LuLaRoe: The Girl Club that I Instantly Knew I Wanted to Join

I am not a joiner.  I don’t tend to make girl-friends easily.  I really never have.  I had a few close friends in high school and college, but as adulthood set in it became harder and harder to make and maintain close friendships.  I really want to have close girl-friends, but it just doesn’t come as naturally for me as seems to for some others. 

When I first had my daughter, Zoey, I joined some babywearing groups online and made some close friends through those activities.  Babywearing helped me through post-partum depression and really changed my life.  Babywearing is a bit hard to get from the outside looking in.  It seems like large groups of new moms collecting and trading pieces of long woven fabric.  This is not entirely off, but there is so much more to it than that!  Babywearing instilled in me a love of fine textiles and a love of searching for that special “Unicorn ISO” (i.e. a special pattern wrap that I fell in love with and was immediately in search of until it came up for sell in my size).  Babywearing was also a very special way to bond with Zoey.  She loved napping in wraps when she was little and then going for walks in wraps as she got a little older.  Even now that she is 3, we still wrap up sometimes.  I treasure the moments that she will still go uppy for me!

 

But my babywearing days are basically over and I miss them so much!  I miss searching on Buy Sell Trade groups for that next special wrap.  Heck, I even miss posting mine for sell or trade when it’s time to fund something new!  Woven wraps are very limited and finding that perfect size and pattern combination can be very difficult.  Hmmmm, does that remind anyone of anything?  LuLaRoe, maybe?  Yes!!!  As soon as I was introduced to the amazing world of LuLaRoe, it instantly reminded me of the Babywearing world that my toddler and I had recently outgrown.  LuLaRoe features several styles of dresses, tops, skirts and leggings in various patterns.  Each print is only used to make between 2,500 and 3,000 items.  These could vary between maxi skirts and leggings to Irma tops and Nicole dresses.  So if you see something you love, in your size, you’d be wise to go ahead and quickly comment “Sold”!  For me, LuLaRoe isn’t just about beautiful clothes that are very flattering, but it is also about matching moments with my baby girl.  She absolutely loves the kids line.  She is thrilled every time I get us new matching dresses or matching leggings.  It is also about a sense of community.  There is truly a facebook community of women who love LuLaRoe.

In the first week after I was introduced to LuLaRoe, I probably joined 50 facebook groups to shop for the perfect matching sets for me and Zoey.  I quickly discovered that not all that many consultants carry the kid’s line.  Or they carry a few of the kid’s styles, but not many.  This made me start thinking, I could do this.  I could cater to those toddler moms like me that want to dress their kiddos in adorable clothes and hey if we happen to match, all the better!  So I contacted my friend who had introduced me to LuLaRoe in the first place and started doing my research about joining the company.  Fast forward a few weeks and I am in the queue, anxiously awaiting my inventory!  I hope to become that go to shop on facebook for Mommy and Me looks.  I am also going to carry lots of women’s and kid’s styles other than Mommy and Me looks, so no worries if you don’t have a child or aren’t into matching, you might still love shopping in my group.  If you are interested in checking out LuLaRoe and my Mommy and Me looks, please join my facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/LuLaRoeMommyandMeBrandy