May 24, 2024 • 20 mins
On this episode of the Inventress Podcast we have GardenSleeves founder, Lynne Silber!
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(00:03):
Hi everybody. I'm Alisa Askala isthe inventress. I'm the CEO and founder
of Inventing a to Z and hereproud to be on my podcast with an
amazing, amazing guest. Super excited. I'll tell you about how she inspired
me to go outside and go gardening. Look, but here is in a
ponytail, just cleaned up because Iwas just outside using her amazing garden sleeves.
(00:28):
Without further ado, I want tointroduce you to my client, Lynn
Silver. Now I'm gonna use weuse two last names, right both great.
Silver's good. Silver's good. I'mgetting divorced, so Silver is it?
Silver is it? Well? Wonderfulto have you on my podcast today.
(00:48):
I'm super super excited because I haveto tell you your powerhouse. You're
a woman who is doing her thing. You're you're, You're, You've named
your stuff and you've claimed it,which I love and I talk about all
the time. So Lynn, let'sget right into it. Let's talk about
who Lynn is. Let's introduce youyourself and tell us your amazing story.
(01:11):
TOLLI figure so sweet. Thank youso much for having me on, and
Hi to all of your listeners andyour viewers. My name is Lynn Silver.
I am a mo entrepreneur. Iguess if you would, you would
say that I have a television backgroundfrom back when I was in my twenties
and early thirties, and then Ibecame a stay at home mom for about
(01:34):
fifteen years. And I'm an avidgardener and I live here in New Jersey,
and you know, it is thegarden state, and I have a
terrible allergy to poison ivy, tomato, vines, pretty much anything. And
I became a big gardener when Imoved here about twenty years ago. And
one day I was picking weeds outof my garden bed and I came down
(01:57):
with poison ivy, forums like Idid every year, and like so many
other gardeners, we just sort ofdeal with it. It's just one of
those things because our gloves always endedhere and no one wears long sleeves when
they're gardening, so you know,I just kind of dealt with it every
year and suffered like so many ofmy friends and my colleagues. And one
(02:21):
day I was, you know,I was gardening, and I came down
with poison ivy yet again, andI said, there has to be a
solution for this, I just Ienvision a glove with a lightweight, breatheable,
one hundred percent cotton sleeve that Icould just literally pull on do my
gardening without having to change into ahot, long sleeve shirt and then pull
off and throw in the wash.So I searched everywhere. I had no,
(02:46):
you know, aspirations to start acompany. At that point. I
had three children, and I wassubstitute teaching at my son's school. But
I was a seamstress sort of byaccident, because my kids were really into
competitive Irish dancing and they needed aseamstress. So I said, I can
do this. So I bought myselfa sewing machine. I taught myself how
(03:07):
to sew. So when it cameto these gardening gloves in my light bulb
idea, I said, okay,I can sew myself a prototype, which
I did, and I loved it. It was very primitive. It was
just sort of, you know,just a cotton sleeve with an elastic band
attached to an inexpensive cotton polyglove thatI happened to have in my garage.
(03:30):
And I loved it and I usedit all summer, and then one day
I was at the hairdresser and Iwas telling my hip stylist about this idea
that I had and about because wealways traded gardening stories. And there was
a woman sitting next to me andshe said, I'm sorry to interrupt it.
I don't mean to eavesdrop, butthat's a brilliant idea. You need
(03:53):
to patent that, and I willbe your first client. And she raised
her arm. She had poison ivyup and down her arm, and she
became my first customer. I madea couple of pairs after that, started
going to small craft shows, blossomedinto big flower and garden shows up and
down the East coast, and nowI have two distributors that carry my gloves
(04:15):
in garden centers throughout the Midwest andNortheast. And it's really, Lisa,
that's been so exciting in such awonderful journey. And it really is,
it really and truly is. AndI like how you just went into because
you're you are a mom pane.You said, my son's needed costumes,
and so I went out and boughta machine. I taught myself how to
sell. You know that that's perseverance, that's that's that's diligence. That well,
(04:40):
that's being a mom too. Youjust do what you need to do.
Absolutely, absolutely, that's amazing.You never knew how to sew.
You taught yourself how to sew.You brought yourself a sewing machine. That's
wild. You know. It's thekind of thing where, you know,
I hate to say, if youif you want to get it done,
do it yourself. But I don't. There isn't a closed door in front
(05:02):
of me. There was never aclosed door that said, you know,
I need to you know, Ineed to hunt and I need to search
it. I like to make.I always like to make opportunities for myself,
not only just in television and lookingfor the next opportunity I could work
on. But you know, beinga stay at home mom, you start
(05:24):
you've got your head in the diaperpail, and it's we've all done it,
and it sort of becomes a mouseon a wheel. And it's really
important, especially for women who chooseto do that like I did, to
keep their brain stimulated and to alwaysbe looking to better yourself, to expand
(05:44):
your skills. And I always lookat those sort of things as a challenge
as opposed to a Hindrance. That'sright. Well, you're a solution oriented
person. I mean, I'm lovingyou. I'm loving these. I mean
they're clashing with my blouse right now, but they are magnificent. You know
what I love about these, Lynn, Besides the fact that they're so cool
and so brilliant, thank you brilliant, They're lightweight. You don't feel like
(06:09):
you have anything on. I wasoutside with the just the regular tank top
on. This was up. Infact, it helps if it's a little
cool outside too, and even sunblocking. I mean, it's just it's
look at my hands. I meanI was able to get into the dirt.
You know, I'm a feel dirtperson and these are nice enough and
lightweight enough that I could still getinto my dirt, keep my nails clean,
(06:33):
absolutely clean. And you know,I was going to say, Lisa,
that's the biggest thing I hear whenI take the Gloves on the road,
which I do a lot. Igo to art shows, I go
to flower and garden shows. Thefirst thing I hear from people after they
look at it and shuffle because it'snovel and they've never seen it before.
They look at it and they say, first of all, they say Oh
(06:54):
my god, that's that's ingenious.And then they try it on and they're
like, wow, I mean,because it's almost like second skin. It's
a very, very comfortable. TheMaster Gardeners, who I met at the
Philadelphia Flower and Garden Show, whichwas the first big show I took the
gloves to, told me I neededa nitrial dip glove because it was water
(07:14):
resistant, puncture resistant, and extremelyextremely comfortable and tactile. That's what I
love. And you use the words. I didn't know what to call it,
but what is the name of theskin, What do you call it?
It's like a second skin. It'sa nitrial dipped water resistant glove.
So it's what they do is takea nylon shell so it's very stretchy in
(07:35):
the back when you're you know,when you're bending and clenching, and then
they actually physically dip the glove ina rubber coating which is called nitrial.
It's latex free because I know alot of people have latex salaries, so
I will allergy, so I willnot use latex. And then they dip
it and it's a beautiful dip.If you see, you know, if
you can see it dips probably abouttwo inches down the finger, which you
(08:00):
mean you're going to get very verygood water protection exactly from the glove when
you're digging in your wet soil.And it did it did? I mean,
and easy to just rinse off,no problem and look at it.
I mean, it's just it's I'mshowing you, but I'm showing everybody else
too. It's fabulous. And Ilove the variety of colors that you have.
(08:24):
I mean, we have. Ilove the you have the calprint hanging
up there. The Calprin's outrageous.You know. I had a pink glove
and I have sort of a fun, you know, kind of quirky fens
of humor, and I was like, what can I pair with the pink
love? And it just seemed utterlyobvious, utterly obvious. No, I
(08:46):
love it and the purple, andyou know, everybody I showed this too
fell in love with it. Everybody. I said, well, we can
go to the website and purchase them. And Lynn, what is your website?
Share your website with It's very simpleto remember. It just Gardensleeves dot
com. One word, and Isell all my different prints. I actually
have three different hand sizes of thegloves too, because I try to,
(09:09):
you know, run the gamut becausewe have our petite women, we have
our standard twenty four centimeter hand likeI have, and then we have you
know, the women with the largerhands or who like a looser fit.
Yes, so I offer all threesizes as option choices on my website.
No, that's brilliant, That's that'svery very smart, because that's the first
question I got to. What thesize is? How many different sizes did
(09:33):
they come in? Exactly? Yeah, so I have the small, I
have all three sizes and tell youyeah, and they they fit. I
mean they fit beautifully no matter thesize. They really do. So a
little bit bigger maybe better for somepeople, like you said, may a
looser fit, but they're absolutely spectacular. Yeah, And you know, it's
(09:54):
interesting we see also as women getolder and they get become you know,
some women become arthritic and then knucklesget a little bit thicker, so they
tend to like to go one sizeup, even if they are smaller women.
So you know, it really justkind of depends on the fit and
the feel that you like. Thesleeve is all going to be consistent,
It's all It's twenty two centimeter sleevewith the elastic band. And the best
(10:16):
part is it fits skinny you know, pencil arms like mine. And it
also fits you know, my fullmy full figured women, because it is
so stretchy and comfortable. It's verycomfortable. It's very, very comfortable.
My daughter tried it on the otherday. She said, this is this
is magical. It really, itreally is. And I told you my
granddaughter we were outside guarding together andshe had one on. I owe you
pictures. I have to show you. You do horrible. Are you doing
(10:39):
vegetables or are you doing flowers?I'm doing both. So I have yep,
so I have rose bushes, soout they're just picking the petals.
And I have tomato tomato plants andhydranges, which, by the way,
came back this year. So Iwas out there they came back. It's
(11:00):
wonderful. So I was out thereclipping the hydrangers and pulling off the extra
leaves and and I just I wasclean the entire time, excellent, clean,
clean, no no dirt on myarms, and just magnificent, magnificently.
And also there I don't know ifI mentioned to mention they're fully machine
washable too, so this machine washline dry. So you know, if
(11:24):
you get super dirty, then justyou know, toss them in the laundry.
And I do just in case Ihappen to brush up against the urushiol,
the which is the oil on thepoison ivy leaves. It's called urushiol.
Uh. It will stay, Yeah, it will stay on whatever you
happen to brush up against. Soit's very important that you do wash it
off, otherwise you'll get reinfected.Okay, you know, just tossing them
(11:46):
in the wash. And I usuallyrecommend towels, even though I've washed it
with everything. I usually say,you know, just wash it with rags,
wash it with towels. Don't necessarilywash it with your clothing. But
you know, they they wash beautifullyand then like I said, just hang
them dry and they're terrific. SoI actually put my herbs in the other
day, I'm waiting on my tomatoes. My lettuce was in and I now
(12:09):
have a one year old Bernice Mountaindog puppy and she had one and she's
she's actually I wish I could.She's sleeping right next to my desk here.
She actually helped me garden and dugup all of my lettuce. So
that was a replant yester getting Ohmy goodness, gracious, oh those dog
(12:33):
they like to help their workouts wasalps. So they need a job,
absolutely, a durable you know,I even look like your logo like,
well, you put so much thoughtinto this, so much thought into the
design and just every piece of it. You know, everybody out there will
will absolutely love it, even ifyou're digging in the dirt just a little
(12:54):
bit. Some people are just outthere picking leads when you're picking your weeds,
and you can have your your gardensleeves absolutely because you never know what
you're going to be brushing up against. That's right, That's right. So
I have to ask you, howdoes your family feel about this? Well,
it's funny because when my kids werewhen I first started the company.
So I got my patent back intwenty twenty. I filed for it in
(13:15):
twenty eighteen, and that's where whenI, you know, came up with
the idea. My kids, beingthe skeptical you know, young teenagers that
they were, they thought, oh, it's just mom and one another one
of her crazy ideas. Because Ialways had a thousand jobs when I became
a stay at home mom. Ialso, you know, I mentioned my
kids did competitive Irish dancing. Well, I designed the hair pieces that all
(13:41):
the Irish dancers in their sh myGod, and the teacher loved it so
much that she had me make themfor all of the dancers. So not
only was I sewing for all thedancers, I was also making these hair
pieces, and I made a littlebusiness out of that before I loved and
so my kids always know, youknow, they when you know, when
(14:01):
their friends say what do your mom? What does your mom do? They
roll their eyes and say, whatdoesn't she do? So they thought it
was another one of my hair brainedideas. They're like, they sell.
Yeah. She's like, yeah right. So I took it, you know,
I took it to a craft show. I took you know, I
maybe made, you know, fiftypairs or something. I took it to
(14:24):
a craft show and they said,so, Mom, how did you do?
How many did you sell? What'dyou sell? Two? Three?
And I said, actually forty six? Great, I love it. And
then I took it to another craftshow and then same thing, would you
sell mom? Too? And Iwas like, well, actually forty eight,
and then so slowly they started,you know, warming up to the
(14:48):
idea that you know that you cantake sort of just a little light bulb
idea and blossom it into an actualcompany between the logos and the podcast that
I've done, so the media andthen you know, coming up with the
(15:09):
ideas and getting inventory and having toresearch where to find the actual glove part
because I make you know, allthe sleeves, but I have to have
the gloves made for me, likethe hands right, because you know I
can't do that here. You know, just the research that was into and
everything. I think they're all likemy I have three children, and they're
(15:31):
all pretty fascinated I am and inspired. You're you're showing them what can be
done, what's possible. Absolutely becausethey only knew me as mom. Of
course I was just mom, andyou know, they didn't know me as
the television executive before that or youknow, anything I did before that.
(15:52):
I was just And it's different whenyou know you're the mom taking your kids
to playgroup and you know, oryou're segueing into mom the entrepreneur, and
you know, it's really I thinkit's really inspired my daughter for self confidence
for you know, the understanding thatwomen there really is no glass ceiling at
(16:15):
this point. And as a younggirl. You know, Lana is now
eighteen, she's you know, goingto ask you how old she was.
She's at University of Delaware and sguy's the limit for her. She's got
incredible yeah, confidence and self assurance. And I like to think that maybe
a little bit of what I didhelped her out. You empowered her exactly.
Your children become who you are andwhat they see, right, they
(16:37):
are a part. They are theirenvironment and the way I mean, boys
are one thing also, but girlsare. It's important to show them that
they can absolutely. You know,there's there's like you said, there's no
glass ceiling, there's no Skuy's notthe limit. It's above and beyond,
above and beyond. So you area powerhouse. Land. Please share with
(16:57):
us your social media platu forms,your social media handles, how they can
get hold of you, and howthey can purchase the product, because everybody
watching is gonna want They're gonna wantit, They're gonna want them. I
am the Garden Sleeves, so onInstagram, My Garden Sleeves, Facebook,
My Garden Sleeves uh, you knowGardensleeves dot com. You can even go
(17:22):
to my gardensleeves dot com and youget redirected to Gardensleeves dot com. And
uh, you know, I'm veryactive on social media, please, you
know I love to hear from mymy customers, my clients, my fellow
gardeners, because, honestly, Lisa, we really are a community, a
community of gardeners. We love whenI go to these shows, we we
just all share. We share horrorstories, we share success stories. You
(17:47):
know, gardeners love to just openup and talk about what they're doing,
and and I just I love.That's actually the best part for me,
The most fulfilling part is hearing howmuch you know I'm helping, I guess,
my fellow gardeners. It's just itwarms my heart. I have to
(18:07):
show this to my manicures too,because you brought up a point. Whenever
I'm there, we talk about flowers, yep, plants, she gardens,
and that's our whole conversation. She'sshowing me pictures in between. So I
can't wait to get back there andshow these to her and have her go
on your website and purchase them.Wonderful, Oh, you're a sweeteet.
Oh you are, You're a doll, and thank you so much for being
(18:29):
on our show today. Is thereanything you want to share, any any
inspirational words you want to share,even though you've done this the entire the
entire podcast, but anything you couldshare with fellow entrepreneurs out there, you
know, Hey, guys, Iwould say, I know it sounds kind
of cliche, but don't give up. There are a lot of there will
be a lot of obstacles, andthere will be people who will laugh at
(18:51):
you or who will say no,thank you. You know, we're not
interested in your product. It's notthe end of the road. It's just
a dead end in this particular,But there are so many other roads,
oh yeah, that you can goon. So you have to sort of
take take rejection as a learning experience. I love that because not everybody.
(19:18):
My gloves aren't for everybody. They'refor a lot of people, but they're
not for everybody. But the peoplethat I have touched and I have helped,
and the community that has grown withme is is just outstanding and wonderful.
So I would say, just,you know, don't give up.
Follow the path that you and youknow and God has laid out for you
(19:40):
and you know SI the limit.I love that. Thank you so much
for that. Well, thank youLynn for being on the show. And
stand by. Okay, everybody again, please go to the website Gardensleeves dot
com, Gardensleeves dot com, getyourself, buy a gift. It's Mother's
Day. Mother's Day coming right,so lind stand by, but everybody,
(20:03):
thank you. Thank you again Lynnfor being on the show. And uh
we look forward to seeing you hereagain, without a doubt, right,
without a doubt, You're coming back. Thank you Lisa so much for having
me, and thanks everyone and happygardening. Thank you Lynn, thank you
Hi everybody. I'm Alisa Askala isthe inventress. I'm the CEO and founder
of Inventing a to Z and hereproud to be on my podcast with an
amazing, amazing guest. Super excited. I'll tell you about how she inspired
me to go outside and go gardening. Look, but here is in a
ponytail, just cleaned up because Iwas just outside using her amazing garden sleeves.
(00:28):
Without further ado, I want tointroduce you to my client, Lynn
Silver. Now I'm gonna use weuse two last names, right both great.
Silver's good. Silver's good. I'mgetting divorced, so Silver is it?
Silver is it? Well? Wonderfulto have you on my podcast today.
(00:48):
I'm super super excited because I haveto tell you your powerhouse. You're
a woman who is doing her thing. You're you're, You're, You've named
your stuff and you've claimed it,which I love and I talk about all
the time. So Lynn, let'sget right into it. Let's talk about
who Lynn is. Let's introduce youyourself and tell us your amazing story.
(01:11):
TOLLI figure so sweet. Thank youso much for having me on, and
Hi to all of your listeners andyour viewers. My name is Lynn Silver.
I am a mo entrepreneur. Iguess if you would, you would
say that I have a television backgroundfrom back when I was in my twenties
and early thirties, and then Ibecame a stay at home mom for about
(01:34):
fifteen years. And I'm an avidgardener and I live here in New Jersey,
and you know, it is thegarden state, and I have a
terrible allergy to poison ivy, tomato, vines, pretty much anything. And
I became a big gardener when Imoved here about twenty years ago. And
one day I was picking weeds outof my garden bed and I came down
(01:57):
with poison ivy, forums like Idid every year, and like so many
other gardeners, we just sort ofdeal with it. It's just one of
those things because our gloves always endedhere and no one wears long sleeves when
they're gardening, so you know,I just kind of dealt with it every
year and suffered like so many ofmy friends and my colleagues. And one
(02:21):
day I was, you know,I was gardening, and I came down
with poison ivy yet again, andI said, there has to be a
solution for this, I just Ienvision a glove with a lightweight, breatheable,
one hundred percent cotton sleeve that Icould just literally pull on do my
gardening without having to change into ahot, long sleeve shirt and then pull
off and throw in the wash.So I searched everywhere. I had no,
(02:46):
you know, aspirations to start acompany. At that point. I
had three children, and I wassubstitute teaching at my son's school. But
I was a seamstress sort of byaccident, because my kids were really into
competitive Irish dancing and they needed aseamstress. So I said, I can
do this. So I bought myselfa sewing machine. I taught myself how
(03:07):
to sew. So when it cameto these gardening gloves in my light bulb
idea, I said, okay,I can sew myself a prototype, which
I did, and I loved it. It was very primitive. It was
just sort of, you know,just a cotton sleeve with an elastic band
attached to an inexpensive cotton polyglove thatI happened to have in my garage.
(03:30):
And I loved it and I usedit all summer, and then one day
I was at the hairdresser and Iwas telling my hip stylist about this idea
that I had and about because wealways traded gardening stories. And there was
a woman sitting next to me andshe said, I'm sorry to interrupt it.
I don't mean to eavesdrop, butthat's a brilliant idea. You need
(03:53):
to patent that, and I willbe your first client. And she raised
her arm. She had poison ivyup and down her arm, and she
became my first customer. I madea couple of pairs after that, started
going to small craft shows, blossomedinto big flower and garden shows up and
down the East coast, and nowI have two distributors that carry my gloves
(04:15):
in garden centers throughout the Midwest andNortheast. And it's really, Lisa,
that's been so exciting in such awonderful journey. And it really is,
it really and truly is. AndI like how you just went into because
you're you are a mom pane.You said, my son's needed costumes,
and so I went out and boughta machine. I taught myself how to
sell. You know that that's perseverance, that's that's that's diligence. That well,
(04:40):
that's being a mom too. Youjust do what you need to do.
Absolutely, absolutely, that's amazing.You never knew how to sew.
You taught yourself how to sew.You brought yourself a sewing machine. That's
wild. You know. It's thekind of thing where, you know,
I hate to say, if youif you want to get it done,
do it yourself. But I don't. There isn't a closed door in front
(05:02):
of me. There was never aclosed door that said, you know,
I need to you know, Ineed to hunt and I need to search
it. I like to make.I always like to make opportunities for myself,
not only just in television and lookingfor the next opportunity I could work
on. But you know, beinga stay at home mom, you start
(05:24):
you've got your head in the diaperpail, and it's we've all done it,
and it sort of becomes a mouseon a wheel. And it's really
important, especially for women who chooseto do that like I did, to
keep their brain stimulated and to alwaysbe looking to better yourself, to expand
(05:44):
your skills. And I always lookat those sort of things as a challenge
as opposed to a Hindrance. That'sright. Well, you're a solution oriented
person. I mean, I'm lovingyou. I'm loving these. I mean
they're clashing with my blouse right now, but they are magnificent. You know
what I love about these, Lynn, Besides the fact that they're so cool
and so brilliant, thank you brilliant, They're lightweight. You don't feel like
(06:09):
you have anything on. I wasoutside with the just the regular tank top
on. This was up. Infact, it helps if it's a little
cool outside too, and even sunblocking. I mean, it's just it's
look at my hands. I meanI was able to get into the dirt.
You know, I'm a feel dirtperson and these are nice enough and
lightweight enough that I could still getinto my dirt, keep my nails clean,
(06:33):
absolutely clean. And you know,I was going to say, Lisa,
that's the biggest thing I hear whenI take the Gloves on the road,
which I do a lot. Igo to art shows, I go
to flower and garden shows. Thefirst thing I hear from people after they
look at it and shuffle because it'snovel and they've never seen it before.
They look at it and they say, first of all, they say Oh
(06:54):
my god, that's that's ingenious.And then they try it on and they're
like, wow, I mean,because it's almost like second skin. It's
a very, very comfortable. TheMaster Gardeners, who I met at the
Philadelphia Flower and Garden Show, whichwas the first big show I took the
gloves to, told me I neededa nitrial dip glove because it was water
(07:14):
resistant, puncture resistant, and extremelyextremely comfortable and tactile. That's what I
love. And you use the words. I didn't know what to call it,
but what is the name of theskin, What do you call it?
It's like a second skin. It'sa nitrial dipped water resistant glove.
So it's what they do is takea nylon shell so it's very stretchy in
(07:35):
the back when you're you know,when you're bending and clenching, and then
they actually physically dip the glove ina rubber coating which is called nitrial.
It's latex free because I know alot of people have latex salaries, so
I will allergy, so I willnot use latex. And then they dip
it and it's a beautiful dip.If you see, you know, if
you can see it dips probably abouttwo inches down the finger, which you
(08:00):
mean you're going to get very verygood water protection exactly from the glove when
you're digging in your wet soil.And it did it did? I mean,
and easy to just rinse off,no problem and look at it.
I mean, it's just it's I'mshowing you, but I'm showing everybody else
too. It's fabulous. And Ilove the variety of colors that you have.
(08:24):
I mean, we have. Ilove the you have the calprint hanging
up there. The Calprin's outrageous.You know. I had a pink glove
and I have sort of a fun, you know, kind of quirky fens
of humor, and I was like, what can I pair with the pink
love? And it just seemed utterlyobvious, utterly obvious. No, I
(08:46):
love it and the purple, andyou know, everybody I showed this too
fell in love with it. Everybody. I said, well, we can
go to the website and purchase them. And Lynn, what is your website?
Share your website with It's very simpleto remember. It just Gardensleeves dot
com. One word, and Isell all my different prints. I actually
have three different hand sizes of thegloves too, because I try to,
(09:09):
you know, run the gamut becausewe have our petite women, we have
our standard twenty four centimeter hand likeI have, and then we have you
know, the women with the largerhands or who like a looser fit.
Yes, so I offer all threesizes as option choices on my website.
No, that's brilliant, That's that'svery very smart, because that's the first
question I got to. What thesize is? How many different sizes did
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they come in? Exactly? Yeah, so I have the small, I
have all three sizes and tell youyeah, and they they fit. I
mean they fit beautifully no matter thesize. They really do. So a
little bit bigger maybe better for somepeople, like you said, may a
looser fit, but they're absolutely spectacular. Yeah, And you know, it's
(09:54):
interesting we see also as women getolder and they get become you know,
some women become arthritic and then knucklesget a little bit thicker, so they
tend to like to go one sizeup, even if they are smaller women.
So you know, it really justkind of depends on the fit and
the feel that you like. Thesleeve is all going to be consistent,
It's all It's twenty two centimeter sleevewith the elastic band. And the best
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part is it fits skinny you know, pencil arms like mine. And it
also fits you know, my fullmy full figured women, because it is
so stretchy and comfortable. It's verycomfortable. It's very, very comfortable.
My daughter tried it on the otherday. She said, this is this
is magical. It really, itreally is. And I told you my
granddaughter we were outside guarding together andshe had one on. I owe you
pictures. I have to show you. You do horrible. Are you doing
(10:39):
vegetables or are you doing flowers?I'm doing both. So I have yep,
so I have rose bushes, soout they're just picking the petals.
And I have tomato tomato plants andhydranges, which, by the way,
came back this year. So Iwas out there they came back. It's
(11:00):
wonderful. So I was out thereclipping the hydrangers and pulling off the extra
leaves and and I just I wasclean the entire time, excellent, clean,
clean, no no dirt on myarms, and just magnificent, magnificently.
And also there I don't know ifI mentioned to mention they're fully machine
washable too, so this machine washline dry. So you know, if
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you get super dirty, then justyou know, toss them in the laundry.
And I do just in case Ihappen to brush up against the urushiol,
the which is the oil on thepoison ivy leaves. It's called urushiol.
Uh. It will stay, Yeah, it will stay on whatever you
happen to brush up against. Soit's very important that you do wash it
off, otherwise you'll get reinfected.Okay, you know, just tossing them
(11:46):
in the wash. And I usuallyrecommend towels, even though I've washed it
with everything. I usually say,you know, just wash it with rags,
wash it with towels. Don't necessarilywash it with your clothing. But
you know, they they wash beautifullyand then like I said, just hang
them dry and they're terrific. SoI actually put my herbs in the other
day, I'm waiting on my tomatoes. My lettuce was in and I now
(12:09):
have a one year old Bernice Mountaindog puppy and she had one and she's
she's actually I wish I could.She's sleeping right next to my desk here.
She actually helped me garden and dugup all of my lettuce. So
that was a replant yester getting Ohmy goodness, gracious, oh those dog
(12:33):
they like to help their workouts wasalps. So they need a job,
absolutely, a durable you know,I even look like your logo like,
well, you put so much thoughtinto this, so much thought into the
design and just every piece of it. You know, everybody out there will
will absolutely love it, even ifyou're digging in the dirt just a little
(12:54):
bit. Some people are just outthere picking leads when you're picking your weeds,
and you can have your your gardensleeves absolutely because you never know what
you're going to be brushing up against. That's right, That's right. So
I have to ask you, howdoes your family feel about this? Well,
it's funny because when my kids werewhen I first started the company.
So I got my patent back intwenty twenty. I filed for it in
(13:15):
twenty eighteen, and that's where whenI, you know, came up with
the idea. My kids, beingthe skeptical you know, young teenagers that
they were, they thought, oh, it's just mom and one another one
of her crazy ideas. Because Ialways had a thousand jobs when I became
a stay at home mom. Ialso, you know, I mentioned my
kids did competitive Irish dancing. Well, I designed the hair pieces that all
(13:41):
the Irish dancers in their sh myGod, and the teacher loved it so
much that she had me make themfor all of the dancers. So not
only was I sewing for all thedancers, I was also making these hair
pieces, and I made a littlebusiness out of that before I loved and
so my kids always know, youknow, they when you know, when
(14:01):
their friends say what do your mom? What does your mom do? They
roll their eyes and say, whatdoesn't she do? So they thought it
was another one of my hair brainedideas. They're like, they sell.
Yeah. She's like, yeah right. So I took it, you know,
I took it to a craft show. I took you know, I
maybe made, you know, fiftypairs or something. I took it to
(14:24):
a craft show and they said,so, Mom, how did you do?
How many did you sell? What'dyou sell? Two? Three?
And I said, actually forty six? Great, I love it. And
then I took it to another craftshow and then same thing, would you
sell mom? Too? And Iwas like, well, actually forty eight,
and then so slowly they started,you know, warming up to the
(14:48):
idea that you know that you cantake sort of just a little light bulb
idea and blossom it into an actualcompany between the logos and the podcast that
I've done, so the media andthen you know, coming up with the
(15:09):
ideas and getting inventory and having toresearch where to find the actual glove part
because I make you know, allthe sleeves, but I have to have
the gloves made for me, likethe hands right, because you know I
can't do that here. You know, just the research that was into and
everything. I think they're all likemy I have three children, and they're
(15:31):
all pretty fascinated I am and inspired. You're you're showing them what can be
done, what's possible. Absolutely becausethey only knew me as mom. Of
course I was just mom, andyou know, they didn't know me as
the television executive before that or youknow, anything I did before that.
(15:52):
I was just And it's different whenyou know you're the mom taking your kids
to playgroup and you know, oryou're segueing into mom the entrepreneur, and
you know, it's really I thinkit's really inspired my daughter for self confidence
for you know, the understanding thatwomen there really is no glass ceiling at
(16:15):
this point. And as a younggirl. You know, Lana is now
eighteen, she's you know, goingto ask you how old she was.
She's at University of Delaware and sguy's the limit for her. She's got
incredible yeah, confidence and self assurance. And I like to think that maybe
a little bit of what I didhelped her out. You empowered her exactly.
Your children become who you are andwhat they see, right, they
(16:37):
are a part. They are theirenvironment and the way I mean, boys
are one thing also, but girlsare. It's important to show them that
they can absolutely. You know,there's there's like you said, there's no
glass ceiling, there's no Skuy's notthe limit. It's above and beyond,
above and beyond. So you area powerhouse. Land. Please share with
(16:57):
us your social media platu forms,your social media handles, how they can
get hold of you, and howthey can purchase the product, because everybody
watching is gonna want They're gonna wantit, They're gonna want them. I
am the Garden Sleeves, so onInstagram, My Garden Sleeves, Facebook,
My Garden Sleeves uh, you knowGardensleeves dot com. You can even go
(17:22):
to my gardensleeves dot com and youget redirected to Gardensleeves dot com. And
uh, you know, I'm veryactive on social media, please, you
know I love to hear from mymy customers, my clients, my fellow
gardeners, because, honestly, Lisa, we really are a community, a
community of gardeners. We love whenI go to these shows, we we
just all share. We share horrorstories, we share success stories. You
(17:47):
know, gardeners love to just openup and talk about what they're doing,
and and I just I love.That's actually the best part for me,
The most fulfilling part is hearing howmuch you know I'm helping, I guess,
my fellow gardeners. It's just itwarms my heart. I have to
(18:07):
show this to my manicures too,because you brought up a point. Whenever
I'm there, we talk about flowers, yep, plants, she gardens,
and that's our whole conversation. She'sshowing me pictures in between. So I
can't wait to get back there andshow these to her and have her go
on your website and purchase them.Wonderful, Oh, you're a sweeteet.
Oh you are, You're a doll, and thank you so much for being
(18:29):
on our show today. Is thereanything you want to share, any any
inspirational words you want to share,even though you've done this the entire the
entire podcast, but anything you couldshare with fellow entrepreneurs out there, you
know, Hey, guys, Iwould say, I know it sounds kind
of cliche, but don't give up. There are a lot of there will
be a lot of obstacles, andthere will be people who will laugh at
(18:51):
you or who will say no,thank you. You know, we're not
interested in your product. It's notthe end of the road. It's just
a dead end in this particular,But there are so many other roads,
oh yeah, that you can goon. So you have to sort of
take take rejection as a learning experience. I love that because not everybody.
(19:18):
My gloves aren't for everybody. They'refor a lot of people, but they're
not for everybody. But the peoplethat I have touched and I have helped,
and the community that has grown withme is is just outstanding and wonderful.
So I would say, just,you know, don't give up.
Follow the path that you and youknow and God has laid out for you
(19:40):
and you know SI the limit.I love that. Thank you so much
for that. Well, thank youLynn for being on the show. And
stand by. Okay, everybody again, please go to the website Gardensleeves dot
com, Gardensleeves dot com, getyourself, buy a gift. It's Mother's
Day. Mother's Day coming right,so lind stand by, but everybody,
(20:03):
thank you. Thank you again Lynnfor being on the show. And uh
we look forward to seeing you hereagain, without a doubt, right,
without a doubt, You're coming back. Thank you Lisa so much for having
me, and thanks everyone and happygardening. Thank you Lynn, thank you
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