It's Amy, I am the Web Store manager for LILL. You may recognize me from a previous post as I was awarded HQ Team Member of the Month. So fun and what an absolute honor it was to be voted for by my peers.
Anyway, I just thought it appropriate to share my experience for my pre-Mom's Day at LILL. I have a LILL tradition with my family and in-laws. My best friend, Kelly, and I married brothers. One year we decided to start a tradition of giving the aunts-in-law, grandma-in-law and our moms LILL Gift Certificates for Christmas with a "save the date" note to visit the LILL store for Mom's Day. We design our bags and then head out to a local restaurant to treat the moms to lunch afterwards. We have a great time chatting about the bags we designed. I look forward to it every year. Last year we all designed SOPHIE bags.
We just had our visit to the Chicago store yesterday! As I am expecting my 2nd baby boy in a few weeks, so we decided to go a little earlier than Mother's Day.
I thought it would be fun to share with you all what we all designed! I hope the family doesn't mind me sharing their gorgeous combos with the world.
My two aunt-in-laws and I designed CHARLIE bags!
I am SO excited to have designed a CHARLIE, he's what she looks like:
I designed my CHARLIE with Giselle Paisley. It has all my favorite colors in it, violet purple, hot pink and green. I think it will be a great "mom-on-the-go" bag for me to carry with my two boys!
Aunt Sandee designed her CHARLIE with Brown Stone.
We were all surprised that she did not use an animal print for once! But I think she made a good choice. She travels a lot, so CHARLIE is perfect for her.
Aunt Robbin designed
her CHARLIE using Calla Lily:We discovered a few years ago that Aunt Robbin is a closet LILL shopper! She started driving down to the store on her own and picking up ready-mades with out telling us. She'd show up to family events with these new LILL Bags. I think she has well over 35 LILL bags now!
My mom's gift from me for Mother's Day was a LILL bag of her choice. She chose CHARLOTTE:
She chose Topsy Turvy. She wanted a bag she could wear around and out to dinner. I think It's a great choice for her. She takes care of my little guy, Jack while I work so she definitely deserves some fun nights out to dinner with a gorgeous LILL bag! She also chose a ready-made DENISE to coordinate with her CHARLOTTE, she's just so sassy and cute!
My BFF, Kelly also picked up a CHARLOTTE:
She's heading out to Florida for a vacation next week with her family so opted for the "instant gratification" approach to her LILL Bag. I was actually going to use Lime Leaves for my CHARLIE, but we decided if we ever wanted to, we could switch bags. We both LOVE this fabric. No wonder, I mean we did marry brothers so we kind of have the same style. She also chose a ready-made DENISE with the same Lime Leaves fabric.Kelly's mom, Susan, designed herself a NIKKI:
She wanted an everyday bag with fabrics that went with everything. I think she made an excellent choice all around! It's cute and sassy just like her!
And finally, there's Grandma Sophie! She designed a KIMBERLY- zipper:
Grandma chose Spring Fling for the exterior and Key Lime Twill for the pockets and straps. She is the fasted LILL bag designer of the bunch! She walks in, sees what she likes and is done. She never second guesses her choice. She likes to relax and watch us all design our bags after she's done. I LOVE her combination, so cheery and fun, just like her!I love looking at all these combos now and seeing what different personalities we all have. It's such a wonderful way to bond with the family. Our LILL bags always represent a special Mom's Day memory. When we see each other at family gatherings, carrying our LILL bags of course, we love to talk about the trip we had down to the store and how we can't wait to go again next year! We may have to turn this trip into a bi-annual event though.
Just wanted to thank the girls at the Chicago store for giving us such a fun time, again!
I hope you enjoyed my memories with my family. I wish all you Moms out there a beautiful and happy Mother's Day!
-Amy F.
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As Amy's mom of 30 something years I just want you all to know how very special she is to me and the family. She is very family oriented and is always the one to make sure we are all together for every holiday. I LOVE our Lill Mother's day outing. Not just to pick out a new lovely Lill bag, but to catch up on all the family gossip. It is great fun to be with so many special ladies.
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