Meet the Team
Meet Team Babyville!
Jean, Ellie and Angel are some of the leading personalities behind Babyville Boutique. Jean and Ellie, along with the Marketing and Product Development Team at Prym Consumer USA, have developed this program. Angel is the talented artist who made the line come to life with her colorful designs! This team’s combined talents are showcased in the products of the Babyville Boutique line.
Collectively, they will be working to keep new, fresh, inspiring designs, ideas and articles right here on the Babyville Boutique website and blog. Their goal is to help each of you discover and develop your creative spirit and enjoy the satisfaction and fun of sewing your own adorable diapers and accessories!
Meet Our Babyville Design Team
Our Design Team comes to us from all walks of life and from locales near and far, but they all have one thing in common…they love sewing cloth diapers! In fact, our Design Team members are like you in many ways… they want the very best for their baby, want to save money and also use cloth diapers for environmental reasons. We’re proud to have such a diverse and talented group of ladies who will generously be sharing their expertise and delightful designs with us. Their projects, tutorials and articles will help newbies learn to sew as well as present unique techniques and shortcuts that more experienced sewists will find valuable. We encourage you to take a minute to read each Design Team member’s bio to learn more about the artist behind the design, and to find links to their blogs and work-at-home-mom sewing businesses. We think you’ll agree that this is one talented group of gals!
Angel Hartline is a freelance Product Development & Graphic Art Professional working...
Angel Hartline is a freelance Product Development & Graphic Art Professional working primarily in the crafts & giftware industries. Angel’s family claims she started drawing as soon as she was old enough to hold a pencil, but she discovered her love for product development while managing accounts for importer Don Mechanic, a craft industry veteran and founder of Zaks craft stores.
As Key Account Manager at DME, Angel supervised all aspects of key accounts including product development, sourcing, trend analysis, purchasing and sales. She worked extensively with many mass merchants including Michaels Stores, ACMoore, Burlington and Cato to develop custom product lines directly with the factories. During Angel’s tenure there, DME was recognized as a recipient of the first Michaels Annual Partnership Award for 2003 and also received the Dallas 100 Award for 2003, 2004 & 2005.
Before moving on to start her own business, Angel also managed a team of designers and developed several programs as the Product Development Coordinator for another craft industry importer. After a decade of experience in import crafts & giftware manufacturing, she decided it was time to truly focus on design.
Angel Hartline Designs provides graphic design, web development and product development services. Angel also designs digital & hybrid scrapbooking products and is known throughout the online scrapbooking community as Angeltown. You can find more information on Angel’s designs on her website & Facebook page.
She often collaborates on design projects with other designers including the dynamic duo of Jean Kievlan & Ellie Joos. Jean, Ellie & Angel combine their varied talents and experience along with the fabulous team at Prym Consumer to develop & nurture Babyville Boutique.
Angel creates Babyville’s playful characters and patterns. She loves vibrant, cheerful designs and truly loves bringing each character to life. Angel also designed the Babyville Boutique website in collaboration with Prym Consumer and Synergy Point.
Ellie has been sewing cloth diapers for several years now. It all began with a call from her...
Ellie has been sewing cloth diapers for several years now. It all began with a call from her friend Jean who shared an idea she had for a cloth diaper sewing program and as they say, the rest is history. Ellie is a former a fashion and craft industry veteran, has been creating and executing public relations, education, and marketing communications programs and providing trend forecasting for employers for more than 30 years. As Public Relations and Education Vice President for the Offray Ribbon Company, a major manufacturer in the craft, floral, gift, and fashion industry, she developed brand image via print and TV media, education, web site development and advertising and trade show design. Prior to Offray, Ellie was Fashion Director for the Wm. E Wrights Co., manufacturer of trimmings for home sewing and apparel. She began her career in the home sewing industry at Simplicity Pattern Company as Associate Fabric Director.
While at Offray, Ellie authored three ribbon books published by Friedman/Fairfax, New York, an imprint of Barnes and Noble. THE SPLENDOR OF RIBBON, published in 1997 is a beautiful hard cover ribbon idea book. GLORIOUS WEDDINGS, published in 1999, celebrates this special occasion. TREASURES FOR BABY, published in spring 2001, is filled with special projects for the new baby in the family. Who knew at the time her career would continue with baby products!
Ellie has been a frequent guest on numerous craft and home décor shows on HGTV and PBS where she was known as “The Ribbon Lady”. She has also represented several clients on QVC and even met Joan Rivers!
Ellie and Bill, her husband, are parents to four wonderful children and six fantastic grandchildren, including the youngest, Trey, who wears and models the diapers Ellie has made for the Babyville Boutique program.
Hi! I'm Christina (aka JoyfulRose) and am very excited to be part of the Babyville Boutique...
Hi! I'm Christina (aka JoyfulRose) and am very excited to be part of the Babyville Boutique Design Team. I love this new line of products and am looking forward to sharing helpful hints and tips with you.
My cloth diapering journey began in 2006 with the birth of our second child. With two in diapers I realized how expensive disposables were and decided to give cloth a try. I was pleasantly surprised to find that they worked well at containing messes, were easy to clean, kept our children from getting rashes, and were cute!
Shortly after, I tried sewing my own diapers and was hooked! The diapers were less expensive than their purchased counterparts, were customized to fit my children, I loved the cute fabrics I could use, and enjoyed the satisfaction of sewing my own diapers.
We now have a third child and I've loved sewing her "cloth diaper stash". Have you seen how tiny and cute newborn cloth is? I LOVE it! I've been sewing cloth diapers for 5 years and enjoy sharing the knowledge I've gained with others.
Visit Chrisina’s website: www.joyfulrose.com to find cloth diapers, matching printable iron-ons, designs, and more! Follow Christina on her blog: joyfulrosedesigns.blogspot.com for more information about cloth diapering, sewing, and latest projects.
I am a stay at home mom of 5 (6 on holidays and summers), 3 of which are in cloth diapers/...
I am a stay at home mom of 5 (6 on holidays and summers), 3 of which are in cloth diapers/trainers. I started cloth diapering and sewing my own diapers in Feb. of 2010, and very quickly became addicted!
I have an MA in English and occasionally teach composition courses or grammar/writing workshops at the Community College level. I enjoy sewing diaper, knitting, crocheting, reading, writing and teaching in my limited spare time!
Visit Kristin's store at: www.esty.com/shop/BeatsBoutique and her blog at: http://beatsboutique.blogspot.com
Hello my name is Jessica and I am a 25 year old mama to 3 beautiful little girls currently ages...
Hello my name is Jessica and I am a 25 year old mama to 3 beautiful little girls currently ages 4, 2 1/2, and 6 months. I have been sewing and doing every craft imaginable since before I can remember. Both my mom and my grandma surrounded me with a love of crafting and I thrived off being able to create with my hands. What brought me to cloth diapering was when my now 2 1/2 year old was about 18 months old and we had to buy a different brand of disposables that we had been using. They left little gel rolls ALL over her poor bum. I hated it! I was also pregnant with our 3rd daughter at the time and the idea of putting disposables on another baby didn't sit well with me. So I “googled” cloth diapers, bought my first diaper pattern and started sewing! Until Babyville Boutique was created, good quality waterproof fabrics were not available locally. I bought PUL from an online retailer and started sewing. My 6 month old wore disposable diapers in the hospital because she was in the special care nursery. As soon as she got home, she was a cloth diaper baby! I now sew diapers for my baby and also sell my diapers online at www.thecraftegaldiapers.etsy.com and at my local farmers market. Besides sewing diapers I also bake delicious goods to sell at the market. Thank goodness I have such an easy-going baby so I can do the things I love!
Christine G. has been happily married to Steve for 20 years and is a full-time mom to 7 terrific...
Christine G. has been happily married to Steve for 20 years and is a full-time mom to 7 terrific children, ranging in age from 10 months to 17 years. After watching her mother cloth-diaper her younger siblings growing up, cloth-diapering was an easy decision right from the beginning. Again, inspired by her mom who made her own cloth diapers, Christine started sewing diapers about ten years ago. She has been thrilled with the evolution from basic materials and design to the wide range of patterns and beautiful materials available today. Christine lives in Ontario, Canada where she home schools her children. In addition to sewing, she enjoys all home arts, such as knitting, canning and cooking.
