Does this Sound Like YOU?
It Can Be You!
We're Breaking the Mold
I'd love to have you join me in this adventure, and see what YOU can do with your one precious life.
Kelly Wenzel, TX, July 2009
Stats: I like many stylists in our company met Stella & Dot at a trunk show. I spent way too much money and fell in LOVE with the product! I had an 18 month old at home and crazy corporate sales career, but was compelled to take the leap to add a fun hobby to my life! Within my first year with Stella & Dot, I gave birth to my second child, my husband was laid off and that's when the light bulb went off for me. This was so much more than a hobby, but an incredible opportunity to make a lucrative income all while sharing style over a glass of wine with amazing women that I could work along side my crazy life! Within four years, I had built a fabulous team across the US, styled thousands of women and replaced a six figure income from my corporate sales job! I was truly able to style my own life on my own terms. Last spring when I stepped away from the corporate world, I was able to spend more time with my kids, especially my oldest, Cooper who started Kindergarten last fall. This business works around my life, so when I was offered an opportunity of a lifetime to dive back into the corporate world this January - I was able to accept the position knowing that I can have it all. With a little hard work and determination, anything can happen! The stylist opportunity with Stella & Dot truly is a compliment to my life by the income that it has added to my household (paying for vacations, ballet lessons, our mortgage and much, much more) while developing some of the most lasting friendships ever! According to my husband, it was the best $199 I ever spent!
Christine Swartz, VA, November 2011
I hosted trunk shows all the time for 2 years before becoming a stylist! I am a full time high school marketing teacher, mother to 17 month old son, Brennan (and another coming Oct 2014!), and wife. I started Stella & Dot because I needed to make more money to pay the mortgage on a home I owned. Teaching wasn't cutting it and I LOVED Stella & Dot so it was a perfect fit! After two and a half years with this amazing company, it has completely changed my life. I am now able to go part time at my teaching job next year (soon enough I will be doing Stella & Dot full time!), and be able to spend more time at home with my son and on my business! We are now saving for our dream home and it's all because of S&D. My goal is to be doing Stella & Dot full time, making a solid 6 figure salary, provide for my family, and most importantly be able to help hundreds (even thousands!) of women get what they want from this business!
Danielle Allison, July 2011, TX
Career Level: Star Stylist
I happened upon Stella & Dot when I saw a mini look book at a local business. At the time, I was searching for silent auction items for an event I was chairing and thought I would find the “Stella & Dot Store” and ask for a contribution. When I got online and learned more about the company, I fell in LOVE with the jewelry. There was a sign up special at the time and I thought, “why not give this a try and grab $450 of this gorgeous jewelry for $199?” At the time, I was working at a large corporate law firm practicing law full time. Right after I launched my business, I found out I was expecting my first child, work got crazy busy, and I pushed my business to the side after only a few trunk shows. Even though, I was not working my business, my sponsor Tysh Mefferd, sent me weekly motivational emails and kept me in the loop. I was appreciative of the fact that the business truly was flexible and I could remain a stylist during this time. When I returned to work after my maternity leave, I was not satisfied with my job. I was committed to hard work, but I wanted to be passionate about what I was doing, and I wanted more flexibility to spend time with my family. My husband encouraged me to give Stella & Dot another run with more focus and determination. I reached out to Tysh to tell her I wanted to reengage and she immediately responded and supported me. I started sharing my passion for Stella & Dot with my friends, family members, and co-workers. I sponsored my first stylist, my mom, that October and it was full steam ahead from there. I attended my first Hoopla in July 2012 and heard all of these inspiring stories of women who wanted the same things I did and how Stella & Dot had made it possible for them to truly have it all! I came home committed to building my Stella & Dot business into a full time career. In September 2013, I earned my first ever incentive trip from Tysh to visit the Stella & Dot design studio in New York City! That same month, I promoted to Star Stylist.
In December 2013, I left my law firm and committed myself to pursuing my Stella & Dot business full time. I have loved every minute of it! I love the energy of the women I am surrounded by. I love the ways in which we uplift, encourage, and inspire one another. I love the excitement and happiness I feel when I am headed to a trunk show and realize, “I am getting paid to have this much fun!” I love that I can now schedule a date with my husband, an outing for my daughter, or vacation for my family and “work” will never require me to cancel it. I love the ability I have to use my Stella & Dot business to raise money to support causes close to my heart. I love seeing the excitement on the face of my customers when they find that perfect necklace or my hostess when she learns she has earned hundreds of dollars in free product. I love being able to share this amazing opportunity with other women who have the “crazy” idea that they should be able have a career that provides the financial income they desire, works around their schedule and priorities, and brings joy to others. I love Stella & Dot!
Callie Smith, October 2013
I like to think that my relationship with Stella & Dot started 4 years ago when I attended my very first trunk show and bought a pair of earrings (which I still own and wear!). As the years passed, I had received a few items here and there as gifts and had always loved them, but had never known much about it. Fast forward to 2014 when I went to a local vendor show and met my soon-to-be sponsor! She asked me to host a show, I did, and I fell in love with the products. I am a stay at home mom to four kids ages 5 and under, so I really didn't know how I would have to time add one more thing to my calendar, but I thought to myself "What's the worst that can happen? I do a few trunk shows and earn a ton of free jewelry?! Sign me up!" I must say, I could not have imagined the blessing this has been to both me and my family. Soon after I started as a stylist, my husband lost his job. We were devastated, and although he had several promising job leads, we honestly didn't know where our next paycheck would come from. This was when I started to be very intentional with my business. It was the motivation that I needed! Within a few months, not only had my husband found a new job, but I too had discovered something that I loved, and was actually pretty good at! I LOVE being a stay at home mom, but having an excuse to have girls nights out on a weekly basis is a pretty sweet gig! I have developed some of the sweetest friendships in this business and it has been a complete joy to share this opportunity with others!
Jodie Strum, February 2010
Full-Time Very Demanding Job in Addition to stella & dot
I found S&D by a fluke- a friend of mine was a top leader's roommate in college. I was talking about some necklaces I had seen in InStyle, but had never heard of the brand and didn't know where to buy them. She told me about Kelly, the success she had achieved, and I was intrigued. What started out as a purchase ended up in a part-time career. My puppy had been hit by a car and I had spent a college tuition saving her- and thought this would be a great way to replenish my bank account. I reached out, ran out of my full-time job to meet Kelly at Starbucks-and signed up on the spot. After a great launch-seeing how people responded to the jewelry, and putting $500+ in my pocket-I was hooked! What started out as a plan for a show or two a month has moved into leadership and helping other women find and fulfill their "why." It also recently allowed me to leave a very steady, high paying job, for a riskier, more entrepreneurial partnership. These days my additional income goes to not needed, but much loved high end purchases- and some serious travel- an African Safari, Prague & Vienna, Spain- and I'm currently writing this from a piazza in Ravello on the Amalfi Coast in Italy;) Add to that to the awesome women I've met along the way- and it's pretty much the dream job. I should also mention that a week before I signed up- I was invited to an S&D party but had haphazardly replied "no"- not recognizing the connection to the InStyle necklaces or the brand- because "home parties weren't my thing."
Jami Davis, IL, March 2012
I grew up around and in direct sales companies. My mom was at the VP level of two direct sales companies before I was born all the way until she retired a few years ago. I eventually worked corporately at one of those companies for over 7 years and when I left was at the Senior Management level. Around four years ago, I came across Stella & Dot and was so impressed with Jessica Herrin, the marketing and of course, the product that I always kept up with what was going on at Stella & Dot, admiring from afar and at one point even thought about moving to San Francisco to pursue a corporate career with them.
When I decided to leave my stressful meeting planning career of 10+ years in March of 2012, I knew I wanted to do something flexible and Stella & Dot was where I decided to go. I know this company is far above the rest in terms of technology and product and really never thought about anything on "this side" of the direct sales industry before but I have loved being a Stylist with Stella & Dot, it is the positive thing I needed to do for me and I love that I work the business when I want and am still able to be successful. I get so excited at each new line launch and love the people I have met through this business: at shows, on my growing team and so many Stylists in other states which have become great friends and Stella & Dot has also reacquainted me with so many people too! I love being a Stella & Dot Stylist and and will continue to grow with this company at that pace that is right for me!
Lauren Sigler, August 2010
That was almost 4 years ago, and I could not thank my friend enough for sending me that look book. This is what I was meant to do! I love sharing the style that is stella & dot, I love accomplishing what I never dreamed possible, and I love what it has done for our family. From the work I've put into my business, I've earned trips to Mexico, Bahamas, New York, a spa in Arizona, plus with my earnings I paid for our family to go to Disney World for 5 days! The best part without a doubt is the friendships I've made, and the amazing team of women I am so blessed to lead as they set their own goals and change their own lives. We are still such a small company, and still have so very much to do as we change the face of fashion and entrepreneurship!
Lauren Sigler
Stella Nation team
Email: jewelrylbs@gmail.com
Website: www.stelladot.com/laurensigler
Phone: (703)244-6164