The brand
Since 2016
It was after the birth of her first daughter that Astrid, the founder of the brand, felt the urge to shake up the market for personalized birth gifts, with a simple idea: to offer high-quality products that combine style and timeless colors.
It may seem obvious now, but looking back, the world of birth gifts at that time oscillated between the ultra-classic and the wildly colorful.
It was right between these two extremes that the brand's first iconic products found their place in 2016 — and they're still going strong today, nearly 10 years later! Mission accomplished!
The place to gift
From the very beginning, one essential thing drives us: the desire to make people happy! When you come to Petit Picotin, it's to find THE gift that will truly touch the heart of the person who receives it #boum boum. That's the mission behind everything we create!
Today, the brand offers more than 90 different products, to accompany families through all of life's moments. To celebrate births of course, but also to mark Christmas, birthdays, holidays, first days at nursery, the back-to-school season… There's a Petit Picotin product for every moment, big or small!
Some write it
on walls…
… We prefer to do it on products that last!
We're talking about personalization of course! It's kind of our trademark, what sets us apart. We've offered it from the very beginning on all our products, to say "I love you, welcome, thank you."
With a first name, a sweet word, a mantra — best mum, bisous, dolce vita — it adds that little extra soul that makes every order truly unique and full of emotion.
For the best
and the long-lasting
From the very beginning, we design products that are sturdy, well thought-out and (truly) made to last. And this isn't just marketing!
This discipline runs through all our choices, from the selection of raw materials right down to the little recycled cotton label — because yes, sustainability is (also) in the details!
Our linen is 100% French (#proud!), our cotton is organic, GOTS certified, woven and dyed in France. Not everything is perfect yet and we still have progress to make, but we always keep our sights set on offering the best for our children and for the planet. That's what keeps us going!
We work
short supply chain
(and not the other way around)
Our products are made in Portugal, at our long-standing partner's workshop, with whom we share the same values and a passion for quality craftsmanship (and that's precious for guaranteeing a very high level of quality).
Between the production workshop and you, there is only one intermediary: us! Each item is meticulously personalized in our workshop in Nantes, with high-level expertise and precision: every personalization is unique, and when you multiply the number of products by the number of first names… that's a whole lot of combinations to master to perfection!
Certified
"real life"
Our first source of inspiration is you!
All our creations come from observing the fast-paced daily lives of children and their parents. That's what allows us to imagine (truly) useful products, designed for real life.
And for quality testing, you can count on Prune, Philippine, Colombe and Gaston, Astrid's children, who put every new product through its paces to validate its durability, ease of use, and practicality… Almost as effective as lab tests, with the honesty of children thrown in! (Don't worry, we still double-check with certified professionals!)
No sales here!
With us, you won't find any sales or promotions.
We prefer to offer you fair prices all year round, rather than inflating them at certain times only to discount them the rest of the year.
And it also fits with our overall approach: timeless products, free from the relentless cycle of trends and collections. Add to that a production in carefully considered quantities, and you get a well-managed stock, with no dormant products to desperately offload…
In short, we've made the choice of fair pricing — and that holds true whatever the season!