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Senin, 07 Mei 2012

May Sponsor Spotlight

Thank you to all this month's sponsors. These sponsors help keep the crafts-a-comin' and the link party happenin'. Please take some time to get to know more about them and their shop.

Welcome back Crazed Momma Creations

& Maddie B's Boutique!

CrazedMomma's real name is Naquai (nuh kwi with a long i). She is originally from Texas but went to college in Utah, married a local boy and has been in Utah ever since. She has four daughters ages 17, 15, 9, and 4.

In her shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/CrazedMommaCreations Naquai sells bottle cap magnets, bobby pin sets, party favor bottle cap necklaces and specialized tags. She has always liked crafts. Her daughters made her some magnets and this inspired her to start her Etsy store. Her daughters (and the digital art creators of Etsy) inspire her to try new things and she has fun testing her new products with help from her girls. She hopes to add new items to her shop in the future.

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Hello! My name is Tiffany and I am the owner/creator at Maddie B's Boutique. It all started on December 6, 2008 when my beautiful daughter, Madeline, was born.

I have always loved shopping and now I had a sweet little girl to buy for! I started buying and buying and buying until one day I thought " Hey maybe I could make these?"

Well the rest is history! I opened shop in March 2010 and have been going strong since. I really put a lot of effort into doing local art/craft fairs but this year my goal is to really put all my effort into my Etsy shop. Over the last couple years I have found that I truly am crafty and love what I am doing. I get to stay home with my 2 kiddos and as an added bonus help out financially, too. I hope this is just the beginning of a successful business!

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Lets welcome these new sponsors to

Tutus & Tea Parties!

My name is Valery and I am a mom to 7 amazing children. They are my driving force to keep going at my business and make it work. Originally when I decided to work from home it was until my baby turned 5 and was going to kindergarten. The time is come and she will be going this coming Fall but I want more now then every to build my business and work at it full time.

I have been crocheting for over 20 years. I love different yarns and to put different colors together. I put time and effort into each piece and I make sure that it is just right before I ship it off. My customers mean everything to me and I will do what it takes to make sure they have the best online shopping experience they can. This is my dream to do this full time and I can see it happening with every stitch. The more I work from home means the more I get to be mom :).

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My name is Christy, my fiance Ryan and I are getting married this October. My shop would not still be here if not for him. Not only does he quality check each item I make as well, he answers questions while I'm running errands, purchases supplies, runs to the post office, gets my supplies ready when I'm short on time or very busy, but watches our 3 children, reminds me to eat while offering a steaming plate of food, and is basically my rock. We have 3 children. Our eldest is 7, 5, and our youngest is 3.

When I'm not on working on my shop I'm usually working as a reservationist for a hotel part time, usually nights and evenings. If not there then I'm caring and playing with my children or caring for my grandmother, swimming, baking, experimenting in the kitchen, tidying up the house and after our dog and 3 cats, or traveling with Ryan. Our favorite places to visit are www.bullmanbeach.com and www.bluefinbay.com

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I'm Meg-the girl behind the posies. My days are filled with fun from my two children, running and photography.

Posies and Petals began shortly after my daughter was born as I searched for accessories for her little bald head:) I had a hard time finding just what I wanted in local shops. After a few failed attempts and encouragement from great friends and a supportive husband, Posies and Petals was born! I truly enjoy working with clients to create something special that fits their needs. I really do have the best clients. They continue to encourage me creatively!

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Mom's Daily Zen features the best in handmade products, deals, and giveaways for moms, babies, and kids! We feature top products on the front page, host giveaways just for moms, scour the internet for handmade sales, and feature spotlight articles about crafts, tutorials, mommy tips, and more! Mom's Daily Zen is redefining what mommy blogging can be and supporting the handmade movement at the same time. Recently, we've begun doing product reviews and creating an a-list of our favorite shops. We invite all moms to hop on over and enjoy!

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Jumat, 06 April 2012

April Sponsor Spotlights

April Sponsor Spotlights

We have some wonderful sponsors this month! Let's give them a nice warm welcome to Tutus & Tea Parties!

I'd love for you to take a moment to get to know them and give them a visit.

{just click on their banner or button to be taken to their site}

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Hi! This is Jackie from the Willow Tree Empire, which includes my solid perfume shop, Willow Tree Apothecary, and my other shop, Willow Tree Menagerie, which has just a little bit of everything. By day, I'm also a grad student studying archaeology. I love both school and my Etsy shop so much that I couldn't imagine giving up either one.

I discovered the wonders and joys of perfume making last year, and have been researching and mixing and developing since then. The Apothecary just opened in March of this year. I try to think about all of the kinds of scents I'd want from a perfume shop. Something light and floral for every day, something more dramatic and glamorous for the evening or a special occasion, different fragrances with different notes for different seasons (a wintry fragrance would just be out of place in the springtime). Another must-have? A fragrance I love for my husband. I'll be releasing some more masculine scents in the next couple of weeks, and I'm very excited about them. Aside from making perfume, I love to read, crochet, and decoupage. I tend to fall in love with a craft and learn everything I can about it.

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Just a note about my Facebook page...I'll be offering a free refill of perfume lockets purchased in my shop from time to time just for my Facebook fans. They can just mail their lockets to me, and I'll fill it up with the fragrance of their choice, even if it's different from their original scent. The rest of the time, it's $5.

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LivNLayla Creations was inspired by my 7 year old daughter and her love for wearing a fashion statement - in her hair! My other inspiration came from my best friend's 2 year old daughter who is battling brain/kidney cancer. Who needs hair when you can rock a fabulous headband?! It brings me so much joy to make headbands and hair bows for little girls knowing how happy they will be to wear them.

About me - I am a mother of a sassy daughter and a Marines Corp wife. I love making special gifts for family, friends, and shoppers through Etsy! I live in Oregon and California and enjoy photography and fitness on the side when I am not crafting away!

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My name is Niki and I am a happily married mother of two little ones in the Midwest. My shop is named for them! Ever since my son was born, I have enjoyed making things for him - blankets, pillows, scarves, hats. Later, when my daughter was born, I of course had to make things for her as well! Even though I have a day job in communications and marketing, my "free time" is spent doing my hobby and my passion: making items for people I know and the visitors to my Etsy shop. There is just something about seeing people wearing or using something that you made with your own two hands. I love making things for people and I hope they treasure those items as much as I treasured making them.

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I am a supportive Marine wife and lucky to be a stay home Mommy. :) I have my BA in Sociology. I have decided to open up my own little craft shop (Mother and Daughter Creations) on Etsy to share my creations ( a fun job, what more could you ask for).

Each item (all hair accessories and holders) in my shop are carefully handcrafted by myself. My hair accessories are made with inspiration from my mini me. If she likes them, I know your little one will also!! I am very passionate in what I make! My items are very girly as I love the color pink, but if you would like a different color, just let me know and I will be happy to make something unique for you and your little one!

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Sabtu, 03 Maret 2012

March Sponsor Spotlights

March Sponsor Spotlights

We have some wonderful sponsors this month! I'd love for you to take a moment and get to know them and give them a visit.

{just click on their banner or button to be taken to their site}

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Hello! My name is Tiffany and I am the owner/creator at Maddie B's Boutique. It all started on December 6, 2008 when my beautiful daughter, Madeline, was born.

I have always loved shopping and now I had a sweet little girl to buy for! I started buying and buying and buying until one day I thought " Hey maybe I could make these?"

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Since I can remember I have always been an artist, constantly creating. That love of art and design lead me to receive a Bachelors Degree in Visual Communications as well as over 12 years of experience in the design world. I couldn’t imagine doing anything else!

4 of my 12 years working in graphic design was for a very well known scrapbook company. I love designing patterns and fun elements and hopefully you will see that in my work.

Why name my shop Bee’s Knees? Well….The phrase “the bee’s knees” means someone or something very special and superior; the very best around. A witty reduplication, originally American, dating from the 1920s. So I might ask, WHY NOT BEE’S KNEES! I pride myself in offering high quality and professionally designed products. I hope to offer my customers the best design experience possible.

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Sabtu, 04 Februari 2012

Sponsor Spotlight

Sponsor Saturday

This month I would like to welcome Mary from Frayed Fuzzies to Tutus & Tea Parties Sponsor Spot. I'd love for you to take a moment and visit her shop. There are lots of adorable rag quilts, security blankets and other lovelies. Mary is super talented, have a look and be sure to read more about her!

I am a 3rd (or possibly 4th) generation quilter born and raised in St. Louis, MO (go Cardinals!), and relocated to Cincinnati, OH. I learned how to sew at a young age, originally learning on my mother’s workhorse manual Singer, and later occasionally using my great-grandmother’s Singer treadle machine when my mother permitted it. I have also always had a passion for the performing arts, which is what led me to my “day job” as a theatrical technician. In college, I majored in technical theatre and emphasized in stage management and costume design. Like riding a bike, all the sewing skills my mom taught me way back when came flooding back in college and I expanded on them in the costume shop. I have spent a large amount of my professional career on tours with theatrical productions, travelling across the US and parts of Canada. I have worked in many amazing theatres with many amazing artists across the country. I started Frayed Fuzzies in 2010 as a way to pass the time between theatrical gigs. I’m the kind of person that will go bonkers if I’m not doing something! Since then, Frayed Fuzzies has grown tremendously, and I have loved every minute of it! I bring a mixture of my personal background and professional training as a theatrical designer to my work here. My items are all made in a traditional style of quilting called “rag quilt”. The story goes that when an article of clothing could no longer be mended, or made into another piece of clothing, fugal Pioneer women would turn them into quilts: literally making quilts out of rags!

Frayed Fuzzies is on Facebook!

Here are some of my personal faves from her shop:

Custom Keepsake Memory T-shirt Rag Quilt: 20 shirts Twin Sized

Rag Quilted Fabric Alphabet Set with Tote

Mother Goose Rag Quilt Baby Blanket

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Selasa, 27 Desember 2011

{Sponsor Spotlight} Cynthia of AlpacaKids

I'd like to welcome back for the third month Cynthia of AlpacaKids for this week's sponsor spotlight. Her shop is full of adorable crochet & knit baby items made only from natural alpaca fiber that has not been dyed. You will fall in love with all the beautiful hats & sweaters Cynthia has created! Visit her shop and have a look around. You will be happy you did!

About Cynthia & AlpacaKids:

About this time last year I found out that I was going to become a grandmother when my two oldest daughters announced (yes, at the same time!) that they were pregnant. I have always loved to knit, sew, and crochet, and I went into grandma overdrive making things for the babies. In the past my daughters had urged me to open an Etsy shop but I had never discovered that unique niche that I felt it would take to be successful at it. Then my brother, who has a small alpaca farm in the mountains of North Carolina, sent me some yarn that had been made from the fleece of his alpacas to make something special for the babies. I instantly fell in love with the amazing qualities of the natural undyed alpaca fiber. It is softer, stronger, and warmer than wool, and hypoallergenic, so it doesn't irritate babies' skin the way other fibers do, and it comes in a wonderful variety of natural colors. After making sweaters for the new babies I realized that I had found that niche that I had been looking for, and alpaca kids was born. So now I make baby items using mostly natural undyed alpaca fiber. My grandbabies are 4 and 5 months old and are a constant source of inspiration. They also make great models for my hats and sweaters!

Here is just a little of the beautiful creations you will find at AlpacaKids:

Alpaca Hat for Toddler with Sunflower Appliques

Elf Hat in Natural Gray Alpaca

Alpaca Baby Hat with Flower

Undyed Alpaca Baby Sweater

She also has a blog which you can follow here.

Sabtu, 05 November 2011

{Sponsor Spotlight} Melissa of BellaExpressions

What a perfect time to introduce you all to Melissa and share her lovely shop with you! Melissa makes printables for birthdays, weddings, baptisms, parties and more! With the holidays fast approaching I encourage you to get a head start and have a look around Bella Expressions. My favorite holiday greeting is her Holly Jolly Card.

Isn't it wonderful?!

Learn some more about Melissa:

Hi!

I’m Melissa of Bella Expressions. I’m a busy working mom and “Etsypreneur”.

I design invitations, announcements and greetings for all your special events. I’ve always been an artsy person and so it was a natural thing for me to start designing cards for other people.

I’ve had the opportunity to live in Italy for several years with my husband and 2 daughters and this is how my business started. I began creating birth announcements for friends having babies and helping my photographer friend (in Canada) with greeting card orders when she suggested I start doing it as a business and Bella Expressions was born.

I’m still learning the ropes to running a business and promoting it. I’ve started with facebook and twitter and I’m trying to keep my blog updated as much as possible. My new love is Pinterest. I could spend hours on that thing!

Blog: http://www.bella-expressions.blogspot.com/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/BellaExpressions

Twitter: www.twitter.com/lissylee77

I try to find other creative outlets as well. I love making things for my girls. I’m currently crocheting a few adorable hats and when I have time I try to do some sewing as well. I love peruzzing Etsy for ideas.

I’m mostly inspired by a new kit I find or scrapbooking trends. I do have a lot of customers who ask specifically for something and I try my best to come up with great designs.

I’m a busy working mom so my shop time is when my kidlets (ages 2 ½ and 4) are in bed.Somedays it’s a lot of juggling but I do try to keep Sundays for my family and some down time.

Here is some of what you will find over at Bella Expressions: