Once upon a time…
If O-liste were a story, it would begin as a love story: a father’s love for the little girl growing in his beloved’s belly.
There would be a large family and many friends, scattered across Belgium and around the world, all eager to meet and spoil the new baby: “What can we give you?”, “Keep us posted!”, “Send us photos of your little girl!” and “Tell us about her adventures!”
And the mother-to-be would smile and say: “For me, the best gifts will be the helping hands that let us welcome our baby with peace of mind.”
O-liste would also be a story of adventure: an expectant father exploring the web, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Ajax and more to build a website that answered the wishes of his partner, friends and family. He thought, discovered, experimented and even found a new passion, overcoming the disappointment of not finding a baby gift list or website that suited him.
That is how O-liste was born, alongside Marilou, our budding webmaster’s first child. The list was meant to be original, as you can discover elsewhere on this website. It also came with a photo album, a journal, a guestbook and even directions to the maternity ward.
His partner, family and friends loved it, and asked for more! First to celebrate Marilou’s arrival, then for other births, and even weddings.
So O-liste would also be a story of friendship and sharing, and above all a challenge: the challenge this young father set himself when he decided to share his concept with a wider audience.
In the end, it would be more than a story. It would be an innovative, original and ambitious project, allowing everyone to share life’s big moments with the people who care about them, in just a few clicks.