Dress for Success

lia sophia and the partnership with Dress for Success

One of my favorite things about lia sophia is their commitment to women.  They want women to be empowered entrepreneurs, and they also want to help women who are less fortunate.  As part of their initiative to help women, they have partnered with Dress for Success. 

Dress for Success is an international non-profit organization.  The current lia sophia Dress for Success piece is the Nottingham necklace.  When you buy this piece, you support lia sophia's Dress for Success initiative.

What exactly does lia sophia do for Dress for Success?  Each year, lia sophia donates jewelry and money to the organization, which in turn gives underprivileged women the support they need to enter the professional world.  If you don't have a job, you can't afford to buy a suit, but how do you go on an interview without a suit?  Dress for Success fits women with suits and other pieces of clothing, and after they find employment, they may return in order to get enough changes of clothes, and accessories for a week.  Dress for Success continues their assistance to women with a myriad of training programs to help women step up in their careers. 

What a worthy endeavor to be a part of!  I'm so thankful to be a part of an organization, lia sophia, that backs such an important service to women!

The lia sophia Fall/Winter 2010 Starter Kit

I've promised you that I would tell you what's in the Fall/Winter 2010 lia sophia Starter Kit, so here it is!

The starter kit includes over $1000 worth of jewelry!  I have listed it below.  The kit also includes the following business supplies:
1. Two 1" display trays
2. Two sets of 2 Foam Sheet Inserts
3. Two packages of 10 Fall/Winter 2010 Catalogs
4. Kit Bag
5. Invitation Postcards (Set of 100)
6. Quick Start Guide
7. Talking Point Cards
8. Ring Sizer
9. Hostess Envelopes (Set of 6)
10. Display Cloth
11. Wish List (Pad of 50)
12. Hostess Selection and Order Summary (Set of 12)
13. Guest List (Set of 12)
14. Customer Selection Ticket (Set of 50)


Now, the Jewelry! (I will post pictures soon!)
In the kit, you will receive 24 pieces of BEAUTIFUL jewelry.  I have to say, it comes with something for everyone.  And it's very easy to add pieces to your collection, although with 24 pieces, you won't need to right away!

The current kit comes with:
Chime Earrings (Retail value of $28) 

Evolve Collar Necklace (Retail Value of $46)

Flux Pendant Slide (Retail Value of $28)

Sequin Pendant Slide (Retail Value of $42)

Seaside Necklace (Retail Value of $48)

Trish Reversible Necklace (Retail Value of $118)

Embrace Cuff Bracelet (Retail Value of $36)

Rival Earrings (Retail Value of $32)

Heart to Heart Stretch Bracelet (Retail Value of  $46)

Dahlia Ring (Retail Value of $76)

Nottingham Earrings (Retail Value of $38) (great to go with our Dress for Success piece!)

Voltage Earrings (Retail Value of $36)

Celestial Necklace (Retail Value of $58)

Samba Earrings (Retail Value of $26)

Bolted Stretch Bracelet in Matte Gold (Retail Value of $38)

Natural Charm Necklace (Retail Value of $58)

Blue Ice Necklace (Retail Value of $66)

Discotheque Earrings (Retail Value of $30)

Haute Chocolate Necklace (Retail Value of $78)

Wind Up Cuff Bracelet (Retail Value of $38)

Day Dreamer Necklace (Retail Value of $34)

Identity Bracelet (Retail Value of $32)

Droplet Necklace (Retail Value of $35)

Fierce Bracelet (Retail Value of $58)

Total retail value:  $1125!!!!
I hope this helps anyone thinking of becoming an Advisor, so you can see what comes in your great Starter Kit!

A New Journey

I'm here to lead you through my exciting new journey as a lia sophia Advisor!  Along the way we'll learn about what it takes to start a lia sophia business, all the great benefits you get, and how much fun it is!  After all, my job IS partying! 

First I want to give you a little bit of background about me and what led me to this decision.  As I write this, my baby lies sleeping in my lap, which seems to be her favorite place these days.  I think about what a great opportunity I have, to be able to stay at home with her.  This was our (mine and my husband's) decision from the start, that I would stay at home with my daughter.  Along the way, things got a little bumpy with our finances, and we ended up moving, TWICE.  I have been contemplating how I can best supplement my husband's income, and was becoming brokenhearted over thinking about going back to work.  I began to search for other options, finding mostly scams in the work-at-home "opportunities".  

I had considered party plans in the past, but never found one that I thought I would last very long doing.  Most either have an excellent compensation plan OR an excellent hostess plan, but usually not both.  Then I found lia sophia.  Or, should I say, my cousin found it.  I never thought much about it, but my Dad began to talk to me one day about it and asked me if I thought I could do it, saying my cousin was doing really well with it.  I briefly considered it, but decided, being pregnant at the time, and very ill most of the time, to put it out of my mind.  Well, here we are, a year plus later, and I had begun to think again about what I can do to make extra money to supplement my husband's income without going back to work full time and leaving my little girl.  That's when lia sophia came back to my mind. 

I'm not a person to jump into something without researching.  In fact, I OVER-research things.  I thought of numerous things while researching, which I will go over in another blog post.  I researched many different home party plans, and I recommend, if you're in search of your own business with minimal startup cost, that you also research the options, but I highly recommend lia sophia!