Botanical Bebe

Organic, hand-crafted baby clothes and accessories.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Friends who are Family

My sister and I had a lovely surprise while we were at the Baby Fair.  Very old friends of my parents, who are honorary "aunt and uncle", dropped by just to see us and Botanical Bebe!!  How great was that!

Auntie and Sister.. lovely!
Uncle is manning the camera.....

GGG GIRL GROUP!!!!
THE Botanical Bebe, her Grammy, her GAuntie, her GGAuntie, with GGUncle on the Camera again!!!


Thank you so much for being there xoxoxox

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

I met some very nice people throughout the weekend at the Baby Fair and these are some of the companies that you might enjoy too.... take a moment to check them out.... I guarantee it is worth it!!

http://www.motheringtouch.ca/
http://www.abbysprouts.com/
http://leolasstudio.blogspot.com/
http://www.elementscentre.ca/

Dragonflies and Maple Leaves Kimono Sleepsac, Front and matching receiving blanket

 Dragonflies and Maple Leaves Kimono Sleepsac, Back and Botanical Bebe leaf print change pad.

The Botanical Bebe Team.... the BEST Women ever!!

I could not have done this Baby Fair without these remarkable, beautiful and talented ladies....

The original Botanical Bebe, who inspired it all....

....my precious grandbaby 

and her Great Aunt who came all the way from Calgary to help out!....
yup, that's the precious wee one conversing with her GAunt about her day and what she thinks of the show... well sort of... but regardless of the "conversation", they were having a good time!!! photo courtesy of the best Baby Mama, my daughter.....


Not only did she design all of Botanical Bebe's new branding materials, starting with the new leaf logo, but she was there, at the fair, both days! while recovering from a nasty cold!!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you !


Huge Success at the Baby Fair in Victoria last weekend....

The Baby Fair was just fantastic!  Met a lot of really lovely exhibitors and the attendees were wonderful to talk to !!!  Thank you to everyone who made this such a success!

Botanical Bebe at the Fair
Our Booth:

Pink Birds, Snails, Baby's Breath and Modern Mama Motifs on a Variety of Blankets:

Introduction of a new product line..... Messy Cloths, 15 x 15" all purpose, most useful wipes in sets of 2

Snails, Dragonflies and Grasses Motif:

Another new product line: Triple Layer change pad, zippered wet bag and 3 double sided wipes:

Butterflies and Ladybugs on Cuddly Receiving Blankets:

Hummingbirds and Branches with Blossoms

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

"Baby" naming contest... just for fun and silliness!

For the Baby Fair, I purchased a couple of baby dolls that I think are really quite cute and will work very well for display purposes at the show.... but right now they are simply known as Laughing Baby and Serious Baby... and really it would be much nicer for them to have real names... hence the Contest!!!   I've dressed them in our gender neutral dragonfly kimono sleepsacs, but really they could be either, one of each, two of the same.... and that's where you come in.  Please email me botanicalbebe@gmail.com with your suggested names for each of them, and any "supporting" information for your choices that you want to share.  I will post the best of the entries- without any identification if you prefer, as well as the winning entry on Thursday afternoon.  A short but fun contest... and yes, there is a prize for the winner... A Change Pad set: includes Change Pad, Zippered Wet Bag and three matching double-sided wash cloths.  Details can be seen on the website: http://www.botanicalbebe.com/  Photos of the prize and the "babies" follow!

The Prize: Changing Pad Set, includes Changing Pad, Zipperd Wet Bag and 3 Matching double sided facecloths, a $44 value, and I'll sent it to the winner with free shipping included!

All zipped up....

What's inside!

All laid out for you to see....


The stars of this Contest.....currently known as Laughing and Serious Babies:






Monday, September 19, 2011

Only 5 more sleeps! Coming up on the Vancouver Island Baby Fair Big Day!!

Really hope to see you all there... it's going to be a great weekend and the list of exhibitors is very interesting with lots of variety!...http://www.vancouverislandbabyfair.com/list_exhibitors.cfm check it out!! I am certainly looking forward to visiting a lot of them!  We will be in booth #23 ... Yahoo!  Have I mentioned what an incredible lot of work it is getting ready for a show of this kind????  more on this later as well info on a little contest I'll be running for Tuesday and Wednesday only... and yup there is a prize involved... watch for it tomorrow morning!

For now take a look at our favourite little bird in a new colour way... rather Tweety Bird I think :)
He/she/they are shown here on one of our 48 x48" Organic Ultra Lightweight Muslin Swaddling Blankets and will be making a debut at the Show!




Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Major production going on in the Studio these days!

I have added some new products to the website and more are coming!!  http://www.botanicalbebe.com/
We are printing and sewing and cutting and printing and sewing... whew, getting ready for the Vancouver Island Baby Fair happening on the 24th and 25th of September.  You'll find us at booth #23!   http://www.vancouverislandbabyfair.com/index1.cfm

Here's a little of what is going on in the Studio....

More of my favourite butterflies.  This is a receiving blanket in our reg. 26 x36" size but we are also doing a 25 x25" receiving blanket and some lovely NEW Mama Cloths that are 16 x16" square that are perfect travel companions, for all those little messes and a very useful size for over the shoulder burp cloth! Watch for them on the website..



 The Swaddling Blankets are back!!  Finally received my shipment of ultra lightweight organic cotton muslin that is so soft, gauzy and cuddly all at the same time!





More of everything to come.....