Spring of 2017, two of my favorite Charleston-based brands approached me – totally independent, and within days of each – to design zippered pouches. While pouches weren’t something Hemming Birds was crafting at the time, they are products I’ve designed and sewn before. Just coming off the holiday rush, honestly I was ready for a bit of a challenge and…
Ollie Bandana Bibs Stand Out From The Rest #hereiswhy
“Bandana bibs” have made a name for themselves – or really, many names. . .#bandanabibs #bibdanas #hankerchiefbibs. It’s really not surprising; they are the perfect function-meets-fashion baby item. Unless you have a super baby that doesn’t drool, spit up, or spit food out then bibs will be a parenting must. In fact, go to Amazon…
Locally Grown Gifts For Little Ones #designedincharleston
We’ve recently connected with a wonderful group of small business owners, all based in Charleston, who design the most amazing products. We went in more-or-less as complete strangers, and after chatting for less than an hour were all so energized and inspired that we knew we had stumbled upon something incredible. Here is the start…
HB does #nauticalbaby! A limited edition “Charlie Bib” collection.
Introducing our second limited edition collection – Nautical Baby! It’ll be launching in our store Friday May 8th. A few weeks ago we made a few nautical Charlie bibs for a local event in Mount Pleasant, SC – Blessing of the Fleet. We loved them so much and were so excited by your response…
Meet “Ollie” – the most luxurious drool bib ever #hemmingbirds
We are so very thrilled to formally introduce you to our newest product, the “Ollie” drool bib. We’ve been tossing around the idea of a bandana-style drool bib for a while now, however every demo bib we made just wasn’t quite right. The designs didn’t excite us, and the materials just didn’t seem special enough….
What we’ve been up to . . . and what’s next.
We launched our fall 2014 collection of “Charlie” bibs, “Betty” necklaces, and little girl bags. We got our first wholesale order. . .and cranked out 150 bibs in only a few days! You can now find “Charlie” bibs in 16 Minute Club subscription boxes. Our little girl bags were featured in the 2014 Lowcountry Parent…
Poll: Your favorite new Charlie Bib color (and a #giveaway!!)
We reached our second Kickstarter Stretch Goal (wohoo!), which means we are adding three new Charlie bib color options for all of our backers. So, instead of choosing from six different colors you get to choose from nine! And, we’ll be adding these three new colors to our first collection – so soon they will be…
Why are we so excited? Our Kickstarter campaign was funded!
Jennifer and I are thrilled to announce that our Hemming Birds Boutique Kickstarter campaign was fully funded! We are excited at the response we received to our first collection of products – we reached the funding goal of our 28 day-long campaign in just 17 days! And better yet, we reached two of our stretch goals. ….
Bib Review on the Crackers & Carrots blog
We are honored and excited to have our bibs featured today on Crackers and Carrots! Caroline is incredibly talented – if you haven’t checked out her main food blog Chocolate & Carrots you are missing out! Not only are her recipes delicious (our favorite is the thai peanut sauce – seriously, it takes a few…
Hemming Birds Boutique has been launched!
Monday was a very exciting day for Jennifer and I – we officially launched Hemming Birds Boutique! If you follow our Facebook Page you know that we are using KickStarter for our first collection of products. Which may leave some of you wondering, why KickStarter? Or even, what is KickStarter? Let us explain. . KickStarter is a…