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Jane Pettigrew and Jenny Doh

Jane Pettigrew

Jenny Doh

Entrepreneur Series* Featured Guest

Our first guest is Jane Pettigrew who has written 6 books about tea and is currently working on numbers 7 & 8. She also writes about tea, coffee and other food and beverage subjects for various magazines and edits the Tea International Section of Tea and Coffee Trade Journal - published each month in New York. Her other published works include books on the history of British food, social history, coffee, juice, soup and table style. She has appeared on various radio programs over the years and appears several times a year with Sarah Green on Carlton Cable TV.

Entrepreneur Series* Featured Guest

Our second guest is Jenny Doh is Editor-in-Chief of Somerset Studio the flagship mixed-media publication ranked #1 in its category by Barnes & Noble as well as the popular art-to-wear magazine, Belle Armoire, and numerous sister publications. Jenny is also Director of Publishing for Stampington & Company and has worked in partnership with the Publisher to launch and oversee numerous titles including: Somerset Life, Artful Blogging, Sew Somerset, Altered Couture, Belle Armoire Jewelry, Somerset Workshop, Haute Handbags, Somerset Home, Somerset Wedding, and more. For Where Women Create magazine, Jenny works closely with Stampington & Company and Chapelle, Ltd. as Executive Consulting Editor and columnist. In 2009, Jenny will oversee and direct the launching of several new titles including Art Quilting Studio, apron'ology, Art Journaling by Somerset and GreenCraft Magazine. By the end of 2009, Stampington & Company will have produced 82 issues of 30 different titles.

* 2009 Diva Craft Lounge Entrepreneur Series - Over the years we have discovered that our very creative listeners are constantly coming up with equally creative ways to make a living doing what they love - crafting. Therefore in 2009 we have made a commitment to feature successful and creative entrepreneurs and celebrities to share their stories of how they got started, what drives them and how they remain so successful. So, if you are an aspiring entrepreneur or someone who simply enjoys inspiring business stories about people following their dreams, don’t miss our stimulating Diva Craft Lounge “Entrepreneur Series” interviews. If you miss an Entrepreneur Series interview please see our Archives.

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Partial Guest List: Heidi Swapp - Owner, Heidi Swap Designs; Curtis Platte - Founder, Craft Locker and Crop-In-Style; Dee Gruenig - Owner, Posh Impressions & HGTV Celeb; Suze Weinberg - Owner, Weinberg Design Studio & HGTV Celeb; Stacy Julian - Founding Editor, Simple Scrapbooks; Judi Watanabe – Owner, Judikins,  Jeanette Lynton – Founder, Close to My Heart,  Karan Smith - Owner, Magic Mesh; Renee Pearson - Digital Scrapbooks, Simple Scrapbooks; Lisa Bearnson - founding editor of Creating Keepsakes; Becky Higgins - Contributing Editor, Creating Keepsakes; Sandi Genovese - DIY Scrapbooking host; Kristi McFadden – Editor, Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine, Ali Edwards - Contributing Editor, Creating Keepsakes; Michelle Hill - Creative Director, Li’l Davis Designs; Tera Leigh - Award-winning designer and author; Stacy Croninger, Editor-in-Chief, Paper Crafts Magazine; Thena Smith, Author, "Where's Thena..."; Jan Mollet Evans - Editor of "Scrap Your Stuff"; Wendy Smedley - Creative Editor, Simple Scrapbooks; Dawn Heath - Publisher, SS Reflections Vicky Breslin - Founder, Cut-It-Up; Linda LaTourelle, CEO, Bluegrass Publishing Inc.; Ana Cabrera – Designer for Purple Cows.

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