Give the gift of growing up green! December 14, 2009

I remember growing up, I was easily influenced by my family. I counted on them for guidance, especially during the holiday season. If my older sister did not try my aunts new and improved green bean casserole at thanksgiving, I knew to leave it off my plate :/   This year influence your family by giving your loved ones great gifts to bundle up their little ones in, grow up green with Sama Baby and Kids organics! Check out our feature in Waters Edge  http://www.samababy.com/Articles.asp?ID=148

to shop for these items visit www.samababy.com

Are you Breathing? Gaining Perspective During the Holidays! Let us Know if you like our personal voice! November 20, 2009

 

 

After doing a lot of thinking, and a great meeting I had with Carla at CHANGE Magazine, I decided to include more of a personal voice to you.

As the holidays are approaching, and everyone is running around to get everything done perfectly, I wanted to give you some perspective. Breathe.

Usually every morning when I wake up, I hear a little bird that taps on my window in a repeated fashion.  Since, I am NOT a morning person, I usually slap the window and scare it away – in complete anger.  But today, I listened to all my alarms (as I hit snooze), and then saw the cute little bird on my windowsill, and thought – what a nice little way to wake up. Nature woke me up this morning. What could be cooler than that, living in a bustling city like Houston?

So in this idea of community, family, and nature – We should all remember to gain some perspective as we meet with loved ones and friends during Thanksgiving. Remember the strengths and goodness of each person.  Think about that one aspect or memory you have for them, and stay positive.  Family is in your life for a reason, and although we may not always get along with them, it is important to understand the value of family, and celebrate it!

Hope you enjoyed my first personal message. If you did enjoy it, please comment on this post, and I will include more tidbits in the future!

Happy Holidays!

Neha Gupta

Sama Baby at ENK NYC! August 27, 2009

Hi,

ENK is the children’s industry main trade show – the show to be at when you are a clothing line.  It is where hundreds of buyers come, including Barney’s, Saks, Neimans, and much more. For us it was such a success – it was our first time doing the show, and people just LOVED our items – and of course, our pricepoint. In today’s economy – people are looking at every single dollar they spend – not just as a consumer, but as a buyer of a boutique.  They know that moms are looking for a good product – fairly priced, beautifully designed adorably soft.  And of course, the moms that are organic minded, and focus on organic cotton clothing – love our line – since we price everything reasonably against any other normal conventional line in a boutique!

Building a brand in a small space can be tough, 5 X 5….but when you give two greenista fashionistas a chance – -this is what it looked like!

A beautiful video with our lovely Sama Mama’s in their amazing a fashion items from Sama Baby, a wonderful hand-made grid – made by none other than the Sama Mama team, and of course our beautiful baby clothes hanging.  We of course featured our great top press from Vanity Fair!

Doing the show was great – we learned so much from everyone around, and got to really connect with a lot of other owners – and meet some of the coolest female entrepreneurs.

I would love it if everyone did this exercise. If you had to fit your entire personality, drive, or ideas into a 5 X 5 space – what would it look like? What would you highlight about yourself? What would you focus on as your self?

Giggle, Giggle, Giggle and Kelly Rutherford! August 21, 2009

Shivani and I visited the Giggle store in NYC – and ran into KELLY RUTHERFORD from Gossip Girl!

As we were walking in, she was walking out -and of course I just froze and stood there.. it was quite hilarious.

Here is a picture of Shivani under the Giggle sign…. one of her favorite stores to purchase baby items – great service, great choices.. we are hoping to get picked up by this store! If you have one near you, ask them about Sama Baby – tell them to write it down and tell the manager! It would be great to see what a grassroots effect would do!  They are def. interested in carrying us – as they have talked with us over the past year – and love our mission, story, and line!

and if you look closely in this picture – the woman in all black, and black leggings is Kelly Rutherford – she looks amazing in person! She loves to shop at Giggle- as you can see by the big shopping bag she is carrying!

I can’t believe I have literally run into the entire team at Gossip Girl in NYC – they are all so beautiful in person!

Anyways – just thought I would share you that fun tid bit!

Sama Baby featured between Farragamo and Nanette Lapore! July 13, 2009

Sama Baby is SUPER excited about being featured in Juli B. Houston – if you aren’t subscribed – get on it!

We are AVID readers of this – I am sure every woman has one email list they read constantly – keeping up with the latest and greatest in their local area.  It just adds a level of oomph for all those ladies who have WAY too much going on but still want to know whats happening, whats cool, and where it is at!

For Houston, Juli B is a great read. Always featuring these finds that are new and different. We were happy to be featured as their top pick for baby eco-fashion clothing for Houston – the FOURTH largest city in the US!

See our feature here:

http://bit.ly/B82Rt

It’s featured smack dab in between Donna Karan, Farragamo and Nanette Lapore.  Life really doesn’t get any better than this as a Head Designer!

Cheers!

-Neha

Is your Baby Urban? We know Sama Baby Babies can be… July 10, 2009

Check out our latest feature at Urban Baby!

Check it out -  URBAN BABY – which was acquired recently by CNET networks!

http://bit.ly/4BNMJ0

A little about Urban Baby, as per its site:

Since its launch in 1999, UrbanBaby has been an invaluable resource for urban parents.

The heart of the site is Talk, our lively message boards section, where parents come day and night to share, discuss and ask questions related to parenting and their lives as parents. Talk is a place for honest, uninhibited discussions, quick answers, banter and community.

In addition to our message boards, we offer in-depth local information for New York and San Francisco, local message boards for additional urban areas, and we will be rolling out new local resource guides in 2008. We also offer general parenting and product news & tips in Buzz.

The site was founded by Susan and John Maloney and was acquired by CNET Networks in 2006. We are proud of our community of loyal users, and hope that you will find the site useful and entertaining.

Well, we at Sama Baby, love Urban Baby.  We are carried all over the US and in New York and San Francisco and are happy to be the BUZZ in these areas!

Hope you like the feature! It is great that people are so focused on organic cotton baby clothing for babies and toddlers! It is great to see press featuring Sama Baby and its commitment to being GREEN, fair trade, and organic!
LETS MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

-Neha

MODEL CALL IS CLOSED! June 24, 2009

Hi Everyone - 

After SUCH a great response from our great team in Houston spreading the word – we have over 30 models that have applied for the fashion show – HOW EXCITING!  I have been getting NON STOP emails from moms with their BEAUTIFUL children in each one! Houston has such cute kids – its pretty unbelievable!

We want to thank all of you for taking a look at us and finding out more about Sama Baby in Houston! Please feel free to take a look at the website and peruse our new summer line – as we just got it in the past few weeks!  We love making organic cotton childrens clothing and involving so many local moms and babies in our line. There is nothing more rewarding than meeting each one of our models and being part of their lives. We love Houston, we love our company, and we love organic, healthy lifestyle.   Moms in Houston are amazing – and I have been meeting so many since our first fashion show, eating dinners with some of our models parents, promoting their events, helping out with their endeavors, and just becoming part of their life too! We at Sama Baby believe that it only takes one person to make a difference, and with our line, Sama Baby Organic Cotton Childrens Clothing, it is our way of giving back to the world!

 

Regards,

Neha Gupta

Fashion Show Extraordinaire

 

Features for Sprout Day May 29, 2009

Hey everyone!
Sama Baby is throwing its LARGEST fashion show of the season. Our summer collection is HOT HOT HOT and everyone in Houston is PUMPED.

We were featured in the Houston Chronicle as the top 3 things for families this weekend:

http://www.chron.com/channel/momhouston/events.html?query=Event&site=default&tpl=Event&ID=11444&SearchSection=Moms

Great Day Houston on Channel 11 – as Houston Happenings top 4 events for Houstonians

http://www.greatdayhouston.com/

anndd.. Houston Tidbits!

http://houston.gotidbits.com/tidbit/sobbing-for-cabo

Can’t wait for the event this Sunday – I have been working days and nights for this to be seamless and have a team of over 20 people helping that believe in us, the brand, and what we stand for. WE LOVE OUR SAMA TEAM!

Summer is here! May 20, 2009

Houston Family Magazine Baby Guide April 14, 2009

You can check us out as a feature in the Houston Family Magazine Baby Guide – we were featured as one of the top organic baby clothing lines in the guide – and of course, the most fashionable out of all the ones featured!

We were so happy to team up with this publication on many fronts – they really love the line and our story behind it!

Here is the link – if you cant see it with this link its on page 22!

http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?m=2643&l=1