Lots of Excitement!

Today, I went to the Post Office to mail my completed Shark Tank Application and paperwork. The paperwork took the entire week to complete and ended up being around 40 pages. I also spent the week making and perfecting my 5 minute audition tape, where I had to answer 20 questions they gave me. So after a week of hard work, it felt great to finally ship everything out to California for review by the casting directors!

Upon going to the Post Office, and catching up with my awesome mail man, I received a package of from my manufacturer of the first batch of my purses!  I wasn't expecting them until mid-June so it was a great surprise!  I am so pleased with the quality and am thrilled to be able to send them out to my supporters and customers earlier than they expected! Thank you again to everyone who backed me through my campaign and purchased a SmartPurse!

It is such a relief to finally receive my purses from manufacturer after working with them to perfect this design since November of 2012. I also have launched a summer Custom Collection on my website and am excited to announce I will be taking custom orders and hand making them. I  am looking to find another person to help me with sewing custom orders as well.

I move in to New York this Sunday to intern at a fashion startup so I am looking forward to that! I feel like I just finished unpacking and now its time to repack! I already have a lot of networking events I plan on attending. I am not much of a city person but I am sure that will change by the end of the summer!

I will keep you updated on the status of Shark Tank, but I believe I have made it through the hardest round of casting already!!