Thursday, August 25, 2011

Whimsy Couture and Sew Busy Mama

I receive email mailings from Whimsy Couture. If you haven't visited, it's a great place for crafters with patterns offered, links to products and so much more! In this mornings mailing, I spotted a giveaway by Sew Busy Mama. By entering the give away as directed on Whimsy Couture, you have a chance to win 3 yards of ruffle fabric from Sew Busy Mama! Yes that's 3 yards!! I haven't had the chance to sew with ruffle fabric "yet".

What's more is, if you haven't visited Sew Busy Mama, you will find patterns and some childhood entertainment as she posts about her kid's adventures with life. Fun stuff!

Visit Whimsy Couture HERE

Visit Sew Busy Mama HERE

Happy reading!

Monday, July 11, 2011

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Friday, July 8, 2011

Summer Vacation

It's been a busy summer this year!  We've had swim class and are in the midst of vacation!  I have been working though and would like to share recent designs.  Both designs shown below were worn for vacation fun by my daughter!  

3 piece applique Pirate set (clippie not included)


2 piece knit portion of the 3 piece pirate set.


Hoodie Dress for Sea World! 


I also made this 2 piece Hogw@rts Wizard set!






More new designs on the way soon!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

MCP Actions

MCP actions is holding a contest.  Photographers can win an Ipad2!  MCP actions offers wonderful actions for photo editing turning good pictures into amazing pictures!  I recommend you  check them out HERE


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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Stanley Jo

This month is my daughter's birthday.  She will be 8!!  She will always be my baby of course but with age comes height.  While my daughter is small - wearing just size 6 right now, one of these days soon, she will need to stop modeling for me. :(  I've been making smaller items lately and have been photographing them on my mannequin, Stanley Jo.  There are benefits to this of course.  Stanley Jo doesn't get tired and is available at any time of the day (say during school hours).  Perhaps one day I will find a little model to model my items.  For now, I enjoy my little-getting-bigger girl and my mannequin - Stanley Jo. 

Monday, May 2, 2011

I missed it!

I've been contacted about listings that ended.  Often I will put an ebay listing into my Etsy shop once the Ebay listing has ended.  If you wanted to bid on an Ebay auction and missed it , you can always contact me or check my Etsy shop.  Most times I move items over to Etsy. 

However, if the Ebay listing sold and was a OOAK, it still won't be recreated and put in my Etsy shop.  OOAK's remain OOAK's.  OOAK?  One Of A Kind - an item created with the intention of it being the only one.  Sometimes this is due to the amount of fabric I have available or can acquire to make a specific item. "Sometimes" I can recreate something similar using different fabric, different design, different applique.  It's always best to ask.  :) 

Other things to note:

I often do not recreate an item more than 2 times.  This is for the same reason of fabric availability and so each item is unique.  We love boutique custom because we know there won't be a ton of them out there.  We LIKE to be unique - it's more fun.  There are exceptions to this.  If I have the fabric or can acquire more and you have 3 children you'd like to have wearing the same thing, it's always best to ask.  I do take custom orders.  Please remember that if fabric needs to be ordered, it will add to the creation time for your item.

Creation time is set at 2-3 weeks.  This is the time I need to create your item BEFORE it ships.  I draft patterns in your desired size, draw my own applique designs by hand, prepare and cut everything out myself.  I have a family of my own with 2 active kids.  When your item ships you will receive a shipping notice via Paypal.  Orders are traditionally created in order paid and when I receive measurements.  If you paid for your order but did not send me the required measurements, your order will wait until I have them.  For my own daughter, I renew her measurements minimum of every 3 months.  It's handy to keep these measurements up-to-date so you have them ready when you need them.  Of course if you notice your child has gone through a growth spurt before it's time to update, go ahead and take new ones and send them along with your next order.  I love to see measurements with EVERY order, even if the buyer ordered from me 2 weeks prior.  Little ones grow so fast!

If you have any other questions or concerns about your order or my policies, please contact me.  You can contact me through my Facebook Page.

Thank you so much to my wonderful customers! 

Ann

Friday, April 29, 2011

More New Upcycles!

I've been busy this week with Upcycles!  I have 5 NEW Lala upcycle dresses listed!  All 5 are unique and fun!  Click HERE to visit the listings!   I have placed ONE teaser pic below!