Thursday, July 17, 2008

Welcome!

Welcome to the new and improved Shopping Boutique! If you've been to our boutique before, you'll see that we've completely redone the look and feel and changed our product lines. We are making an effort to have the e-boutique better reflect our values. Jesi and I (Ashley) sat down a few months ago to discuss where we wanted to take our online boutique, and why we were doing it. We were previously carrying vendors that had their bags made all over the world. Although there is something appealing about the WalMart world, where you can have inexpensively made products at your fingertips, we felt like we were sacrificing diaper bag quality which in turn affected our ability to provide the excellent customer service that we pride ourselves in.

In the ensuing weeks, we searched far and wide for who we believed were the best of the best bag designers and seamstresses. We looked particularly for women who were stay at home moms, and were trying to help household finances with their craft, designing and sewing diaper bags. We also chose to carry some specific designer labels, but chose carefully. Baby Kaed and JP Lizzy are companies owned by work at home moms (and JP Lizzy is right near us here in Colorado!). Fleurville is passionate about preserving the environment, and offers many "green" products. Hoohobbers is another small family owned company that is committed to great customer service.

We are so excited to bring you these new lines of diaper bags, products that you can know are being made with care, not made in bulk. You can be sure that if you contact us, you will not be sent to a "customer service representative" overseas. You will talk to me or my sister :) You can literally picture the women making these bags, staying up late after their kids have gone to bed, cutting fabrics while watching favorite movies (thanks for the description, Wendy!). Each bag has been made individually, with great attention to quality and never quantity.

We hope you enjoy our bags, and we will continue to look for seamstresses and designers we believe you will enjoy. Please let us know what you think!

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