Tuesday 19 February 2013

Hello there...


We have decided to start a bit of a blog as a means for showing off what we have and communicating with our fans at length about what we love and what inspires us.

For those of you who aren't familiar with our story we would like to share it with you. We started our business in December 2012 mostly on accident. We are twins and moms in our mid-twenties and we both have beautiful boys. Chancie's son is four years old and Chandace's son is nine months old.

Shortly before Christmas, Chandace was experiencing difficulty with her son not wanting to stay focused enough to breastfeed  but noticed he would always pull on her necklaces if she was wearing them (and often breaking them in the process). She had heard of nursing necklaces before, so one day she decided to string some cheap children's beads on some plastic cording. Her son was enthralled with them and Chandace was ecstatic!

We met later that day and she showed me what she had made. I was so jazzed about this necklace, I never had the opportunity to breastfeed my son but if I had I would have definitely been into this. I told her "women would totally buy these", we brainstormed a bit and I polled some of my mom friends and we decided this might be a fun little hobby for us. My mom said we should call them "booby beads", the light bulb went off for both of us and our first official day in business as Boubeads had started.


As we developed and created several different prototypes we decided that we wanted to dye our own beads and we wanted to make them fashionable enough for any woman to wear, not just moms who were breastfeeding their children. We found quality suppliers and got to work.

Our pieces are now carried in a retail store as well as online through our Etsy store. We have been so completely overwhelmed by all the positive feedback and support we have received from everyone. We cannot thank you all enough for your support!

We hope that you stay tuned for what we have in store! In the meantime you can find us on Facebook and on Etsy.

xoxo Chancie



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