I really love working in collaboration with people on special creations. The back-and-forth on colours, designs, and fabrics charges me. It gives me someone to bounce creative ideas off of and often a chance to put life to the many product designs in my sketchbook.
Working on custom orders also allows me to get a glimpse into the life of my product’s new family. Whether it’s simply a child’s name or the design of their nursery, I’m able to make something that fits into their life.
I wanted to share with you one special order that I had recently.
A special customer began her shopping at Love, From Nora a few months ago with two loveys. She bought a Monty the Monkey Lovey for her young son and a Ray the Sun Lovey for her older son. What I didn’t realize until she left feedback, was that her younger son was 16 months. Her older son? 15 years! In her own words, Ray the Sun Lovey made her broody teen smile. And that made me smile.
A few weeks later she was back to buy a Vintage VW Bus themed growth chart for her baby.
Just after receiving her VW Bus growth chart, she contacted me again. She loved the first one so much, she decided that she wanted another for her older son. Even though he is 15, she wanted a keepsake for him like his brother’s.
We tossed some ideas back and forth and settled on a Jellybean theme. You see, since she was pregnant and he was just a little jellybean in her belly, she called her son “Beano”.
She plans to transfer all of his measurements from his baby book onto the fabric growth chart and give it to him as a gift on his 16th birthday.
How cute is that?!
So, not only did I get to be creative and do what I love, I was able to ‘meet’ a lovely mom whose love for her boys just oozes in every word she writes about them. Special, non?
Special? OUI! Great story!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story!
ReplyDeleteYour custom work is just phenomenal.