Made by Mom Gift Guide: Naptime Creations
As you might have guessed by the name of her business, Mendy Legleiter started making hair bows during her older daughter's naptime.
Posted — UpdatedAs you might have guessed by the name of her business, Mendy Legleiter started making hair bows during her older daughter's naptime.
It was about five years ago. Her daughter, then 2, finally had enough hair for two little pigtails. And Legleiter, a stay-at-home mom, realized that perhaps she was spending a little bit too much on bows. She loved getting different colors and patterns to match them to the adorable little outfits she was picking out for her daughter.
So she watched a YouTube video on bow making and nearly gave up. Making hair bows is harder than it looks, she tells me. But she kept working on it and, pretty quickly, perfected it. Friends started telling her she should sell them. So Legleiter decided to give it a shot.
"I grew up in 4H and doing crafts all the time," she said. "Who knew my craftiness would turn into this," she remembers telling her mom.
Her family's recent move to a new home in north Raleigh was made, in part, so she could have a room dedicated to the work. The room includes a wall of shelves filled with carefully organized, colorful ribbons.
"As the word has gotten out, it's grown," she tells me.
These days, work hours for Naptime Creations isn't exclusively at naptime. She squeezes in bow-making time during school hours and the evening too. Her older daughter is 7. The younger is 3. What's next for Naptime Creations? Legleiter isn't exactly sure, though she's pretty sure it will grow.
"I just have to stay positive and have fun with it," she said. "The bows sell themselves."
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