So, as much as I wanted to be completely *current* with orders leading
up to Christmas, it didn't quite happen the way I wanted. Still, 150 orders
in a month is astonishing if I do say so myself (and I do!). =&91; I've heard
lots of complaints from my family about how much I work, and I've
promised them that I am "almost done" with catching up. I'm determined!
I've been working on orders so quickly that my poor husband, who has
been recruited to help me ship things, can't keep up! This next batch we
have going out has maybe 50 orders or so going out to happy mommas
in time for Christmas. So, that's how it's been going here! It's madness,
but it's MY madness, so it's okay.=}
Anyway, I just want to say thank you for being here, for reading my little
bit of a blog, and if you're one of my waiting customers, for being so
patient! The move had me behind, but I'm chugging along getting things
out to you all. Your patience and love is much appreciated!! <3
All my life I've been artistic. For as long as I can remember I've loved sketching ideas, drawing, sculpting, painting, and eventually got into logo and graphic design, and crocheting. My love for art ran the deepest, though, with jewelry. I love creating beautiful, wearable things! I began making placenta pendants as a creative outlet for myself while working as a placenta encapsulator; this also gave my customers something beautiful as a keepsake to remember their pregnancy.
Eventually, my passion for creating mixed with my passion for nursing my beautiful little one, sparked more fires in my soul, and led me to the creation of breast milk jewelry. I loved being able to commemorate my time breast feeding with a physical keepsake and decided to begin offering this to other mothers who feel the same way about breast feeding their precious little ones. I had initially started offering breast milk jewelry as an extension to my placenta encapsulation business, but my jewelry became so popular there that I had to open a business solely devoted to it. To choose my company name for Indigo Willow I combined two of my favorite things--my favorite color indigo and one of my favorite trees, the willow. Both of these meant peace and happiness to me, just as breastfeeding my little one does.
A little about me:
I'm a Registered Nurse turned stay at home mom and childbirth educator.
I've been an advocate of breastfeeding and breast milk's healing and nutritive properties since the birth of my little one. I've enjoyed our breastfeeding journey for the past two years. It's been a long and bumpy road. I've had supply issues and dealt with soreness from a super-hungry wee one. I'm truly thankful that I have been able to continue breastfeeding despite my struggles with it.