My name is Lindsay Banner and I’m the owner/blog writer for Banner Boutique! Banner Boutique has been in business for about 5 years now. It started with my sister Angela and I selling straight to boutiques, wholesale only. We never thought selling straight to the public would be financially worth it, so it wasn’t until I found myself moving away from all of my friends and family in Southern CA, relocating to Arizona, suddenly with a lot of free time to actually try selling our products on Etsy… and boy were we wrong!!
I started Banner Boutique because all of the hair accessories I found for my then 1 year old daughter were of very poor quality but still cost quite a bit! I knew there had to be a way to make *non-tacky* acessories that didn't cost an arm and a leg!
Banner Boutique exploded on Etsy and it has been a wild and crazy ride ever since! We now have about 10 other women who work with my sister and I at any given time including Amy who is our operations manager and Jeni who is my *domestic assistant* who helps me keep the laundry running and the dishes under control (more on that later).
First and foremost though, I am a wife to a wonderfully supportive husband Mike and mother to Kaitlyn (7), Carson (4), Chloe (1.5) and baby #4 who is scheduled to arrive December 6th!! The opportunity to be a wife and raise these amazing children gives me satisfaction beyond measure. Mike and I met in Newport Beach over 10 years ago and have now been married for almost nine years. Although I truly adore the entrepreneurial adventure Banner Boutique offers me, I have found myself unwilling to give up my chosen role as wife and mother first; this is my true passion! Banner Boutique is a perfect compliment to my already busy life, which is why I have chosen to let Banner Boutique grow yet bring in many other women to help me along the way so that I don’t have to give up my life as wife and mom! I am a southern CA native trying to learn to embrace the desert life here in oh so sunny and warm Arizona!
I invite you to check in on my blog often as I finally commit to writing on a very regular basis…now that I have all the right women in place to run Banner Boutique! Here we will discuss things I am learning/have learned along the way such as the importance of focusing on your marriage despite the chaos of children, the true joy that motherhood can offer (as well as the not so joyful moments), food/recipes (and the fact that food really does bring me joy and I am not ashamed to admit it), my love of all things holiday and any reason for celebration, my desire to start wearing real clothes and velour sweat suits less, my love of travel and the adventures we go on, how I attempt to juggle being a wife and mom as well as run a business and anything else you ladies want to talk about (within reason of course!).
Have a fabulous day- and THANK YOU for stopping by!!
XOXO, Lindsay
