So...I was googling myself, I'll admit it and I came across v.lou textiles in another blog. This one is from Babinskis. Babinskis is a baby boutique in Salt Lake City more specifically Foothill Village and they have been buying my onesies since October 2007. They have the most beautiful store filled with all things baby. I have really enjoyed doing business with them as they are so nice and fun. I guess they started a blog, and well, here I am!
On the blog note, I must digress a little from the positive and say something that has been troubling me a little. Well acutally a lot. I love seeing v.lou textiles starting to creep out into the world. I love seeing my labor of love showing up in the community. It's what I've been dreaming about for a couple of years now. I know that doing applique onesie's isn't re-inventing the wheel. It's not a new technique that I discovered myself. I realize this. I do. But what I do think is unique about my product is the fabric that I choose, the way I put things together. I try really hard to have a unique style in the world of over saturated baby items. Well, last week a friend of mine went to the Salt Lake Farmers' Market and called me sort of upset. Apparently someone is there with a booth selling applique baby onesies and they look suspiciously similar in style to mine. And again, I realize that it's an applique. I didn't invent it, I know. But what is so similar is the style of the applique, the fabric all that stuff. So, I've been really upset about this. Why can't people get their own thing going? Why do you have to show up at the Farmers' Market, where I did so well last year and sell what I was selling? Then to make matters worse, Sunday while I was manning my booth at the Park Silly Sunday Market in Park City, Utah, I had a couple of people ask if I was at the Salt Lake market or that my stuff was "like that booth at the Salt Lake market"!!!! I am going to go to the market tomorrow and see for myself. I'm half thinking that maybe I shouldn't because I don't know... what can I do? What should I say if anything? So I guess I will keep you posted. The market is tomorrow. Oh, and sorry for the non-use of paragraphs here. I was on a roll! So...it's the next day. I went to the Farmers' Market this morning to look at the onesies in question. I was so hoping that a) I didn't know the person who was making them, and b) please don't let them look like mine! Well, she was there and I didn't recognize her. Her stuff is appliqued but in my opnion, not really the same. Although she did have skull t-shirts. What is going on here?!?!?
This screen capture is pretty small. You can't really see the products, but I promise they are there. Now I just need to get my own shopping cart up and running!
