Showing posts with label Bella Mama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bella Mama. Show all posts
Friday, 28 September 2012
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
New Home for Bella Mama's Breastfeeding Business!
After starting life on the desk in the bedroom surrounded by baby grows and piles of eco-friendly nappies, Bella Mama just like our kiddos has had another growth spurt!
As of May 1st 2012 Bella Mama is in a new home. We quickly outgrew our home office, and took an office at Gawsworth Business Court. After more than 2 years in our bijou little office in the New Barn, with stock piled up around our ears and lugging the posting bags filled with orders down a flight of stairs, we have now moved Bella Mama to a huge ground floor office in The Rick Yard, with a dedicated stock room and desks for everyone, hot-desking no longer required!
Some of our favourite things about our new office: Lots more space for our gorgeous stock; a dedicated pick, pack and wrap station; and a creative zone where we can choose and design new styles for our amazing customers.
But aside from the extra space, Bella Mama also has 2 more new people on board. Helen already does our books, keeping the tax man happy, but she has taken on extra hours and is now tasked with beautifully wrapping the orders and keeping the stock up to date. In addition, Dan is taking on the role of new projects developer. We have some exciting new products and additions to the business coming soon to complement the range already on the web so keep checking back to see what's happening.
Finally, we don't want to keep all the good stuff to ourselves! We are so grateful to our lovely customers who support us, return to shop at Bella Mama when they are expecting again and who give us such wonderful feedback on our clothes, styles and service. We want to share the love with all our fab customers, so check out the various social media feeds and parenting magazines for some great competitions and giveaways in the very near future!
As of May 1st 2012 Bella Mama is in a new home. We quickly outgrew our home office, and took an office at Gawsworth Business Court. After more than 2 years in our bijou little office in the New Barn, with stock piled up around our ears and lugging the posting bags filled with orders down a flight of stairs, we have now moved Bella Mama to a huge ground floor office in The Rick Yard, with a dedicated stock room and desks for everyone, hot-desking no longer required!
Some of our favourite things about our new office: Lots more space for our gorgeous stock; a dedicated pick, pack and wrap station; and a creative zone where we can choose and design new styles for our amazing customers.
But aside from the extra space, Bella Mama also has 2 more new people on board. Helen already does our books, keeping the tax man happy, but she has taken on extra hours and is now tasked with beautifully wrapping the orders and keeping the stock up to date. In addition, Dan is taking on the role of new projects developer. We have some exciting new products and additions to the business coming soon to complement the range already on the web so keep checking back to see what's happening.
Finally, we don't want to keep all the good stuff to ourselves! We are so grateful to our lovely customers who support us, return to shop at Bella Mama when they are expecting again and who give us such wonderful feedback on our clothes, styles and service. We want to share the love with all our fab customers, so check out the various social media feeds and parenting magazines for some great competitions and giveaways in the very near future!
Friday, 24 September 2010
Why You Need Nursing Clothes
As a new mother, you are probably overwhelmed by all the sudden expenses that have crept their way into your budget. And even though the world is starting to recover economically, that doesn’t mean that the average mum has lots to spare on new another set of new clothes after the birth.
Many new mothers think that nursing clothes aren’t essential. It’s not like during pregnancy when there was no alternative to buying maternity wear - or is it? Read on to learn why you absolutely must invest in some special nursing clothes if you intend on breastfeeding.
Three reasons to buy nursing clothes:
- You will need easy access to your breasts: It might be hard to imagine before baby arrives, but once your baby is hungry and crying you will want to get the food to him or her as soon as possible, whether it’s because you are in a public place and want to minimise crying or because it’s the middle of the night and you want some sleep. Specially designed breastfeeding clothes make it much easier to breastfeed.
- You will need to look good: Not for your husband or boyfriend, but for yourself! The post partum period is filled with surprises, and your new body may well be one of them. With flattering nursing clothes and stylish accessories, you can look great while nurturing your baby at the same time.
- You will need to feel good too: What could be a better confidence booster than a few pretty items of clothing for your new role in life?
Visit us online for a wide variety of pretty, practical and confidence-boosting nursing clothes. Enjoy your new role as a mother, with style!
Many new mothers think that nursing clothes aren’t essential. It’s not like during pregnancy when there was no alternative to buying maternity wear - or is it? Read on to learn why you absolutely must invest in some special nursing clothes if you intend on breastfeeding.
Three reasons to buy nursing clothes:
- You will need easy access to your breasts: It might be hard to imagine before baby arrives, but once your baby is hungry and crying you will want to get the food to him or her as soon as possible, whether it’s because you are in a public place and want to minimise crying or because it’s the middle of the night and you want some sleep. Specially designed breastfeeding clothes make it much easier to breastfeed.
- You will need to look good: Not for your husband or boyfriend, but for yourself! The post partum period is filled with surprises, and your new body may well be one of them. With flattering nursing clothes and stylish accessories, you can look great while nurturing your baby at the same time.
- You will need to feel good too: What could be a better confidence booster than a few pretty items of clothing for your new role in life?
Visit us online for a wide variety of pretty, practical and confidence-boosting nursing clothes. Enjoy your new role as a mother, with style!
Friday, 2 July 2010
Bella Mama's new breastfeeding clothing website is now live!
It´s finally here! A big welcome to our new and improved website! And this is set to be just the start of what is to come over the next few months.
As well as a new updated, contemporary logo and branding across the site, there are some great new features that are now available at Bella Mama:
• Search by Size – for quicker selection, see what’s available in your size quickly and easily
• Nursing access openings information made clearer, and detailed pictures to explain how these work!
• Live Chat – where an advisor will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about our products
• More images to assist with product selection, with new larger image format
• Fitting room to give more accurate sizing information, and recommendations on nursing tops and bra styles available
• New Articles section – more information and help and support whilst breastfeeding
• Quicker checkout process
• Bella Mama loyalty points, earn points for each purchase and use these against future purchases
• Customer comments/reviews/ratings section on each product
As well as this, look out for more new products and amazing new designers that will be available over the next few months!
I'd love to hear what you think about the new site, do drop me an email at kirsten@bellamama.co.uk and feel free to leave a review on the products on the site too!
Kirsten
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As well as a new updated, contemporary logo and branding across the site, there are some great new features that are now available at Bella Mama:
• Search by Size – for quicker selection, see what’s available in your size quickly and easily
• Nursing access openings information made clearer, and detailed pictures to explain how these work!
• Live Chat – where an advisor will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about our products
• More images to assist with product selection, with new larger image format
• Fitting room to give more accurate sizing information, and recommendations on nursing tops and bra styles available
• New Articles section – more information and help and support whilst breastfeeding
• Quicker checkout process
• Bella Mama loyalty points, earn points for each purchase and use these against future purchases
• Customer comments/reviews/ratings section on each product
As well as this, look out for more new products and amazing new designers that will be available over the next few months!
I'd love to hear what you think about the new site, do drop me an email at kirsten@bellamama.co.uk and feel free to leave a review on the products on the site too!
Kirsten
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Friday, 12 March 2010
Bella Mama's Bestselling Breastfeeding Clothing!
Whew! This week has been a busy one for the team at Bella Mama!
We have secured a fabulous new breastfeeding clothing designer, her beautiful tops and dresses are due to be picked up today from their warehouse and swiftly flown over the globe into Bella Mama's warehouse in the UK! This line is getting rave reviews already, and we think you'll be enchanted by this gorgeous new clothing - I hope to add the new tops to the site on Monday.
Our new labels are currently being printed, which means that our lovely packaging will be even nicer as soon as they arrive. We are also revamping the labels and swing tags on our clothing this season.
Bella Mama's SS10 line of breastfeeding clothing is in production, and the first tops will be with us at the end of March - I am so excited, this season's range is bigger, better and prettier than ever. Our road-testing mamas have delivered a big thumbs up, for comfort, style and practicality... I promise to post pictures as soon as possible! Our photoshoot will be taking place this month (as soon as samples arrive!) and promises to be very lovely indeed.
A quick rundown of this week's best-selling tops and dresses (in no particular order!):
Bella Mama Crossover Top Raspberry
Milk Nursingwear Black Halterneck Dress
Peekaboo nursing tops
1intheOven tanks
We have secured a fabulous new breastfeeding clothing designer, her beautiful tops and dresses are due to be picked up today from their warehouse and swiftly flown over the globe into Bella Mama's warehouse in the UK! This line is getting rave reviews already, and we think you'll be enchanted by this gorgeous new clothing - I hope to add the new tops to the site on Monday.
Our new labels are currently being printed, which means that our lovely packaging will be even nicer as soon as they arrive. We are also revamping the labels and swing tags on our clothing this season.
Bella Mama's SS10 line of breastfeeding clothing is in production, and the first tops will be with us at the end of March - I am so excited, this season's range is bigger, better and prettier than ever. Our road-testing mamas have delivered a big thumbs up, for comfort, style and practicality... I promise to post pictures as soon as possible! Our photoshoot will be taking place this month (as soon as samples arrive!) and promises to be very lovely indeed.
A quick rundown of this week's best-selling tops and dresses (in no particular order!):
Bella Mama Crossover Top Raspberry
Peekaboo nursing tops
1intheOven tanks
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Breastfeeding Tops for Springtime
Spring is just around the corner - hooray. I know it doesn't feel like it with the current chilly cold weather, but it really is on its way... the snowdrops are already flowering, crocuses are peeping from the ground and daffodils have arrived. I've had daffodils in the house this week, and that little pop of colour on my sunny windowsill is just so cheerful.
The Peek-a-boo/Quack Maternity tops have been incredibly popular this week - we've had loads of orders online and the phone hasn't stopped ringing with enquiries about colours/sizing/availability! These pretty tops feature the easiest nursing access ever, and are so comfortable to wear and ultra-flattering to the figure that I am not surprised they have proven so popular. The tank tops are really versatile, and can be worn on their own (in warmer weather!) or layered under jumpers, cardigans or wraps right now. The gathering across the tummy allows them to be worn during pregnancy, and then works amazingly to disguise post-natal tum after your baby is born.
The Peek-a-boo/Quack Maternity tops have been incredibly popular this week - we've had loads of orders online and the phone hasn't stopped ringing with enquiries about colours/sizing/availability! These pretty tops feature the easiest nursing access ever, and are so comfortable to wear and ultra-flattering to the figure that I am not surprised they have proven so popular. The tank tops are really versatile, and can be worn on their own (in warmer weather!) or layered under jumpers, cardigans or wraps right now. The gathering across the tummy allows them to be worn during pregnancy, and then works amazingly to disguise post-natal tum after your baby is born.
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Avoid a Maternity Style Crisis with Bella Mama Boutique
Bella Mama's Breastfeeding and Maternitywear Boutique has been featured on the feature in Maternity Style Crisis on SoFeminine.co.uk
Maternity style crisis
Kirsten Baxter, a mum of two, found the choice of clothes for new mums unappealing.
‘The openings were all poppers and totally unflattering. After pregnancy, more than ever, women want to feel pretty and glamorous, and the clothes available did nothing to help.’
To solve that problem, Kirsten set up Bella Mama, an online maternity and nursing wear boutique. Check it out at www.bellamama.co.uk
Knowing what to wear for your new body shape is daunting so style coach Jenny Borges (www.jennyborges.com) offers some tips for averting a style crisis:
‘Accessories are a fun way to draw attention away from the parts you’re not so happy with. Use an interesting scarf, necklace or a gorgeous pair of earrings to draw attention upwards.’
She also considers supportive underwear a worthwhile investment, creating a sleeker silhouette and giving new mums style confidence.
For great maternity wear try these:
www.bellamama.co.uk
The best range of gorgeous dual-purpose maternity and breastfeeding tops online!
Monday, 21 September 2009
Busy, Busy, Busy
Manic day today, hubby is away in sunny North Carolina (sadly for him work, not holiday) leaving me in charge of the house, the kids, Bella Mama and everything in between.
This morning I had to dash to drop the kiddos off at nursery and before school club, drive a 35 mile round trip to drop the car off in the garage to be fixed, then whip back for 9.30am to meet up with a new networking group (Happy Mondays - more below) I've started attending, then back to pick F up from school for a dental appointment at 11.20. Then back home for an afternoon packing orders, posting, sorting stock, answering emails, updating the site and taking delivery of more of Bella Mama's brand new breastfeeding tops!
Busy day! I made it to everything almost on time, and got pretty much everything done, but my head is spinning from all the rushing round. The new networking group, Happy Mondays is a networking group for Mumpreneurs (and those thinking about taking the plunge) in East Cheshire. Set up by two local Mumpreneurs, the group aims to create an environment where talented but often isolated Mumpreneurs and small business women can make new contacts, generate ideas, learn from each other, talk about concerns, make friends, support each other and promote their businesses. Fabulous, and the guest speaker today had some wonderful ideas for promoting our businesses... can't wait to try them out.
My secret Amazon order (don't tell hubby, I'm not meant to be ordering books!) arrived today. I ordered a book called Behind with the Laundry and Living off Chocolate. Whilst the laundry bit is definitely true, I'm not quite at that choc stage (mmmmm) yet, but I'm hoping it has some good strategies to help cope with the general madness of being a busy woman!!! Will let you know how I get on. I also bought How to be an "Amazing Mum" When You Just Don't Have the Time! with lotsa strategies for the busy mum. One of the odder ones is to freeze marmite sandwiches for kids packed lunches - er, not too sure about that - but there are still tons of other useful hints and tips for busy mamas to fit it all in, whilst still finding time for your children, your partner and yourself!! Gotta be good...
Our book club choice for Oct The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society arrived in the same order, but will have to wait until I have finished with the new Kathy Reichs... better get that log-burning stove lit and snuggle up under my blanket with my book, oooh dark autumn nights are made for reading!
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