Friday, June 18, 2010

MarciG in Seventeen Magazine

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Marci is featured in the June issue of Seventeen Magazine, in an article on teens who started their own business. Feature writer Farnoosh Torabi found Marci’s Etsy shop, MarciG, in February, along with many other possible teens on Etsy. She took her time and answered the interview questions thoroughly, telling her story of how she started her Etsy shop as a business after getting turned down for summer jobs last year. Marci’s writing skills undoubtedly helped catch Seventeen’s interest.

Since publication, Marci has had many sales to Seventeen readers, including a mom of a 12 year old who was reading Seventeen with her daughter. She’s gotten lots of fan mail from other teens asking about how they might get started.

Besides fame and fortune, the article gives Marci a unique endorsement of her accomplishments as she applies to colleges. Creativity and entrepreneurial skills are not measured by SAT scores, and this helps show where some of Marci’s talents live. 

Marci turned 17 on May 20, and was published in Seventeen on May 29th. I hope that her year brings more happiness and success, and you must know how proud I am to watch this beautiful flower of a girl unfold.

8 comments:

  1. That's just wonderful. Congrats to Marci!

    xoSherry

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  2. Oh my goodness! This is just amazing! Congratulations to you both- you must be SO proud :)))))

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  3. That's great! Congrats!

    PussDaddy

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  4. Wow! That's a really big deal!!! Congrats!

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  5. what a wonderful acknowledgement of her creativity and hard work... you are so very right - standardized test scores are not the only way to measure a person... this is a very public affirmation of her character... congratulations to you both - you must be one proud mama! any college would be lucky to have her...
    and college aside - these years are so transitional into young adulthood... it must give her a sense of accomplishment and security to know that she can earn money from her creative abilities...

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  7. this is so great ~ big congrats to marci + well done to you for being such a great, supportive mum :)

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