In this week’s edition of my Fab Friday Feature series, I am introducing you to a local (meaning Kansas City, MO based) company. I discovered Sandlot Goods while chatting it up with a patron at the Taste of Kansas City last month. One of the Taste goers had on the cutest t-shirt, So of course I stopped and asked where can I find it? It was during our chat, I was told where to purchase and learned the company also makes quality handmade leather goods as well. With that being said, It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Sandlot Goods.
What is the story behind the name Sandlot Goods?
The name Sandlot stemmed from a number of things. Most notably we wanted to and are still striving to create a brand that reminds us all of simpler times. We felt that the name Sandlot is perfect reminder of the days when we were kids and woke up with only one thing on our plate, to have fun. My(Chad) childhood was filled with trips to the local ball fields to play home run derby(using that phrase loosely), wandering up to the local ice cream spot and wasting away hours at the pool. My lifelong love for baseball is a huge factor as well. We’ve tried to keep the baseball references in our products subtle, but it is definitely something we look to for inspiration and it’s pretty clear that the name Sandlot stems from baseball.
What inspired you to move beyond the dream of Sandlot Goods to turning your dream into reality?
It’s tough for us to pick one thing that the gave us the push to make this a reality. Probably the biggest factor was that we felt like we had a great team assembled to do this right. Katy is quite amazing at product innovation and making them a reality. Neil is an amazing designer that took all of our wild ideas and funneled them into the perfect brand image. He continues to amaze us with his ideas and design ability. Ryan is one of the best photographers in Kansas City and has played an instrumental role in putting our product on a level that rivals some companies that have been in business for far more years than us. So basically we had the tools, what we felt was a great concept and the crazy idea to actually do it. Another factor that helped us make the push was the fact that most of us work in the creative services industry where pricing is very arbitrary. We have always wanted to market and sell a physical product where the pricing structure is a bit more straight forward. Although we all love the photography/design industry we just needed an outlet.
What’s next for Sandlot Goods?
It’s pretty exciting to think about what’s next for us. We have a ton of new product ideas that we are working through. Some are still on paper, but a lot are in the prototyping stage. So definitely expect some awesome new stuff. We are doing a lot of experimenting with new materials outside of our typical leather. You should see some new apparel items rolling out this summer as well. What’s most exciting to us is the fact that this moved from a side project to a full time job very quickly. Katy will be focusing 100% on Sandlot from here on out which will allow us to be very fleet footed with production and new product offerings. We are in some great stores in Kansas City and are now looking forward to a very measured expansion into other markets. It really is an exciting time for us and the support from all of Kansas City has been overwhelming in the best way possible.
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LOVE Sandlot Goods! Great giveaway!
Thanks, Shanley