Sandy started her shop on Etsy in the summer of 2013.

In a nutshell, as a child, Sandy was one of those kids that was hand stitching clothes for her dolls and barbies and repaired her own clothes way before she even finished school;
As she wished to attend a trade school for creating and designing garments....
Designing was her dream!
With parents that did not believe in the qualities of a trade school, and all its good it has to offer she opted then for a school in the photography… Unfortunately those choices were to stay a wish that would not come true.

Working as an assistant or secretary in the world of offices, serving coffee and organizing dinners and lunches for CEO's, directors and executives was exciting, but not for long... and sitting behind a desk was really not what she wanted.

It was not until she started a family and had 2 daughters that she stepped away from that world to be at home and be a full time mom for her daughters.
When shopping for clothes for the little ladies, Sandy realized that the style and quality she was used to from her life in Europe was not easy to find here in America… And if it was, the price tag would be just too high.

It was out of sheer need and a tight budget that Sandy started sewing for her girls.
As her sewing career started on a kitchen table about 13 years ago she was soon receiving compliments from friends and strangers wherever they went.
Her unique style and incorporating lots of lace and romantic but unusual colors was easily to detect…
Born and raised in the Netherlands Europe, you will find touches of dreamy, beautiful countries as Italy, Spain, Ireland, France and Belgium, memories from her travels...
With camera in hand wherever they went... Soon requests to make garments or take pictures for her friends and of their children followed...

Boutique style garments made into personal handmade gifts for birthdays and baby showers were born!

Since then my family has grown!
I am Blessed to say that I have 6 kids...
And I can work from home doing what I have always wanted to do... Design and Create.

It is wonderful to see that we need to follow our dreams and what we feel inside.
Only then we can truly Bloom!
“I knew that a future behind a desk picking up a phone and typing all day was not really what I had in mind to do for the rest of my life”.
My shoppe is all about who I am and what I enjoy the most!
“Love, Romance, Pretty things, Caring, family, Life...

This is truly a work of love that gets the whole family involved...
"My models are my daughters and the photo’s are all taken by me”
I just felt that I knew best how to showcase my garments, so the best way to capture that was to do it myself…

I started by selling from my booth at a high end Marketplace/Romantic fair in Southern California...
Selling handmade Jewelry is what I started with on Etsy, but soon I decided to list as well my line of clothes for "little girls" and give that a try...
But Etsy already had so many wonderful designers that had gorgeous dresses for the special little girls out there!
As the demand for dresses and skirts for women grew bigger I gave those garments a try on my Etsy shop... when much to my surprise that took off, I had to choose... keeping my booth or continue with Etsy full time. I knew I could not do both...
I still miss not having a booth, cause I love to chat with my customers and feel and see the excitement when they enter the booth.

But what came next is something I did not even dare dream of...
In the fall of 2013 a bride to be insisted on me making her bridal attire for her wedding day!
Now she I am making dresses and skirts, beautiful garments that Brides will say those
two magical words in:
“I do…”

My garments were featured in Altered Couture Spring 2013
and Romantic Homes Magazine.