Capri Is HERE!

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We have been working on this project for the last year and I'm SO excited that it's finally here! Witney is an amazing partner to have, she is so talented and did such an amazing job on her designs. I'm so proud of the quality!! It really is the best!! And we tried to keep the prices low for you all! That was really important to Witney to make the line the same quality as Lulu lemon or nike but make it more affordable for her followers and I think we achieved it. We all have worked so hard and we hope you love it.

  The highs and lows of this project:

  1. Getting to know Witney! She's so down to earth and so funny and we LOVE her. And are grateful for a new friendship. We feel like we've known her forever. She's such a talented dancer but she's such a great business woman too.
  2. Launching a new line/company. It was fun to broaden what we do other than Shop Stevie
  3. Watching a new brand be created. I don't know if this will make sense but I love seeing all the branding being created. From fonts to colors to the story and look and feel. We have a super talented graphic designer and Witney had a really cool vision for her shop.
  4. Seeing what a good man I'm married to. We had some things happen when developing the line with our pattern maker and everyone was frustrated and there was many and deadlines involved. Trev showed his true colors one night and I learned that he is still the greatest person I know and doesn't have a mean bone in his body. We were on a phone call and most business men would be really letting this person have it and Trev just complimented them and was so kind. I'm grateful for the reminder that no matter the situation or circumstance we should always be kind. It doesn't matter if we are right and someone was in the wrong we should always treat others how we'd want to be treated.
  5. Knowing where to create the product was a big question mark. First we thought China, then we were set on Mexico and ended up staying state side!! We are proud to say that it's made in the USA!
  6. The Launch party in West Hollywood and The Hamptons were so fun! It made for a busy week and it was the first time I left both babies!! It was so hard! We came home in the middle of the week and had a day home and Aniston said "don't leave me again mommy" My heart was broken!! But she had the funnest 4 days with Grandma and papa and it was good for me and Trev to have us time.
  7. A low was we slept a night in the airport! Worst thing ever.. don't ever try it. haha. We had a flight that got into la at 1am and our flight to SLC was at 6am.. we didn't sleep on either flights or in the airport but we did get caught up on Bach in paradise.
  8. Launch Day JITTERS. I got the nerves butterflies all over again when we launched. Luckily the launch went much better than shop stevie's launch:)
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What Matters Most

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IMG_0640 IMG_0608 Jumper There's been times in my life when I've been SO busy. I remember working so much right when I had Aniston that I thought if I'm a billionaire one day I've earned every penny! haha. I was trying to be the best mom I could/ figure out how to be a mom. I tried to get all my work done during the night or while Aniston napped. It took me awhile but I learned that I couldn't do everything that I used to be able to do. And that was OKAY! I've learned a lot the past couple years.
  1. Be easy on myself and live for my babies.  Being a mom was my dream growing up. I didn't picture myself owning a business or my own clothing line. I pictured myself being a mom. When we started our little shop I was so happy because it would allow me to stay home with my kids when we decided to have them. Our family grew and so did our business. I was so busy while I was pregnant and like I said when I first had Aniston I was still trying to do everything I did before I had a baby. I was exhausted and overwhelmed. I had to refocus. What did I truly want. Did I want to blog? Did I want to have a clothing store? Did I want to be a mom? For me it's I want to be a mom. That meant that I did that first and if I got other things done with my blog and business great. If I didn't that was fine because I got my number one done. I like to work hard and do everything myself but I learned to let others help me and let things go. It's all about a balance and being happy.
  2. Slowing my pace!! This is a hard one!! But I am SO much happier when I strive to live a slower life style. I have funner days with my girls and my husband. I really LOVE this talk (Here) about slowing down and focusing on what matters most. It's little things like taking time to talk to someone I ran into even if I'm late for a meeting. POEPLE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR TO DO LISTS. My business partner Kurt is such good example of this and has taught me a lot. I love in this talk where it says, "Let’s be honest; it’s rather easy to be busy. We all can think up a list of tasks that will overwhelm our schedules. Some might even think that their self-worth depends on the length of their to-do list. They flood the open spaces in their time with lists of meetings and minutia" You aren't less important because you are doing nothing but playing with your kids that day or cooking for your family. I've needed to pull weeds for like 3 weeks now.. I told myself I'm doing it Saturday no matter what! We went to the pool with the girls instead. We still need to get things done but I just love the reminder to slow down a little.
My biggest joy in life is my family. My husband and my girls. Real joy comes from them and trying to be Christlike and a good person. Businesses and cars and houses and clothes and money and traveling.. those are fun bring happiness but it can quickly end or tire out. The real happiness comes from spending time with those we love.  
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