Do people drive you crazy? Or do they inspire you? Joanne King? November 9, 2009

People – now this is def. where I get a lot of inspiration – the way people lead their lives, the way they care for one another, and often times, what they wear.  I look at people constantly and look at what they are wearing. Now you might be surprised, but on a daily basis, I dress very simply. I actually show most of my love for colors on my nails! People are a great way to get inspired, to hear their life stories, and thoughts, and ideas. I have a friend named Jacqueline Gartland-  Jacks to All Trades – who is full of culture, art, and love.  Whenever I hang out with her, I literally feel ten times better.  Surround yourself by people like this, and you can’t go wrong.

Mireya, Jacqui, and Joanne King

Anyways, these are just a few of the things that inspire me. I am always inspired by other people’s fashion ideas, moms views on children’s clothing, and much more. I just thought I’d share with you some of the basics of what can jumpstart, and inspire you to follow your passion in life, as I did with mine.

Food – What Inspires You? November 5, 2009

Food inspires me. It inspires how I design. How I feel, think, act, and much more!

 

Food – as a home-made chef who loves to cook for anyone around them – I absolutely love food. I’d call myself a foodie, and in Houston I am known as  Houchie – Houston Chowhound.  Everytime I cook something – I am inspired by the fragrance, the colors, and the tastes. All my senses are heightened. I was recently at dinner with a friend of mine who only eats meat and bread. He watched in wonder while I combined my lettuce, with a little bit of rice, a nice little touch of salsa, and a slice of avocado.  Watching me eat, was almost artistic for him, and all he could say was “what an extensive taste pallete!” Experiment more with food – if you don’t like it, give it to someone else.

 

Cooking at an Early Age!

I Love Veggies!

Designing – What Inspires You? November 4, 2009

 

Designing: Inspiration – What Inspires You?

 

What inspires you? What makes you think in the morning when you get up? What are you thinking about when you are getting ready for work?

 

These are all thoughts. Do you have a thought journal? Do you have a place where you right down all your ideas?

 

So, if you want to know how I am inspired – food, colors, thoughts, people, air, plants, ideas, philosophical concepts, spirituality, teachings, and life inspire me.

 

Sounds like a lot.  But these are all the little things that go into a Sama Baby collection.

 

Leave a comment. I’d love to know what inspires you to wake up every morning too!

-Neha

Sama Baby supports Local Elementary School! November 2, 2009

We support local schools!
West U Elementary Bazaar:

I want to tell you about the beauty of talking to your neighbors, and how things can work out organically! One of my neighbors had mentioned that their son goes to West U Elementary.  I thought that was pretty interesting, and one day they needed a ride to go pick him up.  I offered, as I thought it would be nice to see the school – and helped him get his son! In the process, we ran into a set of parents that were also picking up their kids – and my neighbor was mentioning that I owned an organic baby line called Sama Baby.  The parents immediately responded and said, “I read about you on the front page of our community newspaper a few months ago – congratulations – that is so cool!”  I had no idea how much people actually remembered reading that article – as it was posted in December of 2008!  After that, my neighbor proceeded to put Sama Baby postcards at West U – at a little table in the front area.  After three days,  he went back just to see if people had picked any up, and there were only three left. How crazy is that?  If you know that your school has any little area for postcards, please let us know by commenting – and we would love to have you put postcards with a discount at your school.  Moms apparently love our postcards, and think they are so interesting – as it talks about who we are, why we do what we do, and what clothing we have to offer!

BIRTH FAIR Houston – Wrap Up! October 30, 2009

BIRTH Fair took place at United Way from 11am-4pm in Houston, Texas. The event was focused on BIRTH, and all the opportunities and ways you can get involved in Houston – with midwives, doulas, and birth centers. It was amazing to meet so many other female business owners in Houston – who were focused on children, natural approaches to birth, and organic.  We had a wonderful little fashion show featuring 15 models in Sama Baby. It was daunting, but being the MC was quite a bit of fun – I spoke about each outfit, as well as each child’s favorite activity! One kid’s favorite food was tofu and broccoli. Sounds like my kind of kid!

BIRTH FAIR

Many moms purchased Sama Baby outfits, and were so excited to see such young entrepreneurs focused on all natural, and organic products for children. It was also wonderful to build a partnership with Bay Area Birth Center – the same area I grew up in when I was a young child in Houston.  They will be putting postcards in each of their birth bags, and leave our postcards at the front with discount codes for moms in the area! We love parterning, and if you are a midwife, doula, birth center, boutique, wellness center, we would love to cross-promote and partner together!  We even built some relationships with West U Wellness and are going to talk about doing a fun little Bollywood Green Chai Chat for their center – since I have grown up in West U for such a long time!

BIRTH Fair was a wonderful way to connect with other moms, and other hospitals, mom groups, and much more!

 

 

FASHION SHOW MODEL CALL! NEED MODELS! October 23, 2009

Hi Everyone!

Sama Baby is looking for models for TOMORROW October 24th from 12:30-1:30 at the Last Organic Outpost’s event 0-24 mths boys, and 0-6 year old girls: http://www.houstongreenscene.org/node/333

We are doing a  fashion show – so please email us if you are interested at neha@samababy.com ASAP.

Regards,

Neha Gupta

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

Annual Mom’s Night Mixer, THIS SATURDAY in Houston! Sama Baby Fashion Show! June 25, 2009

The Annual Mom’s Night Mixer is going to be an awesome event for moms in Houston. It will be held on a Saturday evening at the Westin Galleria Hotel. Be prepared for a delightful evening of music, fun, decadent desserts, giftbag giveaways and more! If you want to find different resources for stay at home moms, expectant mothers, autism, the Houston Woman’s Shelter, postpartum depression, even local mom’s clubs – everything will be under one roof. It will be a fun and fabulous evening! Tickets go on sale online April 1, for $25, but discount tickets can be purchased at participating locations.

 

We are VERY excited about this event!

 

Entrepreneurship and Mom-Empowerment: This enchanted evening just for mom will provide a much needed night of entertainment, and encouragement, focused solely on you and your unique needs and interests. You’ll make new friends, enjoy hors devours, drinks from Jamba Juice, mini massages and facials, fabulous gift-bag give aways, and more!

 

BABY MODEL CALL IN HOUSTON TEXAS! June 19, 2009

Hello Mommies!

We are so excited about the Annual Mommy’s Mixer on June 27^th from 6-9 pm!

MODEL CALL:

Sama Baby Luxury Organics Fashion Show featuring local Houston moms and children!

 

Local Head Designer, Neha Gupta, graduate of Rice University, designs unique and colorful prints inspired by India for 0 months up to 6 years old.  Sama Baby Organics, started in 2006, is a local Houston-based company that is now carried in over 200 boutiques and Whole Foods Market across the US.  The company is focused on making a fashion-forward, luxury organic children’s line that makes a difference – part of their profits go back to children’s education in third world countries.

 

Sama Baby is doing a casting call for the fashion show! Please see the attached model call application! They are looking for boys and girls from 0-24 months, and toddler girls from 2-6 years!  Please submit applications NO LATER than JUNE 24th.

 

Her recent fashion show is going to be featured on Vanity Fair’s site this year!  Visit her website at http://www.samababy.com to see her latest fashions and press!

Please e-mail your model application to neha.sama@yahoo.com with SUBJECT line: Mommy Mixer Fashion Application — Please fill out this application in Word and attach it:

Fashion Show Model Confirmation Application for Sama Baby Fashion Show:

 

 

 

Parent’s Names:

 

Body Shot and Head Shot of Mother:

 

Body Shot and Head Shot of Father:

 

           

Child  Name:

Age:

Sex:

Sizes they fit in:

Body Shot and Head Shot of Child Model:

 

 

 

Sama Baby and Houston’s Earth Day – WHAT A SUCCESS! April 14, 2009

Hey There!

We had such a wonderful success at Houston’s Earth Day – met such AMAZING mothers who want to join our Sama Mama Team!  Here are some of our pictures!  Great kids in the cotton pool, moms signing up for Sama Mama, and much more… and of course, the wonderful Sama Mama team at the booth!

People really enjoyed coming to the booth and signing up – so many moms loved our story and the FEEL of our product!

Sama Baby Team – loving the headbands and the super fun T-Shirts. Nothing better than designer organic cotton – from the Sama Baby Head Fashion Designer herself!  Neha and Jessie in the cute outfits loving Earth Day!