Category: Blog
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DAY TWO: Squaw Valley Retreat
We woke up to delish parfait for breakfast. After breakfast, we went to Commons Beach in Lake Tahoe and we strolled around the area as we spoke. We proceeded to eat a delicious vegetarian wrap for lunch. It was really hot. We did some breathing exercise, journaling, and crashed Wanderlust*. At Wanderlust we got freebies,…
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DAY ONE: Squaw Valley retreat.
Today we arrived at the studio around 2:15 to get ready for our adventure to Squaw Valley. As we waited for the wise women to arrive, we talked about our expectations about the trip. We were all very excited! A couple of minutes later they arrived. We met Chetana, Lauren, Ellen, Jennifer, and Annie who…
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Recent NFTE event
Hey guys! This is our new product. They’re clipper card holders but objects around the general size of clipper card may fit inside. They super cute and they’re hand made. They’re a lot cheaper than other card holders. The outside is water proof. We have different prints of oil cloth for the card holder. The…
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Needles and Threads outside Sweet Dreams
Months ago I started a Facebook group called La Maquina, with a purpose to get women together for a summer sewing circle. We have done embroidery, making our own pillow cases and basic stenciling. Veronica, my co-Sweet Dreamer, has been on this with me. We are hoping to get down and creative this summer and…
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Hey everybody it’s Melissa again. For all of you who live in the Bay Area we want to let you know that we will be sending out 48 lavender eye pillows to Rainbow Grocery and we will be sending 18 lavender eye pillows to Global Exchange. Each pillow will have a slip with a special…
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To infinity and BEYOND!
Hey everybody! Long time no blog but I guess for you guys is long time no read. We were very busy during the holiday season with all the craft fairs and the orders for people who wanted to surprise their loved ones. This might be a long post, so brace yourself. During December we had…
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Ok so, Hello everyone. My name is Nancy and Im new to the sweet dreams co-op. I was a little afraid coming here at first, but turns out it was really easy to settle in here. Everyone has been really cool and welcoming which was greatly appreciated especially since this is my first real job…
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Sweet Dreams Donates to City College of San Francisco Latina Club
The women at Sweet Dreams were awesome enough to donate eye pillows to Latina Educational Support Group at City College of San Francisco. LESG is throwing a Halloween/ Costume party at the Mission campus to raise money to attend a Latina Network convention. I am so happy and excited about this party! The eye pillows…
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Life is like a box of 500 chocolates.
So after being away for about a month at camp I came back to some wonderful news. We have an order of 500 pillows from NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship). So right now we’re trying to bust out 250 pillows by Labor Day, and we’re doing great. In about a month we’ve sewn 500 cases,…
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Sewing machine and car pedals need a soft touch
My name is Nancy and I joined the Co-Op about 4-5 months ago, but it’s my first time writing a blog with Sweet Dreams. Today I went to the DMV to take my 5th test for my 2nd permit to drive. I was embarrassed to think how many times I been there! It was embarrassing,…