Angie Seekamp is the owner of St. Hyacinth Custom Drapery in Celina, Texas. With a background in painting and studio arts, Angie transitioned from a career in luxury cosmetics and skin care to entrepreneurship. After helping her husband establish his boutique law practice, she became a full-time stay-at-home mom following the birth of their daughter. A lifelong lover of knitting, sewing, and crochet, Angie now channels her creativity into her drapery business which she opened in December of 2023. In her free time she enjoys entertaining, tablescaping, and spending time with friends and family.

Angie is on Instagram

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Scarlet Thread Consulting - Pricing Without Emotion

Ann Johnson's Panel Class on the Workroom Channel

Roger Magalhas Installation Courses

Victoria Hammond is the founder and owner of Master Soft Furnishers, established in 2001, specializing in soft furnishings and interior design. Her award-winning enterprise is internationally renowned for training over a thousand individuals in the professional making of soft furnishings, many of whom have gone on to establish and successfully run their own businesses.

Passionate about her craft, Victoria combines skills passed down through generations in her family with extensive industry experience. She is dedicated to preserving traditional sewing techniques while inspiring and supporting students at her Academy to achieve their creative and professional goals.

At the Academy, students can choose from a variety of in-person certified courses, ranging from a one-day Roman blinds (shades) workshop to a comprehensive 17-day Diploma in Professional Curtain Making & Soft Furnishings. All courses are delivered in a welcoming and inspiring training environment. Additionally, the Academy offers professionally filmed, user-friendly online certified courses that provide thorough and accessible instruction. The Academy also hosts visiting tutors who teach their own specialities, further enriching the learning experience.

You can contact Victoria by email - hello@softfurnishers.com.

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Pierre Frey

Merrick and Day - The Encyclopedia of Curtains

Michele Williams, owner of Scarlet Thread Consulting, is a speaker, podcaster, author and strategic business coach serving the interior design industry. Her work helps business owners create strategic plans that are actionable, manage their business and finances properly, and develop a framework for decision making that allows for a laser focus. As a result of working with Michele, her clients increase their rates, reduce their workload, and increase their bottom line. Michele uses her signature program, AIM with Intent™, where she focuses on the 5 strategies that lead to wild success: strategies of foundation, intention, people, process and profits. Michele is also certified in Profit First and Fix This Next methodologies. You can find out more by visiting www.scarletthreadconsulting.com

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Your Next Five Moves by Patick Bet-David

She Thinks Big by Andrea Liebross

The Recipie for Empowered Leadership by Doug Meyer-Cuno

It's Ok to Be the Boss by Bruc Tulgan

Blinkist

Learn to Choose Window Coverings Course

Grandma name shopping video