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Memorial Day @ Clutch Bags

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“On to the next one,” says Mother Nature as Memorial Day approaches.

Though it is a day to commemorate and remember the men and women who died while serving in the US Armed forces, Memorial Day is also a day that marks the climatic commencement of Summer. This means that temperatures are rising, as is the amount of skin shown! People are substituting their dress pants and insulated leggings for cuffed jeans and short-shorts!

However, there is also a shift in colors. The sprouting of rich, green plants and the bright yellow of the sun are quickly closing the door to dark and dreary colors. Now you’ll see vivid orange shirts and sea blue skirts make their way down the streets of NYC. For Clutch Bags designer, Laura Dotolo, it’s great to see the inhabitants and visitors of New York really get into the swing of the changing of the seasons, because that change is where she gets a lot of her inspiration from! Continue reading →

Clutch Bags says: Happy New Year !!!!

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               Let me begin by wishing everyone out there a very happy, healthy and refreshing New Year from Clutch Bags NY!

What a great opportunity we have every year on this day to  transcend old habits into new ones.  I like to say, “Out with the old habits and in with the new vows!”  Or, as George Williams Curtis says, “The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.” That is some very nice winter imagery for us, isn’t it?

So, doesn’t that make us reflect on what our new vows should be? I know that I have been thinking not only about the habits I need to break, but also about the vows I need to begin implementing.  January 1st is the perfect time for the birth of new habits.

So, where do we begin with breaking some habits? Lets start with the definition so we can figure out what it is we need to change. Wikipedia says: “Habits are routines of behavior that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously. Old habits are hard to break and new habits are hard to form because the behavioral patterns we repeat are imprinted in our neural pathways.”

So, habits are habitual and hard to break.  Possibly, we can break them by making some promises to ourselves with some new vows. Webster defines a vow as such: “a solemn promise or assertion; specifically : one by which a person is bound to an act, service, or condition. Okay, we have it.  Vows are a bound to an act.  Let’s start with that and bind ourselves to some acts.

What acts would we like to bind to ourselves with in this new year of 2013? After giving all of this some thought, I came up with the following list.

Laura Dotolo’s Vows for Clutch Bags NY in 2013:

1-Build Clutch Bags NY into a stronger brand for people to believe in

2-Write more blogs  so people can read  more about the workings  of Clutch Bags NY

3-Get the message out to the world that Clutch Bags NY are made right here in NYC…and America is a pretty cool place to have things made.

4-Tweet inspirational mentions from Clutch Bags NY daily

5-Always strive to be a better person 😉

So, my January 1st has begun in a productive way with some positive vows.  As Jim Ryun has been quoted saying, “Motivation is what gets you started.  Habit is what keeps you going.”  Here’s wishing that all of you are able to make a vow that becomes a very good habit for 2013!!!!


 

Happy New Year 2013!
kisses,

Laura