Okee Dokee Kids history

My name is Sonja De Silva and I am (together with my amazing husband Trevor) the co-owner and the designer of the Okee Dokee Kids™ Company.

I have been creating successful designs for children for over 14 years.

That is when Okee Dokee Kids™ started as a very small part time craft business. With a few great designs and good ideas we were participating in local craft shows and festivals.

In 1998 we made the decision to go with Okee Dokee Kids™ full time, and our little business expanded from local shows to all over Ontario and beyond. Today we take part in great number of craft and art shows, helping raising funds for various charities, schools and hospitals.

After our second baby was born, we turned Okee Dokee Kids™ into a real full time family business, where even our own children are helping us to choose the most attractive prints, designs and they also model our line.

Prior to launching Okee Dokee Kids™, I was designing woman's wear using all natural fibres, hand painted silks, hand printed cotton and linen. Incorporating miniature painted wooden jewelery and best of all very attractive hand made pieces of bobbin work laces, needle laces and weaving, using non traditional materials. (See some samples below...)

This was my main subject at the College of Applied Art - Textile Design; I studied in Prague, Czech Republic (1983-1988).

At the present I am in process of designing brand new line - some of the designs are matching for moms and their little ones too.

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