Our Story

About our Online Store

I started Boots and Bows as an online shop as single mother, just to help me get by and take care of my daughter.

My "For Profit" endeavors never really took off so I then decided to transform into Boots And Bows of Texas to provide additional support for other nonprofit organizations in the South Texas area.

We do this by fundraising and holding sewing sessions.
So far we have been able to assist several organizations such as the Children’s Shelter where my daughter and I made 144 bibs, Boysville where a group of family and friends made shorts and skirts for the kids, and the Humane Society where we made padded kennel mats for the big dogs that are going without.

We need help with donations to continue to purchase supplies for the sewing sessions.
Either monetary donations $5/$10/$20 from individuals that I can use across several events, sponsorships from small or large business that would help with us continuing other fundraising events(plate sales, golf tournaments, concerts, 5ks), and most importantly we are also looking for companies to hold fabric drives and sessions at their facility with their employees.

I grew up in Devine Tx, a really small town about 30 min away from San Antonio. We lived in a small house on a ranch just outside of town. It was my parents, myself and my 3 sisters. We never really had much and my parents were always gone, working 2 jobs or overnight to make it

I remember that we would get new clothes when my mom was home, she would sit down and sew us matching outfits. At the time we HATED matching each other! But I was fascinated with how she took this plain square of fabric and made it into summer shorts or dresses for my sisters and me.

We only got new clothes when Mom made them, otherwise it was hand me downs from my cousins, or we had to wait until school started to get new clothes from the store.

I saw an article one day about a woman that retired from work and would get up every day and sew dresses for the little girls in Africa. I remember thinking to myself that there were a lot of kids here in the United States that are also in the same situation. It made me think of my Mom sitting there making our dresses in the night.

It was that same week that a friend came over to visit me and was telling me how back home there are a lot of children that go without because they live in the border towns where poverty and drugs were prevalent. It was to the point where they were teaching the parents how to sew underwear out of donated t-shirts for themselves because they didn’t have the means to go buy new ones.

It hurt my heart

So I decided that I was going to do something. I sat down that day and made a few dresses. Then the next day I made a few more, and the day after. I ended up with 60 dresses. I sent them to the school in the area and continued to send more items with my friend when she traveled back home.

Around this time I started working at UPS inside sales. I met several people who also shared my passion for helping others. That winter we came together and collected enough supplies to make 88 scarves, which were donated to the Salvation Army Emergency Shelter. 

UPS Inside sales hosted a drive for us and we collected fabric, thread, elastic, Velcro and monetary donations. We then set up sessions where the employees volunteered to help cut and pin the fabric to make bibs. We then assembled a group of volunteers that were able to go to the facility to deliver the items and to take a tour to see how their donations have made an impact on the organization.

Not only do I want to support these organizations with the items we make, but also bring awareness to their purpose and their missions.