Meet Mattie Reid Chicago

Lovely rhinestone ring used to be an earring!

Shop Name: Mattie Reid Chicago

Location: Houston, TX

Owner: Heather

Heather says, "Mattie Reid Chicago came about back in 1999 when I was living in Chicago and attending school for fashion design. We had a project where we had to create a design name for ourselves. I could not think of anything, but my great grandmother. Her name was Mattie Reed. I changed the spelling of her last name to Reid and added Chicago to the end. Wa la! Mattie Reid Chicago was created. I design and develop accessories, often made of vintage fabrics and trims as well as clothing that is inspired by designs from the past."

Feather Headband is lovely.

Heather sold a lot on Ebay for the past few years, but has recently been stocking up her Etsy stores, both this, and Texas Vintage, which offers eclectic vintage clothing, housewares, and decor.

"Summer is Beautiful" onesies.

Heather's known for her onesies. They are unisex, and have playful embroidered designs and appliques on them. explains, "Right now, I mostly focus on baby apparel however, I am going to branch out soon and possibly add in toddler designs as well. With regard to the onesies, I can make anything requested. If you don't see it, send me an email and I can make it! I love special orders!!"
 

Heather's Mission?  "Made with love!, and to incorporate onesies, accessories made from vintage trims, paper goods-a little bit of everything!"

Adorable Hair Barettes with Vintage Adornments!

Connect with Heather:
On Twitter
On Facebook for Mattie Reid
In her Etsy Shop for Mattie Reid Chicago
On her Website
Or...in her Texas Vintage Shop

Random Acts of Kindness : Gift to Texas Vintage

In addition to contests, spotlights, gift swaps, and all that other fun stuff, I was thinking it's time to throw something else out, a RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS.  Basically this is where, for no reason at all, I pay it forward and throw a little gift someone'e say as if to say "I APPRECIATE YOU AS A TEAM MEMBER." 

For me, I may stick someone on the blog to advertise their store for an unannounced period of time.  Maybe it's a team member who does a lot of work to help out.  Maybe it's someone who never talks, in an attempt to get them to chime in and participate.  Maybe it's someone who needs help, or comfort.  Perhaps I'll write a small article about a shop, or stick them elsewhere on the web for no reason at all, other than to say, "I APPRECIATE YOU AS A TEAM MEMBER." 

You can do this too. Put someone in your shop banner and convo them and make their day.  Submit a tip to a site about their shop for no reason. Write an article on your blog.  Do something nice and tell them.  Then they will do something nice...and they will do something nice....


Today I'd like to announce a small sidebar advertising for a new member, TexasVintage.  Her story is one of courage--Heather was selling on "the big boy auction site" for years, and making good money, she finally walked away due to high fees and crappy customer service, she had to prove the point. I was there once, and walking away cost me a lot of sales but I was determined not to deal with someone that didn't treat me right as a customer.  Turning to Etsy will be somewhat of a challenge, trying to build up new clientele, but her offerings are lovely both in her main store and her second shop, MattieReidChicago.   Once a "big boy auction site user" with good sales as well, and walking away for the same reasons, I SALUTE HER WITH THIS FREE SIDEBAR AD on this site an some of my other blogs.  I hope she likes it, I made it myself!