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I’m Proud to Be Natural Me! brand books, gifts, and tees were created to celebrate and reflect your child’s unique beauty.

As the mom of a beautiful brown skinned girl, I quickly learned how little was available to show her that her hair, her skin, her lips are beautiful. As I searched the TV channels for programming, and the toy aisles for dolls, and (worst of all) the party supply stores for birthday decor, I realized that stores weren’t making an effort to provide products with characters that looked like me. I wanted my daughter to have a birthday party with options beyond Tiana and Doc McStuffins. It heartbreaking to see aisle after aisle representing everyone but us. So I decided to create my own solution. I designed a host of products—from birthday tees to gift bags, invitations to plates and napkins with characters with curly hair and melanin. I illustrated little girls and boys with albinism and vitiligo, from the deepest mocha to the lightest latte. I did this so children can choose characters that look like them AND they can take it a step further and put their name on it. Our kids are beautiful and special and deserve to feel honored and celebrated everyday, and especially on their special days.

So now that you know the background, check out the link below and see all the designs that are available. I also have a collection for single moms, a collection of Black Greek inspired gifts, special event invitation and save-the-date templates, and so much more!

Use the link below to browse my store, and please buy and share if you find something you love. Blessings!

Does your child struggle with self-acceptance?

I’m Proud to Be Natural Me! uses positive affirmation to teach children to love themselves.

So many of our children struggle with loving themselves. Maybe they are the only one in their class with curly hair, or the only one in the family with dark skin.

I’m Proud to Be Natural Me! is the story of a little girl who’s teased because of the texture of her hair. Her mom explains to her that her hair is part of her identity, and that she is beautiful the way that God created her. By the end of the story the little girl is saying, “I’ve learned to love what I see. I’m proud to be natural me!”

As children read this story, they gain this powerful message of self-acceptance for themselves. The beautiful images display children of different skin tones and hairstyles. Every other page repeats the positive affirmation, “I’m proud to be natural me,” so as children hear her story, they are learning self-acceptance.

Children’s self-confidence erodes very rapidly once they begin to interact with peers and teachers. Often, family members can be the main ones who teach them that their beauty is inferior. This book helps to reinforce the truth in our children, that we are ALL beautiful. Order today.

Need a preview? Watch my read aloud video below, then order copies below.

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