A page from my Blessed Nest brag book~

I’m taking the opportunity to “brag” about my business partner and sweet friend Heather. I love  the story below, written by Heather and I think it describes best her artistic story, the love for her Grandmother and her creative inspiration.

 

“So, I guess I'll start with Dar, because it all really started with her.

Dar was my maternal great-grandma. Her given name was Grace (which she always thought was "silly") but for some unknown reason an aunt started calling her Dar as a child and it stuck.
Picture a mixture of Lucille Ball, Martha Stewart and Mother Theresa. And since I only knew her from the perspective of an adoring little girl who soaked up every ounce of nurturing I could get, she became the roll model of my heart and hands. She was my idea of perfection. Sometimes I even think that there is such a thing as genetic memory, like the first time I smelled lilacs wasn't the first time.
But I digress. Dar was a seamstress, a knitter, a cook, a baker, a gardener, a story teller, a back rubber, a boo boo kisser and a total nut. But her greatest talent was her ability to make each of us great-grandchildren feel like her favorite at some point. Of course, I always knew the truth... but I would never tell the others for fear of hurting their feelings.
For a long time as a young woman I had a hard time trying to live up to her image, wanting to be her. But then I realized that the things about her that were in me were gifts, not burdens, and that I would do my best to be a woman that she would want to knit with or laugh with rather than trying to duplicate her (as if anyone could). I do, however, copy one thing that she always did... I stitch a little xoxo onto the edge of anything I make for someone I love. And I really believe in what she taught me... "every stitch a loving thought".

Heather has gone on to sew everything from wedding dresses to baby clothes. She’s worked as a stylist in Manhattan, NY and honestly could be getting paid the big bucks styling for TV or movies. She was the owner of the Interior Design company in CA, Pillow Talk.  I jokingly suggested when Martha Stewart went to prison that she should show the world who the “better” women was. You know take over the position. Because yes, she bakes, crafts, knits, paints etc! It never would have happened because she won’t brag about herself. That’s why I’m writing this post!  Instead, she has followed her love; her love of nurturing friends, moms, well everyone. 

Our story….

  In 2003 I was struggling with finding a way to comfortably breastfeed my new baby. What Heather came up with was the Nesting Pillow, a nursing pillow that answered all of the needs of a mom (form, function, style, safety, ethics).

Blessed Nest was founded in 2004 by Heather Anderson, who used her experience in childcare, design and sewing to create a gift for her friend,

Having spent my pre-mom years working in the children’s clothing industry, I knew right away that the Nesting Pillow was something that would be a big hit with moms everywhere, so I encouraged Heather to take it to the world!

Love to the moon and back,