Vendor Spotlight: Little Hatchlings

Posted on February 4, 2012

Today I’m showing off the cutest little headbands sent to me from Little Hatchlings!  I just adore the two she sent me and have since sat and stared at her store frozen with indecision on what my first purchase with her should be!  I absolutely love everything she does and they’re all high quality and just beautiful!
The Basics
Business name:  Little Hatchlings
Location: Tampa, Florida
Product:   Fine hair accessories for babies, toddlers, Little Girls and adults too!
The Lady in Charge
Your Name:  Uyen Tran
Tell us a little about yourself:   I’m a biologist who actually retired when I was 28 years old.  I have 2 little girls (a 7.5 years old and a 2.5 years old).  I’m originally from the Washington, DC area but I moved to Tampa about 13 years ago and have been stuck here ever since. I’m married to an anesthesiologist who loves his place of work and his colleagues so I don’t think we will ever move back to the DC area.
Why do you make your product and what started your business?:  When I had my youngest daughter 2.5 years ago, I used to go to the mall and buy her headbands.  After my sister-in-law saw it on her, she wanted them for her own kids.  However, the kiosk where I used to buy the headbands from had closed down.  So I thought that I could probably try and make them myself.  I had so much fun making them that I couldn’t stop.  Eventually I had so many headbands that I didn’t know what to do with them so a friend suggested that I sell them on Etsy.  I had never heard of Etsy until then.  That’s when my business kind of took off on it’s own.
When you shop Etsy, where do you go?:  I usually look for whimsical dresses for my daughters.  Especially anything that is made from Amy Butler fabrics.  I love the brightness of her fabrics.
Where do you get your design inspiration?:  Oh gosh, I’m a J. Crew girl all the way.  I love how they put their outfits together and how they combine their colors.  I get most of my ideas from the J. Crew catalogs!
What is your “go-to” snack while you work?:  Popcorn!  Love, love, love popcorn!  It’s so bad because I would stay up really late at night to make my headbands and I would go through huge bags of popcorn.
The Fun Stuff
What’s in the background while you’re working (besides screaming children)?:  The hum of my laptop and “ding” from the emails on my iPhone.
Describe a typical day in “the office” for you?:  During the day, I’m running around doing errands.  My typical day in the office actually starts at 8:00 pm when the girls are both in bed and my husband is busy with his own work.  I will work from 8:00 pm until about 3:00 am.  It’s such crazy hours but that’s when I can work straight through without being interrupted.  Whenever I am overwhelmed with huge orders, I will work during the day too but I won’t get as much done as I do if I worked at night time.
If you had a storefront, what would it look like?:  Hmmm…good question.  It would probably look a lot like a Kate Spade store!  I love how she has all these bright colors displayed in a sleek and modern environment.

 





What I’ve been up to….

Posted on January 27, 2012

January has been a fun and busy month- this week in particular had me having flash backs to my Christmas season lol!  We had four new babies in the studio this week so stay tuned for their showcases soon.  I’ve also been working with several vendors and I’ll be doing some vendor highlights here soon!  As always if you want to see the latest session sneak peeks find us on Facebook!

January’s Vintage Angel Mini Sessions :)

 





Adorable party of three (Davenport, IA children’s photographer)

Posted on January 19, 2012

This is one of my favorite recent sessions, happy kids, adorable outfits….couldn’t be any cuter if they tried!





Set 8

Posted on January 13, 2012

I didn’t forget….I’ve just had other cute things to show lately :) .  Here’s another set, the “rustic red barnwood”.  We got this just before Christmas this year and as can see it made an adorable Christmas set but it’s also a great set for girls or boys and photographs beautifully!





Miss Malaina…(Davenport baby photographer)

Posted on January 11, 2012

This sweet pea came for her session and decided she was too sleepy to smile….so she went home for a bit took a nap and came back and was MUCH happier….naps are so important :)





Set Feature 6 (Quad Cities baby photographer)

Posted on January 2, 2012

Today’s set is for the girls!  This is my blue paisley that is probably my number one request for little girls!

 





Set Feature 5 (Rock Island Children’s photographer)

Posted on December 31, 2011

Today’s set “pastel shutters” made it’s debut last Easter for the baby chicks but I LOVE the pastel tones in it and use it all the time!





Set feature 4 (Quad Cities photographer)

Posted on December 30, 2011

Today’s set is the “grey damask”.  Beautiful for maternities, families, and dressed up little girls!





Set Feature Three…

Posted on December 29, 2011

Today’s feature set is the “white wood” set.  I LOVE this set and was thrilled to pieces when my hubby told me he stopped and picked up the wood when he saw some people taking an old barn down!  It’s very versatile and works great for boys or girls!





Set feature number two….

Posted on December 28, 2011

I thought maybe I’d do some posts on the different sets I have available which will help when planning out your session with me!  The is our blue/brown wood set that was new this fall.  As you can see it worked great with pumpkins but I found a few to add in that didn’t have pumpkins too!  This set works great for girls or boys and I’ve even done a few maternity sessions with it too!

 





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