Another great review!

We are excited that our bags are making a name for themselves. We just got another great review from AListBaby check it out: http://alistbaby.net/2009/03/alistbaby-find-boodlebags/

Back in the groove

At last! I am feeling better. I had been sick most of the week and now have lots to catch up on. Our website is doing great! Orders are coming in thanks to an article at NWsource. A great write up by Sheryl Wiser. Angela and I are working hard on building our momentum. We have lots of ideas and goals, can't wait to get there...Our next show is Sunday, April 5th at the I heart rummage sale at Chop Suey in Seattle, we hope to see you there!

Boodlebags is in the news! Check out our press debut here: boodlebags article
We've had a busy month getting "ready for our close-up, Mr. DeMille", and today was a mad scramble! Poor Renee is sick and miserable, but she still had to put up with constant bugging from me all day long, AND we had to place 3 new orders for supplies. Did I mention we were busy? Chris and our web designer, Joseph, have been working all day putting the final polish on the website, and I've been looking over their shoulders and jabbing my finger at the screen saying, "no, no - put THIS thingy over THERE!" I'm sure they appreciated my input... For my own part, I've had to cut the new changing kits for our seamstresses, who are starting to make great headway! I think we'll introduce them soon. Anyway, my hands are swollen from all the cutting, and I'm wiped out!

This is my first post to our blog; Renee usually does it, and she's much better at it than I am, BUT I just couldn't leave her "i've got the ickies" post as the first thing that new people would see when they came over from the article and website! :-)

I've got the ickies!

I have managed to catch whatever has been going around and have not been very productive. I am getting some supply orders placed and finishing up our first newsletter. I am trying to muster up as much energy as possible to pick Caid up from school and head to the grocery store. Tonight will be another night of going to bed at 8!

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getting things in order

I am taking it easy today while working on a boodlebag newletter to send to previous customers. Chris (our business manager) is busting his booty getting our fabric swatches scanned and put in a PDF format for the website. We hope to have that up by Friday. Our calendar of events is filling up quickly, I heart rummage, Mill Creek Festival , Bothell Farmers Market and hopefully Live Arts Bothell. Exciting stuff on the way...

Excitement in the air...

Things are coming along quite nicely! Our wristlet production has begun and we can't wait until we actually have inventory! We are working with local seamstresses to make it possible. Angela is working on a new exterior pocket for the diaper bags, once that is complete we will start production on those.

Our Boodlebags fan page is now up on facebook. We would love to see you there!

Our photos are here!

We got our pics from the photographer today and they look great! This is one of our new fabrics. Tell us what you think. I love the color combination on this one.

Our facebook fan page is up, we will be removing the boodlebag group page soon so be sure the switch over to the new page.

Old Pics

I have been scanning old pics for my facebook page and came across this great photo. It was my first sewing machine. I got it when I was 6.

Awesome!

oh no! Snow!

Here we go again with the snow. Oh Pickles! A snowy dreary Monday...but the weekend was great. Angela completed a prototype of a new bag style and the exterior pockets are awesome. The website is up but very bare bones, we need to add more pics and wording. Same with Etsy. We are gathering testimonials so if you have one of our bags, we would love your testimonial for our website. Better get busy sewing....tata!

up to my ears!

I have been working on wristlets this week, trying to get them prepped for the seamstresses. This is the first time that we have tried to make them in a "production" style. It will feel great to finally get inventory built. Next week I will start on changing pads. I am trying to free up Angela so she can focus on a couple of custom designs and patterns for a client.

i am excited about heading to the fabric show tomorrow. I am hoping that they have a better selection of eco-friendly fabrics than the last time. It will be more of a fact-finding trip than a shopping trip. Angela just ordered more fabrics and we really need to use up our giant fabric stashes.

kick butt parking job

Angela has excellent parallel parking skills. I just need to take a picture to document it for the world to see. Pretty impressive huh?

Busy days!

We went to the sewing expo friday and saw lots of great products and fabrics. It's a bit overwhelming but so much fun to see what others are doing and products available. I had to stop and touch everything. We are going to a fabric show this Friday and are hoping that manufacturers have more eco-friendly fabrics and more home-dec weights available.
I have been cutting out wristlet pieces from fabric scraps and it feels good to not have the scraps wasted. Yeah me! I am looking forward to working on color combinations instead of taxes, show applications and all the other business stuff. I have plans to kick butt this week and check off items on my business to-do list. I better get busy!