Mom Entrepreneur of the Year Award

We are excited to announce that we were nominated for the Mom Entrepreneur Award! Please press the link above to cast your vote!href="http://www.momentrepreneuraward.ca/MomBio.aspx?momID=46">

Our Pillows

Our pillows are a perfect addition to finish off your gift. The pillows come in two different sizes 14" x 14" or 16" x 16". The outer layer is removable for easy washing. I've been giving the pillows away as birthday gifts for my daughter's friends. It so hard to know what to give so at least I know this is personal and cannot be duplicated.

The Mommy Bazaar

Designs By Mimi & Lola will be a vendor at the second annual Mommy Bazaar at La Gondola Banquet Hall. 227 Bowes Road, Concord, Ontario. L4K 1H8 On Sunday, June 8th from 11:00 am - 3:00pm


Please come by and say hi!

Mimi & Lola?

So alot of you are wondering who's Mimi & Lola? My name is Laura and my mom's name is Lidia. When choosing our company name, we were thinking of the following:

We wanted a catchy but fun name. We didn't want to limit our company name to just blankets. And in the future we wanted to expand our blankets for adults. So we came up with Designs By Mimi & Lola. Mimi is my daughter Madeleine's nickname. I think it's cute and fun. Lola is my nickname. I was labeled on my wedding day. The French Jesuit priest filling in for my parish priest could not pronounce my name no matter how many times I corrected him. By the end of the night everyone was calling me Lola!

To this day, my friends still call me Lola.

More Bibs

We just released more styles of our stylish bibs. Please visit our Etsy Shop at www.mimiandlola.etsy.com

Happy Mothers Day!

I hope you all have a wonderful mother's day. I'm a simple person. A great gift for me on Mother's Day is some peace and quiet, a Starbucks and a newspaper (and quiet time to read the paper). Last year I received a spa package from the Sanctuary Spa. My brothers and I pitched in and bought my mother a spa package for her since she's never been to one. Well...we booked a day in January of this year and I had an amazing time. As for my mother, she couldn't wait to go home. I guess being from the old school and not knowing how to relax, a spa day was not for her. She hated the hot tub (never been in one and found it too hot)she didn't like her massage (hated being touched) and she found it too time consuming! Hello! All she was thinking about was that I took her away from her housework and she had to get home in time to prepare dinner for my dad.

On the other hand, I didn't want to leave. I felt so relaxed and pampered the last thing on my mind was housework and cooking!

How generations have changed. My mom was bred to house keep and cook (which she loves to do) and I love to be pampered. Is it because I work fulltime, raise a family and maintain a home? Maybe my lifestyle is a bit on the stressful side and sometimes its nice to escape and relax for awhile.

I love the Sanctuary Spa and can't get enough. I always hint for a gift certificate around my birthday, Valentine's Day and Mother's Day.

The Sanctuary Spa has many locations in the Greater Toronto Area. Visit their website at http://www.sanctuarydayspas.com

Etsy Store

In January we opened our Etsy Store. Please browse around. I didn't really promote this site that much. I plan to in the future. Etsy has a huge community of very talented vendors. I found some amazing things at very reasonable prices. You will find our bibs online and we will shortly release more styles.

Oh and one more thing! We have some stock that we are clearing out. We publish all our sale items on our Etsy Shop. If you need a quick gift take a peek.