My name is Carol Leon, mother of 3 very active little girls. I developed a new product out of my own necessity. I strongly believe that there is an incredible need for this type of product in the market, and it caters towards a real issue that so many women face. My product is called Serene: … [Read more...]
Featured Mom Business: Headpets
Headpets are a fun and exciting Canadian made line of handmade children's animal hats which are taking the market by storm, and bringing smiles to children's faces in the process. My vision was to create a fun and exciting line of handmade children’s animal hats, like no other hats available on … [Read more...]
Featured Mom Business: Spa “Jama” Parties
Our story began in the summer of 2006. A mother and 2 daughters had a dream to open a Day Spa. Spa by day, and a spa-labration by night, where groups could come and celebrate different occasions with friends and family while being pampered with spa services. We began our year of training … [Read more...]
Will Work from Home (and a Giveaway!)
Here at urbanmoms.ca we're very supportive of the recent trend towards WAHMs (work-at-home-moms, for the uninitiated). After all, it's what we are! We even have an entire section of the site devoted to sharing stories from fellow mom entrepreneurs (work at home or otherwise) and to helping them … [Read more...]
Featured Mom Business: Z’fina Slings
With the combined help of baby experts and fashion designers, Z’fina’s pouch-style baby slings have been created for fashion and function, perfect for today’s professional parent. Only recently, parents have been revisiting baby slings as an alternative to bulky child carriers. Nicola Wolters of … [Read more...]
Featured Mom Business: Nayla Natural Care
Here at the urbanmoms.ca Marketplace, we pride ourselves on bringing you the stories of moms making their way in the world as entrepreneurs. This week, we bring you Gwen's story: I am the owner of a brand new online store called Nayla Natural Care. The name Nayla comes from my 2 daughters, Naomi and … [Read more...]
Featured Mom Business: Momcessories
Momcessories was created by sisters Kate and Emily Scarlett who, over coffee one morning, were discussing the need for fashion-forward practical mom/tot friendly accessories - voila Momcessories! Kate, bank manager, mom of 2 and MBA student, was tired of trying to juggle toys, wipes, sunscreen, etc. … [Read more...]
Featured Mom Business: Dallas & James Adventure Wear for Kids
Durable, Breathable and Made-in-Canada of Premium materials, Cyndi has employed the power of motherhood to develop her “All Weather” Play Suit / Rain Suits made from waterproof-breathable fabric... The Dallas-James “All Weather” Jackets & Pants are produced in her own ethical … [Read more...]
Featured Mom Business: Room to Grow
Becoming a mom is a very rewarding and incredibly life changing event. It can also become a very isolating time, and that is just what Room to Grow founder’s Alisha Brignall and Shannon Kozak found after having their children in 2005. Shannon had just moved to Calgary from her home town of … [Read more...]
Adding “work” into the life balance equation
Balance. For most women, this means managing work - to achieve better work/life harmony. A self-professed contrarian – I flipped this equation around and realized for me, balance meant adding work back into my life. After the birth of my second child, I made the decision to stay at home for a … [Read more...]