Awesome Thoughts from our Blog

About a week ago, a very kind customer wrote in to say that two of the "Hello Chum" sharks dresses she received in the mail had two strange discolorations on the skirt. They seemed to line up perfectly with the tape that was on the clear plastic bag holding each dress.

"That's so strange!" we wrote back, and immediately sent her two new dresses assuming it was some one-off problem with the dresses she had received. But after we heard from another customer with the same problem, and the first woman's replacement dresses ALSO had these strange discolorations, we knew something was up.

Enter to win fabulous jewelry from Boutique Academia and a new wardrobe from Princess Awesome!

We love seeing all the awesome ideas for new clothing designs!  

Here are some technical sketches of the silhouettes we use most often.  You can print them out and draw on them, and then email them to us at ideas@princess-awesome.com.  We look at everything you send and are so grateful for your thoughts and contributions.

This quarantine business is not easy for me. I am not good at sitting still or staying home, so I’ve had to find ways of doing both of those things over the last few months. I ended up (like so many other folks) doing some home improvement, and I found the perfect piece of clothing for all my projects - my Princess Awesome super twirler dresses! They’re super comfortable, light and airy, make me feel confident, and the huge, deep pockets hold all my tools and hardware.

At Princess Awesome, Roshambo Baby and Free To Be Kids, our common goal is to empower kids to boldly be themselves! Roshambo's unbreakable glasses and sunglasses are always ready for adventure; Princess Awesome and Boy Wonder are here to smash the gender stereotypes you typically find in big box stores; and Free To Be Kids is busy spreading positivity and trying to make the world a better and kinder place one statement T at a time. We are big fans of each other's brands and that's why we've decided to join forces in the form of an awesome Summer Friends Giveaway! 

With the debut of our "Superheart" Medical Superheroes Collection, we will be giving away 25 dresses for each product that funds.  Nominate your favorite medical superhero!

We've teamed up to offer an awesome giveaway with RoShambo Baby! Their awesome super duper flexible frames can get run over by a truck and still not break.

It struck me at some point a few years ago that parenting is a lot like running a country. There are many competing problems and interests and sometimes the best solutions aren’t the one you end up choosing to implement - because sometimes the best solutions are just not possible.  Instead you end up choosing second- or third-best solutions.  And guess what?  Usually those solutions are still good, or at least better than their counterparts - no solution, or a bad solution.

So here are some things a few of our presidents learned during their terms of office, with a few anecdotes of how they relate to mine.

Staring down weeks quarantined with kids?  Check out our community-sourced ideas for making the best of it!

If you end up in the position of having your kids’ school closed for an extended period of time, coupled with either quarantine and/or social distancing and possibly ALSO being expected to get some actual work done for your job, I have a few ideas on how you might structure your time. I thought I’d share them in case they’re useful for you.*

A guest post by Katie Lutz

Today I am a farmer, baker, and small business owner, making it hard to believe my career started with a degree in civil engineering, and what might be even harder to believe is that I wouldn’t be any of the things I am today if I hadn’t studied in university. My journey to farm ownership started with a mental health crisis during my PhD studies in Civil Engineering and is a story for another time because in honour of Pi Day I want to share how my journey to becoming a professional pie baker started during my engineering undergraduate studies.

Just for you, here are some awesome Princess Awesome & Boy Wonder geeky, math-y, science-y, unicorn-y, truck-y valentines. Eva and her kids make them every year: