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<item><title>Instant Gratification ...an Evening of Fun + Fashion</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=86</link><description>
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<item><title>Mixed Media Idea Book</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=85</link><description>I know one thing for sure. No matter what your area of expertise is in life, we must practice Kaizen, the art of continuous learning. I got to the poi</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:23:59 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>Five Tips to get the most out of New Ideas</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=84</link><description>You get that little seed of an idea in your head that keeps growing and developing into something you just can&#8217;t seem to ignore. You keep drifting bac</description><pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2012 07:49:22 PST</pubDate><author>neil@strategies.com (Neil Ducoff)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>Spring is in the Air!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=83</link><description>Easter Basket, Vintage Eggs and Wild Flowers
Easter and Earth Month is right around the corner. I always think about environmentally friendly paper a</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:47:39 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Origami Birds and Cherry Blossoms</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=82</link><description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 
There is something healing about making things with your hands.......
Almost a year ago, Japan experienced the devastating effects of </description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:16:37 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>I Love Paper Dolls!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=81</link><description>One of my favorite childhood past times was to create paper dolls by drawing girls faces and&amp;nbsp;creating dresses for them.&amp;nbsp;I would&amp;nbsp;cut and</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:19:21 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Thoughts for the New Year</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=80</link><description>I grew up in Japan and childhood memories of the year-end traditions always floods my mind during this time. We always welcomed the end of the year at</description><pubDate>Wed, 4 Jan 2012 06:40:00 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904 (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>It All Happened Because of You!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=79</link><description>Santa's Workshop for Pasado's Safe Haven was a big success. I'd like to thank all of you for your kind hearts and generosity. We exceeded our goal of </description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:25:48 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>Come and Join Us on December 3rd!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=78</link><description>All of us have been working hard to get ready for the Santa's Workshop for Pasado's Safe Haven. Many artists have offered their unique creations so th</description><pubDate>Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:09:19 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>Santa's Workshop for Pasado's Safe Haven</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=77</link><description>&amp;nbsp;Pasado's Safe Haven&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; www.pasadosafehaven.org&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 
Studio 904 will be holding an exciting</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:22:03 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>Make 2012 Your Most Creative and Beautiful Year!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=76</link><description>I wanted to create a beautiful art work which would be functional at the same time. Take a look at this calendar for 2012 which will help you to remem</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:41:24 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>A Holiday Workshop to Benefit Team Survivors NW</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=75</link><description>Where has the summer gone? My calendar from now to December is filled with exciting fundraising events to raise funds for worthwhile organizations I b</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:12:10 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>Time Spent in Arizona with Very Special Friends!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=74</link><description>I am so fortunate to have Muriel and Sharon in my life. They are both intelligent, fearless and life-long learners. Above all, they are positive and s</description><pubDate>Thu, 1 Sep 2011 09:20:26 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>Pasado's Bark at the Merrymore Park</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=73</link><description>It was a rainy morning but&amp;nbsp;the gloomy weather did not&amp;nbsp;bother our team&amp;nbsp; a bit. We all put on our rain jackets and hats and participated </description><pubDate>Mon, 8 Aug 2011 08:37:10 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>Christmas in July, A Cheerful Village!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=72</link><description>Carla, the manager from the Impress Rubber Stamp Store asked me if I had a cool Christmas project for a workshop for their Christmas in July month. My</description><pubDate>Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:59:31 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Time to Relax at the Annual Furry 5K Walk</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=71</link><description>I have not posted for a while... I had to take a little break after finishing the huge fundraising project for Japan.&amp;nbsp;Max and I&amp;nbsp;went on a Fu</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:42:42 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>My New Animal Rescue and Stamping Friends!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=70</link><description>Wow, we exceeded our Japan Relief Card Project goal by over $4,000... our goal was $5,000. &amp;nbsp;My volunteers and I decided to give $2,000 to help th</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 10:03:55 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>Surprise in a Box!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=69</link><description>Here is a new workshop which I wanted to share with you.

I have been looking around my house picking up old items which I didn't know what to do wi</description><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2011 08:35:15 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>Our Japan Relief Card Project Update!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=68</link><description>A heartfelt thank you to our forty five volunteers. We are working in Teams, each team headed by a competent Team Leader. These teams have been workin</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:52:50 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>Blossom; Develop.Mature.Thrive</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=67</link><description>
&quot;Blossom: Develop.Mature.Thrive&quot; is the theme for 2011 Cherry Blossom &amp;amp; Japanese Cultural Festival. The NW Craft Center located in the Seattle C</description><pubDate>Fri, 1 Apr 2011 00:42:40 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Here's Our Opportunity to Make a Difference!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=64</link><description>We've all been glued to our TV trying to comprehend the devastation which Japan and its citizens are going through. I've been thinking about how how w</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:22:49 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>More Ideas on Recycled Paper Art!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=63</link><description>Since I posted my last blog article, more ideas have been coming to me. Thinking Green definitely makes you look at everything around you and say to y</description><pubDate>Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:33:10 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Make Art with a Cause!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=62</link><description>Recycle - Re-use -Transform!
Proceeds will be donated to the Learning Garden at the Island Park Elementary school
&amp;nbsp;
Have you ever imagined tha</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:07:30 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>Women and Their Relationship with Money</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=60</link><description>

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On Sunday, February 13, Mercer Island's Business of the Year, Studio 904, hosted a&amp;nbsp; networking event in celebration o</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:49:17 PST</pubDate><author>LBrillhart@soundmarkwealth.com (Lori Brillhart)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>Keep Changing Your Environment!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=59</link><description>I think holidays are good because they give us a reason to celebrate. One way to do that in a business and in your home&amp;nbsp;environment is to use upc</description><pubDate>Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:20:36 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>It&#8217;s All About Glitz!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=58</link><description>It's always sad for me to see the holiday season pass. Holiday cards are so pretty with all the glittery accents I can add to make each of my cards ta</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:26:14 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>2010, Here We Come!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=57</link><description>In spite of our shaky economic times, it is exciting to see how we can navigate through 2010 with a fresh, new outlook. I am a firm believer that duri</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:37:21 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>Life Long Learning is Good for Our Pets Too!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=56</link><description>During these long winter months, we tend to get lazy with ourselves and our pets. Max, my terrier and I did not do many activities during these busy m</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:32:26 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>A Spring Tree Decorating Workshop</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=55</link><description>Brought to you by Studio 904&#8217;s owner Kay Hirai in partnership with Mercer Island Florist.



Would you like to bring inspiration and a breath of s</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:26:34 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Open Up Your Heart!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=54</link><description>Studio 904 would like to give our clients an up-lifting experience in our salon, plus give a reaching hand to people in our community. Recipient of ou</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:16:22 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Hair</category></item>
<item><title>Teaching Kids to be Caring and Compassionate</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=53</link><description>I&#8217;ve been giving a lot of thought on this subject. How can we instill compassion to children and what are the activities we can bring to them which mi</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:12:27 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Why I Believe in Training Every Team Member</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=52</link><description>At Studio 904, every new team member we hire whether experienced or not is required to go through our training program. It takes hours of training for</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:06:40 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>A Special Card for  a Special Woman</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=51</link><description>Tama Murotani is beautiful, fashionable, full of zest and she just happens to be 87 years young!&amp;nbsp; She is a role-model for all women who aspires t</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:01:07 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Upcoming Workshop at Studio 904</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=50</link><description>Spring is in the Air!Bunnies, Flowers and Other Critters!
Card Workshop for Adults and Kids
Make one-of-a-kind cards which you will not find in stor</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:56:13 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Studio 904's Customer Service Training</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=49</link><description>Everytime I get asked the question, what is the one important thing a business owner should do to improve their business, my reply is always the same.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:50:15 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>A New Workshop . . . More Than a Card!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=48</link><description>I was asked by Impress Rubber Stamp store to give a workshop. Impress is definitely my favorite store and the good thing is, there are three Impress s</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:28:37 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Raising Money for People Who are Doing Good Work</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=47</link><description>I finally set up a starter website for &#8220;Cards for a Better World&#8221;.
You can now go to http://www.cardsforabetterworld.com/ and check out our latest ev</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:18:51 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>At Times Like This, Our Pets Bring Us Comfort . . .</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=46</link><description>It's been a tough week for our family.&amp;nbsp;So many family tragedies&#8230;.&amp;nbsp; Our stress level has been high and our lives hectic. After Max and I went</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:12:37 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>A Teacher Appears Only When the Student is Ready to Learn</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=45</link><description>Do You Have a Mentor?
A Mentor is....&amp;nbsp; 

Someone who has more experience than you do, whether in life or in a certain area of expertise.
Some</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:09:05 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>Art from My Childhood Memories</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=44</link><description>I&#8217;ve been looking to create new designs&#8230;. going towards another direction other than the stamping and inking. I love working with them but I started t</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:57:56 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Dog Training 101</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=43</link><description>I wanted to post some photos of Max and his doggie friends. We are all in the same agility class at the Seattle Humane Society.
We (owners and dogs) </description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:48:23 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>Summertime Whimsy!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=42</link><description>Whew&#8230;. I finished giving my &#8220;More than a Card&#8221; classes&amp;nbsp; at Impress Rubber Stamp Stores. The classes were very successful and had full attendance.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:37:10 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>From Rags to Riches, Rudy's Story</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=41</link><description>The minute my eyes connected with Rudy, I knew he was a very sweet and a special dog. I wanted him to become a part of my family.
Rudy was sitting in</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:29:01 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>What is Kaizen?</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=40</link><description>So many people ask me, &#8220;I notice that you and your salon, Studio 904 practices Kaizen&#8230;..&amp;nbsp; What is Kaizen?&#8221; Kaizen is a Japanese word which means </description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:24:47 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>Stepping Into Fall</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=39</link><description>When the weather turns fall-like, I always wish summer can stay for a little longer. The secret I learned is to have things set up for the fall season</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:19:05 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Cards</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=38</link><description>My dog Yumi was instrumental in igniting my passion back to creating art using beautiful papers. I used to love creating art forms and designs as a ch</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:06:13 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Dogs</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=37</link><description>I was born an only child and learned to establish relationships with animals at an early age. I especially love dogs because they have noble character</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:01:08 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>Hair</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=36</link><description>I &#8216;ve owned and managed two successful hair salons for the past thirty two years. My main role in my business is training our stylists to listen to ou</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:57:00 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Hair</category></item>
<item><title>Hello World!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=35</link><description>Welcome to my blog site. Here, I would like to share with you about the valuable lessons I learned from running a small business for the past 32 years</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:51:24 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>Butterflies Flutter at Studio 904</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=34</link><description>I went to Phoenix Arizona over a long weekend and had a wonderful time with my two friends, Sharon Cox from San Francisco and Muriel Hart who lives in</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:46:54 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Doing Good While Earning an Income</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=33</link><description>Studio 904&#8217;s vision statement is, &#8220;To be a revolutionary business and create a unique economic opportunity by improving the quality of life for all th</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:12:41 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>Cutest Pandas Ever!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=32</link><description>
I couldn' resist buying a set of Panda Bear stamps which were recently released by the Memory Box Co. I like these bear stamps because they look hum</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:04:09 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Why Can't I Get a Good Shampoo?</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=31</link><description>Does this sound familiar?
My experience with getting my hair shampooed:Every time I visited a hair salon, no matter which one I went to, I dreaded ge</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:59:08 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Hair</category></item>
<item><title>Sharing My New Bird Design</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=30</link><description>A few weeks ago, I attended a grand opening of a new Rubber Stamp store in Issaquah, Friends and Company. The owner, Doris really did a great job with</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:52:58 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Social Entrepreneur Workshop on June 25, 2009</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=29</link><description>

Guest blogger Maria Ross of Red Slice, a branding, marketing and communications consultancy, reflected on a recent workshop we held at Studio 904 </description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:47:41 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>Pandas's Garden Card Workshop</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=28</link><description>We held a wonderful Card and Tag workshop at Studio 904 on June 28th. Twelve participants enjoyed the three hours we spent making colorful cards and t</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:38:16 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Speaking of Dogs . . .</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=27</link><description>My dog Max is a Jack Russell Terrier. He is energetic, curious and a Mr. Busy Body&#8230;. always alert and ready to go at a moment&#8217;s notice. His keen heari</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:31:30 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>Paper Art Workshop for Powerful Voices</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=26</link><description>Studio 904's&amp;nbsp;community service project for July: Helping to heighten&amp;nbsp; self-esteem of disadvantaged young women through developing their skil</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:21:54 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Instructions on How to Create Volume to Your Hairstyle</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=25</link><description>

Tips from Kay Hirai 
Last week, Studio 904 held a Hairstyling Workshop for its clients. This is what Instructor Kay Hirai had to say to the parti</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:14:04 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Hair</category></item>
<item><title>Transform Your Daytime Hair into an Evening Do!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=24</link><description>A Free Workshop!

Thursday, August 20 1:00 &#8211; 2:00pm
We will teach you quick and simple techniques in pinning, braiding and curling your hair to cre</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:09:52 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Hair</category></item>
<item><title>Keepsake Folding Album Workshop</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=23</link><description>
Learn How to Make it &#8230; for yourself or for a gift!

A Fun Workshop You Must Attend!

Sunday, September 13 2:00 &#8211; 4:30
Workshop fee: $35.
All m</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:40:58 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>A Story of Aida Kouyoumjian . . . Kaizen at its Best</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=22</link><description>I met Aida Kouyoumjian at Studio 904.
As I was consulting with Aida about her hair style, she told me, &#8220;I need a good haircut and a style. Hair has s</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:34:54 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Hair</category></item>
<item><title>Businesses Team Up, Cooperation Over Competition</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=21</link><description>I thought you&#8217;d be interested in reading what Karen Reed-Matthee, Editor wrote about Studio 904 in the July-August issue of the Seattle Woman.
Busine</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:27:43 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>Lessons from the Trenches</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=20</link><description>
Seattle Woman Magazine&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; July- August, 2009
Local women share some of what they&#8217;ve learned building and mai</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:22:52 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>Walking for the Animals</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=19</link><description>
&amp;nbsp;
This was my sixth Paw&#8217;s Walk. Max and I walked with a team of dogs called Team Terrier. Katie Morrell, our team leader pulls this team toget</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:06:05 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>Stationary Gift Sets</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=18</link><description>
Get Started with Your Holiday giving,
Made with your own hands!
Studio 904&#8217;s owner, Kay Hirai will be giving classes at the Packaging Specialties </description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:17:26 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Shop Local!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=17</link><description>It has been disturbing to me to see so many of my favorite local small businesses closing their doors in the recent months. We all know that high vaca</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:10:51 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Cards for a Better World and October Cancer Drive</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=16</link><description>October is Cancer Awareness month. I wanted to help an incredible organization to raise some funds during this scarce ecnomic time. The organization i</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:03:28 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>More About Cards for a Better World</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=15</link><description>I thought you might like to see a close-up of couple of the cards which are included in our Cancer Drive Card Packages. These are my favorite designs </description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:52:15 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Just in Time Halloween Cards</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=14</link><description>I can't believe how Halloween crept up on us. Halloween is not my favorite holiday but this is the only holiday where one can get creative and let our</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:37:59 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>Holiday Calendar Workshop</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=13</link><description>Here is my new Holiday Calendar, hot off the press! I will be holding a workshop so others can make this colorful and whimsical calendar. Making this </description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:30:15 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>Holiday Gift Event!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=12</link><description>Studio904 is holding an exciting Holiday Hair and Gift Event!
We&#8217;d love to see you&#8230; please drop by to purchase or just to look at all the hand made g</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:17:54 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>Holiday Season and Your Hair</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=11</link><description>As long as I can remember, holiday season is really tough on hair stylists. It seems like there are always few tears from our clients because their ha</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:10:40 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai, Studio 904)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>Happy New Year!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=10</link><description>As the year comes to an end and the new year begins, I always reflect back on what we were able to accomplish in the past year. I ask myself, did we&amp;n</description><pubDate>Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:20:47 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Business / Kaizen Philosphy</category></item>
<item><title>My Visit to Pasado`s Safe Haven</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=9</link><description>Our Santa's Workshop Helping Animals (held on December 4) was wildly successful. I want to thank all those who helped and all those who came to suppor</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:02:31 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Dogs</category></item>
<item><title>Santa`s Workshop Helping Animals in Need</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=6</link><description>Come young and old... It's an all day celebration! 
Why this fundraiser?I believe in the good works Pasado&#8217;s Safe Haven continues to do to protect ou</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:29:43 PST</pubDate><author>KH@Studio904.com (Kay Hiari)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>Holiday Calendar!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=5</link><description>This calendar will take some patience to make but when it is completed, you will love it and feel so good that you&#8217;ve accomplished making something so</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:27:16 PST</pubDate><author>KH@Studio904.com (Kay Hiari)</author><category>Blogs Fundraisers / Social Entrepreneurship</category></item>
<item><title>Do What You Love and Never Work a Day in Your Life</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=4</link><description>Here's an example role model of a woman who makes a good living from &quot;doing what she loves to do&quot;, Sarabeth Levine inspires me!
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 
I hear</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:23:53 PST</pubDate><author>KH@Studio904.com (Kay Hiari)</author><category>Blogs About Hair</category></item>
<item><title>Learning to see the world in a different way&#8230;</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=2</link><description>I think about Kaizen (the philosophy of life0long learning) and I feel forced to keep growing my mind into new areas of development. During the last f</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:06:08 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hirai)</author><category>Blogs About Cards</category></item>
<item><title>We Need to Support One Another!</title><link>http://www.studio904hairsalonmercerisland.com/blog.asp?blogid=1</link><description>I love to promote other women who are stepping up to share their stories and products with the world. It takes an incredible amount of stamina, energy</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:41:33 PST</pubDate><author>kh@studio904.com (Kay Hiari)</author><category>Blogs About Hair</category></item>
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