Dumper in her favorite DM polo!

I have been working out of my 56th and 10th apartment for almost two years with little to no interaction with people during the day. Of course, Lizzy and I have talked/worked together all day long about DM, but on AOL IM. Dumper, my roommates cat was my hang out buddy. I have never been a big cat person, but I have to admit Dumper is the best! She would love to snuggle up on all my store folders and curl up next to the printer. I won't miss finding random folders eaten or scratched, but I will miss Dumper!

Intern

Today is meet our intern day! Michelle Peters has joined us for a few months. She hails from Maryland and attends Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut. So far we are loving having an extra body in the office. She has helped us tremendously with errands and necklace making and schlepping. We’re loving gossiping with her. Here she is photographed in her Patty Polo which she purchased at a trunk show prior to working with us. We’re so looking forward to extra input from her and our intern who arrives next week. Stay tuned for intern #2 – Alex Bacon. Cheers : ).

Welcome!

Welcome to the first addition of the Dakota Martin girls blogspot blog! Shannon and I have discussed the idea of blogging for probably a year now - we constantly see things around us that inspire our line and our image, accessories that seem like the perfect match for our pieces, and articles/pictures/current trends that remind us of something we have made. All of these are things we would love to share with our customers and website viewers. A short time ago our dear friend Liz Coulson of Linda & Harriett Stationary (http://www.lindaandharriet.com/) started her own blog and motivated us to do the same.

So for today we will just give you a little update on where we are at the moment. Dakota Martin officially has a home! We have moved ourselves into our first office on W38th street (between 8th and 9th) and it is really coming together as our happy little abode -- the walls have been coated in "barely teal" (a DM color, obvi), the desks have been assembled and the garment racks have been rolled in. With the addition of one wonderful intern (who we will introduce tomorrow) and another on the way we legitimately have a little think-tank at last! While our sign outside our door may be a bit crooked, we're proud. And we'll take that imperfection as a sign of the work in progress that we are. Stop by and visit - we would love visitors : )