Mom of 6 creates the first towel onesie!

I turned a light bulb moment into a small business! My daughter insisted on using 3 towels after every bath. One for her hair, one for shoulders, and one tied around her waist! I was tired of the towel laundry mounting so I created a full body towel for complete coverage! Now she can slip on, zip up, and go! It all started with towel fabric and a pair of scissors! I sat down on the living room floor and cut the fabric, then sewed it together. I took that prototype and eventually had them manufactured into 3 colors and 6 sizes. It’s been an incredible journey bringing a product to market! I like showing my kids you can do anything when you put your mind to it!

Here’s a recent blog post:

Angie Myers, mom of 6, turned an idea into a product in less than a year. The Original My “Buddy” Towel® was created out of frustration!

Laundry was overwhelming for the mom of 6, especially when 1 daughter would always use 3 towels after a bath. (1 around her shoulders, 1 for her hair, and one wrapped around her waist!) I was tired of the unnecessary towel laundry piling up!

She turned to google to hopefully buy a solution. (Google can solve everything, right?) Well the search resulted in more frustration-realizing there wasn’t a perfect solution!

Yes, there were hooded kids towels, or bath robes, but already tried those with no luck! (they left her legs exposed and were made with polyester which left her feeling sopping wet) They needed something with full coverage and something absorbent.

Bath after bath hoping she’d use just 1 towel, maybe 2, but nope always 3. She had that nagging gut feeling that wouldn’t go away- She needed to create a full body towel!

She told her husband about the idea. She sat down on the living room floor with scissors and towel fabric. Once she showed her family the prototype her Husband bought her a sewing machine and simply said, “go for it!” Angie sewed them together. It wasn’t perfect or functional! But it gave her family a better picture of what She was trying to make.

So, again Angie turned to google. This time to figure out how To make a functional solution to to solve the ongoing problem! One thing led to another and google became her best friend!

She had factory made prototypes within 2 weeks. Made a couple measurement tweaks and 2 weeks after that She had unboxed the frog and pink flamingo prototypes! It was like Christmas morning so exciting opening and seeing my idea come out of the box!

It was so exciting seeing my idea come to life! My kids were excited as well. My daughter used them right away and ever since she only uses 1 towel-The Original My “Buddy” Towel®♥️

It’s amazing what can happen when you follow your intuition. It was literally a nagging gut feeling that wouldn’t go away!After realizing I had a unique, never been created idea that’s cute and fun for kids(bonus it solved our problem) I wanted to share with others so I negotiated with the manufacturer in sizes, colors, and quantity and I ordered my 1st batch of inventory. Then a second, now a third!

I’ve had to learn as I go. (Thanks to a pair of scissors and towel fabric, google,my family, and this wonderful entrepreneur community!)

My “Buddy” Towel has taken me on an incredible momprenuer journey! One opportunity after another as I’ve traveled acrossed the USA. I’ve had success with-

•Entrepreneur Magazine Live Events including being on season 2 of Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch and connecting with former contestants such as Karina and Jared Rabin (Hangomatic®) and Jody Harris (YukBgone®)

•HSN American Dreams Academy in Washington DC(where I met Daymond John (shark tank)and Erin Borges(go go gift bags®)

•Shark Tank Auditions in Dallas where I got a contact that helped me create my own content and organically grow it.

•Winning Scores American Small Business Champion, (which included an all expense paid trip to Reno NV.

•Getting a registered LLC, a Trademark and Design Patent.

•I got my product into the Butter Bean Boutiques, Pirate Bay waterparks, as well as started an online Shopify Store.

•Going to The Las Vegas Licensing Expo, Meeting an organization called WIT (women in toys)

•Being featured on My Cool Inventions and being named Best in Show of the week, (web series hosted by AKOS from Evine TVnetwork)

•interviews on podcasts such as Invention Stories, Start Up Nation, ceo mom, Pitch investors live with Kevin and Brian Harrington.

•multiple Press releases, newspaper features,tv news gift guide features, and blog articles.

•I Reached out (and met some) celebrities and bloggers which resulted in exposure from shout outs,shares,likes, and giveaways by Tommy on Fuller House, (played by The Messitt Twins) KC Stauffer and Mila and Emma! Tiffany Jenkins from Juggling the Jenkins, Dr. Oz producer, Dan Caldwell (TapOut brand), Amber Portwood from teen mom, and most recently Cat and Nat that are huge Mommy bloggers!

•Product of the year 2018 by babyMaternity Magazine

•named SB100 winner 2018

•being named Scores GRAND Champion and winning an all expense paid trip to Washington DC and $15,000!

•Graduating from a Stillwater Small Business accelerator class, which led to a Chamber of Commerce member and being recognized at a lunch awards.

•featured on iHeartRadio Show in NY called Passage to profit and that week show winner! Meeting Kevin Lane inventor of Create A Castle®, and Lisa Ascolese the Inventress!

•I was nominated by “WIT” as wonder women award as a rising star nominee-and attended the awards ceremony in NY with more than 800 attendees including Nickelodeon and Disney producers and buyers! (And checked out NYToyFair while I was there)

•2 speaking engagements scheduled including One Million Cups!

•Zulily launched 3—3 day sales of My“Buddy”Towels!! We sold out of 6 sizes and will be back for a summer sale!

•Winner of physical product category at the Tulsa Start Up Series winning $2500

•I was invited back for a follow up on Passage to Profit Iheartradio show June 2019

•picked top 10 finalists at the Las Vegas Licensing Expo Invent help pitch competition

•Top 5 finalists at Lisa Ascolese pitch competition

•Finalists and 1st runner up for Good Morning America Side Hustle Showdown winning $10,000

This is how I did things, it may not have been the right way, but it’s my way!

Learn to be grateful everyday, one thing leads to another, one door closes another will open. Surround yourself with like minded people, Do not expect instant success, but believe you will be successful -and the rest is history!

Here’s a little Pitch/marketing lines I use!

Parents can relate to how frustrating it can be when drying your children off after a bath or pool time.

One kid wants two towels, the other runs off in a birthday suit without one!!

Mom of 6 created the perfect solution The patent pending My “Buddy” Towel®!

It’s a towel and onezie in one!

Just slip on--zip up--and go---

Why carry it when you can wear it.

no more battling to keep the bath towel from falling off!

•100% cotton

•Super Absorbent

•Mom Invented

•Promotes independence

Buy today for only $29.99 at www.mybuddytowel.com

Turning something from an idea into a manufactured product that people buy and love has been a dream come true!