Hi! My name is Valerie, and I am the owner of Sew Trendy Accessories. I am a mother of 3 (17, 10, 7), a wife, a sister, a friend, a boss, and an entrepreneur of all things crafty.

I started Sew Trendy in my basement in 2012. I didn't really know what I was doing, but I learned like I always do...by fire. I created a gown for a photographer friend of mine, and the rest was history. Our tiny crew moved into a warehouse, we worked with textile importers across the globe to order custom dyed fabric for our store. We began building relationships with photographers and expecting Moms and got to work to help as many of them as we could.

Within the first 2 years, my small home operation blossomed to a thriving company with 47 employees handcrafting designs in Utah, US. We became a household name within the photography community, and have worked with the biggest photographers in the industry creating gowns with impeccable fit, cutting edge comfort and style, and the best customer service one could ask for.

We truly love what we do. The way expecting mothers, new mothers, seasoned mothers, and even little girls look and feel in our gowns makes all of our hard work worth it. The air around them changes, they stand taller, smile bigger, and beam with confidence. That is what it is all about, because every single one of them is beautiful...inside and out. We want them to believe it, we do.

But things change.

In the last 2 years at Sew Trendy, things have changed dramatically...and not for the better. I feel it necessary to speak out and educate those willing to listen. Online Intellectual Theft has severely affected our company. Starting in 2017, international companies began stealing our images and selling cheap versions of our gowns with the images we worked hard with our photographers to create. They remove watermarks, they crop heads off of the models, and they defraud clients daily. If you see our images elsewhere -- *ETSY!!*, Amazon, Ebay, Wish, Facebook, Pinterest, Alibaba, and even Walmart, please help to educate others that the images are stolen, that the products pictured are not what they will receive, and that it is affecting hard working small US companies - like mine. Due to this theft, we have unfortunately had to go from being able to support 47 amazing Moms who worked for us, to just 8 employees. It is heartbreaking. The theft is running rampant, and the only way to overcome it is to educate consumers.

We appreciate each and every one of you who visit our store, and hope that we can work with you to create a gown that will remind you how special and beautiful you are!

Valerie, and the Sew Trendy Accessories Team
~Laura, Marissa, Kent, Tyson, Kay, Melissa, Missy

Updated 3/9/2020