Baby Expo

The baby expo last weekend was awesome. We left with tons of goodies. Thank goodness for grandmas, because I would have been broke had I bought it all myself. There were several boutique owners there with booths selling their totally adorable items for a buttload of money! What I realized while we were admiring all of the nice things, was that many of them were fairly easy to make. The boutique owners had items that they made themselves and sold in their stores, in addition to other products..

I left there that day with lots of ambition and crazy ideas! Since then I dove into the idea of starting an online baby boutique, selling "handcrafted" items. I am putting my creativity to the test. I've started working on some items and I am building the website in my spare time (with Rob's help). I realize this sounds cheesey and maybe a little bit silly, but there's only one way to find out if it will work. The nice part about it is that I can take all the time I need to get things up and running. My expectations are low, I just like the idea of "working from home" while I am here with Addy. It gives me something to focus on (aside from her) and it's a possibility that I could make some extra money. I can only hope that the items get attention. All I know is that the items at the show were all hits and I'm taking those ideas and running with them.

I'm anxious to show off some of the things I have created already, but I am going to save it all for the "grand opening" of the site. I'm not sure how long it's going to take to build the site. We have made some good progress on it in the past few days, but it requires a lot more time then we have available to us right now. Of course making the items also requires time. So stay tuned for updates on that because (I'm hoping) you will love what's in store. The boutique is going to be primarily for baby girls although there will be certain items for older little girls as well. Let's just say we have sort of a princess theme going on. =) If you don't have a little girl of your own, you may just find some great gifts for someone else you know, or a baby shower you are attending.

Some of our favorite items from the show were:

Car Seat Covers by Pocket Full of Posies - (www.babyposies.com)

LifeCast statues by Little Treasures and More.. (www.littletreasuresofarizona.com)

Grocery Cart Cover by Cuter than a Ducks Butt

A SUPER soft & adorable baby blanket (boutique unknown)

Among many others..