She's Crafty

It’s one thing to run your own business. As much as I love it – and I mean LOVE it – I won’t deny Two Blue Peas is a lot of work. I’ve certainly spent a fair share of my Saturday, and Sunday, and Monday, and Tuesday… nights this year cropping images and (over) analyzing stats on how our little site is measuring up to the competition. But it’s a completely different ball of wax to actually create the products you sell as well.

When we first set out to find the hippest, most unique baby goods out there to carry at Two Blue Peas, we made sure we obviously included some of the big hitters. After all, moms tend to gravitate toward what they know and trust. They have enough balls in the air as it is without worrying about testing the latest “it” thing on the market. But being mompreneurs ourselves, it was very important to us that we still look a little harder to dig up other undiscovered work-at-home moms trying to make it in the biz.

To our pleasant surprise, finding these amazing ladies was not the tough part. The real chore was forcing ourselves to practice restraint and not blow our entire budget on kitschy, irresistibly-cute thingamabobs. We were overwhelmed by how many brilliant artists were channeling their creativity to what was relevant in their lives at the time – their little ones. Now I’m no David Hasselhoff, but I’ll go on the record any day to say these gals have got talent!

Lucky for us (and for you!), we were finally able to whittle our wish list down to what we think are the best of the best. All handmade with love – and probably some blood, sweat, tears, drool and spit-up – here’s our picks for the top female/entrepreneur/wife/artist/mom-made goods on the market:

Hilary and her Lilly Bean Play Food – Ridiculously clever, adorable and poor table manners-proof felt food. Our favorite dish? The felt sushi set (pictured above).

Norah and her Sheriff Peanut designs – Vintage-inspired, quirky laminated bibs (to protect baby’s Two Blue Peas duds of course). The piggy is the favorite at our table.

Christina and her cuddly Cuddlebee™ bib/burp sets – Fashionably practical sets that are a sure fire hit at baby showers. They monogram beautifully.

Kudos ladies! You could certainly run circles around us, and probably all while pureeing your own baby food and hosting this week’s play group. We’re proud to partner with you and can’t wait to meet more of your kind…