Follow Friday - Twirly Girl

We are excited to share an inspiring and awesome company with you today for our Follow Friday post. Twirly Girl makes adorable dresses, skirts, tops and bottoms for that lively girl in your life - and donates a portion of their profits to ChildHelp.org! How great is that? All their creations are bright and lively and durable made to withstand that playful spirit. Check out Twirly Girl's newest fall collection HERE. 

You can read more about the heart of Cynthia - the woman who started Twirly Girls and her passion for helping abused and neglected children HERE. It it a moving story of healing and compassion! 

Twirly Girl on Facebook

Twirly Girl on Twitter

Twirly Girl on Instagram

Twirly Girl on Pinterest

Twirly Girl Blog

Follow Friday - Roma Boots

For today's Follow Friday post we are excited to feature an awesome company! We at Sydney Paige have a special place in our hearts for Roma Boots because they share our passions for Giving Back and Education. 

Roma Boots is dedicated to meeting the practical needs of orphans and street children by providing a new pair of rain boots for every pair of boots sold. But they are also changing these children's futures by helping them get an education! 10% of all their sales proceeds go to the Roma For All Foundation. Roma Boots believes that only through education can we truly help eradicate the cycle of poverty and help these children become catalysts for positive change in society.

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Sound familiar?! That's what we are Sydney Paige are all about too!! Sydney and Paige recently got Roma Boots and they love them. Please take a moment to learn more about Roma Boots and help support the great work they are doing. Their product is well made, fashion forward, and perfect for the approaching El Nino winter we are supposed to experience soon!

Roma Boots on Facebook

Roma Boots on Twitter

Roma Boots on Instagram

Roma Boots Blog

(all pictures taken from Roma Boots Flickr page)

Follow Friday - Yoobi

We here at Sydney Paige are always excited and encouraged when we come across another company that shares our passions - education, children, school supplies, and GIVING BACK! For today's Follow Friday post, we'd like to introduce you to Yoobi - a company who encompasses all those things! 

Yoobi is a new colorful and vibrant school supply brand that makes learning fun while also giving back. Yoobi means "one for you, one for me" - for every Yoobi item you buy, a Yoobi item is donated to a classroom in need right here in the United States. It's that simple. And that AWESOME! Read more of Yoobi's mission and story on their blog.

You can find Yoobi supplies ONLINE or at most Target stores. They have everything from notebooks and journals, to desk accessories, to pens, pencils and crayons! We recently purchased the mini highlighter pack and my girls are obsessed. The packaging is hard to resist and the colorful, creative possibilities are endless. Here's Megan writing Thank You notes for her birthday presents.

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Follow Friday - The Chic Site

It's so fun to find other women out there who inspire us all around, isn't it? Women who are just all around good people - creative, fun-loving, smart, witty, thoughtful and thought provoking. Women who are trying their best to be their best, just like the rest of us! For today's Follow Friday post - we'd like to highlight someone we here at Sydney Paige love. A woman who is all these things and more  - Rachel Hollis of The Chic Site! 

Rachel's website is a little piece of Heaven here on the World Wide Web. It is full of fabulous and vibrant posts for all areas of life - Entertaining, Family, Home, Beauty, Helpful Tricks and Tips - you name it, The Chic Site is blogging about it and doing it beautifully! Rachel posts weekly vlogs that really let you see into her heart and we are sure you will fall in love with her sense of humor, humble honesty and relatability, just as we have. (And if you're looking for a great Summer Read, she's also written a book! I've read it, and it's a blast. You can find it HERE.) 

Be sure and visit The Chic Site to be inspired and uplifted, to have a good laugh, to find a perfect Summer recipe, or just for a few moments of reassurance that there are beautiful women out there, just like you, who are making this world a better place! Thank you Rachel, for your continued awesomeness. 

The Chic Site website

Rachel on Twitter

The Chic Site Facebook

Rachel on Instagram

Free and Brave!!!

 "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

We are blessed to live where we can champion anything and everything we love! (Stop and think about it...isn't that the BEST??) We are more blessed to be in position to make a difference. May we never take the beauty that is this life for granted. And may we always honor the fundamental GIVING beliefs this country was built upon.

Happy Fourth of July!!

Follow Friday - Kalulu Kids

Today, we are excited to introduce you to a company we love owned by a fellow mompreneur, Kalulu Kids! Her amazing products for your little ones are made from kikoy material created in East Africa. Kalulu Kids clothes get softer with every wash and give the perfect blend of fashion and comfort for active kids!  With every purchase, Kalulu Kids helps support education in East Africa. "Giving Back Together" is our motto and we love when find other companies who are passionate about it too! Here is an adorable dress that doubles as a cover-up, perfect for summer. There are fantastic tunics for boys & sarongs for ladies, too!  Check out her products on amazon & have fun shopping! 

@Kalulu Kids on Twitter

Kalulu Kids Facebook page

Follow Friday - That's Caring

Need a hostess or corporate gift?  Buy the perfect gift at www.thatscaring.com and also give a weekend meal to a child in need! How AWESOME is that!?!? We are LOVING @ThatsCaring and know you will to, so we had to share! Have fun making an impact & please SHARE with others!

Follow Friday - Rainbow Pack

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This Friday we are excited to highlight one of our Giving Crew partners - Rainbow Pack - an amazing non-profit organization dedicated to providing elementary school students with the homework supplies they need to be successful learners regardless of their economic circumstance. Why "homework" supplies rather than school supplies? Because even the schools in the less privileged areas often manage to have supplies in the classroom for the students to do their work. It's when they get home that the kids really struggle. Rainbow Pack is dedicated to changing this and that is what we at SydneyPaige LOVE best about them! 

Rainbow Pack is currently in the running to win $10K to support their efforts from KIND Snacks. Rainbow Pack plans to use ALL of the money to buy backpacks and homework supplies to hand out at their 2014 Back To School Event in Pacoima, CA. The goal this year is to help 4,000 elementary school kids from Pre-Kindergarten to 5th grade start out the year ready and excited to learn. This money would buy more than 1000 of the Rainbow Packs that they need for the event! With that kind of support we know that they could raise the rest of the money to meet their goal. Let's all help them achieve this amazing goal, by VOTING HERE!!

Follow Friday - Miscoots

I am LOVING this company that I just discovered!!  Based out of Austin, TX, Mitscoots sells “Socks With A Mission”.  Like SYDNEY PAIGE, for every product sold, they donate a matching product to a person in need in the United States.  With Mitscoots, it’s socks!  They also go a step further in employing those in need to help package their socks, paying them well above minimum wage.  I just LOVE THIS!!  They are not only giving homeless and needy men, women & children a pair of much needed clean socks, but also employment opportunity to get off the streets and into their own homes.  See their website (http://www.mitscoots.com) for more details and testimonies . . . and buy your socks today (hint, if you sign up for their newsletter, you get 20% off your first purchase + free shipping)!!  From argyle to casual to running, biking or skateboarding, they have the quality socks you need!  Who knew your little sock purchase could do such GREAT THINGS!?!? -Courtney

Follow Friday - Plush Little Baby

Attention all parents, grandparents and parents-to-be! We are excited to highlight Plush Little Baby for our Follow Friday post today. PLB is an awesome online resource for parents - their website features baby and child product reviews, party ideas, family friendly recipes and more!

In addition to their creative and helpful blog, PLB hosts the PLUSH Show, which Sydney Paige is honored to be a part of this year! PLUSH (Posh Little Urbanites Show) is a luxury baby and toddler gift & trade show in Los Angeles for hip and trendy parents who want to learn about the BEST child products and services!

The event is Sunday, June 8th and tickets are on sale now. They sell out every year, so get yours soon and be sure to visit Sydney Paige and say hello!

Follow Friday - Better With Books

For today's Follow Friday post we are honored to highlight Better With Books - a non-profit organization focusing on the importance of literacy for under-served children. 

They accomplish this by donating new books to children, families, and organizations in need.  The goal is to share the joy of reading, the power of literacy, and to ultimately encourage all to embrace the long-lasting and immense impact, of putting books in the hands of children in need. I love to read and nothing makes me happier than seeing my children ejoying a good book - whether it is being read to them, or they are reading one themselves! Literacy for every child begins with getting books into every child's hands. We love and support how Better With Books is working to make that happen. Check them out today! www.betterwithbooks.org

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Follow Friday - Lil' Sidekick

Toddler moms! We’ve found the perfect product for you in Lil' Sidekick. Check out this awesome solution to keep your kids’ sippy cups, toys and utensils off the floor… made by a fellow mompreneur!

Lil' Sidekick is a safe and simple solution that prevents your child from dropping or throwing items out of reach. It will secure any item - from a small crayon or teether to his favorite sippy cup or toy cell phone! Its simple design is easy to fasten to high chairs, strollers or exer-saucers. What we love best is that Lil' Sidekick is made by a fellow mom. Inspired to begin her business after picking up countless cars, trucks and spoons of germy public floors! We all know that game, right? Each piece of Lil' Sidekick is created in the Midwest with care. Check them out today! http://www.lilsidekick.com

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Follow Friday - One Hope

As an entrepreneur, my brain is ALWAYS working on overtime & a glass (or two) of wine is often needed. My new fave? @ONEHOPEWINE! They donate 50% of their profits to social causes. So, while I unwind at the end of the day, I’m still giving back ~ so awesome! Check out their DELICIOUS Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% of profits to help children with Autism!  -Courtney 

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Follow Friday - Pipeline Fellowship

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From our founder & CEO, Courtney Brockmeyer:

I am so excited to be in Boston today to pitch to a talented group of angel investors from Pipeline Fellowship! This company is so awesome and I am thrilled to highlight it for this week's Sydney Paige Follow Friday.

The Pipeline Fellowship is changing the face of angel investing by conducting a 6 month bootcamp for women to invest in companies and support women social entrepreneurs. Since launching its first angel investing bootcamp in April 2011, they have trained over 70 women, who have committed more than $350k in investment, and have expanded from NYC to include Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, LA, Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.. At the end of their 6 month training, the class collectively chooses a handful of companies looking for investors (like SYDNEY PAIGE!) to pitch for funding and after the 3 hour pitch session, selects the company that they will fund. Each angel receives an agreed upon percentage of the chosen company and one angel is chosen to sit on the board of the new company, adding their expertise and passion to help grow the business.

I am LOVING this women investing in women movement and am ECSTATIC about Pipeline Fellowship’s focus on companies dedicated to create positive social change. It is a win-win situation for all and I am honored to have been chosen to pitch! Wish me luck and visit www.pipelinefellowship.com to learn more!

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Follow Friday - Bookopolis

Hooray!  My kid loves to READ!!!

Paige has finally fallen in love with the written word and went from fighting her required 20 minutes of reading homework to begging for her next book!!! The Brockmeyer household is elated! As a tribute to this fantastic news, this week's Sydney Paige Follow Friday is the awesome new company, Bookopolis.

This is a fantastic website for kids, parents and teachers alike.  If you are familiar with Goodreads - it's very similar but oriented towards elementary school children with the mission of nurturing a love of reading that will stay with them as they grow.

Kids create their own login (fun choice of avatar included) and enter into a fun and safe online community where they can explore new books, create a bookshelf (for books they’ve read or want to read), show off their knowledge by answering book report questions, share with friends, can even write their own reviews, and my favorite . . . earn points and badges for all of their activity in Bookopolis as positive reinforcement for their excellent work!

Bookopolis accounts are easily accessible from mobile devices, so when you are at a bookstore or library you will always have your children's book ideas at your fingertips! And the more books your children read and rate, the better Bookopolis is able to personalize recommendations for future reads. Bookopolis is also a great begining tool to teach children how to use the interent safely fostering wise "digital citizenship skills." 

Both Paige and Sydney have joined the Bookopolis network and are having such fun starting their adventures with this awesome website.  Have fun signing up your child today at www.bookopolis.com!

~ Courtney