ZanyToes Boutique

Monday, May 29, 2006

meet the faces behind zanytoes.... and I need a break!



The crew behind zanytoes..

Me...

My 3 year old who has the job of being silly at her table in the sewing room while I sew..

And, my almost 7 month old who works hard at chewing on everything in site in her "toy area" section of the sewing room..

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The last two days I've been converting the baby room (which the baby has NEVER slept in... to a sewing room. It's been quite the chore. That room had become a storage room of sorts so clearing all that out and re-organizing it is taking awhile. My new machine comes in on wed. though so I want to have it set up and ready to go by then. I had ran out of room for all my sewing machines in the dining room though! So, after doing that all morning it's nice to sit down for a few minutes.

Saturday, May 27, 2006

making progress..


Well, I finally found the perfect black linen for the slings and got it ordered, picked out two more designs, the business cards, hangtags, and clothing labels have been designed and will be here within 7-10 days. Said okay to a color scheme for the website, and the logo is being digitized for embroidery.

Now I just have to pick out the sling from the fabric choices I received. :)

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Birds of a feather
















Well, the birds of a feather sling is completed, and I finalized the sling / shoulder design. Added decorative stitching to the top of the accent and moved the 2nd hidden pocket down some. The only thing that will change is the decorative stitching. I just bought a new embroidery machine so the stitching will coordinate with the slings. For instance the birds of a feather slings will have bird stitching. :) Also, the logo will be embroidered onto the slings.

Saturday, May 20, 2006

dreamin' in lime
















Introducing the first sling from the signature line.. Dreamin' in Lime. I love the color combination!

And I'm really happy with the pocket/accent detail. The accent has two hidden pockets in it. One larger velcroed pocket and a smaller one inside which velcro's completely shut. (no gaps or anything) for smaller objects that you want secured.

I'm probably going to make the shoulder accent match the tail accent but I'm still deciding on that detail.

Anyone have any feedback on sling lengths? I'm probably going to offer 2 lengths. If longer or shorter is needed I'll always do custom sizes, usually the same price. But, for the stocked slings I'm thinking 73-74ish inches and 82-83ish inches

Friday, May 19, 2006

fabric fabric fabric...

I've got a living room full of fabric! I got tons of my fabric in today. One of the linen's wasn't at all soft enough so it's going back. Not quite sure what happened there. It's supposed to be the same as all the others but it's much thicker and not at all yummy soft. At least it's free return shipping.

I love the blue grey linen. It's just gorgeous. Almost a light denim color and as much as I wear denim that's a GOOD thing. It's sure to match.

The website has now been started and before too long I need to get a photo shoot scheduled. Anyone live around the Waco, Texas area that's interested in modeling for a free sling?

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Getting Started..

ZanyToes Boutique is in the process of being open for business!


My first post here. :) I'm in the process of getting the website/ logo/ tags/ business cards/ instruction flyer/ EVERYTHING designed for the website. Scary, yet fun at the same time.

The plans ATM are to be open for business sometime in July. There will be several lines of products

the signature line.. Between 4-5 designs of slings limited to 15 slings per design. The above picture is a sneak peak at the birds of a feather sling. Blue grey linen w/ a black and blue grey accent.


the random thoughts line... One of a kind slings made from fabrics that just catch my eye

and the dream line... Celtic and LOTR inspired slings. picture gorgeous shimmery silver dupioni silk accented by a black silk panel with the tree of Gondor embroidered on it in silver...... I'm most excited about these but then I love the LOTR so that's to be expected. :)

The baby's hungry line... a selection of the nursing covers I make

and hopefully, a bag line. I'm getting with a friend about making some diaper bags to coordinate with the slings.


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