Hey everybody it’s Melissa again. For all of you who live in the Bay Area we want to let you know that we will be sending out 48 lavender eye pillows to Rainbow Grocery and we will be sending 18 lavender eye pillows to Global Exchange. Each pillow will have a slip with a special code that will make you eligible to win a prize. Make sure to drop by and get your pillow.
And don’t forget to like us on Facebook! To visit the Sweet Dreams Facebook CLICK HERE!
Hey everybody! Long time no blog but I guess for you guys is long time no read. We were very busy during the holiday season with all the craft fairs and the orders for people who wanted to surprise their loved ones. This might be a long post, so brace yourself.
During December we had two craft fairs and our open studio: we were vendors at Bazaar Bizarre and the KPFA craft fair. Aside from the occasional “window shoppers,” it went great. We even decided to showcase a new product: Up-cycled billboard vinyl bags (photos to come later).
At the end of the year after being worn out by the craft fairs we had our open studio, and from what I heard it went great. The other co-op members say that the people who attended the event were very friendly, interested in our products, and very willing to buy from us.
Now to make things even more exciting, we started using Square. Square is a device that attaches to our iPod touch, and it allows the buyer to use their debit/credit card without the typical credit card machine. I have seen this little device being used in anything from local vendors to taxi drivers.
The last thing I would like to blog about is that our end of the year report came back with flying colors. We made approx.$ 3,000 more than last year. 
And yes, that is how I felt when the good news came.
Well that is all for this week.
Ok so, Hello everyone.
My name is Nancy and Im new to the sweet dreams co-op. I was a little afraid coming here at first, but turns out it was really easy to settle in here. Everyone has been really cool and welcoming which was greatly appreciated especially since this is my first real job ever.
I got into sewing when the Turning Heads project came to my school as seminar. I didn’t really think much of it at first but turned out to be a class i look forward to all week.My first project was a small bag-purse thing that wasn’t as hard as i thought it would be. Unfortunately it was misplaced and i never got to show it to anyone 
This is my first job so i really hope i get many new skills that i can use not just here but at other jobs or even at school P.s. I’m a senior.
So for the past couple weeks, everything has been going great and everyone is so awesome here. I hope this work vibe lives strong. P.s. kind of cool having a co worker with the same name 
P.s.s. Veronica got me in here so i have her to thank ….soooo…Thanks!!
Sincerely Nancy C
The women at Sweet Dreams were awesome enough to donate eye pillows to Latina Educational Support Group at City College of San Francisco. LESG is throwing a Halloween/ Costume party at the Mission campus to raise money to attend a Latina Network convention. I am so happy and excited about this party! The eye pillows are being raffled off and given out as a 1st place prize at the costume contest.
If you are 18 and over, come dance the afternoon off on Saturday, October 29, 2011 from 4-9pm at the Mission Campus of City College of San Francisco. Tickets are $15 at the door. All proceeds go to the LESG. If you want to buy tickets, come through to the Latino Service Network at City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus at 50 Phelan Ave. San Francisco, CA 94112 Cloud hall 3rd floor
So after being away for about a month at camp I came back to some wonderful news. We have an order of 500 pillows from NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship). So right now we’re trying to bust out 250 pillows by Labor Day, and we’re doing great. In about a month we’ve sewn 500 cases, filled about 300, and hand finished 236 pillows. How’s that for dedication?
So aside from our huge order of 500 pillows we also have good and bad news. Lets start with the bad news. Our lovely Orisa F. will no longer be part of our co-op because she is off to the world of college. But on a brighter note I will be able to stay for another 5 months because my schedule just happens to be awesome that way.
On a sillier note today my sister Mariluz and I decided to lighten up the mood in the co-op by wearing kigurumis which are basically costume pajamas. I dressed up as a cow and my sister dressed up like the spiritual character Kappa. So yup, that pretty much sums up our day/weeks/months, you get what I mean.
OK so since we do have to bust out 250 pillows by Sept. 5th I have to get my cow self over to the pillows. 