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Made by Mom Gift Guide: Stay at Home Rock Star

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Posted: December 3, 2010

Tags: Shopping, Mom's Life, Fashion, Seasonal & Holidays

Cary Heise is next in our Made by Mom Gift Guide, your guide to unique gifts made by local moms (and one dad). Heise is a mom of two in Apex and creator of the Stay at Home Rock Star T-shirt.

I featured Heise and her T-shirts back in September. Heise had been tossing the idea around about printing a T-shirt for herself that said Stay at Home Rock Star for a while. This summer she did it. And once her friends saw a photo of it on Facebook, they all wanted one too.

Let's just say things have been going really well for Heise since we last heard from her. Her shirts are now found in more stores in North Carolina and across the country. Mrs. Oklahoma Heidi Ducato featured her on her website. The shirt was featured in Wrightsville Beach Magazine. And there's been more.

"Sales are steady and spreading in our state and out of state," Heise tells me. Heise also is the founder of N.C. Social Butterflies, a guide to kid and family events in the Triangle and Charlotte.

The shirts come in black or gray and sell for $25 a piece. They can be purchased through Heise on her website or at a variety of local boutiques including Swagger Gifts, GreenPea Baby, Triangle TRACKS Marketplace, The Cotton Company, NOFO at the Pig and Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique.

You can also buy them through Heise. Check her website for details. And watch the video from earlier this year to learn more about her and what she does.

The Made by Mom Gift Guide continues tomorrow. Visit Go Ask Mom's Holiday Central to see other moms featured as part of the gift guide and for all of Go Ask Mom's holiday coverage!

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