So, while I was in college, I took an entreprenureship class, and the one thing you heard over and over again, was get out there, and find out what isn't being offered and offer it! Well, that is just what Mrs. Brittany Nabrotzky did! I am beyond proud of her, her hardwork, and all the stress and long nights that come along with the territory. She is pretty amazing! Here is her story!!!
I am finally at a point in this business where I can post about it. It has been a crazy whirlwind around the Nabrotzky house for quite a few months. A few months back I was in Tennessee at church. I was bouncing Paisley in the hall trying to get her to fall asleep. The more I tried to get her to relax the more she fussed. After a few minutes I got talking to a friend. Before I knew it Paisley was asleep. I looked down and found that her headband had fallen over her eyes and she was completely asleep. Duh! It hit me. Paisley was able to fall asleep because she was forced to close her eyes and because the light was blocked out. I decided that Paisley needed an eye mask. We were coming back to Utah in a few days and I didn't want to repeat what our flight to TN was like. Neither Paisley or Hunter really slept on the way to TN and it was a little crazy to say the least. For the next few days I searched the Internet for hours trying to find a place that I could order infant and child sized eye masks from for the flight to Utah. I couldn't find anything like that. So, with my sister-in-law Sharalee's help, I made Hunter and Paisley some eye masks.
The flight home to Utah was a breeze. Hunter slept 2 1/2 hours and Paisley slept for 2.
I had people on the airplane ask me where I got them. I even had a single boy that couldn't believe how well they worked. When I got back to Utah I was excited to have something to help Paisley sleep at church. I carried the mask with me wherever I went just in case I was in the grocery store and she needed a nap or in case I was walking the kids around the mall in a stroller. Well, one day I was at the pediatricians because Paisley was sick. When I went to pull something out of my purse the eye mask fell out. My doctor saw it and loved it. She said I needed to get a business license, get it patented and get them in stores. I thought about it for the next few days and then one day...I did it. I got my business license. My mother and my uncle got working on my patent, I found a manufacturer and the rest is history.
Right now Baby Lilac eye masks are in 9 stores and in starting March 1st they are in the Eloisa and Mia showroom in the California fashion market! And, I am sending them out for lead testing for the new CPSIA compliance law for which they will easily pass. Here are a few photos of the masks. There are 9 different designs and 4 different sizes. Newborn, Infant, Child and Adult.
2 comments:
What a cute idea Brit!
Britney, you rock! Casie, You are adorable.
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