After re-launching www.fussbudget.com this February, we have become keenly aware of what it takes to start and run a small business, it’s not your grandmother’s internet.  Our hats off to these entrepreneurs, many of them women owned businesses.  There is pronounced appreciation of community amongst entrepreneurs. Offering one another guidance, following each other’s social media (@fussbudgetcom on Instagram and Facebook) (of course, we like and comment to offset the algorithms that tip the scales to larger chains and “influencers”) and much more.

The entrepreneurial spirit is in our blood as Americans.  Free Commerce is our countries standard, it’s what has shaped us into a thriving nation.   We are so grateful to the countless friends who have supported our business this year as well as our clearly brilliant new customers.  Customer service and quality are the backbone of Fussbudget.com.   

If you are the friend of an entrepreneur or small business owner, what can you do to help?  Buy from your friends, like and follow their social media support them!!!

Make someone do a Happy Dance, shop local or shop small e-commerce!

Stay Fussy,

Jennifer Fuss Dunavant

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Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, today’s holiday became popularly known as Presidents Day after it was moved as part of 1971's Uniform Monday Holiday Act. This was an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation's workers (Wahoo!).

In recognition of this special day, we are pleased to offer a 20% Savings with Code Lincoln (excluding watercolors and pencil portraits)

To get your holiday and shopping started, here are 45 inspirational quotes from all 45 of the U.S. Presidents: 

1. George Washington "Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."
2. John Adams “To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.”
3. Thomas Jefferson "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
4. James Madison “The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.”
5. James Monroe "It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future."
6. John Quincy Adams "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader"
7. Andrew Jackson “Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.”
8. Martin Van Buren “It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.”
9. William Henry Harrison "Times change, and we change with them."
10. John Tyler “I can never consent to being dictated to.”
11. James K. Polk "The gratitude ... should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy."
12. Zachary Taylor "I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me."
13. Millard Fillmore "An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory."
14. Franklin Pierce "While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles."
15. James Buchanan “The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”
16. Abraham Lincoln “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.”
17. Andrew Johnson “If you always support the correct principles then you will never get the wrong results!”
18. Ulysses S. Grant “In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.”
19. Rutherford B. Hayes “Every expert was once a beginner.”
20. James A. Garfield “Right reason is stronger than force.”
21. Chester A. Arthur “Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more power than you are now using. If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.”
22. Grover Cleveland “It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.”
23. Benjamin Harrison “Great lives never go out; they go on.”
24. Grover Cleveland “Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.”
25. William McKinley “In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.”
26. Theodore Roosevelt “If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.”
27. William Howard Taft “We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.”
28. Woodrow Wilson “The object of love is to serve, not to win.”
29. Warren G. Harding “There's good in everybody. Boost. Don't knock.”
30. Calvin Coolidge “If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.”
31. Herbert Hoover “Be patient and calm; no one can catch a fish with anger.”
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt “Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”
33. Harry S. Truman “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower “Pessimism never won any battle.”
35. John F. Kennedy “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
36. Lyndon B. Johnson “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”
37. Richard M. Nixon “Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.”
38. Gerald R. Ford “Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'”
39. Jimmy Carter “You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.”
40. Ronald Reagan “Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver five minutes longer.”
41. George Bush "No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit."
42. Bill Clinton “If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.”
43. George W. Bush “Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.”
44. Barack Obama “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
45. Donald Trump “In the end, you’re measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.”

Hope you enjoyed reading those as much as I did. And the last quote is from the President of Fussbudget (me): “Stay Fussy!”

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Jennifer  

*Most quotes from “Psychology Today” and “History.com”

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Today’s blog is entitled “Getting to Know You—Fun Facts about Fussbudget”

• We are not a brick and mortar store—our “Unique Online Boutique” is only online.
• We are a small woman-owned business based in Memphis, TN.
• Fussbudget.com has been around since 1998 and was given a hiatus for a decade while my family recharged.
• Our motto is “Luxury Gifts for the Fussiest of Friends” and that’s what we provide!
• We have unique high-quality products, that we are very proud to represent and partner with!

We would love to get to know you! Send us a message or post a comment on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter!

Stay Fussy,

Jennifer

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As many of you may not know, I originally created Fussbudget.com in my garage in 1998 as a basket purse company. I had the fondest memories of playing with my mother’s purse as a child. So, I hired incredibly talented artists who would paint your home & family on a basket purse (with a penny glued inside for luck).  

About the same time, my oldest daughter went to her first sleep-away camp. Talking with other parents, I learned loved ones receive much joy giving “happies” to their campers. So, Fussbudget expanded to become a camp care package company.  My family assembled hundreds of packages, much to the delight of campers across the country. Though fun, it was hard work, too. After working a full day my late husband would become my number one stocker; we spent hours in our garage turned warehouse.

When I experienced the phenomenon of going to market, Fussbudget morphed again. Fussbudget 3.0 was born. Our best sellers became our gorgeous indoor sleeping bags and lap desks. (Keep an eye out—we are about to reintroduce one of our favorite sleeping bag lines within the next few days).  

During my husband’s illness, he and our daughters were my priority and had to come first.  I was fulfilling orders late in December and I thought “something has to give.” While I did not shutter it completely, I allowed the website to go dormant.

So, after a 10-year hiatus I feel renewed and reenergized. Blessedly our children are healthy and happy; and I’m invigorated with my renewed entrepreneurial spirit.  Time for Phase Four of the ever-changing Fussbudget.com!

Like Ponce de Leon I went to market in search of the most amazing lines! I love them all so much, you’ll find almost all of them in my home (much to my new husband’s chagrin)! 

Stunning Copper and Silver pieces from an Artisan Metalsmith, silky soft bamboo sheets, luxurious bamboo throws, exquisite pencil portraits of your home, custom-made commissioned pillows of your pets, children, home or favorite memory, pillows of “Women We Love” (one of my personal favorites) and the most GORGEOUS decorator pillow line I have ever seen. Last, but not least, imported balance bikes from France!!

I would love to hear from you!!!!

Stay Fussy,

Jennifer

“Luxury Gifts for the Fussiest of Friends”

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Fussbudget.com was founded in 1998 and has taken pride in sourcing unique, high-end gifts, home accents and art and have even been featured on MSNBC. After the loss of my husband, we took a ten year hiatus to reflect and recharge. Today we're reviving Fussbudget.com and will be unveiling a beautiful new website while continuing our focus on one of a kind luxury goods. We look forward to sharing this new adventure with each and every one of you!

Fussbudget.com is revitalizing its website and will be re-launching soon.

We've curated an exceptional collection of distinctive gifts; all discoverable on our remarkably unique online boutique!

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