Are there more boys than girls???

And How does that stack up when it comes to boutique clothing?????
The Facts:

• Male births slightly outnumber female births, but boys have a higher death rate if born premature: 22 percent compared with 15 percent for girls.
  
  
• Overall, more newborn males die than females (5 to 4).
  
  
• Sudden infant death syndrome is one and a half times more common in boys than girls.
• As teenagers, boys die at twice the rate of girls.
  
  
• Men have fewer infection-fighting T-cells and are thought to have weaker immune systems than women.
  
  
• By the age of 36, women outnumber men.
  
  
• Stroke, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and accidents--all among the top causes of death--kill men at a higher rate than women.
  
  
• American men typically die almost six years before women do.
  
  
• By the age of 100, women outnumber men eight to one.

As for custom boutique
In a 7 day period
designingminds Sold
$6341.00 Girls 731 sales
and only $631.00 for boys. ONLY 28 sales
The highest seller for Boys custom clothing
radishznrosez
and the high seller for girls??

lyndsayleila

Let's Get To Know...

Vendemia launch group has picked up some of the most talented designers in boutique, and when their term is searched, you can be sure you will find quality and upscale boutique items for boys, girls and babies. It's always such a treat to search their listings on ebay.

They're wrapping up a darling launch called
"The Birds and The Bees"






As part of this launch, we're featuring one of Vendemia's fab designers,
Melissa of Gumdrop*Shop!

She's offering a darling snail feliz custom available up to size 6








We're impressed with her work!

We love the dots, bright colors and the way she interpreted the launch theme most of all!

WTG Melissa!

If you'd like to see more about Melissa and her listings on both Ebay and Etsy,
follow the links below:


Gumdrop*Shop Me Page


Gumdrop*Shop on Ebay


Gumdrop Shop's Blog


GumdropShopBoutique on Etsy

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Are you a designer that has character?

There has been much discussion lately on this blog about designers who "do" characters.

Let's unpack this a little bit...
Designers X & Y want to hear what our readers think!

Many designers do character appliques and paint characters on their custom clothing for children in the boutique world and there are two schools of thought on this, we've been told.



The arguments for doing character wear:
a. it's what people search on ebay, internet, etsy etc.
b. it's popular among kids and parents
c. it brings da coin!



The arguments against copyrighted characters:
It just isn't ethical
It's not right to do your own "Interpretation" of a copyrighted character, it's still infringing
It's unfair to the original artist of the character (i.e., disney, spongebob, etc)
It's illegal to steal someone's ideas or artwork and copy them




If you are a designer that does characters,
we want to hear from you too,
What are your reasons for "doing" them?
Have you ever been busted?
Do you think it's unfair and you should be allowed to create whatever you want?
Do you make more money on character items than your non-character items.

Why do some designers get trolled out and some don't?