Hello! It's a little late but Christine and I wish everyone a healthy and prosperous New Year...I know we are eagerly looking forward to seeing what 2009 has in store for cmarchuska.
I will be finally headed to New York tomorrow to work with Christine on prepping for MAGIC in February. This huge fashion trade show in Las Vegas will be here before we know it, so Christine and I are planning on getting a lot of preparation completed to ensure a successful exhibition!
More on my trip to the city- I'm really excited to also shadow Christine during the day-to-day happenings that keep the cmarchuska business running. I will be meeting the staff at the sewing contractor facility, fabric/button supplier, etc. Christine and I will also have time for some fun and networking at a book release party.
Upon my arrival back upstate, I'm sure I will have much more to update you all on about MAGIC and I look forward to sharing my Garment District experience with Christine. Hopefully I won't look too much like a tourist ;) Until then, stay tuned for more and thank you for your continued support of cmarchuska!
P.S.---> The sylvia dress is now available at Kaight in New York for $135...get yours ASAP :)
Happy Shopping,
Sam
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Hey all it's Sam!
The month of December is shaping up to be very eventful for cmarchuska! You can now buy cmarchuska pieces on www.ecosumo.com. Ecosumo is a convenient one-stop shop for all your green needs, from clothing to homewares. We are very excited to be on board with such a great website!
In more news, Christine made an appearance at the Charity Water Gala in the city last night while wearing the mia dress and hunter scarf...this smashing combo (plus Christine's sparkling personality ;) definitely caught the eye of filmmaker Victor Medina-San Andres. Christine and Victor posed for some great photos, giving the mia dress and hunter scarf some media attention!
The hunter scarf is definitely creating quite a buzz; it's being featured on Brad Pitt fan page www.pittwatch.com as a giveaway and on numerous other reviews. Meanwhile the sylvia dress is in production in the NYC garment district as I type...be looking for it very soon!
That's all for tonight....I will have more news of the MAGIC fashion trade show after I come back from the city after Christmas!
-Sam
The month of December is shaping up to be very eventful for cmarchuska! You can now buy cmarchuska pieces on www.ecosumo.com. Ecosumo is a convenient one-stop shop for all your green needs, from clothing to homewares. We are very excited to be on board with such a great website!
In more news, Christine made an appearance at the Charity Water Gala in the city last night while wearing the mia dress and hunter scarf...this smashing combo (plus Christine's sparkling personality ;) definitely caught the eye of filmmaker Victor Medina-San Andres. Christine and Victor posed for some great photos, giving the mia dress and hunter scarf some media attention!
The hunter scarf is definitely creating quite a buzz; it's being featured on Brad Pitt fan page www.pittwatch.com as a giveaway and on numerous other reviews. Meanwhile the sylvia dress is in production in the NYC garment district as I type...be looking for it very soon!
That's all for tonight....I will have more news of the MAGIC fashion trade show after I come back from the city after Christmas!
-Sam
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow :)
Good evening! I hope everyone is enjoying (from inside!) this snowy cold upstate Sunday. I know tomorrow a lot of you will be busy with work, holiday shopping, etc..but if you get a chance, Christine and I would love to see you at our table in the New Student Union on the BU campus from 11-4. We will be selling some christine dresses, vivons vert tees, hunter scarves, long sleeve m-series tees, and kiva tees! We thank everyone for the tremendous support, it definitely shows! Be sure to check out a write up on Christine on newsweek.com http://www.newsweek.com/id/172421 and cmarchuska has also been featured on Tonic.com's Gift Guide http://news.tonic.com/featured/cool-gifts-for-crunchy-friends/.
I also have some more great, thoughtful green Holiday gift ideas this time from the Nature Conservancy, go to their special gift website http://support.nature.org/site/PageServer?pagename=holidaygiving_xx_hgg&autologin=true to find out how you can:
-Adopt an acre of Rainforest or an acre in Africa to help save endangered wildlife and plant life.
-Protect coral reef habitats
-Plant more trees in the endangered Atlantic forest
These truly are the gifts that will keep on giving. Let's not forget about mother nature this holiday season!
With that said, I'm looking forward to having a busy table tomorrow at BU, see you there :)
I also have some more great, thoughtful green Holiday gift ideas this time from the Nature Conservancy, go to their special gift website http://support.nature.org/site/PageServer?pagename=holidaygiving_xx_hgg&autologin=true to find out how you can:
-Adopt an acre of Rainforest or an acre in Africa to help save endangered wildlife and plant life.
-Protect coral reef habitats
-Plant more trees in the endangered Atlantic forest
These truly are the gifts that will keep on giving. Let's not forget about mother nature this holiday season!
With that said, I'm looking forward to having a busy table tomorrow at BU, see you there :)
Monday, December 1, 2008
Happy Holidays :)
Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving; it’s hard to believe the holidays are officially upon us. If you still have a little shopping ambition left from Black Friday, take a look at our website and you will see some new pieces from Christine available to purchase…including the way cute sylvia dress! And to spread some extra holiday cheer, until December 19th you can enter cmarchuska in the discount code area at checkout and receive 20% off your order.
Now that I’ve got your attention, I would like to share some cmarchuska happenings. Before Thanksgiving, Christine and I spoke to Professor Dominic DePersis’s International Business course at Broome Community College. The students were extremely interested in how Christine started cmarchuska, and we thoroughly enjoyed sharing the ins and outs of creating a business within the fashion industry. Christine and I are looking forward to visiting more colleges and high schools, so if you are interested in having us pay a visit to your school, feel free to send me an e-mail. Going more in depth with the college experience, I will be focusing on developing a group of cmarchuska college reps throughout the northeast to help Christine and I spread the word about cmarchuska to young people. Our “c-reps” will hold shopping parties with their friends and dorm roomies and have fun buying cmarchuska merch. Think MaryKay but for the young hip crowd ;) Again, if you want to be a college rep for cmarchuska, give me a holler!
With the holiday season comes a flood of gift guides to draw your attention to the latest and greatest gifts to give and receive. cmarchuska will be featured in a few, including the My Inspiration Lounge radio show gift segment, and ThriftyJinxy.com’s gift blog. Also, a christine dress will be raffled off as a prize at the Appel & Frank Holiday Trunk Show in California, and another christine dress is being donated as a silent auction item to benefit the Keystone Women’s Rugby League. cmarchuska's getting noticed coast to coast!
As a final thought, (and in the true spirit of cmarchuska), I would like to share some green Holiday tips that you can use and pass along to your friends and families too! (Find these ideas plus more at www.sierraclub.org)
~Send e-cards instead of mailing out a bunch of holiday cards that are just going to get canned come January.
~Make your own wrapping paper! Use old newspapers, maps, and children’s artwork. Your gift will definitely have the most character!
~Purchase LED holiday lights. These energy saving lights will save you about $50 during the holiday season (that’s enough to buy a hunter scarf for yourself! ;)
~Be sure to recycle your Christmas tree once the holidays are over. Many municipalities offer to turn your tree into usable mulch or wood chips.
That’s all for now….Enjoy the Holiday Season everyone!!!
-Sam
Now that I’ve got your attention, I would like to share some cmarchuska happenings. Before Thanksgiving, Christine and I spoke to Professor Dominic DePersis’s International Business course at Broome Community College. The students were extremely interested in how Christine started cmarchuska, and we thoroughly enjoyed sharing the ins and outs of creating a business within the fashion industry. Christine and I are looking forward to visiting more colleges and high schools, so if you are interested in having us pay a visit to your school, feel free to send me an e-mail. Going more in depth with the college experience, I will be focusing on developing a group of cmarchuska college reps throughout the northeast to help Christine and I spread the word about cmarchuska to young people. Our “c-reps” will hold shopping parties with their friends and dorm roomies and have fun buying cmarchuska merch. Think MaryKay but for the young hip crowd ;) Again, if you want to be a college rep for cmarchuska, give me a holler!
With the holiday season comes a flood of gift guides to draw your attention to the latest and greatest gifts to give and receive. cmarchuska will be featured in a few, including the My Inspiration Lounge radio show gift segment, and ThriftyJinxy.com’s gift blog. Also, a christine dress will be raffled off as a prize at the Appel & Frank Holiday Trunk Show in California, and another christine dress is being donated as a silent auction item to benefit the Keystone Women’s Rugby League. cmarchuska's getting noticed coast to coast!
As a final thought, (and in the true spirit of cmarchuska), I would like to share some green Holiday tips that you can use and pass along to your friends and families too! (Find these ideas plus more at www.sierraclub.org)
~Send e-cards instead of mailing out a bunch of holiday cards that are just going to get canned come January.
~Make your own wrapping paper! Use old newspapers, maps, and children’s artwork. Your gift will definitely have the most character!
~Purchase LED holiday lights. These energy saving lights will save you about $50 during the holiday season (that’s enough to buy a hunter scarf for yourself! ;)
~Be sure to recycle your Christmas tree once the holidays are over. Many municipalities offer to turn your tree into usable mulch or wood chips.
That’s all for now….Enjoy the Holiday Season everyone!!!
-Sam
Monday, November 24, 2008
CONTEST WINNER!!!!
Good Evening~
So we finally have a winner of the feelgoodstyle.com contest for the next cmarchuska item....and the winning item is a sustainable tank! The idea came from Denise Diez who has been following our line and felt inspired that a great item for SS09 would be a cmarchuska tank top!!! Congrats Denise! You will receive one of the new tanks as soon as they hit production in Jan '09. Keep the feedback and ideas coming! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone xoxo
So we finally have a winner of the feelgoodstyle.com contest for the next cmarchuska item....and the winning item is a sustainable tank! The idea came from Denise Diez who has been following our line and felt inspired that a great item for SS09 would be a cmarchuska tank top!!! Congrats Denise! You will receive one of the new tanks as soon as they hit production in Jan '09. Keep the feedback and ideas coming! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone xoxo
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Greetings all!
I'm pleased to announce that cmarchuska will be finally tabling on the Binghamton University campus in support of the Women's Student Union's initiative to create awareness of domestic violence and our local SOS shelter for women! Christine and I will be selling some fab cmarchuska pieces and giving 10% of our profit directly to the WSU. If you will be in the Binghamton area on Monday, December 8, stop by the student union on the BU campus to see our table and do a little holiday shopping ;) ...we will still be offering the christine dress and vivons vert tee promotional deal (purchase a christine dress and get a FREE "vivons vert" tee!) We're looking forward to seeing lots of people!!
On another note...the photo shoot for the new spring/summer dresses produced some BEAUTIFUL photos...thanks to photographer Taylor, hair/makeup by William, and the gorgeous model LuLu! Some of the shots are on the facebook group page...take a look!
Happy early weekend :)
-Sam
I'm pleased to announce that cmarchuska will be finally tabling on the Binghamton University campus in support of the Women's Student Union's initiative to create awareness of domestic violence and our local SOS shelter for women! Christine and I will be selling some fab cmarchuska pieces and giving 10% of our profit directly to the WSU. If you will be in the Binghamton area on Monday, December 8, stop by the student union on the BU campus to see our table and do a little holiday shopping ;) ...we will still be offering the christine dress and vivons vert tee promotional deal (purchase a christine dress and get a FREE "vivons vert" tee!) We're looking forward to seeing lots of people!!
On another note...the photo shoot for the new spring/summer dresses produced some BEAUTIFUL photos...thanks to photographer Taylor, hair/makeup by William, and the gorgeous model LuLu! Some of the shots are on the facebook group page...take a look!
Happy early weekend :)
-Sam
Friday, November 14, 2008
What's new? Lots!!!
Good afternoon everyone, Sam here :) It's a beautiful day here in upstate! Sorry it's been a while since my last post..I'm sure with all the new exciting happenings popping up I will be writing much more frequently! The hot topic today is cmarchuska at February's ECOCOLLECTION exhibition at MAGIC in Vegas!!! MAGIC is a huuuuuge fashion trade show that draws designers from all over the place....obviously an amazing opportunity for cmarchuska! Christine will be exhibiting her new spring items...including her to-die-for dresses :) (the photo shoot for the new items will be going on this Sunday) I will def keep everyone posted as we receive more news about this fantastic event. Also, keep your eyes peeled for Christine in February's issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. Forget about Valentine's Day...cmarchuska is getting all the lovin in the month of February!!
I am also still working on cmarchuska's college campus initiative and will hopefully include my network of friends at other schools in the northeast to help represent cmarchuska. As far as BU goes, I am contacting several student organizations we could potentially hold a fundraiser for and sell some serious cmarchuska merch...I'm aiming for before the end of the fall semester. Speaking of selling, Christine also received a good turn-out at the trunk show on the upper east side this past Wednesday. We are looking forward to seeing the results from the upcoming holiday parties as well.
Everyone have a great weekend!!
-Sam
I am also still working on cmarchuska's college campus initiative and will hopefully include my network of friends at other schools in the northeast to help represent cmarchuska. As far as BU goes, I am contacting several student organizations we could potentially hold a fundraiser for and sell some serious cmarchuska merch...I'm aiming for before the end of the fall semester. Speaking of selling, Christine also received a good turn-out at the trunk show on the upper east side this past Wednesday. We are looking forward to seeing the results from the upcoming holiday parties as well.
Everyone have a great weekend!!
-Sam
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