One of the things we love the most about running our own business is the ability to listen to new ideas and experiment. We get great design ideas from friends, customers, visitors to the website and sometimes our own girls. Recently, our girls started playing with some of the 18' dolls (eg. American Girl) that are now popular on the market and so did their friends. They loved dressing them up, and swapping clothes to create new looks and styles.

One day, our youngest daughter asked if mommy could make a dress that matched one of her Gracely Girl outfits. We'd never thought of this before, but we had extra fabric from the shirts and headbands and started experimenting. The first couple dresses looked like the ones pictures, and we even made a couple that had miniature Gracely Girl Design appliques (not shown).

At a recent show, Upscale Resale, we displayed the dolls wearing the dresses. They seemed to be a big hit with children that were shopping with their mothers. So this got us thinking, is this something that more of our customers would be interested in?

We'd love to get your feedback. Please tell us what you think. We've started a discussion on our Facebook Fan Page, so please either leave a comment on the blog, or come join the discussion on Facebook.