Etsy Success Story: Mother of Three Turns Fashion Dream into Reality

Starting out on Etsy, Alicia put her headbands in the public with the support of her husband, leading to owning her own online shop that has expanded far past its hair accessory roots.

For a lot of mothers, trying to balance three kids and keeping a home is more than enough to try to schedule throughout the day. For Alicia, it was just the beginning. With the support of her husband and wonderful kids, Alicia has been able to turn creating a few headbands for a clothing boutique into its own online store.

Alicia is definitely a woman of her craft. On her site, she glows about the intricacies of textiles, beaming about her love for creating fashion without adhering to trends, and offers pieces of fashion unlike any competitor. The unique style of Three Bird Nest is inspired by women who love making a statement without screaming it out. Her styles are not audience targeted, but rather the outcome of putting her passion for style into handmade pieces at affordable prices.

But Alicia’s life isn’t fashion; it’s her family. In the “About” page on her store’s site, there is a photograph of her beautiful family next to the inspiring story of how the headbands she made simply because she loved making them turned into her livelihood. Whenever she talks about her success, the story always goes back to how supportive her husband has been, and how much she loves her three children (who even inspired the name of her store: Three Bird Nest).

The store still showcases her handmade pieces, thriving off of what started her out to begin with in her business: the headbands. Since selling out the first day she put the headbands on the market, Alicia has expanded into jewelry, stylish clothing, boot socks, scarves, and many more items that complement the style of what first caught the eye of her customers and supporters, all of which can be found on her website: http://www.threebirdnest.com.

It's not every day that an Etsy merchant expands their craft into a full-blown e-commerce site, let alone such a popular one as Three Bird Nest, which is what makes Alicia's endeavors a true success story and inspiration to small business owners 

 looking for a solution that allows you to wear your favorite minis and sheer dresses to work? or just want a cute way to add lace hem to your dress? take a peek at our stylish lace slip dress extenders. here's our full lace slips that will add a hem to your dress or skirt as well as half slip dress extenders. available in several colors. 

double layered ivory dress extender

black lace hem

we offer two varieties of dress extenders. our full lace slips that offer a wide 9" extended hem of scalloped lace. the body of the full slip dress extenders is a soft jersey that is smooth and sleek under your dresses with a lace hem. shown below is our mocha color option.

mocha full lace slip - dress extenders

lace hem extender shown under tunic dress

Lace Half Slips - three bird nest lace hem dress extenders

black lace half slip - dress extenders

three bird nest pretty double layered lace hem extender offers the perfect solution to eliminate too much sheer from a dress or just give you the extra couple inches needed to 

wear your favorite mini to the office. shown here is our ivory slip layered under a chevron mini dress. 

layered half slip - hem extenders for dresses

Simply add a little color to your outfit and opt for a colorful lace slip dress extender. Our turquoise  

  version is shown here layered under a strapless printed dress.

turquoise lace slip

Spring Trends for our 3BN Friends

Three Bird Nest is in a spring time frame of mind. With bold prints and bright colors we could not help but notice this season's trends spring up in New York Fashion Week's 2013 shows.  Mixing daring patterns and bold shades Marc by Marc Jacobs captured what we see spring to be at 3BN.

Photos Credited to Vogue.com and can be found here.

We love these looks, and the designer's use of head scarves were something we could not help but notice. Here are some of our new spring items that play off of the striking pieces seen at NYFW.

                

                

Click the pics to shop these looks.

What are spring trends you love? Let us know in the comments below!

xo,

3BN

Name It & Claim It 2/27/2013 Contest Winner

Sarah W. for "Beachy Keen" Legwarmers.

Email media@threebirdnest.com to claim your prize.

Name It & Claim It Contest - Legwarmers

Now calling on all 3BN fanatic's creativity! We are asking for a fresh name for this pastel-painted spring release. You give this spring newbie its proper name, and it's all yours for free, and will belong to you before anyone else.

This week's Name It & Claim It, is a naming test we know our fans will pass with flying colors. These foot loose and fancy free ombre leg warmers, with any luck have your name on them.

To enter leave a comment with your name for the item as a response to this blog post. Only comments made as a reply to this post will be considered. Contest submissions will be open until Thursday, February 28th at 4 p.m. PST. The winner will be announced March 1st in our Friday blog post. 

Too excited to see what our fans come up with this week!

xo,

3BN

Infinite Possibilities

We love that our fans are loving our new loops for spring! We all know about the 20-something ways to wear a scarf but we wanted to show you some of our favorite ways to spruce up your infinity scarf for spring.

Try adding a brooch or ascot to give your loop new life. Try a neutral accent for brightly colored infinities or a bow that is a contrasting color to make your scarf pop.

Scarf: Three Bird Nest

Two loops are better than one. Simply link your scarves together to bulk them up and make them a whole new look. Pair patterns and solids for an new easy to wear way to wear the loops you love.

Scarf: Three Bird Nest

Knot your infinity down low, up high, or a number of times to make it a whole new scarf that is easier to wear with necklaces and perfect for lightweight wear in spring.

Scarf: Three Bird Nest

To find any of the scarves used for this styled post click the pic or link below each image.

What's your favorite way to wear a our 3BN loops? The possibilities are infinite.

xo,
3BN

The winner of last Wednesday's Pin It to Win It Contest is Christa Morin with 125 repins of our Oversized Mustard Bow Headband. Amazing job Christina, thanks for all the Pinterest love <3

Email media@threebirdnest.com to receive your prize.

DIY by 3BN: A Space for Lace Earring Holder Tutorial

We are always adding new pieces to our collection, and have samples hanging around the studio so we  are always looking for places to keep them. We just put together our own adorable way to display earrings and we just had to share with you!

What You Need:
an old picture frame with a hanging fixture on the back
a piece of lace large enough to cover the entire hole of the frame
a glue gun
a pair of scissors

1. Remove backing, matting, and glass from frame.
2. Cut lace down to size so it fits in the space of the frame.
3. Glue around the edges of the inside lip of the frame.
4. Lay out lace to cover the back of the frame.
5. Press lace into edges of frame.
6. Glue down any edges that are not secure.

We hope you try!

xo,
3BN

Pin It to Win It: Spring Into It

Contest time, and today we thought we would combine our fan's favorites, pinning and winning. The rules are simple, you pin one of your new spring favorites from the Three Bird Nest website to your personal pinterest board, and the entry that receives the most repins wins the item they pinned.

To enter:

• You must follow 3BN on Pinterest. To follow us visit our Pinterest.
• You may pin any 3BN spring item to any one of your existing pinterest boards. All of our spring pieces can be found in our What's New section of our website. This must be an original pin made by you from our website, your entry will not show if you repin one of our pins. 
• You must hashtag both #threebirdnest and #springintoit in your pin description for your entry to be considered.
• Remember only the entry with the most repins will win.
• Leave a comment with the URL of your pin in the comments below
• Entries will be accepted from 2/20/2013 until 2/24/2013 at 4 p.m.

The winner will be announced in Monday, February 25th's, blog post.

happy pinning!

xo,
3BN