Three years. I can hardly believe it.
I've been contemplating what I want to say in this post for the past couple of months. How do I adequately put into words the emotions I feel when I think about Dressie Jessie Smocking celebrating 3 years? I'm not sure I'm going to be able to, but I'm going to try....
This past year has been an amazing one. We held our first warehouse sale, we hired new team members (and couldn't love them more!), we continued our mission of supporting international adoptions of children with medical needs, and our list of amazing customers grew and grew. My heart is so full.
If you asked my husband how many times he's heard me say, "I have the BEST customers!" he would probably tell you he can't count that high (and he was an accounting major, ha!). But seriously, I have THE BEST customers, and I am forever grateful.
I recently came across this quote by Marc Jacobs, "Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them." It reminds me of an encounter I had with a local customer a couple of summers ago. I ran into her and her daughter at a local park, and her little girl was wearing our Heritage Dress. They had been to Chick-Fil-A, and the little girl was hot and sweaty from playing outside. The mom was embarrassed because the dress was covered in ketchup smears and dirt from the playground. She was worried that I was thinking she wasn't "treating the dress properly," when in reality, I was OVERJOYED to see the dress being "lived in" and loved. For me, that is the whole point. Enjoy dressing your children every day, not just for special occasions. And take it from this mom of 4--now with 2 about to be hours away at college--every day with your children is a special day. I know you've heard it said a million times, but let me make it one million and one, these days are fleeting. They grow up faster than you can ever imagine. The days of smocked bishops, monogrammed longalls, ruffled bubbles....they don't last. But here's the good news...the memories you make while your children are "living in their clothes," well those are yours forever. What a blessing!
So as we celebrate Dressie Jessie Smocking turning 3, let me close with the biggest, most sincere "thank you!" Thank you to my amazing team. Thank you to my loving family. And last, but certainly not least, thank you to you, my wonderful customers. Without you, there is no Dressie Jessie Smocking. For your patronage and support, I am eternally grateful. To show my appreciation, I am giving away THREE outfits of the winner's choice! One winner--3 outfits!! To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment below. That's it! The winner will be announced on Saturday, June 2nd, so be sure to check back for the announcement!
UPDATE--Congratulations Kaitlyn Hunter! You are the winner!
XOXO, Jessie
Congratulations on 3 years! Thank you for providing such cute and affordable clothes. I love dressing my boy in Dressie Jessie! He’ll be 1 next month. Wishing you many more years with Dressie Jessie Smocks ❤️
Happy 3 Years!!! Wow!! Thank you for providing beautiful AND affordable clothing for this southern mama living all the way in California! Your clothing pieces have been a staple for my 5 year old daughter, and now 7 month old son!! Here’s to many more years!
Happy Birthday!! I LOVE your clothing and I also love that it is semi local to us. We live in northeaster North Carolina and if I would not have been out of town we would have come to the warehouse sale. I love that you always have sibling sets because I am dressing my babies alike for as long as possible! My daughter loves your “twirl dresses”. My children have worn your clothing for all holidays and we LOVED the Easter outfits. Keep up the good work!
Happy 3rd Anniversary!! I am so thankful that we got to know the “Jessie” behind “Dressie Jessie”! I love your passion and vision. Thank you for sharing your beautiful clothing with us! These are beautiful clothing pieces I hope to keep for years and years!
Happy 3 years! I’m so glad we’ve followed you from the start. My girl wears her Hanover Girl dress everywhere. Looking forward to many more years!
Congratulations on 3 Years! I’ve been dressing my little girl in Dressie Jessie since she was born and she’ll be turning 3 next month too! We’ve grown right along with you! You’re always our first stop for our special occasions! Happy Birthday! 🎂
We love supporting your business! Happy third birthday! ❤️
Me, me, me. I love our Dressie Jessie stuff we already have, especially our back to school dresses.
Congrats on 3 years!! Way to go!!🎉 Me and my girl absolutely love your shop it’s adorable and love how you make things very affordable! We just bought a baseball bubble from you a couple weeks ago and can’t wait to put my sweet girl in it! Your pieces are so beautiful! Looking forward to all the new summer arrivals😍💕
Happy Birthday Dessie Jessie!!
Happy Birthday! I’m so thankful for all the beautiful clothes my kids have got from you!
I love all the outfits that I have gotten from Dressie Jessie in the past couple of years. For easter I got both of my girls the tulip dresses they where precious! I always get the best compliments on there outfits from Dressie Jessie. I am always quick to point out that the monogram is free and you guys are located in Virginia as I live in NC. My oldest will be 6 this summer and I love getting her dresses from Dressie Jessie because she still looks like the little girl that she is! Thank you and keep them coming!!
You have some of the cutest clothes! I’m always looking for matching brother sister outfits and yours are so sweet!
Happy 3 years! You have grown such a wonderful company that has fantastic and friendly customer service. Items are always shipped so promptly and the quality is always superb. I get endless compliments about the Dressie Jessie outfits my little girls wear! Thank you for all you do!
I recently found your page and bought Easter outfits for my twin boys. They arrived very fast and were perfect!! I have two older daughters so I understand the comment about times of bubbles and bishops being fleeting. Thank you for your beautiful clothes and I will soak in every moment of my boys wearing them!! Congrats to you!!
Happy birthday!
Congratulations on celebrating 3 years!! Love your post and that you’re supporting adoption <3
Happy Birthday! We love your beautiful dresses – such fun seasonal options! The classic look of smocking is my favorite – and keeps my little girl looking like a little lady!
You run a first class operation. There are so many choices out there, but you and your team make it easy to keep coming back! Thank you!
Happy 3rd Birthday!! All your clothing is just darling!
Wow! 3 years! I have loved dressing my daughter and now my son in your clothes the past few years! Fabulous quality and adorable! I’m from Seattle and someone came up to me and asked where in the south I was from. She was shocked when I said I was from Seattle because of how my kids were dressed! We love Dressie Jessie up here in the PNW!
Love your beautiful outfits so much! Also, love that you are a VA company!! Keep up the amazing work for many more years!!
Dressie Jessie Smocking is my favorite place to shop for my twin three year old girls! Thank you for helping me keep my little ladies dressed so cute!
IHappy birthday! I love your clothes and would love to win three outfits for my brand new grandson!!
Congratulations on three years! I am so glad to have found Dressie Jessie! As a toddler girl mom and recently mom to twin girls I am always looking for quality, cute outfits. Best of luck on the years ahead!
So exciting!! Your sweet clothes were the first sibling Set I put my boys in!! We all loved the matching outfits and the quality. Thanks for helping to keep babies sweetly dressed! 💙
Do not include me in your giveaway, but I just wanted to let you know how VERY PROUD your Dad & I are of you…following your dream and finding the perfect way to fulfill it! I love being a tiny part of it, which is a good thing since you won’t let me say “no”! Haha! Since you were a little girl, you have loved dressing up your dolls (in real baby clothes), dressing up your children, and now dressing up the children of your many wonderful customers. Happy 3 Year Anniversary! We love you!
Happy third birthday Dressie Jessie! I’m so glad I stumbled across your shop. When I found out I was expecting a baby boy, I quickly became frustrated at the lack of cute, dressy clothes offered for little boys without paying an arm and a leg. I was raised that little boys should always wear their Sunday best to church and I was having a hard time finding suitable outfits! Luckily I found somewhere I can get the styles of clothes I feel like little boys should be dressed in for decent prices! I had almost given up my dreams of raising a cute little boy in proper southern style, but you have made that dream a reality! Thank you!!!
Congratulations on 3 years! We just discovered Dressie Jessie and I love it! So happy to see a seeet children’s clothing company in Virginia! We love you guys!
Happy THIRD Birthday to the best smocking company out there! From the smocked sunflower dress I purchased for Londyn Grace, nearly three years ago, to the precious big sister and brother outfits as we welcomed our third baby, Dressie Jessie has been there for so many moments in our lives! Dressing my babies in sweet, classic, childhood clothing is a passion of mine and you help make that possible. Thank you for your commitment to providing these beautiful pieces! And for shipping faster than Amazon! :)
Happy 3 years! I have been a big fan of your clothes for several years as I dreamed of having a baby. Now I have a baby boy and can’t wait to start dressing him in all the adorable clothes that you offer!!
Happy 3 years! I think we have been with you about that long 😊 You deserve every bit of the growth and success, you are wonderful to your customers. Enjoy celebrating!
I’ve said it countless times- Dressie Jessie is the best of the best!! You’ve been a part of every special memory ….whether baking Christmas cookies, hunting Easter eggs, pumpkin patches, Disney World….your sweet outfits have been with us through it all! Clinging tightly to the days of matching, smocked, ruffles and gingham. The innocence you’ve helped us preserve has been an enjoyable blessing. We love you Dressie Jessie!
Kristin
Happy 3rd Birthday! We love the boys’ clothes for a proper southern gentleman (boy). Your support of children with medical needs, just makes me love this small business and the people behind it more as a mom of a “rare” medical kiddo (SCN8A – less than 250 known cases globally).
Have another great year of success!
Happy 3 years!! Emma Grace is wearing one of her Dressie Jessie bubbles today to celebrate. We love the quality of the outfits. So happy a friend shared your name with me.😊
Congrats on 3 Years! We went to the warehouse sale and loved it. Got lots of nice things to wear for special occasions and every day.
Congrats on celebrating 3 years! I’m so glad I found your store last year while looking for the perfect birthday dress. Each dress I’ve ordered since has been absolutely perfect! Thanks so much =D
Congrats on 3 years!!!! I’m so glad I discovered your clothes!!!! My granddaughter is 2 1/2 and I have purchased numerous outfits from you for her. She looks adorable in your clothes. I especially love the bubbles. You can’t find cute things like yours in the department stores. My daughter drove me to your warehouse sale (I don’t do driving on 95!!!!) and we were able to get some nice things!!! Keep up the good work and good luck!!!! Diane
We love Dressie Jessie clothing! Thank you for providing affordable options to keep Kids looking like little kids!! ❤️❤️
We absolutely love putting our sweet baby girl in smocked dresses. They are timeless and they remind me of the sweeter side of life in today’s troubled world. DressieJessiesmocking was introduced to me by a co worker and the quality of my purchase made me a forever customer. Thanks for keeping our little ones sweet❤️
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Jen
May 31, 2018
I love that the dress was loved and lived in!!! My toddler lives in his clothes for sure and baby brother is learning to follow in his footsteps.
Congratulations on 3 years in business!!!! Warmest wishes for many many many more years to come!!