Faceplant Blog

My Mom was a seamstress, potter, clown at local festivals and she made wedding cakes on the side. Our home was filled with tools to make their projects, dreams and lives better. From sewing machines and the rose piping tip to arc welders and helium tanks, we had it all.

One touch will tell you that they simply feel amazing. You'll roll around in them, cozy up, and sleep like a baby! You’ll begin to wonder, what on earth IS this magic?

My Mom, Alice, had amazing taste and was able to find the gems wherever we shopped. With our limited budget, this was often thrift stores, or when we were lucky, the sale rack at Steketee’s, the ‘fancy’ department store where I grew up.

I hate wearing a bra, no matter the style- push up bras, bras with removable padding, wired bras, nursing bras, lace bras, strapless bras … the first thing I do when I get home for the night is slip my bra out from underneath my shirt. It’s the magic trick every woman learns. It’s as tricky as sliding the tablecloth out from beneath the dishes without disturbing any of them.

 We’re inspired by inspiring women, and one of the most inspiring women we know is our own Jen Smith (Real name. Not a stage name.) Jen is one of those uncelebrated heroes among us.

When someone suggested in 2009 that we offer the message “Sleeps with Dogs” on a pillowcase, I thought it was a stretch as an ‘inspirational’ company... but who am I to judge? Turns out, it has remained our most popular message since its introduction.