Meet Mia–fabulous mama to four amazing children and the hard-working owner of Dolce Vita Mia who is always full of fab ideas.  Love her!!

Photo ©Daniel Friedman, courtesy of Raising Arizona Kids Magazine

Mia is a dear friend of mine and I can attest to the fact that she is an amazing mother.  Her children range in age from a year to fourteen years old, and she not only manages to keep them happy and fulfilled while driving them to their many activities, but she teaches two online college classes in addition to running her extremely popular and successful business, Dolce Vita Mia.

As if she weren’t busy enough, she was kind enough to take my dear Jackson to and from school for almost a month two days a week when I was unable to due to my health issues following surgery.  She even got him ice cream afterward…can I help it if he just associates Mia with ice cream now?! 

Seriously, these mamas we are featuring really.do.rock.my.world!  I am in awe of all that they do.  How awesome to be surrounded by and to receive support from such incredibly strong women!  I love hearing how other moms do it, so thanks so much for sharing!

Please tell us a little about your business and how you developed the concept for it?

Dolce Vita Mia (My Sweet Life) is a hair accessory boutique for girls of all ages.  The concept began after I went on maternity leave from teaching when my youngest daughter was born. An Etsy shopping addiction developed first.  Quickly, I realized I needed to fund my habit through my own craftiness.  With three girls, I knew I could never go wrong with hair accessories.

How did you choose your business name?

Staying home to raise my children had always been a dream of mine.  Couple that with my Italian heritage and Dolce Vita was born. (The Sweet Life)  However, Dolce Vita was already taken on Etsy! Adding Mia to the end really had nothing to do with my name, it was just the only other word I could add that made sense!

What makes your business so fab and awesome?

I guess it’s awesome because it’s different than most of the other hair accessory shops on Etsy.  My pieces are meant to be chic without being overly done for girls of ANY age!

How many sweeties do you have and what are their ages?

Diego (14), Jade (12), Isabella (3) and

Giovanna (18 months)

How do you make sure that you are a rockin’ mama to your kiddos while still running your own business?

I’m still working the kinks of doing it all, but I have figured out a couple of things that don’t work.  Just recently, I have taken the weekends off from production and assembly.  I still answer convos and purchase supplies on the web, however, my family gets my undivided attention during those two days of the week.

What is your biggest challenge as a work-at-home mama?

Juggling my children’s schedules with the needs of my customers.

Do you have a website/shop/boutique?

www.dolcevitamia.etsy.com

If you could jet away on a vacation tomorrow, where would you go?

My grandfather owned part of a wine vineyard in Italy for most of his life.  After he passed, all of his children and grandchildren were given jars filled with soil from the vineyard.  It has always been a dream of mine to visit the vineyard and return with jars of soil for each of my children as well.

Thanks so much for sharing with us, Mia!    Check out another {rockin’ mama} on the blog next week!  Contact me if you are or know of a {rockin’ mama} that should be featured.  Much love!

xoxo,

laura

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