I had shopped continuously between Orlando, Tampa and Sarasota while hitting random boutiques and malls in between. The hunt was for a one-inch, black patent leather, sling back shoe. I hadn’t seen it in a catalogue or a commercial, but it had to exist in a store nearby, right? I mean, I had to find the shoes to match this dress.  I had to have the perfect shoes to match the perfect holiday dress for my daughter who was 11 years old and wearing a size 11 shoe.  Yep, a six-grader in a large woman’s size shoe. I needed these shoes. Better yet, I had to have these shoes. I just didn’t want to reduce her red, black and white holiday dress with all the frills to basic black flats. I had already settled for less the previous Easter when the same dilemma occurred and I ended up with shoes that detracted from her colorful floral dress. Something so small had become a huge undertaking. It’s true that the larger the shoe size the more mature the shoe looks. So, imagine the frustration of shoe shopping with my then 11-year-old daughter who insisted that every single size 11 shoe that we found was made just for her.made just for h

Yep, a six-grader in a large woman’s size shoe. I needed these shoes. Better yet, I had to have these shoes. I just didn’t want to reduce her red, black and white holiday dress with all the frills to basic black flats. I had already settled for less the previous Easter when the same dilemma occurred and I ended up with shoes that detracted from her colorful floral dress. Something so small had become a huge undertaking. It’s true that the larger the shoe size the more mature the shoe looks. So, imagine the frustration of shoe shopping with my then 11-year-old daughter who insisted that every single size 11 shoe that we found was made just for her, regardless of the heel height or the mature style. The only thing that mattered in her mind was that they fit.

I just couldn’t do this again. I started to ask around to other parents of tween girls who wear women size shoes and realized that we were all suffering in silence. We all wished that there was a one-stop shop that we could go to and purchase or to order age-appropriate shoes for our darling daughters. I then decided that I would create an online store that would become the favorite footwear store for tween girls and their parents. Hannah’s Shoebox is a cool place where girls between the ages of 8 and 13 enjoy shopping for shoes. We offer a selection of shoes that are in the styles they like in the sizes they need

Hannah’s Shoebox was born out of frustration just like most other creations and inventions. However, we have fallen in love with our online store that provides a fashion footwear solution for parents of girls in women’s shoes.