Here’s whatcha gotta do for a shot at the prizes:

1) Post 2 things you do to motivate yourself when you get down from diabetes and/or what you share with those you love living with diabetes.

Choose your Sharing Method: Here, Facebook, and or Twitter.  If you’re really looking for brownie points do all 3

—>> Post your 2 things below – share so others can be motivated too

–>>Post on my Stick Me Designs Facebook page – **encourage your friends and followers to ‘Like’ your comment, the more likes the more chances you have of being chosen!!**

–>>Post on Twitter be sure to include hashtags: #diabetes, #stickmedesigns — **Encourage RT’s…the more RT’s the more entries you get!**

And one last request for the winner chosen, once you receive your new Stick Me goodies, upload an action shot to share on my Facebook fan page.

That’s it..let’s try and encourage one another to stay motivated, stay positive and thrive with diabetes!!

The winner will be selected on September 3, 2010. The person with the most Like & RT’s by 9/3/10 will win the Deluxe bag of their choice, and 2 bio flips. This includes the newest styles set to arrive in September: Honey & Key Lime

Well look no more my friends, our Grown & Classy diabetes bags have an insulated pocket and we even provide you with a cool pack to use to keep your insulin cool during the day. It’s the perfect size for the insulated pocket, and is a cool innovation to the traditional cool ice pack.  You just run water over it, wipe it dry and toss it in the freezer.

Silky Cocoa – Insulated Pocket

Stick Me Cool Packs

So here are 2 new designs that I’m considering launching.  Comments feedback and questions are most welcome.

Wilderness Girl

Outdoorsey Type

1) I want to giveaway 2 Deluxe Bags from the Grown & Sexy collection!

Would you like one?

This one is pretty simple:

—-> Leave me a comment as to why you’d like a new bag…and what is your favorite design.

That’s it! Extra points if you post on Facebook too on the Fan page!

The newest deluxe bags also come with a very neat Stick Me Cool pack. A small square that fits neatly inside the insulated pocket and once wet and frozen will stay cool for hours, and it features a side that stays 15 degrees warmer just in case it’s too cold on the other side.

Oh and one more thing, if you purchase your new deluxe bag or anything accessory listed on my Facebook shop, you’ll get a 15% discount!

Thanks for reading and for stopping by*

I regularly listen out for what my customers want and what they truly need from their diabetes gear. And I’ve tried my hand at guys stuff in the past, but honestly missed the mark a bit, but while parusing a Mr. Scott’s blog earlier last week, I soon realized that I had to, take another crack at it.  Breaking it down to terms that I finally got ( I hope anyway) I think I might have finally made contact on that elusive ‘nail’.  So with that, I’ll ask for feedback, comments and just what you think…eh hem…Guys that especially means you!

And Gals if you’re diggin the new Dude collection chime in as well, cause I know some of your male counterparts, have been buggin’ you for a cool diabetes gear bag…and now here ya go! Check out all the newest styles!

What if you could share a tee shirt designs you created?  & What if you could make a profit off of that design if it’s liked and sold? Or what if you could vote on a tee design to see it be made…and really have a say in what gets put on the backs of  others?

Hmmm intrigued…read on my friend!

***So here’s the skinny***:

—>1) Shirts will only be made available if there are enough who gotta have ‘em ie voting, liking, tweeting, or commenting.

—>2) Each new idea or suggestion will be posted for votes, comments or likes.  There has to be a total of 10 total likes, votes, comments or tweets so they’ll go into production.  No votes…no Go.

—>3) The design floor becomes open for designs submissions and suggestions. Are you the creative/crafty type?  Upload your design, if your design gets 15 likes, votes, comments and/or tweets. Your Speak Diabetes tee will go into production and be made available. And here’s the sweet spot. You’ll get that tee FREE! And. And..10% of every sale of your tee!

The idea is to give you a loud and clear voice about diabetes, and say what you really want to say. I’m calling the tee collections:

‘Speak Your Diabetes’ Tees.

Ok now here’s the part where I ask you to give me your suggestions feedback or ideas….Ready….Break!

Some said Wally-World aka Walmart, some said Tarjay aka Target and some said at their Endo’s office…& that struck me as interesting.

While I would be lush with excitement to see my designs on the shelves at Target I’m not quite large enough to handle such an undertaking. Sooo the Endo’s office really hit the spot for feasibility and the promise of actually making that happen this year.

Here’s my theory:

–> I’d like to start by networking with local Endo office diabetes nurses and staff. Ask if I can have permission to leave my postcards in their lobbies or to leave for support groups they’re a part of.  Next I’ll ask if it would be ok to display a bag at the reception area or checkout window. This way the bag is right there for them to see first hand and get a feel for what my designs look like up close and in person.

While I don’t think I can get them to offer them for sale to their patients ( although this would certainly be Cream!) I can ask if they’ll display them for their patients to see and then come visit the site and grab one for themselves. Sounds simple enough.

I’ll be getting help from a Sales Specialist(SS) who will be working for me assisting me with the New York  upstate area and the City, so we’ll see how the pilot will go until the end of the year.

I’m excited because my SS has tons of fabulous ideas and is super ambitious and has had made headway for other small companies and I’m hoping to see the similar results.

As I said before going at this thing called entrepreneurship is not easy…top on my ‘other’ life as a mom, a Navy spouse and employee (for now), it takes perseverance and restraint not to go above and beyond what my budget can allow.

But one thing I now I’ll have till I get where my goals are is belief in what I’m doing and what it is doing for my now friends and new customers.

It’s not saving the world but it is saving them from boring black nylon tragedies!