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The Valley Girls Grew Up

You know you've grown-up when.....

...you Discover your gifts and start sharing them with others
...you Conquer your fear and embrace your confidence
... you stop Caring about what others think and recognize that it's what YOU think that matters
... you Step outside of your box and make the things you want in your life happen
... you can Say 'no' to others and 'yes' to yourself

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Women Extraordinaire! Business Life Magazine

In 2010, Busines Life Magazine celebrated the 20th Annual Women of Achievement Award which honors local women of excellence in business.

Made in the Valley's Gail Lara was one of the honorees.

My Daily Find * Made in the Valley; Where entrepreneurism, gift giving, networking and giving back intersect

When finally ready to bring several of her own product ideas to market (including exquisitely patterned, environmentally friendly fabric gift-wrap), Gail Lara realized she wanted to help other women do the same.

“I thought, ‘Why don’t I invite other women who are also doing this to come together?” said Lara, founder of Made in the Valley (www.madeinthevalley.net), a website launched in July that serves as a vehicle to help women retail their products while also donating 10% of its proceeds to local charities.

Perhaps the logo sums it up best: Exceptional Women, Exceptional Products, Exceptional Charities.

Conversations with Stuart Johnson*Pasadena Community Network

Made in the Valley founder, Gail Lara speaks with Stuart Johnson from the Pasadena Community Network about the work of Made in the Valley

The SFV.com * Valley Women have it Made

Gail Lara figured there had to be other women in the same boat. Women who started their own business, but maybe weren't sure on the best way to market their product and help their business expand. "As I started meeting other women, I said, 'why don't we just market this together, and give 10 per cent to local charities?" Lara said.

That idea blossomed into Made in the Valley, an alliance of women business owners based in the Valley, which launched in July. The 13 unique businesses specialize in hand- crafted goods from lotions to candles to jewelry to chocolates. All the products are made by women in the Valley and 10 percent of the proceeds from each sale on the Web site go to charities in the Valley. If you shop online at www.madeinthevalley.net, each product listed will tell you who it is made by and what charity that entrepreneur supports.

Made in the Valley * Women in Business Short Film

Made in the Valley was chosen as the subject of a short film on the impact of women in business on the local level.

Daily News * Valley Company Helping Women Start Business * Sue Doyle

Deborah Lovett assembles cards in her Valley Glen home, August 13, 2009.

VAN NUYS - Step aside, Rosie the Riveter.

A new group of women workers have emerged, and this time they're running the shop.

Through Made in the Valley, The Valley Girls Grew Up, a Granada Hills-based company launched a year ago, women entrepreneurs are selling individual product lines that they once dreamed of inventing, but were unsure how to start up their own businesses.

Enter Gail Lara, Made in the Valley founder and a retailer who shows these local, creative minds the path to independence and success in the business world. The women wholesale their products to Lara, who markets them online at madeinthevalley.net.

San Fernando Valley Business Journal -- Made in Valley; A Moniker for Local Business -- Andrea Alegria

In the era of mass produced, impersonal gifts stamped “Made in China”, Gail Lara is banking on the hunger for meaning that she says is rife in the current market, to catapult her new business venture.

Her company Made in the Valley, which started in September 2008, sells a compilation of unique locally made goods produced by Valley women entrepreneurs. The products include custom made jewelry, organic skincare, tea, chocolates, perfume and T-shirts. Ten percent of all sales from the company’s catalogue and website will go to selected charities, infusing these products with additional value.

Valley Pearls

Vital Juice * Los Angeles * Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh

This group of "girls" turns out handmade, natural products and more fresh ideas.

Oh, mah, gahd. Did you hear about Gail Lara?

She used to be a valley girl, but she totally grew up. Now, she leads this amazing group of women who make their own stuff and sell it: gorgeous jewelry; natural bath stuff; pure soaps. It's called Made in the Valley, and they're coming out with a catalog soon, but for now, you just have to know someone...you know?

You have to check out...
Klean Bath and Body. Jennifer Hardaway makes totally affordable spa products (like twelve bucks!). We're way into the Exotic Butter, Lime Crush Scrub and Luscious Lemon Salt Soak.