Oprah, Tom Cruise and Suri's Ladybug Shoes - Anything is possible!

These shoes are just the cutest don't you agree? And for me these Ladybug Mary Janes by MonkeyToes symbolize the power of marketing. Katja Pesnal, owner of the online children's store Skimbaco assembled a gift basket for a friend to give the Holmes/Cruise family in celebration of the birth of Suri. The MonkeyToes shoes are the creation of a Momprenuer. When Oprah visited Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in Telluride she picked up the shoes and Tom said "Suri loves her Ladybugs!" In that moment two mompreneurs were given enormous exposure. The show is being re-aired today and the story symbolizes the adage "Nothing beats a failure but a try." Who knew that the shoes would end up on the Oprah show?

After the success of her show Katja started Ladybug Landings to offer Momprenuers and Mom bloggers free PR advice and perhaps some "ladybug luck!" . As the owner of a small Mom owned business this story illustrates that anything is possible and I need to keep on pushing. One of my diaper cakes may be on Oprah's show one day!