DESIGNER JOURNAL: New Years Resolutions

I love New Years.

You won't find me in a huge crowd when the clock strikes midnight or dancing at a party. I usually spend New Years with my family. We watch movies, eat too much, the kids get cranky at nine, but we let them stay up anyway. Maybe it's boring, but it's relaxing and I love it.

I see the new year as a new beginning. It's a chance to set new goals and feel unrealistically ambitious. Every year has been an an insanely big year since I turned 18 so the start or a new chapter is extra motivating. I can't wait. I have goal lists from when I was a kid in my journals somewhere. Most of them have the same 4 things unchecked:

-Learn French

-Travel to Europe

-Pay off my debts

-Learn Guitar

Along with a page or two of others that I've actually managed to conquer. So this year, I thought I'd share my Resolutions with you, and I'll be coming back to this post throughout the year to cross off completed ones.

IN 2014:

2014 PERSONAL RESOLUTIONS:

• I'll Finally Learn French
• Take the kids back to Disneyland
• Create and live within a realistic budget
• Install can lighting and rip out the popcorn ceiling in the basement
• Take weekend vacations with Jon to Long Beach, Vegas, Seattle, and Portland without the kids
• Pay off half our debt (<- Trying to be more realistic here)
• Complete the bodybuilding.com workout program I've started 3 times.
• Write 5 things I'm grateful for atleast 4 times a week
• Plant something and keep it alive for an entire season
• Enroll the kids in Karate, Gymnastics, and Ballet
• Take an art class with Jon

2014 BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS:

• Attend Magic (A trade show for the fashion industry)
• Be a vendor at the Magic Trade Show
• Sell my clothing line at 10 eCommerce sites
• Sell my Clothing line at 20 Brick-and-Mortar Boutiques
• Keep up on my blog!
• Maintain a relationship with my SCORE.org adviser
• Launch collections along the time frames of the industry rather than "when I have a moment"
• Make all updates to the website (LissmeeApparel.com) that are on my list
• Have at least 12 unpaid press publications for the year

Wish me luck!

About Lisa

A little about me:

My name is Lisa Miller-Mecham. I have 3 kids under 6 between me and my amazing husband, who I married last summer. They are absolutely hilarious and most of the time while I am working they are working on their own projects alongside mine. I blame my kids for every creative bone in my body. I just think they are the coolest people in the world. I see them and they make me happy... and happiness inspires creativity.

Colorfest 2013

With everything that goes on in life, my kids always come first. I launched my accessory line, Reclaimed Wreckage back in 2008 to create a supplemental income so I could have more quality time with my son. I work late every night in our at-home studio overlooking the city. Each day I do my best to do something special that's just for the kids. We go to the library, a museum, a farm, or dedicate a solid 2 hours to building legos.

Playing in the sand on the lake in Heber, UT

I'm also in school finishing up my degree and own 2 businesses. LissMee Apparel is my dream-job and Reclaimed Wreckage ensures I never stop thinking outside the box. Between the two I have to be sure to balance my time to stay on top of everything. I love every photoshoot, sketch, draft, and email that goes into my work. 

Backstage before a runway show Oct. 2012

Life can get so busy and complicated that LissMee has really become a necessity. Between being a  hands-on mom and being a successful fashion designer, it's important to have a stylish, fashion-forward wardrobe that is also comfortable and easy to maintain. I design clothes for the real woman. The woman who balances an impossible schedule with her own ambitions. Who believes fashion doesn't have to be painful to be beautiful and that comfort and ease are key to effortless style.

Here is my little blog where I'll share my experience, my process, fashion news, and styling for the modern woman. Take a look around and I hope you enjoy my work as much as I do.