Category Archives: Rosies in Action

We are so proud to have had Elizabeth Layton as part of our team this past year!

Liz graduated in December from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Communications major in Business Ag. She is currently back home in Santa Rosa looking for new opportunities to spread her talents. We loved having her as part of team Rosie and wish her
the best in all her future adventures!
We know that for us she will always take her Rosies spirit with her.  Thanks for all that you did Liz, you will be missed!

Liz  is being replaced by Katie Crawford. Katie has been a part of Rosies for 10 years, she has been a Rosies model, helped create product ideas, worked at road shows selling and now we get to have her use her unique talent for writing by taking over the blog , newsletter and face book posting. Rosies has a lot planned for 2012 and we welcome Katie’s voice to keep the Rosies community connected.

-Sharon Moore (Rosie’s founder)

New Year brings a new contest for Rosies! Get ready to pose for the camera and bring out those maps, to win lots of Rosies gear in 2012!

Here is how you play:

1. Have someone take a picture of you in your favorite Rosies gear in front of a fun location (ex. a popular landmark)

HINT: we are looking for backgrounds that provide good clues without giving the location away! So, don’t stand in front of a sign telling what the location is! Also, the location should be something other Rosies can figure out, so a picture in front of your personal farm would not be as good of a choice as a picture in front of a hometown landmark.

2. Email the photo to us at info@rosiesworkwear.com Each month we will select one picture to post on our webpage. If your photo is selected you will WIN A PRIZE!!

3. Go to our webpage to try and guess the location of the selected photo. The first one to correctly respond will WIN A PRIZE!!

The Holiday Season is officially here!  This is a great time to unleash your creative side and go crazy decorating!  Don’t be like the “ditto” house! We had so much fun finding all of these do-it-yourself projects and hope you enjoy them just as much!

1. Button Cookies

How cute is this?  Shortbread cookies are delicious and turning them in to little buttons adds that extra something that is perfect for the holiday season! All you need is a shortbread butter cookie recipe, two biscuit cutters (one a little smaller than the other), and a drinking straw (to make the holes).  After they’re done, just add the ribbon through the cookie holes and these will make the perfect gift for a neighbor, friend, or family member!

2. Lace Ornaments

We love how simple it is to spice up a plain ornament!  Simply cover your ornament with lace and then spray paint over it (we like silver) and then remove the lace, let the ornament dry, and add it to your tree!

3. Melting Snowman Graham Crackers

These are adorable for the kiddos in your life! The eyes, carrot nose, buttons, and twig hands, and melted part of the snowman are all made with melted white chocolate and a little food dye.  The scarf is a fruit roll up (use a pizza cutter) and then set it all on a graham cracker and Hershey’s bar!

4. Peppermint Centerpiece

A sleek, simple white tray with candles and peppermint puffs makes the perfect centerpiece for your home!

5. Holiday Place-cards

Simply stick your place-cards in a tiny pinecone!  We think this is so simple – and so cute!

6. Candy Cane Photo Holder

Just tie three candy canes together with some green ribbon and place your holiday photo on top!

7. Candy Cane Vase

For this you will need:

• Two sided tape
• A circular vase or empty can
• Rubber band
• Candy canes
• Wide ribbon (must be wider than rubber band)
• Roses (or any flower you choose to use)

How to do it:

- Wrap the two sided tape around the vase once approximately halfway down the vase. (The two sided tape will help keep the candy canes from sliding out from under the rubber band).

- Slide rubber band around the vase.

- Begin inserting the candy canes behind the rubber band.

- Tie the ribbon around the vase taking care to cover the rubber band with the ribbon.

- Fill with water and arrange flowers

8. Snowman Door Decoration

We loved this different take on holiday wreaths!

This past weekend Rosies Workwear headed down to the Rosebowl flea market in Pasadena to be a part of the 2,500 vendors featured every month.  Celebrating over 40 years of business, this was like no other flea market we had ever been to.

After checking in around 6am (flea markets open early!) we set up our booth and patiently waited for the gates to open to buyers at 9am.  We had the opportunity to talk to many different people and promote the Rosies overalls and coveralls – we had such a great time (and even did a little shopping ourselves!)

It was wonderful to hear how many women appreciate workwear designed to specifically fit them.  We were also able to inform women how convenient overalls and coveralls can be for many activities some normally wouldn’t think of.  Workwear doesn’t just have to be “at work”.  Gardening, home repairs, and do-it-yourself projects are all great times to wear your Rosies.

If you find yourself in the Pasadena area on the second Sunday of each month, this is definitely a flea market you should check out.  For more information on the Rosebowl flea market, visit their website at http://rgcshows.com/RoseBowl.aspx.

by Elizabeth Layton

Fall is out in full force and winter is on its’ way!  For those of us with horses, this means “clipping season”.  Clipping your horse is a common occurrence in the winter for equine lovers because, when riding your horse, they get sweaty.  During the warm summer months this doesn’t create any problem; simply take your horse to the wash racks and hose them off (hose yourself off, too, depending on how hot out it is).  However, in the colder fall and winter this isn’t possible, because it gets too cold out to hose your horse off and they can very likely become sick.

For myself, that “clipping day” came last week.  I could see it in my horses eyes every time I hopped off after a ride.  He was saying “Mom, it’s starting to get cold when are you going to bring out that warm and fuzzy blanket you bought me last year that I love to bite and roll around in the mud in?”  I could see it every time I brushed him and clumps of hair came out because he was shedding so uncontrollably.  Fact: I personally do not enjoy clipping.  Of course I do it – I don’t want my adored horse to be cold – but I do not enjoy those tiny, fine hairs that find their way in to every crevice of my clothes, my eyes, my hair, (you get the picture).  BUT WAIT.  As I sat at Rosies Workwear last week I realized I have been looking at my attire for clipping the entirely wrong way.  Why have I been wearing jeans and sweatshirts when I can wear coveralls?

Last week when I clipped my horse it was a magical experience.  I threw my coveralls on over my clothes and buttoned those babies all the way to the top.  After I was done clipping I brushed my horse, gave him a carrot for being such a good boy and shed myself of my hairy coveralls to find that my clothes underneath were still clean.  I also wore a pair of our Rosies safety glasses, which kept my eyes from becoming red and agitated.  All in all, this years clipping experience was a success.  I will absolutely never clip my horse again without my coveralls.

P.S. I think this would be great for clipping any animal; my personal experience just happens to be with horses!