Hi! My name is Michelle, but most people call me Chelle. I’m 40 years old and have been happily married to Hubby for 9 years . We have 2 beautiful children; Super Dude is 7 1/2 years old and the Bug is 5 years old. I’m a Christian and I owe all my success to God.
When my son turned 9 months old we realized that we had a problem. Jacob was too skinny to keep his pants up. That’s right…my son was a 9 month old thug. I bought some jeans for him, you know because jeans go with everything. All of them were just right in the length but way too big in the waist.
I couldn’t see using a safety pin because he would likely poke himself with it. I didn’t want to try to take in the waist with a sewing machine because mine couldn’t handle denim. So I wasn’t left with many options.
I tried Dritz Fashion Fit Clips but Super Dude figured out how to take them off so I had to start attaching them to the inside of the belt loops. Then one day, I was so frustrated because these things would work just fine on one pair of pants but not another. My husband looked at me, and noticing my frustration he asked, “If you were to do it differently, what would you do?” I began to describe to him what my needs for the perfect solution would entail. Within an hour I had created a prototype.
After showing the invention to several mom’s, I had come to the conclusion that I may be onto something. Their encouragement sent me on an 18 month journey of research and development. On June 21st, 2007, I launched Dapper Snappers toddler belts and started selling them retail and having them reviewed by mom bloggers. It took months to build up the momentum, but now this little empire is a force to be reckoned with. Who’d of thought that lil ‘ol no-college-degree-me would invent kids belts that would rock the toddler world?
Dapper Snappers have now become the biggest necessity for mom’s of skinny toddlers everywhere! |
