Haute Tots Review & Giveaway (Closed)

I was so happy to receive the mail this morning and find a cute crocheted hat from Angela of Haute Tots.  She generously sent a hat for Aleena and it's just in time for her birthday photo shoot coming up!  If you haven't heard of Haute Tots, it is based out of Calgary, Alberta and they make adorable hats for babies, toddlers, mommies and soon to be daddies too with their new Haute Pops line!  I tried out the term Haute Pops on Jeremy this morning but it took him a while to catch on.  He did appreciate the little cartoon joke on the Haute Tots Facebook page though which you can check out when you visit it.

Angela's story is very similar to many other mommy businesses that have started out in the home.   She also began crocheting hats for her own little one when she wasn't able to find what she was looking for in baby stores.   After receiving compliments on her adorable hats, she began taking orders and couldn't keep up with the demand on her own.  Now, she has a hard-working team of mommies in China helping out and Haute Tots stays in constant communication with these women to ensure they are rewarded for a job well done.   Each hat tag says 'Home Made by Hand in China' so these are truly still handmade hats.  You can find their line of adorable hats in a variety of styles and colours in baby stores all across Canada.  There is a store locator on their website to find a store near you. Their website is http://hautetots.ca/.

Now to the hat itself.  It is very soft and the flower is not a clip-on type.  It's actually crocheted into the hat but only onto the outside of the hat so there aren't any annoying bumps or strings rubbing against baby's head.   I'm not a crocheting expert but it's definitely solidly made and I can see it being able to handle a lot of wear and hold up very well.   As for washing, the tags says "gentle wash - dry flat".  Of course, little girls don't get dirty anyway so I'm sure this won't be a problem, right?!  Last but not least, it's adorable and I think it looks lovely on my baby girl.  I can't wait to try it on her with different outfits.

The Giveaway:
As I mentioned earlier, there are a variety of colours and styles available for boys and girls and Haute Tots is going to give away one of their hats to one lucky winner!  The winner will have their choice of colour and style.

How to Enter:
There are four ways to enter this giveaway contest.  Only separate comments will count as entries so make sure to make separate comments for each.  I will number the entries and select a winner using www.random.org.

Required Entry:
1.  Follow A Sophisticated Mommy via Google Friend Connect.

Bonus Entries:
2.  Like Haute Tots on Facebook and let us know your favourite style/colour of hat in the comments.  You can find these in their Facebook photo albums.  (Also feel free to let them know I sent you!)
3.  Like A Sophisticated Mommy on Facebook.
4.  Share this giveaway.  (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Blog)

This contest is open until Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 at Midnight SK Time.

Open to Canada only.