southern belle glamour

Yeeeeehaw!

2010-03-31T14:19:00.000-07:00

Howdy all you Southern Belles!

What a month, March has been. SBG left for Rodeo Austin on March 10 and we didn't get back till the 28th....yes 18 days! We feel like we can say we are from Austin after spending that much time there. It was such a great event for SBG, we met some of the most amazing, down to earth, beautiful people there. Needless to say they were all just as excited that SBG was there as we were.

The Rodeo was everynight, which was amazing but to top of the night, there was a concert each night afterwards.

We were able to see Lady A, Joe Nichols, Wade Bowen (one of our favorites), Randy Rogers Band & Kevin Fowler to name a few.

The neatest thing about being there at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo was that there were so many different people there from all walks....literally we met two guys from Germany, two women from Boston and there was a couple that was from Europe.

It was such a blessing for SBG to be there and to experience all that Austin had to offer, thanks again to everyone who came by and saw us. We love making new friends and love it even more seeing our old friends as well. We are so very BLESSED because of you!

peace - LOVE & southern belles

jessica & rachel

W-O-W it's been awhile....

2010-03-12T09:11:00.000-08:00

well hey there gals- lots and lots have been going on with SBG, we have been tackling lots of new places here in Texas with some SBG! it has been so much fun meeting all you gals on the road and seeing that you are just as excited about seeing us as we are you!!! ;)

there's so much to catch up....let's see, we hit up College Station in February for a show with some Aggie Gals and also a Wade Bowen concert at Hurricane Harry's with the gals.

Small Town Girl

2010-01-28T09:10:00.000-08:00

Good Morning Southern Belles!

I was listening to my pandora this morning and came across this song that I have heard like 1000 times! This song is truly who Southern Belle Glamour is!

I'm just a Small Town Girl....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evPdgnikp7I

SBG is booking HoMe & TrUnK ShOWs!

2010-01-18T09:44:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday to ALL of our Southern Belles!

Southern Belle has been on the road for quiet a few weeks now & we are FINALLY back in the GREAT STATE of TEXAS & we want to spend some time with you!

SBG is NOW booking home & trunk shows! YES, that is true!

We do home/work/school shows....Each show varies, some ladies like to have a come and go show, some have a brunch happy hour, just really depends on the direction you would like to take it! ;) What we do is, come in and set up...give a little spill & introduce ourselves and really just have a fun show. Nothing too over the top or in your face. We want to keep the show light and fun while you get to catch up with your girlfriends while we show you all of our NEW 2010 SBG merchandise. ;) Each show is different but we do have a HOST SPECIAL!

It can be a FREE SBG shirt, jewelry or just a host discount.

If this sounds like something you are interested in, let us know and we will get a show scheduled for you!

-- peace - LOVE & southern belles

jessica & rachel 214.478.1224 - 214.714.1704

southernbelleglamour@hotmail.com
please bare with us as we are redesigning our NEW website, for all updates & show information please go to http://www.southernbelleglamour.blogspot.com/

Louisana - 1st SBG roadtrip for 2010

2010-01-13T14:15:00.000-08:00

We are so glad to be back home in Texas, but let us just say that you folks in Bossier City, Louisiana had such great southern hospitality. It was so much fun when we walked in on Saturday before the event even started to see you gals wearing SBG! It was so flattering to us! We meet some of the sweetest people back at our Dallas Show in Decemeber who we were able to see again this past weekend. We truly appreciate everything and that all of you are always just as excited to see us as we are to see you gals! Once again our Peace- Love & Racing/Dirt Track Junkie Shirts were a huge hit. Growing up around the sport and not having anything cute/comfortable to wear at the track it is so fun to see you girls so excited to see dirt track shirts. As for you Asphalt Junkie Gals, we are working on something for you too! So don't feel all left out! Thanks again to everyone who came out to see us this past weekend in Bossier City, Louisiana.

peace - LOVE & southern belles

jessica & rachel

214.478.1224 - 214.714.1704

please bare with us as we are redesigning our NEW website, for all updates & show information please go tohttp://www.southernbelleglamour.blogspot.com/

Southern Belle Glamour will be at Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma

(This is located where the Chili Bowl Nationals are going on as well.)

THIS weekend for a Racer Auction & Trade Show

January 15th thru 17th

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY to Southern Belle Glamour

2010-01-05T14:51:00.000-08:00

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY to SOUTHERN BELLE GLAMOUR!!!!!!
(you just don't know how excited I am to say this!!)

It was this time last year that I had a major life changing moment that made me get out of bed on Monday, January 5, 2009 and head down to the courthouse to register SBG. I have never been so scared, excited, anxious in my life. The one thing I was full of that morning was FAITH!! I knew no matter what happened as long as I keep my faith strong and I am doing all things thru Christ I could not fail at this! The first few months....wow! That's all I can say, everything was happening so quickly...everyone wanted everything I was making! (which was such a great feeling!)

The first huge leap SBG made was setting up in Canton for First Monday for the very FIRST time ever!! I had no idea what to expect, how much to bring and such! The best thing I did right that weekend other than to pray was to bring my best friend Allison with me. She is always full of confidence, courage, strength and a really good laugh! I knew having her by my side to help remind me to breathe I would be okay. After a really cold, long weekend we knew Southern Belle Glamour was going to be a hit! I was so glad that the huge leap of faith I took just over a month ago was paying off right before my eyes!

After that weekend, I was speaking to a close friend of mine about the business and how can I continue to do this, make it better and keep the product coming in but the twist was to make sure it was always affordable! Veronica looked at me and said let's sit down and really talk about this! After I gave my spill and preached about SBG she looked up and handed me a check to invest into SBG! I was so excited because with that I was able to buy more merchandise then I could on my own...cause lord knows being a single mom the income is never enough and to have an expensive new business it would take me months to get to that type of investment. I knew that SBG was about to get on a real good start because of her!

We continued setting up at First Monday every month thru the cold weather, the rain, the holidays and the awful summer heat! It was so rough on those weekends but there would always be that one customer that would come in and say something completely simple but so amazing to me that would make me look up and say Thank you, God! It was always a great thing to hear and such a good reminder to stick with it, it will pay off! (Huge Thank you to Robin (Candle Corsets) & Shelly (Rockin Vintage) for believing in me, checking on me each month and always having a positive attitude on those really rough weekends!!)

After many more months of First Monday, Home Shows, Trunk Shows, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter & all that blogging about getting out the word of SBG and our website it was the most beautiful thing to see people recognizing me & the business.

The hardest thing I think about SBG and knowing its potential was knowing I was a single mom and did not want to put anything in front of my daughter, Emma. There were many times I felt like I had, but man did that little girl always know what to say or just smile at me at the right time to remind me I was doing this for us. It didn't take Emma long to realize that all that "BLING" was mommy's business and when we were not at a show she could sneak over and cover herself head to toe in all the beautiful jewelry! She really had the same twinkle in her eye as I did about it all!

One of the best things to happen to Southern Belle Glamour, was to have Rachel (childhood friend) come aboard in November as a partner in SBG & let me tell you it was right before the biggest show we have ever done! Texas Stampede at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas! 60,000 plus people in two days! Can you say, NERVOUS!!!!! We were both very confident in our product and knew it would sell but we are small town girls in the big city and boy was it a BIG CITY!!! We both share the same dreams & goals for taking Southern Belle Glamour to the next level! What makes it even better is that we are both moms so we understand each other even better & most importantly we both know and give God all the credit for allowing us to be able to live our dreams and it is only through him we can grow our business!
Huge thank you to Rachel for coming aboard and helping make both of dreams come closer to reality!

We both look forward to celebrating many more birthdays for Southern Belle Glamour!

Thank you to each and everyone of you who believed in us, prayed for us & especially shopped with us! We are truly blessed because of all of you!

Jessica & Rachel
Southern Belle Glamour

SBG has its first CONTEST of the year in the works!

2010-01-04T12:30:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

Hope each and every one of you had a wonderful Christmas & are having a very BLESSED 2010 so far!

SBG has its first CONTEST of the year in the works!

Southern Belle Glamour wants you to send us your pictures of you wearing SBG.
For every picture you send that will count for one entry.

Make sure to send us the following info..
name
where you are from
email address

It's just that simple, you send us your pictures of you showing off your very own SBG wear & you could win a FREE CUSTOM MADE SBG NECKLACE & The winner will also be our
"Southern Belle of the Month" for February

All entries must be submitted by January 22, 2010.
The winner will be announced on Monday, January 25.

Good luck Belles!
peace - LOVE & southern belles
jessica & rachel
214.478.1224 - 214.714.1704

please bare with us as we are redesigning our NEW website, for all updates & show information please go to
http://www.southernbelleglamour.blogspot.com/

Southern Belle Glamour will be in Bossier City, Louisana
THIS weekend for a Racer Auction & Trade Show
January 9th & 10th at the Bossier City Civic Center

Come on by and see us if you are in the area!

camo crystal cross cadet hat is FINALLY BACK IN STOCK!!!!

2009-12-23T11:47:00.000-08:00

Well its a very Merry Christmas to us at SBG!

We recieved a call today saying our long awaited Camo Crystal Cross Cadet Hat is ready to be picked up! This very HOT item is back in stock & I am sure it will be for a very limited time again. (It's only $28 bucks)

They already are flying off the shelfs, so get yours today before they are all gone!

You can call Rachel or Jessica to place your order.

If you live within 30 minutes, we can deliver yours to you in time to put under the Christmas tree.

peace, LOVE & southern belles

rachel & jessica

214.714.1704 - 214.478.1224

southernbelleglamour@hotmail.com

SBG was a RACE JUNKIE this weekend

2009-12-21T10:06:00.000-08:00

SBG has such a great time this weekend at the 22nd Annual Texas Racers Auction at Dallas Market Hall! Growing up in the racing world it was really neat to see everyone & for us at SBG to provide something there for the women in the man's world that day! ;)

The Dirt Track Junkie shirts that we made exclusively for that show were such a hit!

Thank you to everyone who came by to see & shop with us.

peace - LOVE & southern belles

jessica & rachel

Last Minute SHOW for THIS Friday & Saturday

2009-12-16T09:06:00.000-08:00

Come one, come all.
We were just invited to a show last minute & of course we jumped on it!

Southern Belle Glamour will be at DALLAS MARKET HALL for the 22nd Annual Texas Racers Auction & Trade Show this FRIDAY & SATURDAY

Dallas Market Hall
2200 Stemmons Freeway (I-35)
Dallas, Texas 75207

Hours:
Friday 6p-10p
Saturday 8:30a-8pm

* FREE PARKING *

If you have any questions please feel free to call us!

peace - LOVE & southern belles

rachel & jessica

214.714.1704 - 214.478.1224

Winter Arts Festival was a HIT!

2009-12-12T10:07:00.001-08:00

Thank you to everyone who came out to see us at the Winter Arts Festival at Crandall High School. It's always so much fun to see the excitement on every ones face at all the new beautiful pieces we have been creating! And to all of our new friends that we have made, we look forward to seeing you again very soon!

Just remember anything you dream of we can bring it to life!

peace - LOVE & southern belles

rachel & jessica

SBG will be coming home for the holidays! (TODAY)

2009-12-08T07:53:00.000-08:00

Good Morning Everyone-

Hope everyone had a very blessed weekend! SBG will be coming home for the holidays! We will be at the Crandall High School TODAY, December 8th from 5:30-9:30pm for the Winter Arts Festival benefiting the Crandall Gold Dusters and Booster Club. We will have some really great & affordable teacher gifts & much more! So come out and show your support for the Crandall Gold Dusters & Booster Club.

peace - LOVE & southern bells

Rachel & Jessica

Southern Belle Glamour

PS- we will be collecting donations for our Christmas Care Packages that we are sending over to our adopted soldiers that are stationed in Iraq. Help us bring Christmas to them!

214.478.1224 & 214.714.1704
http://www.southernbelleglamour.com/

sbg@southernbelleglamour.com
Please continue to pray for all of our Military

What a GREAT weekend...

2009-12-07T12:35:00.000-08:00

What a GREAT weekend SBG had!

It was the debut of The Dallas Flea & boy was it a successful day for everyone! There were so many unique & very talented Texas based vendors. SBG would just like to THANK everyone who came out to support us & say THANK YOU to all of our new friends we made! We truly look forward to creating & building a relationship with each of you!

The Dallas Flea will take a month off in January but will be back for monthly shows starting, February 13th, which is just in time for VALENTINE's DAY! See you gals on the road again soon...

SBG's 1st TV DEBUT

2009-12-01T09:25:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Southern Belle Glamour is sooooooooo EXCITED about SBG's 1st TV Debut, TODAY, December 1 at 9am on WFAA Good Morning Texas! We will be a part of The Dallas Flea segment!

The Dallas Flea will be this Saturday, December 5th at the South Lamar building in Dallas from 9-4pm. Yes, you can still find us at First Monday this weekend as well.

Look for this specific outfit during Good Morning Texas.

We also will have some of our handmade necklaces displayed as well.

SBG wants to THANK each and everyone of you who have continued to believe in us & make our dreams come true!

Continuing to be Blessed!!!!

Thank you from SBG!

2009-12-01T09:22:00.000-08:00

SBG wants to thank EVERYONE, who Made Every Second Count this weekend with us at Texas Stampede. We all had a great time & raised a lot of money for Children’s Medical Center of Dallas.
Truly from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU!!!!
Southern Belle Glamour has a busy month ahead, so be sure to
check out all the upcoming Events!

First Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas
December 3rd – 6th
www.cantontradedays.com

The Dallas Flea
Saturday, December 5th from 9-4pm
1409 S. Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas
www.thedallasflea.com

Home Shows

2009-12-01T09:19:00.000-08:00

Tick...tock....tick...tock... The HOLIDAY COUNTDOWN has begun, with everyones busy schedule it is hard to find time to start Christmas Shopping! No need to worry, we will bring Southern Belle Glamour to you! We are NOW booking HOLIDAY HOME SHOWS! It can be a simple come & go show, happy hour hour or girls lunch show, you name it & we will be there with all the goods! Dates are filling up fast, so book your show soon! :)

peace - love & southern belles!

Collecting Birthday Cards for OUR SOLDIER

2009-07-01T09:29:00.001-07:00

Good Morning Everyone –

I am collecting BIRTHDAY CARDS to send over to our adopted SOLIDER SPC JAMES GRAY who is in IRAQ right now!

You can bring your signed birthday card to our booth this weekend at FIRST MONDAY in Canton.
(or I can pick them up from you)
I will be sending his birthday care package off on Tuesday/Wednesday.

If you should need a kickback to helping out, then when you come out to the booth in Canton I will give you 10% off your purchase this weekend.

Help me make give him a reason to make his birthday truly unforgettable/memorable other than its being celebrated in IRAQ ;)

Thanks so much everyone!!! See you soon !

If you need to, you can mail your cards to:
Southern Belle Glamour
c/o SPC James Gray
207 East Gleason Street
Crandall, Texas 75114

First Monday in Canton
July3 – July 5
**We have a new spot**
Main entrance off of Hwy 19

SBG First Monday Hours:

Thursday – closed
Friday & Saturday 9am-5pm
Sunday 9am -4pm

H-U-G-E shout out to our Adopted Soldier James

2009-06-29T14:23:00.000-07:00

Happy Monday Everyone -

I just got this email from James, I have been very lucky over the last few days to really get to talk with him, since he is not out on a mission.

I hope, when you are read this you get cold chills & your heart just melts as mine did. It's so great what he is doing for all of us, but what is even better is that he is so EXCITED about what he is doing and what he is accomplishing.

To have never met him and just adore this man for what he does has been such a blessing!

If you have free time, I encourage you to email him and let him know how much we appreciate him and everyone else and also to say CONGRATS to what he just now has accomplished.

Thank you so much & thank you for SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS!!!

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Email sent on June 26, 2009

Hey whats going on?

Im doing great and things all seem to be falling into place these last couple of weeks. I just celebrated my 25th birthday on June 20th, got a battlefield promotion, coins of appreciation from my leaders, and a lot of praise for always setting the standard above me peers.

My battlefield promotion is history in our brigade. It was the first one in the brigades history and is being put in the history books. Its such an awesome and big event. I also was told that I will be getting promoted again in August because of my hard work and dedication to my job. I wasnt supposed to get promoted until Dec so Im way ahead of schedule.

It feels great to be achieving so much.

How is everything going for you back in the states? I hope all is well and Im doing the best I can be over here. Thank you and all your friends that are supporting me.

Love ya all!
James

Care Package Email from our Adopted Soldier

2009-06-12T13:33:00.001-07:00

Hey guys-

Just got this email from James. (Our adopted solider)
I have the biggest smile on my face that he was so excited to get our packages that we sent!!
Thanks to all of you who have been donating items & money to Southern Belle Glamour to do this…..it really pays off when you get an email back like this!!!

We will be sending out another care package next week.
If you would like to pitch in and donate anything please email me and I will get with you.

Thanks again so much!!!!

Oh if you get some free time, feel free to email James and tell him how much we appreciate everything that he is doing for us!!!!!
gray.james99@yahoo.com

Southern Belle Glamour
_____________________________
From: James Gray
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 2:01 PM
To: Lane, Jessica - Southern Belle Glamour
Subject: Re:

All I have to say is that yall freaking rock. I just got your two packages today and you fit so much stuff into 2 boxes...you definitely hooked it up...wow i couldnt believe it when i opened those boxes how much snacks and stuff where in there...thank you so much…you have no idea how cool this is!

James

Taking Chance

2009-05-20T12:32:00.000-07:00

"Taking Chance"

i had the pleasure last night of having my dear friend josh come down and visit me. we were sitting there on the couch watching movies & once the movie was over we started watching "Taking Chance" i knew that it was a military movie with Kevin Bacon... just didn't know the details about it other than that. once i realized it wasn't just a military movie it was about a marine, my whole thoughts changed....especially since i was cuddled up next to a enlisted marine myself.

it was such a great movie overall & really made you think about the process of how these men & woman are brought back to there loved ones. so often we forget just how much these men & woman give up to protect this great nation....it gives you chills just sitting there thinking this could be someone that you know.

a childhood friend of mine lost her husband a few years ago & i always wondered about the process....even though they lose there life they are never forgotten by others. while being prepared to come back home they are taken care of with such compassion and honor. (literally everyone shows it!!) it was so touching while watching the movie to see that while they were loading the casket into the plane that the people who were standing around give a moment of silence and honored him as he was put into the plane....this continued on throughout every connecting flight they had to take to get home. there are several other instances within the movie. during the entire movie, i found myself getting closer & closer to josh and literally holding him tightly as i could while tears were rolling down my face...it was a very simple but very moving movie... they do so much for all of us!

with memorial day coming up this holiday being so often forgotten for what it is really meant to be, i ask that you step back and really give thanks! be proud to fly that AMERICAN flag proudly in your front yard!

you can get more info about this movie at http://www.hbo.com/films/takingchance/

First Monday Trade Days in Canton

2009-05-15T11:06:00.001-07:00

First Monday has been such a blessing.

With having a booth out there, I have been able to meet the most amazing, strong, fearless woman! These are woman that you strive to become. Everyone has such an amazing story, that gives you that hope that tomorrow is alway a new fresh day. I have had the great pleasure of speaking to Moms & Dads of Military children. They continue to show there support by helping SBG donate items to our Plantoon of Soliders. Hearing stories of how proud they are of those great men & woman remind me that what we are trying to do at SBG to help ease a little homesick pain and show our support is the right thing! Southern Belle Glamour will continue to support our troops! If you have someone fighting for OUR FREEDOM, please let us know!

Emails from Our Soldier

2009-05-15T10:57:00.000-07:00

May 20, 2009 at 8:40 am

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know that Im doing great. I was just down in Talil, Iraq for a 2 week mission and now Im back in Baghdad. It was a nice change in what Ive been doing, but it feels good to be back thats for sure. Well, I just wanted to update everyone that Im doing alright and staying safe.

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Well, today it is April 25, 2009 and I just wanted to update you on my status. Im doing great and it's getting damn hot over here. Its getting up into the 100's already so Im sure we are do for a long hot summer over here. Time is going fast though for me because Im always tasked out doing something. I am reenlisting for 6 more years today so thats pretty exciting. I will also be promoted to Corporal on the 1st of June. So everything is looking good for me these days....take care and keep in touch...

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April 15, 2009

Hey, how’s it going everybody? I just wanted to email you and let you know that I'm doing great over here and adapting to my new surroundings. It’s really starting to get a little hot though over here. Not too much excitement yet, but we will see with the months to come. I hope you all are doing great back in the states and I just want to thank you for putting me in your prayers and supporting me while I'm away from my friends and family. Feel free to write and keep in touch. Much love to all of you supporting us and what we CHOSE to do. Thank you!

Did you hear.....SBG adopted a SOLDIER

2009-05-15T10:49:00.000-07:00

Southern Belle Glamour adopted a Solider!

Please allow me to introduce...

SPC James Gray
Task Force 3-3 ADA (C-RAM)
He is serving in Iraq until March 2010.
Home State: Wisconsin
Deployed from Fort Bliss, Texas

Here's a little more about him...

Hi, my name is James Gray and I was born in San Diego, CA but was raised most of my life in northern Wisconsin. I am 24 years old and very open minded about this 1st deployment. I was deployed from Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Tx and will be deployed until March 2010. I love my job and there isn't any job that would make me any happier then what I am with what I do. I plan on making this my career and going through the ranks. My platoon is a platoon of 20 guys and not all of them have family's to write to them. My goal is to find people that support us while we are deployed. You may send anything you would like from just letters, pictures, personal hygiene, cleaning supplies, clothes, blankets, sports equipment, snacks, posters, flags, and basically anything you would like to send us. Its all about the thought behind it and that it comes from the heart is what puts that bright big smile on our faces over here. Some of my hobbies in my spare time is to work out, go running, play any kind of sports, I'm very competitive and don't like losing anything I do. I want to thank you for what you guys are doing out there for us and you really don't know what your support does to us. It really brightens up your day knowing someone is out there caring for you and what you are doing.

If you are interested in helping SBG send over a care package or becoming an email buddy, you can email us at sbg@southernbelleglamour.com

please feel free email him & let him know how much we all appreciate everything that they do!
gray.james99@yahoo.com