October 14, 2009

Featured Business: Little Miss Heirlooms

1) Please tell us a little about your company.

Little Miss Heirlooms provides authentic vintage pieces that anyone can incorporate into a child’s living space. We like to use pieces that get you thinking “outside” the box, for example, old vintage suitcases for storage in a playroom or corner of a child’s room, cute old coloring book pages as framed art, or vintage marquee letters to personalize the room.

We strive to provide non-traditional items in order to make a child’s space as whimsical and magical as possible.

You can find this at Little Miss Heirlooms: (vintage rattle, vintage Bingo game, vintage health poster).

You can find it here: http://www.littlemissheirlooms.com/item_117/Animal-Bingo-Game.htm and http://www.littlemissheirlooms.com/item_69/Vintage-Googly-Eyed-Baby-Rattle.htm

All these items separately don’t make much scene (health poster, baby rattle and bingo game) but the coordinating colors seem to bring them together and add plenty of whimsical charm to a child’s environment.


2) What do you like most about your products?
I love that each item has its own story, that many years ago someone spent time picking out that item and a special little boy or girl spent hours playing with it or used it in their living space. I also love the innocence of each item!

Items that are from the 1920’s to about the 1950’s always have the sweetest images! Items at Little Miss Heirlooms are rare and hard to find items that you and your child can treasure and eventually pass down as a special family heirloom.

Vintage Ohio Tea Set: http://www.littlemissheirlooms.com/item_213/Vintage-Ohio-Tea-Set.htm

This would look magical in a playroom or even frame one plate or a set of 3 in individual frames for a sweet and unexpected look!

3) What sparked your interest in this industry?
In 2007 I was setting up my second son’s nursery. We were tight on money and so we were going to use the hand-me-downs from my first son. Everything was set up and I just wasn’t satisfied! The whole room looked too manufactured. There wasn’t anything special about it, so that’s when my search for something cute and unique started. I searched store after store and online boutiques, and didn’t find anything that I felt was personal enough for my son. I finally decided to design my own crib set with vintage cowboy fabric and do his room in a vintage cowboy theme.

I posted my son’s room on Rate My Space and got an overwhelming response. Every detail of his nursery was covered but took countless hours on online auction sites trying to find the perfect items for his room. That’s when I thought to myself, there should be a one stop shop for authentic vintage baby décor! Thus, Little Miss Heirlooms was born and the rest is history!

I also find that this generation has really lost that sweet innocence that children should have. They are all growing up too fast: from clothes to cartoons-everything is so grown-up! Vintage items always have a classic charm to them that really capture the innocence that children should have, and that’s what really enchanted me!
Vintage Peanut Bags: http://www.littlemissheirlooms.com/item_285/Peanut-Bags.htm

These peanut bags could easily double as party bags for a circus birthday! Give out some special favors and hand them to each guest at the end of the day!


4) What are the inspirations behind your work that keep you going?
I find inspiration in all little things! I think you have to when you are a vintage lover like me. Each item comes with some kind of imperfection, but somehow those imperfections are what actually make the piece unique and beautiful! My boys also are what inspire me! They help me to laugh about the little things, relax about the big things and to always remember to love and be patient!

In addition, I find inspiration in silly things, such as old cards that have forgotten messages on them, or old books that have crayon scribbles on them from a long time ago.

I try to see the beauty in all things and see what a piece can become before it is transformed or finds its new home in a child’s environment. It’s kind of like not judging a book by its cover, because the cover can always be redone (covered, painted, accessorized, etc).




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