'Beddbuggs' Business Booms For Local Woman
When Alison Turnbull-Smith’s children suffered growing pains a few years ago, she fabricated some homemade hot bags to ease their discomfort.
“They were always wanting a hot water bottle and some of them would leak or be messy,” said Turnbull-Smith, owner of BeddBudds BeddBuggs.A mother of five children, she stitched hot bags out of old jeans and filled them with wheat and flaxseed. She gave these to her older children and made more colourful creations for her younger ones.
The bags can be used as hot bags that retain their heat by throwing them in the microwave or cold bags by throwing them in the freezer. The covers are removable so they can be washed.
As a former children’s clothing designer, she had lots of fun fabric lying around and launched BeddBudds BeddBuggs out of her Kingston home in October 2007.
Her website -www.beddbudds.com – displays
her line of products, including bug-shaped hot bags and bags with different symbols, such as sweat peas and pumpkins.
She’s also selling cloth high chairs and receiving blankets and has already convinced six stores to sell her wares, including S & R Department Store; Canadian Kids Furniture on Princess Street; Design Baby on Brock Street; and Elements Spa on Strand Boulevard.
Photo from BeddBudds.
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