It's all coming together ;)

OMGoodness!!! SOOOO MANY things to update on my blog!!! I ran into a couple of random pple last week that said they've been following my blog and I felt awful that I hadn't been posting anything lately. First of all, for the followers, you'll noticed I changed up my blog image and My-Kim's logo. With the little spare time I have, I've been reading up on Design Entrepreneur books and the first thing they mentioned was not to use a dress, dress form, or a sewing needle in your logo!!!...Little did I know, I had ALL THREE!!!hahaha...so i changed that quickly and am in LOVE with my new logo ;)

The new and improved My-Kim logo!!!!

So as I'm going down this avenue, I have certainly been blessed with everything falling into place. I've been frantically calling and e-mailing pple like crazy, but it's funny that ALL my business connections havn't been made by me. Everything just seemed to fall into place by itself. Let me explain....


The first week, I was so overwhelmed and couldn't understand the legal questions and steps to being properly licensed as a manufacturer. John and I would literally read a question and then google about it for 30 min and get nowhere. I got so frustrated and the next thing I know, Katie, a friend of mine texted me and said she would come over and help me. I had no idea she was a bookkeeper and worked with an accountant for the past few years, so I told her not to worry about it. THANK GOD she wouldn't take no for an answer, and she came over and walked me through EVERYTHING!!!! She said her job was to set up businesses and get them licensed so she knew her stuff inside and out!!! I'm so thankful for My-Katie ;)

I made Katie hold up all the paper work and take a pic of My-Kim becoming official!LoL...I seriously don't know what I would've done without her ;)

Next, I knew a business plan was needed, but thought they were over rated. The SC business association also recommended I get a mentor that's in the business, something else I thought was overrated. As luck would have it, one of my friends, Michelle introduced me to Rachel, an owner of boutiques in Charleston and Atlanta. We hit it off right away and she said she would love to mentor me and help me out as much as she can. And she gave me Franks number (business consultant) and said the next time we meet up, I better have a business plan put in place!!! And boy is Frank expensive!!!LoL ...

I don't have a pic of Frank, but figured this is how the whole process would go down!lol

Next, I knew I needed good samples to bring to a manufacturer. And I remembered someone at a fabric store once gave me a number of her friend that designed clothes. So I dug around my desk, found Ms. Pat's #, and was going to ask her if she knew of any sample makers. Next thing I know I was sitting in her living room and found out that she IS a SAMPLE MAKER with over 40 yrs of experience!!!! She also said she would give me lessons to sharpen my sewing skills!!!...i snuck in SO, SO many pics of her work space, I'll have to do a whole blog about her later ;)

One of Ms. Pat's vintage books from the 1800's!

....to be continued...i'll have to finish this later....my oh so talented web designer, John Kim, turns 28 in 10 minutes!!!


Speaking of John, he is truly the most intelligent guy I know. After barely 1 month, he picked up html coding just like that. He doesn't even use a website with existing templates for you to choose from. I'm talking about him actually html coding EVERYTHING from scratch so that I can have it exactly like I want it. I am truly blessed with the BEST FIANCE EVER!!!! ok time for me to go spoil this web designer of mine ;)

My-John ;)

....BIG THANKS for everyone that reads my blog and can't wait to tell you the rest of My-story ;) .....