Stick Me Designs | Stylishly Functional Diabetes Accessories

Well at least Stick Me Designs is. This is our 3rd year in business and I’ve held on through the upstart which I still feel like I’m in at times, and we’re still holding strong this tough economy. But with growth comes lessons learned and new creations, ideas and maturity.

We’ve had many customers come to us and ask for a mature, grown-up collection of bags that caters to those who enjoy color yes, but also like a bit of sophistication and chic-ness with their diabetes style.  Sophistication and diabetes accessories haven’t quite hit the mainstream but we hope to change that with a new line of designs titled ‘Krimson’.  The Krimson line will be a modern, sophisticated take on our fresh functional diabetes bags, cases and accessories.

With modern edge, flair and design the Krimson collection will feature bold fabrics, functional thoughtful design, and modern sophisticate style.

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So you say “I know I should wear an awareness bracelet but…” “I’m just not that into crystals” or maybe you say,

“I want my very picky teenage daughter to wear some type of diabetes-type alert bracelet, but she won’t wear any I buy her”

Well we’ve designed some groovy, chic alternatives to choose from that we’re sure will be hit for those picky types out there.

Our diabetes awareness jewelry are originally designed by us, handcrafted by local artists and speak without being totally obnoxious…can it accomplish all of this? Yes indeedy…my friends and we’re happy how the end results turned out.

So just in case you want to wear diabetes jewelry, but you’re not into rubber, crystals or big bulky designs, we may have a solution.  But if you are into those things, no worries because there’s plenty of pickin’s out there for you too*

Want to grab one of ours?  Cool. CLICK HERE and you’re off to happy chic-ness…

Starting and running a business that is growing every quarter while: working full time, going back to school, being a mother to 4 and 2 year old boys and being a Navy Chief wife isn’t easy. In fact it’s downright life-changing in more ways than I’m sure I know right at this moment.

But what I do know is that what I’m doing is something that people feel good about.  Living with diabetes is a big pain in the hiney and millions of people are doing it everyday.  With my functional and stylish diabetes accessories I’m able to do a few things quite nicely.

I get to one, be creative which is a huge + for me. I get to two, do something that makes living with diabetes just a little bit sweeter, and colorful.

While my company may not be the largest establishment on the block, we’re doing big things and making a difference to many people everyday.  I am a creative team that designs, creates and distributes to diabetes educators retailers and customers.  They like my designs because in addition to their functionality they’re modern, colorful designs are a welcome “Hello” to their daily routines.

Apparently I missed the segment you did on your show about the growing epidemic on diabetes in America, but it’s no surprise to me because I’m aware of the shocking statistics.  My mom told me about the episode so I decided to go to your website and see what all you had said on your segment.

I’m pretty confident that with the right know-how and guidance my business will become an enterprise and I can share my collections with millions of people around the world.  I’d love to chat about how we can make this possible.

Sincerely,

Rickina Velte

Founder|Designer  - Stick Me Designs

Yup that’s what I’d say to Ms. Winfrey should she or any of her assistants, producers, or executives come knocking on my office door…it could happen

Did you notice? If you’ve been by http://stickmedesigns.com you might notice a change or two. We’ve remodeled our shop and we hope you’ve enjoyed the changes.

We’re also hard at work designing fresh new stylish diabetes accessories for you. More diabetes meter testing bags, a collection of insulin pump bags and gear, and much more goodies in the works.

If you have some suggestions or feedback for a case for your diabetic child, or maybe you little guy please share them with us.  We use that feedback to improve any way we can, and we appreciate the good and the bad since this is how we continue to grow.

As we move into our third year of providing stylish, functional and fabulous diabetes accessories we wanted to thank so many of you our friends and customers for your positive words and support.  As we move into 2010 we’re confident that we will be able to continue to provide more style-forward designs and increase our collections.

Got questions for us?  Shoot us an email, or give me a call, I’d be happy to chat with you!

So you’re thinkin’ the holidays are coming up….I need to get some shopping done early….I need to get my holiday cards ready and sent. And I need to do it all on the thrift…well I bring good news.

Not only can you score a Free stick me tee, and a free deluxe case you can get all those cards mailed, stuffed and stamped for about $1 a card. How can I do all this you may ask? Quite simply really, here’s how.

I recently became an ecstatic distributor for Send Out Cards or SOC as it is called. Send Out Cards not only allows me to send friends and family greeting cards, thank you cards and ‘hey how ya doin’ cards it does so much more, so much better than I’ve been doing before.

Not only does it save me a trip to whatever store I try to get in and out of with a 4 year old and a 2 year old, it let’s me go online, personalize a card from a selection of over 15,000, address it, and stamp it( a real postal stamp) all for under $1!  I can do this anywhere I have an internet connection!  Fabulous right?

So here’s where you come in. To promote this new partnership you can get a FREE gift combo pack just by checking out my site and filling out the free Gift Account. CLICK HERE then click the gift account banner, fill out the simple form, and then send a card FREE! Once you see how fun and easy it is, you’ll be hooked, I was and it was a no-brainer for me!

Want to become a sender of cards? Let’s Talk!

Have you ever thought, boy I’d sure like to wear jewelry that doesn’t scream ‘medical, medical,medical’ but still let’s others know that should something happen they know I’m diabetic. I’ve done just that with our newest ‘D’ bracelets and necklaces.  Living with diabetes is medical enough for anyone who has to deal with

it, but why does your jewelry have to look well so medica-lly? Why, well because the gigantic companies that make this stuff don’t think you care and they obviously don’t care either or they’d make stylish, fresh and fun stuff for those living with diabetes.

But alas, they haven’t and hey this is good news for you, why because I’m doing all I can to make stylish, functional diabetes accessories, and jewelry just for you!

Well we’ve been MIA, dontcha know! So I wanted to check back in with my blog readers and give you the latest scoop. Well lots of family stuff has found it’s way into my blog, business, social time. My youngest son fractured his little wrist. Poor lil guy’s only 3 and he’s been so good about it.  We had to take him to patient first and they put this tiny little cast on his arm, and now we’re scheduled for a orthopedics follow up this week to see if it is a continuing break or just a buckle fracture. 

And then my hubby had to leave for a while for the Navy, which is always so hard because then I have to run  everything and that in most cases means that my ’social’ stuff for SMD get’s put on the back burner, but rightfully so I think. My little guys needed me and I happily put them first. 

So now that we’re working to getting back to normal, I’m chiming in to let you know what’s been going on here.  

We’ve been invited to casting calls for two ‘mompreneur’/ inventor shows one from ABC, and the other from TLC! Yeah I know right two?? Go figure, so in between filling orders, tending to injured little ones, dinner, laundry, web stuff, work and a zillion other things I’ve been putting together casting videos on why I HAVE Need to be on these upcoming shows!  Just an appearance would be a huge boost to the SMD awareness and that would be a huge blessing. 

So yup that about sums it up. Thanks to all of our new customers who have found us~ Please help spread the word about Stick Me Designs - The place for modern, stylish diabetes accessories*

Well the time has come to finally announce our winner for the Diabetes Gear Giveaway!  I’d like to thank everyone who commented and shared with us all the heart-warming stories of why they should win, and who they nominated to win.

But by far the most comments came in for a little girl named Sydney! So congratulations Sydney you’ve won the $125 Diabetes Gear Giveaway!   The comments just kept a comin’ in for this brave, courageous little girl who has just recently been diagnosed with diabetes. Her will and such strength has touched so many lives, that we felt it was a nice way to say keep at it, and don’t ever give up!

So CONGRATULATIONS SYDNEY, YOU DESERVE IT!

So I read somewhere that a great way to get some ‘guerilla’ type buzz and awareness about your company is to give things to the people you admire the most or want to attract ! So I thought heck why not, so here goes.

Stick Me Designs is starting a Diabetes Gear Giveaway that is truly a Fabulous Win for the lucky winner.  Are you living with diabetes or love someone who does well check this contest out.

First here’s the Prize Pack!

**A Complete Switch Me Messenger Diabetes Bag - value $86.00

**A Stick Me Designs Deluxe Case - value $36.99

**A Bio Flip for on the go used test strip disposal - value $5.00

Total Value = over $125

Now How YOU can get it:

1)Leave a comment here about why you think you should win.

2)If you’re on Twitter -
*Follow Me  - ( you get double props for this one
*you can @stickmedesigns me and tell me why you should win.
*you can post or re-tweet on your page about the contest - hey ask for nominations from your followers, or just tweet about the giveaway
*you can even nominate someone who deserves it - maybe a newly diagnosed friend

3) Be creative and have fun with your whys, or nominations!  And flattery always you gets you everything

Winner to be Announced 2 weeks from today April 3, 2009

Happy Commenting and Tweeting!

Have you come here because you’re tired of carrying around a black medical-looking diabetes case?  Fabulous we’re here to get you into a wonderfully fresh and fun to carrying around case that you’ll be happy to keep with you and not ashamed to whip out to test your blood sugar!  We’ve just added two new designs ‘Hibiscus Poppy’ and ‘Hibiscus Skye’ two very playful and exciting additions to our Spring ‘09 collection.

And we’ve even sweeten up the deal pot for you! These two brand new designs will be available at the ‘Recession-Stimulous-Buster’ price of $29.99! But just for a bit, just long enough to let all of you who want to grab both designs!