I am very excited to share with you the clothing is finally in production!! All of the fabric, labels, and elastic are at the manufacturer and she will be ready to ship the finished goods in about three weeks. I am now in the process of having the catalog “turned on” to accept orders. As soon as that is ready, I’ll be emailing everyone on the email list to let them know they can place orders (of course, their cards won’t be charged until their order is shipped to them!).

It has been a long and exciting road to get this far! I am looking forward to finally being able to help out “my girls.”

I will also launch the network of independent representatives in April, so that women who are interested in selling this product to the children and families in their community can also generate some income for themselves.

As soon as I know the delivery date, I’ll post that on the blog!

Just thought I’d take a moment while I’m sitting here nursing my son with the flu to give an update on where we are.  I’m ording all the materials this week for the clothing (fabric, elastic, labels, bags).  They should be to the manufacturer next week and then it’ll be three weeks and we’ll actually have clothing for sale!  This is scary exciting! 

I was very happy with the results of the size samples.  The size samples are where you make up the clothing in a selection of sizes (smallest, largest, middle) to make sure the grading (changing the pattern into the different sizes) is accurate.  I’m confident our sizing will be great for above average girls.  I can’t wait until we can start working on the sizing models for our plus size girls.

 We’re still moving forward with fundraising.  We are having conversations with several angel/funding groups and high net-worth individuals.  I am excited about their interest and am doing my best to convey the value of this investment.  This investment will allow us to offer a broader line of clothing and sizing sooner and therefore reach more people.  It will also enable us to start building the social network for parents.  This process takes awhile; so while we’re moving steadfastly through it, we’re continuing in our mission to bring this test market line to our girls.

 I’ll be sending out the email in a couple of weeks with the ship date for the clothing and turn on the ordering function at the website. Yippee!