New Chapter.....

Hey Everyone,

As much as I love running this store, being a mom comes first!  I have been pretty busy the last week doing just that!  My little Finley had a major milestone this week and with that comes a new chapter in my life as a mom.  As excited as I am about new chapters it is still bitter sweet to leave the old ones.  I am a firm believer in that our life is built of so many chapters and I feel like the older I get the faster these things pass by!!

What a big girl!!

My baby started school on Friday and boy was this momma a mix of emotions!  Gone are the days of snuggling in bed in the morning with both girls and not caring when we get out of bed.  Gone are the days of our lazy morning breakfasts and cartoon watching.  Gone are the mid-week trips to the zoo because there is hardly anyone there.....I could go on and on.

With that said though, here comes the days of her being so excited because she made a new friend, and blushing when I ask her if there were any cute boys in her class!!  I welcome the times she is so excited to see me come into her class so she can show her little friends who her mommy is and see such pride in showing me off!  I am so excited about her coming home and teaching her little sister things she learned that day at school, and watching her help her kids in the class that are special needs.  I am so excited to see her grow into the amazing little lady I know she will become!

As I said...I hate seeing old chapters leave, but I am so excited about this new chapter in Finley's life and mine as well!!

Love,
PipLey

New Arrivals to the store!!

Hey everyone,

I am so excited to say that PipLey is growing steadily every day and with the growth we get to add new arrivals more often!!  This week alone we have gotten 2 new Curvy Plus dresses, and  5 new dresses for the not so curvy line!

I am really trying to listen to everyone who comments on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages as they tell me what they would like to see!  This Fall you will see a huge surge in black and white print pieces, and also more tribal print items!  I am so excited about these trends because they are flattering and easy to wear.  Also hot this Fall will be the military trend and stripes!  I am loving the military jackets and military details to a lot of everyday pieces.  For all you stripe lovers this Fall will be so fun for you!  I am already seeing a lot of striped dresses and jackets coming out for us boutiques to be buying!!  All in all it should be a really fun Fall line coming and I will report more to you as I get the information!

For all of you shoe lovers out there make sure you start looking at the zipper trend!!  You will see a lot more shoes with zipper details on the toes, heels, and pretty much all over!  VERY COOL!!

Criss Cross Lovers Dress

High Seas Dress

Kace Dené Maxi Dress

Maude Pearl Lace Dress

The girls and I having fun posing for daddy before church!

Click on the links to see the items in our store and I would also love if you all would head over to our Social Media sites and follow us as well!!

Love,

PipLey

Heat Wave and New Things...

Hey everyone,

I don't know about all of you but there is a crazy heat wave going on here in the mid-west right now!  We have had a few days in a row in the 90's and today the heat index is suppose to get into the 100's!!!  I would still take the heat over winter cold any day!

            The girls enjoying a little pool from Nana

I hope everyone has had a great week so far!  PipLey will be getting some new arrivals in tomorrow and some new and exciting things will be happening with the image of our store!  We are so excited to be growing and in turn we need to change a few things to keep up with our growth and make sure you all have the best experience when shopping with us!

My sweet Finley

My little diva shopping with her phone and purse!

me and the girls cuddling before bed!

We will be busy this weekend having fun in the pool and heading to a little festival tomorrow night!  I hope everyone has an awesome weekend!  Let me know what you all have planned!

Love,
PipLey

Goes so fast....

Why must the weekends go so fast??  I get so excited about the weekends and then it seems like I blink and they are gone!  The only good thing about the weekend ending is the Jersey Housewives are on Sunday evenings!!  I am seriously in love with those crazy ladies!!  I was dying over Melissa's fringe boots she was wearing to the "stress therapy" castle!!!
 

Me and my crazy little Pippa

me and my sweet Finley

 Anywho.....We had such a fun weekend.  The perks of knowing someone who owns a boutique is that you can do personal shopping!  I took a bunch of items over to my sisters farm and had a little shopping party while the boys and kids played on 4 wheelers and pony rides!  I love my sister so much, but when it comes to style we are completley opposite!  She is a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl, and though I love my jeans, I also LOVE dressing up!  It was like pulling teeth trying to get her to realize how HOT she is in a dress!!  All in all I think her husband appreciated the dress we picked for her and she was SMOKING!!  BTW...she picked the Maude Pearl Lace Dress and the Black Ivy Dress.

Finley and Pippa loved the pony

Greg and the girls riding

I also got to hang out with my new favorite little man....my great nephew Samuel!  I know I am probably biased but I really think he is the cutest freaking baby boy ever!!  He is so sweet and has that newborn smell to him (which in all honesty is like crack to me) I could seriously sniff him all day!  My great niece Kaci was there as well and that little girl has got to be the funniest stinker in the world!!  Love them both so much!

Little Samuel giving me some smiles!

My sweet little Great Niece Kaci

We have some new arrivals in the store and also some more maxi dresses coming this week!  I can't seem to keep maxi dresses on the shelves these days!  I love that they are so popular right now, because I have always been a huge fan of them!  So comfy and easy to wear.

New arrivals coming this week

Here is what I wore on Sunday to church!  I love our Elisabet cropped skinny pants! They are so comfortable and pair with everything.  So easy to dress up or wear casual and seriously who can go wrong with white pants??

Make sure you check out our store!!

Love,

PipLey

Holiday Recap & Retraction

Hello Everyone,

I hope all of you had an amazing 4th of July weekend!!

We had an amazing time here at the PipLey household!!  We had a lot of fun and a new addition to our family over the weekend!  We got to welcome my great nephew Samuel Michael into our family!  My great niece Kaci and her new little brother!!

                            


We started our celebration out at our local parade in downtown Brownsburg.  I have never been to a parade before (at least not what I remember, my mom says otherwise) and the girls were so excited and had no idea what to expect!  I love experiencing things for the first time with them and share in there joy.  They loved catching all the candy and seeing the old vintage tractors (we are a little bit country)!!

Later that day we went to a barbecue with my cousins family and had so much fun playing corn hole and waiting for the firework show.  Now comes my retraction.....my last post claimed my girls hated the fireworks and screamed and cried when they went off!  Well apparently a year makes a difference because this year the LOVED it!!!  They will always jump at the chance to make their momma look like a liar!!

 

The next day we got to have a fun cookout at my mom's house and then got to go meet Samuel!!  On Saturday the hubby and I got some time alone at a surprise party and my girls got to spend the night with Nana and get spoiled!!

I love our long weekends and making memories as a family!  We have a lot of fun things coming up with PipLey Vintage as we continue to grow!  We have new arrivals coming our way today and later this week, and a giveaway going on at our Facebook page!!  Make sure you follow our social media for more exciting news!!

Love,
PipLey

Love Hate Relationship...

Hello short work week!!!!

Some pics from older July 4th!!!

So as many moms can probably relate with me, I have this love/hate relationship with the 4th of July!!  I am completely in love with the holiday and all that it stands for as many of my family members and friends serve in our Armed Forces!!  However, as a mom it is the longest night of my life.....

We usually always have a cookout or fun pool party to go to and all day we are trying to get the girls super pumped about the fireworks for the evening.  Finley (my oldest) is always very excited about fireworks and can't wait to see them.....and Pippa loves anything her sister loves!  So what is the problem you ask?????

THE NOISE!!!!!!

Everything is fun and games until the first boom hits, then it is all down hill from there!!  Pippa starts screaming because her sister is, and Finley is usually uncontrollable!!  We are one of "those" parents with the screaming kids at the firework shows!  The good news is it doesn't stop there.  Oh no, what kind of July 4th would it be if people in your neighborhood didn't let off fireworks until 2 in the morning???  So we are all 4 piled in our queen size bed for a whole night of fun!!

I keep thinking every year will be better and eventually Finley will realize the noise can't hurt her and to just enjoy the show, but every year I am proven wrong.  So my fingers are crossed for this year to be a good one and we will all enjoy the beautiful firework display and get a good nights sleep!

Hope you all have a fun Holiday weekend and be safe!!

Love,
PipLey

How I started...

Today's post is a little different for me!  I have had a lot of people ask me how I started this boutique and what I did!  I wanted to share with some of you how it all came about and what were some of the mistakes I made along the way!!

The idea of PipLey Vintage seriously came to my husband and I as we were driving in the car one day!  He is a CPA and I am a stay at home mom and we wanted to do something fun and exciting!  We are complete opposites as he is very reserved and analytical and I am a "balls to the wall" kind of girl!!  He always gets very nervous when talking to me about ideas, because he is just talking it out, while I am sitting there thinking let's do it!!

So as he was thinking this would be a fun idea in the future, I was already researching and looking at steps to start our boutique!!  He was very overwhelmed for about 3 months, and then jumped in with both feet!  

I first started researching boutiques that I found interesting and the direction I would like to go.  After that I wanted to add my own flair and personal touches to the store so I would stand out a little and have my own niche!  I love vintage style clothing as it is very feminine and perfectly made!  I also love newer pieces with a vintage feel, so that is where I started!  We picked our name based on our daughters names which are Finley and Pippa, and then started the hard task of finding designers and wholesalers that fit my style and the style of the store!  I have been to many fashion shows in Chicago (the nearest big city to me) and met a lot of cool designers.  After that we went for a loan and started filling up the store!!

What I thought would be the easy part actually turned out to be the hardest and that is getting our name out there!!  I am not a very tech savvy person and learning how to manage all the social media, SEO, and blogging was difficult for me! I started getting on You Tube and teaching myself how to use Twitter and Instagram, how to write blogs and how to promote!!  It has been a slow and very hard process, but so rewarding as I have "met" so many amazing people through the virtual world!!

Our biggest mistake when starting was PPC (pay per click) advertising!  It was such a waste of money and time to set up a PPC account.  Talk about seriously just watching your money run away for nothing!  We were getting a lot of hits on Google but no customers through it, so it was costing us a lot of money and nothing in return!  I also think another mistake was thinking we would be immediately successful!!  I am not a very patient person and like to see results immediately and get very disappointed when I don't see anything.  It was a hard couple months for me when we first started!  

As our little boutique continues to steadily grow I have one goal for myself and that is to never loose contact with our customers!  I really think aside from the clothing that meeting all of you, talking with you, and getting to know your styles is so fun for me!  I love what I do and continually strive to make PipLey Vintage your go to boutique for affordable fashion!  I will always strive to ship same day, and always be the one personally answering your emails, tweet, Facebook messages and blog comments!!

Love,

PipLey

If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to contact me through our store email!!