Patagonia has to our world, our environment.

xo H

Hey dolls.  Did ya miss me?  I totally missed you – mwah – kisses.

I’m back from vaca – WY – Lady Luxe trip – NYC – brought the kiddos back to G-parents – NJ.  Party’s over.  Lots to fill you in on…

OOTS! by far has the coolest, hippest, eco lunch boxes this side of Brooklyn.  There is plenty of room to pack your cupcakes & bacon for lunch.

Check it out: The lid of the box is shaped to keep a bottle in place, under an elastic strap.

All materials used are food safe and kid-friendly: made from BPA-free and phthalate-free polypropylene and safety tested for lead. The lunch box and containers are dishwasher safe (top rack) and the containers can be used in a microwave.

The ‘stacked’ design and materials used give these lunch boxes a surprising look and make them playful and tactile objects for little fingers. The upright design also prevents food from being tossed around.

The Lunchbox comes in three different color combos: Blue, Green and Orange. They are sold either without containers, or as a Deluxe version, with 4 small and 1 large container inside.

The Lunchbox is another example of the Dutch design savvy that OOTS! brings to all its products: an optimal combination of style and added functionality.

And yes, adults may use them as well.

Gretchen and Grace Greenwear is the ecoBoutique on the scene any they are stocked with our favorite brands like…Del Forte, Eberjey, Kris Nations and Night Owl.

An ecoFabulous place to shop.

Bettering our world doesn’t have to be difficult. It can be relatively easy to make small lifestyle changes that can have a large and positive impact upon our planet. Recycling, fuel and energy conservation—these are ideas that everyone can implement in their lives to lower their carbon footprint and improve our environment.

At Gretchen and Grace, you can find a wealth of resources for green fashion items that you can enjoy all the more for knowing that by purchasing them, you are becoming part of the solution and not the problem. Whether it’s a pair of gorgeous earrings made from recycled materials, the most comfortable organic cotton clothes you’ve ever worn, or personalized stationery that uses 100% recycled paper and vegetable-based inks, expressing yourself has never been so good for our world.

Time to shop ladies.

Okay – I am starting to feel like it is fabulous Etsy week so let’s just call it that.  K.

And, yes, MCA that was for you man.

Here’s the story of a lovely lady – Alisun Franson - Cruisin’ the Streets in Style – How Beatrice Holiday  all came to be…

The birth of Beatrice Holiday – Cruiser Couture came to be after countless mishaps on my cruiser bike. Fallen lipstick into a gutter, lost credit card that slipped out of my pocket while in transit, keys that slipped thru the crack of my basket into another gutter. Lots of cruiser roadkill left in my path! I can’t be the only one right? So, I created a line of Cruiser Handlebar Bags, Cruiser Basket Liners and matching Cruiser Seat Covers crafted out of vintage upholstery fabrics that really make your cruiser stand out from the pack!!

Cruising around the neighborhood is something that is second nature to me living in sunny Denver, Colorado. I love to cruise to the farmer’s market, the park with my dog, meet up with friends that are also on their cruisers. It’s just part of my everyday routine… so naturally I wanted to pimp out my ride a bit – and doing so with vintage fabrics and naming the line after my NANA makes it all that much better.

Beatrice Holiday products are designed and constructed out of vintage upholstery fabrics and made in Denver, COLORADO.

Thank you in advance for supporting locally made products and earth friendly crafts.

Boulder’s finally getting a flea market!

The Hill Flea: A Local Cabinet of Creative Curiosities is launching this August in Boulder’s historic University Hill district and already has a killer line-up planned for launch day. The best of Boulder’s Fringe fest will perform throughout the day, and local samba march band Bateria Alegria will bring the Brazilian beats.

An interactive marketplace and community edu-tainment playspace, the Hill Flea is designed to be a dynamic destination for city and county residents of all ages, fusing creativity with education and experience. One part vintage flea market, one part interactive workshop, the Flea will bring traditional vendors, artisans, and entrepreneurs together to offer their talents and treasures for sale while also imparting their skills or knowledge to the visiting public. Celebrating the principles of sustainability, vendors and visitors alike will be invited to reuse, renew, recycle and rediscover their goods, services, and skills.

Be there, or be square.  Seriously.

take comfort in knowing your drinking water is securely stowed in the sleek and clean CamelBak stainless-steel better bottle.

use it, love it, don’t leave home with out it.

fabulous because it has a straws so you can be chic while you enjoy your cold beverage and look like you are downing your water bottle from the gym.  and no spills.

BPA free, of course.  cool, oh yea.

Organic Champagne & Sparkling Wine

Pure. Organic. Festive. Bubbly! Raise a glass of organic champagne or sparkling wine to mark your special occasions. Choose from our exquisite selections from around the world:

the tbar here in boulder is undeniable the only place to go for all your lingerie needs.

pick something out for yourself or send your lova’ in for a surprise-surprise.

lucy b is my fav hands down.