Hey ladies!
Wow! A lot has happened since the last time I've updated you! Well, for starters I legally changed the name from Minis by Mary to simply Mary Carroll. I did this because I want to expand my line and add other pieces to it besides Mini Skirts. Of course I want mini skirts to be my trademark but I also just started making cute size wallets/clutches which are posted on the Mary Carroll Designs facebook page.(I will be posting pics of them on here in a few.) Also, I'm hoping this week or maybe next week I will be adding head scarfs to my line. By head scarf I mean a stretchy thick headband with extra fabric attached so you can wrap it under your head so it falls on your shoulders. What are your thoughts? On another note, I have officially moved my sweatshop (thats where I do all my sewing) out of my families dining room into my basement. LoL my sisters have been busting since the day I started sewing saying my place of work is "the sweatshop!" I know, how rude lol!! So, I have acquired extra tables for more work space, another sewing machine, and display racks where I can hang my products! So excited!!! I really really hope I can move the sweatshop out of my basement and into my own fabulous boutique one day! I'm hoping sooner rather than later but we'll see! Now, for those of you that have been reading my blog right along you might be wondering "when are the Mini and Martini parties going to start!?" Well ladies, I was going to have the first one at my house but at this time if anyone is interested in hosting one please contact me via email (minisbymary@gmail.com) so I can explain more in detail and we can further plan the party!! Alright ladies, Hope you all have a great week and a fun Fourth of July! If your searching for something cute to wear to your Fourth of July BBQ, 4th of July skirts are now available! Variety of sizes and fabrics! Ta Ta for now!!!
Love ya,
Mary
P.S - Be sure to check out the wallets and the new skirts below :)
The Original
The Original Mini by Mary!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Im Back :)
Hey Hey Ladies!
Due to family circumstances these past few weeks, I haven't had a chance to update my blog or keep up with my mini skirt business. However, the time has come where I can put my energy back into my minis!!! SOOOOOO....Whats New!!? Hmm...well I have pulled my skirts from a few salons because I have a change of thought. I'm thinking salons aren't really the hot spots to sell mini skirts because the packaging isn't appropriate for clients to actually see and feel how the skirts fall. So, what I want to do now since summer is right around the corner is go to local boutiques including stores in Saratoga, Lake George and various other beach stores to try and promote my minis there seeing as though they can be used as bathing suit cover-ups as well. I mean, how cute is this with a bikini top :). Also, I want to attend local craft fairs and set up a stand to try and get the word of mouth out there more. I think I have to put more of an effort into the advertising side of business now. I don't know... I'm just going to fly with this on the seat of my pants and see what happens. I still want to make minis for you ladies because I enjoy it so much!! With my passion in sewing skirts coupled with my business degree I can only hope for positive results from this lol. Keep the mini orders rolling and keep an eye out for Mini and Martini party in the near month! I'm back :)
Love yaaa!
-Mary
Due to family circumstances these past few weeks, I haven't had a chance to update my blog or keep up with my mini skirt business. However, the time has come where I can put my energy back into my minis!!! SOOOOOO....Whats New!!? Hmm...well I have pulled my skirts from a few salons because I have a change of thought. I'm thinking salons aren't really the hot spots to sell mini skirts because the packaging isn't appropriate for clients to actually see and feel how the skirts fall. So, what I want to do now since summer is right around the corner is go to local boutiques including stores in Saratoga, Lake George and various other beach stores to try and promote my minis there seeing as though they can be used as bathing suit cover-ups as well. I mean, how cute is this with a bikini top :). Also, I want to attend local craft fairs and set up a stand to try and get the word of mouth out there more. I think I have to put more of an effort into the advertising side of business now. I don't know... I'm just going to fly with this on the seat of my pants and see what happens. I still want to make minis for you ladies because I enjoy it so much!! With my passion in sewing skirts coupled with my business degree I can only hope for positive results from this lol. Keep the mini orders rolling and keep an eye out for Mini and Martini party in the near month! I'm back :)
Love yaaa!
-Mary
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Long time no talk!
Hey Ladies!
As some of you may have already noticed, I have not updated my blog in soooo long! My fault! I fell way behind and it will not happen again! So, I just posted 5 new skirts that are now on the market if your interested. Just let me know and I will pull them aside for you! Also, Minis by Mary are now in 4 different salons! I'm so so so excited! These salons include Cache in Guilderland, Bellezza in Albany and the two newest- Plush in Scotia and Karizma in Rotterdam. I know I mentioned this before but just incase of any confusion, if your interested in a skirt and it says Cache, Bellezza, Plush or Karizma underneath the picture then that means, that particular skirt is in that salon unless it says My Stock, then I have it! Another thing, I just purchased more summer fabrics! These fabrics include plain kaki, a classy navy blue, really cute floral prints, animal prints and more to come! I hope you ladies love them! OMG and also...Some time in June I believe I am going to have a summer mini and martini party! I want to have a large selection of minis so you have lots of options to choose from, if your interested! Its going to be an open house type thing, where you can stop by during maybe a 3 or 4 hour time slot and just browse to see if you want any minis for the summer! Keep your eyes out for invites next month probably and you can obvy bring your friends! Email me with thoughts and suggestions at minsbymary@gmail.com. Thanks gals and I will be in touch! Keep being fabulous!
Love,
Mary
As some of you may have already noticed, I have not updated my blog in soooo long! My fault! I fell way behind and it will not happen again! So, I just posted 5 new skirts that are now on the market if your interested. Just let me know and I will pull them aside for you! Also, Minis by Mary are now in 4 different salons! I'm so so so excited! These salons include Cache in Guilderland, Bellezza in Albany and the two newest- Plush in Scotia and Karizma in Rotterdam. I know I mentioned this before but just incase of any confusion, if your interested in a skirt and it says Cache, Bellezza, Plush or Karizma underneath the picture then that means, that particular skirt is in that salon unless it says My Stock, then I have it! Another thing, I just purchased more summer fabrics! These fabrics include plain kaki, a classy navy blue, really cute floral prints, animal prints and more to come! I hope you ladies love them! OMG and also...Some time in June I believe I am going to have a summer mini and martini party! I want to have a large selection of minis so you have lots of options to choose from, if your interested! Its going to be an open house type thing, where you can stop by during maybe a 3 or 4 hour time slot and just browse to see if you want any minis for the summer! Keep your eyes out for invites next month probably and you can obvy bring your friends! Email me with thoughts and suggestions at minsbymary@gmail.com. Thanks gals and I will be in touch! Keep being fabulous!
Love,
Mary
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Blog Construction
Hey Gals!
After talking to girls I think I need to edit my blog a little bit because it seems that its unclear what is and isn't available and thats totally my fault! So I'm changing my blog around to make it a little more organized and convenient for ordering purposes. Before this post all the pictures that were on my blog were just skirts that I made. Some were sold and some weren't. I never made it clear on how to go about ordering a skirt and such and that just has to be changed!! The pictures I post of my skirts are now going to be labeled by the name of the fabric, the sizes in which I have and where they are available. So if you see a skirt you want you can either ask me for it or just go to the salon that has the skirt. Also, I do take custom orders but not necessarily for the exact fabric you want. For example, if you see a floral skirt you're interested in but I don't have your size listed just let me know and I"ll see what I can do. I can't promise I can make you a skirt with that exact fabric because sometimes supply is limited. However, majority of the time I can get fabric that is very similar to that in which you want. You can contact me through a few ways. Either inbox me on facebook through my name or the Minis by Mary page, or email me at minisbymary@gmail.com. Also as of right now the two fabulous salons that are also selling Minis by Mary are Cache which is on Western Ave in Guilderland and Bellezza which is on Fuller Road in Albany. See ya later alligator!
Love,
Mary
After talking to girls I think I need to edit my blog a little bit because it seems that its unclear what is and isn't available and thats totally my fault! So I'm changing my blog around to make it a little more organized and convenient for ordering purposes. Before this post all the pictures that were on my blog were just skirts that I made. Some were sold and some weren't. I never made it clear on how to go about ordering a skirt and such and that just has to be changed!! The pictures I post of my skirts are now going to be labeled by the name of the fabric, the sizes in which I have and where they are available. So if you see a skirt you want you can either ask me for it or just go to the salon that has the skirt. Also, I do take custom orders but not necessarily for the exact fabric you want. For example, if you see a floral skirt you're interested in but I don't have your size listed just let me know and I"ll see what I can do. I can't promise I can make you a skirt with that exact fabric because sometimes supply is limited. However, majority of the time I can get fabric that is very similar to that in which you want. You can contact me through a few ways. Either inbox me on facebook through my name or the Minis by Mary page, or email me at minisbymary@gmail.com. Also as of right now the two fabulous salons that are also selling Minis by Mary are Cache which is on Western Ave in Guilderland and Bellezza which is on Fuller Road in Albany. See ya later alligator!
Love,
Mary
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Busy Busy Busy
Hey Ladies!
Long time no talk! I have been extremely busy with school and family that I haven’t had much time to update my blog, so let me take the time now to fill you in on a few things that are going on with Minis by Mary. Recently, my business cards have come in the mail!! I know it, so exciting! I love them and I think you will too! I’m putting two business cards in each package one for the customer to keep and one for them to pass on to a friend. Also, I’m ordering tags now to sew on the inside back side of the skirts. I think this will be the finishing touch. AND I’ve been having lots of ladies ask me if I can make my minis longer so they can wear them to work. I’m thinking about actually making one in a longer length soon to see what it looks like before I definitely say yes, but I think it’s a great idea! Now, ladies, some other news….my skirts are now put out in a few hair salons. Cache in Guilderland and soon in Karizma’s in Rotterdam. Shout out to Mrs. Aviza for letting my display them in her salon Cache! Thank you Mrs. Aviza you are the best, and thank you for all your advice!! I’m planning on going home this weekend to meet with other salons too, to see what they think. You may be asking yourself, why salons? Well I want to one day display them in cute boutiques and eventually open my own store but right now, I need to work on putting my name out there and see whether or not random people love them and want them! So I thought this was a good way to start. If anybody knows of other salons that might be interested give me a holler. On another note, I am now looking into starting my own website! I have made some phone calls and contacted some people as far as creating a website and getting a photographer lined up! I’m not going to get my hopes up yet but I hope my website will be up and running by May. I know, that seems so far away but its a lot of work and I have to keep my focus on my school work too. It’s tough to balance everything especially when all I want to do is work on my minis! AHHHH so much to do, so little time! Okay well ill be posting new pics probably this weekend so keep on checking out Minis by Mary!
Love,
Mary
Long time no talk! I have been extremely busy with school and family that I haven’t had much time to update my blog, so let me take the time now to fill you in on a few things that are going on with Minis by Mary. Recently, my business cards have come in the mail!! I know it, so exciting! I love them and I think you will too! I’m putting two business cards in each package one for the customer to keep and one for them to pass on to a friend. Also, I’m ordering tags now to sew on the inside back side of the skirts. I think this will be the finishing touch. AND I’ve been having lots of ladies ask me if I can make my minis longer so they can wear them to work. I’m thinking about actually making one in a longer length soon to see what it looks like before I definitely say yes, but I think it’s a great idea! Now, ladies, some other news….my skirts are now put out in a few hair salons. Cache in Guilderland and soon in Karizma’s in Rotterdam. Shout out to Mrs. Aviza for letting my display them in her salon Cache! Thank you Mrs. Aviza you are the best, and thank you for all your advice!! I’m planning on going home this weekend to meet with other salons too, to see what they think. You may be asking yourself, why salons? Well I want to one day display them in cute boutiques and eventually open my own store but right now, I need to work on putting my name out there and see whether or not random people love them and want them! So I thought this was a good way to start. If anybody knows of other salons that might be interested give me a holler. On another note, I am now looking into starting my own website! I have made some phone calls and contacted some people as far as creating a website and getting a photographer lined up! I’m not going to get my hopes up yet but I hope my website will be up and running by May. I know, that seems so far away but its a lot of work and I have to keep my focus on my school work too. It’s tough to balance everything especially when all I want to do is work on my minis! AHHHH so much to do, so little time! Okay well ill be posting new pics probably this weekend so keep on checking out Minis by Mary!
Love,
Mary
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Let the Minis keep on rollin!
Hey Gals!
Okay so as promised, I posted some new pictures of the different skirts that were made this past weekend and let me tell you ladies…there are a lot of cute summer fabrics on the market right now! I’m still taking orders as well as branching out and hopefully over spring break, getting minis into different locations. So be on the look out! Also, I need your thoughts and opinions. I’m thinking about adding ruffles to the bottom of a few skirts and pockets on the fronts or backs of a few. This way there will be more of a variety on which style mini you can purchase. What do you think? Some other news, the packaging I ordered for the minis came in last week so now each mini is placed in a clear pillow box, which will protect and keep them fresh for when you wear them! They look really cute! (Look below for pictures of the packaging.) Lastly, in this blog entry I just have to give a shout out to my grandpa who has been on a crazy hunt for cute fabrics to help me out. As you can imagine, it’s hard to keep up with school and making lots of minis at once. So my grandpa has been helping me and hooking me up with really cute fabrics. Now trust me ladies, my grandpa is no ordinary grandpa. He still has really good taste and funk. I kind of led him into what kind of fabrics I’m looking for and now he’s on a roll with helping pick out really nice fabrics lol. I know it sounds funny, but its true! So thank you grandpa! Oh and one more thing, thank you mom for helping me with EVERYTHING!!! Ladies, if it weren’t for my mom the skirts would be majorly backed up. As of now, I’m using her vintage sewing machine lol to sew all these skirts, and she refuses to let me bring it to school so when I go home its major crunch time to crank out as many minis as I can and she is so so helpful!!!! So thanks mom for staying up to 4 in the morning sometimes with me lol. I just want to give one more shout out to all of YOU for supporting me and liking my minis! It truly means a lot to me that you appreciate and love my new endeavor. Anyways, let the mini orders keep on coming and feel free to pass the word to your friends and family members! Any new requests or suggestions just holler atcha girl hehe;) !!!
Love,
Mary
Friday, February 25, 2011
Mini Madness :)
Hey Ladies!
This mini skirt adventure of mine gives new meaning to supply and demand. I’m so happy my marketing classes are finally paying off lol. I can’t believe how well this is taking off and I am so excited to meet everyone’s request. I’m so happy you ladies are loving my minis! I went home this past weekend and made about 10 more skirts. However, I wasn’t thinking before I sold them and forgot to take pictures of them for my blog. But no worries, I will take pictures of my next bunch and post them on here. Also, I’m on the look out to get a real website going so I can start taking orders right from online. Some other great news, I just ordered my first bunch of business cards thanks to vistaprint.com and their great designs!! I’m so excited to get things rolling. I truly, truly appreciate all the support I’m getting from my friends, family and extended friends. As, spring is approaching new fabrics are arriving so be on the look out for new picture posts coming up early next week!
Love,
Mary
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