Under $10 gift guide!

WooHOOO!!! Rare Bird finds has put together a FUN gift guide - 100 items under $10.00!!! How fun is that!?!? I definately spotted a few fun items and at that price, how can you go wrong!

Sweet, sweet customer

I love to receive pictures from my dear customer of their kids or themselves wearing something they have purchased from me. It's so fun to see the pictures and hear the wonderful compliments they receive when wearing my outfits. I received a couple of sweet photos today and wanted to share them with you! Thank you Sweet Bella! Enjoy your Minnie Halter!

Stocked up!

I spent some time this weekend stocking up my shop on Blossom Street in the Villa Fresca Neightborhood. I will continue to add a few items over the next couple of weeks as well! You only have a few days left to enter for your chance to win the OPEN House Prizes our neighborhood is giving away! Search our shoppes for the OPEN HOUSE PRIZE listings, collect them all and email them to the address listed. It's easy and fun!

I also have my MINNIE Mosaic Castle outfit ending Tuesday morning as well as 2 Minnie Halters still avaiable! the 5T halter started at .99 NO RESERVE!!! It's at a great bargain of a price still!!!

Time keeps on ticking...........

Into the future. hehehe. Ok that song is stuck in my head this morning. I usually don't dread when we change times but this year I am. It's sooo much earlier in the year than it usually is and I am on a serious lack of sleep with week so the thought of losing another hour before my head hits that pillow (rolling eyes).....................*sigh*. Well it's coming today whether I like it or not. SO - here's your reminder to set your clocks ahead 1 hour (waaaaaaah!) when you go to bed tonight.

Villa Fresca invites you......

The Villa Fresca Neighborhood on Blossom Street would like to invite you to our OPEN HOUSE. Our Neighborhood has expanded and we have welcomed several new shoppes to the neighborhood. To celebrate we are giving away 7 "open house" prizes. Just browse the shoppes and look for the titles - "OPEN HOUSE PRIZE". Collect all 7 prizes and email them to the address in the listing for a chance to win! Thank you for all the shoppes of Villa Fresca.

Wild at Heart

Oooooo! anyone check out the Fall/Winter 2007 Catalog from Baby Gassy Gooma? I am sooo looking forward for Spring to mearly hit but it's almost more fun to see this year's Fall and Winter from them and get excited for Back to School styles and sales to begin. ;) A couple of favorite lines I noticed right off the bat are the Wild at Heart line and the Jade Dynasty. I'm a sucker for black, white and green! I've always loved thier styles. They are trendy, sophisitcated and posh yet funtional and you don't have to be afraid for your little girl to wear them everyday. Love the colors and fabrics for the Diamonds are Faux-ever line too! CUTE name!

Think SPRING and WIN!

It's finally time to reveal the THINK Spring event! Youcanmakethis has teamed up with 4 fabric websites to showcase some great Spring fabric lines. The authors from youcanmakethis.com were given 1 month to pick from the fabric selected and create something for Spring that they had written an ebook on. BUT YOU can WIN with this THINK spring Challenge! Now it's YOUR turn to choose fabrics and create something for your child, your home, an accessory, etc and win some fabulous prizes! More details here. I created my THINK SPRING outfit from the fabric selection at fashionablefabrics.com

Random Acts of Kindness

Here's a feel good post for today. My friends Sarah recently "tagged" me to post a Random Acts of Kindness thread - a chance to show gratitude. I happened to have heard a song on the radio today and seemed to really sum up what I was feeling. I wish I could play it for everyone to hear. It's a beautiful very moving song by Sarah Mclachlan.

Ordinary Miracles

It's not that usual when everything is beautiful

It's just another ordinary miracle today

The sky knows when its time to snow

You don't need to teach a seed to grow

It's just another ordinary miracle today

Life is like a gift they say

Wrapped up for you everyday

Open up and find a way

To give some of your own

Isn't it remarkable'

Like every time a raindrop falls

It's just another ordinary miracle today

Birds in winter have their fling

And always make it home by spring

It's just another ordinary miracle today

When you wake up everyday

Please don't throw your dreams away

Hold them close to your heart

Cause we are all a part

Of the ordinary miracle

Ordinary miracle

Do you want to see a miracle'

Its seems so exceptional

Things just work out after all

It's just another ordinary miracle today

The sun comes up and shines so bright

It disappears again at night

It's just another ordinary miracle today

It's just another ordinary miracle today

It's great to reflect on your blessings and all that each of us truly has. All the material things we have been blessed with, friends, family, happiness, sadness, trials that have made us grow and become stronger, the beauty of nature all around us. The new buds in spring, a cleansing rain, the soft falling snow, the sunrise and sunset each day. I could go on and on. Thank you sarah for giving me the gift of reflection this day. I'd like to share a few photos like will hopefully speak to you in their own way and give you some peace inside as you take a moment to contemplate the random acts of kindness you have recieved today. You may have just been someone else's ordinary miracle and you didn't even know it.

Minnie's Castle!

As promised - here is what was behind the Sneak Peek post from the other day - MINNIE'S CASTLE! A new twist on a favorite design from last year for your Magical Vacations this year. I had several requests for my other Minnie outfit this year and wanted to give customers another option. I'm also excited to reveal a new style of my Shaggy Mosaic Jeans. Still the same showstopping look just done in a more "round about" way with lots of fun shapes, colors and patterns.

I have also listed 3 ready to go Minnie Theme Halter tops. Each one is different but all are fun, comfortable and stylish! Take a peek here!

Camo and Lotus ending

I have 2 auctions ending today! My Camo Couture and my Women's Lotus Mosaic Jeans.

Fancy Pants and Indie*galore!

I recently discovered a fun new Indie blog named - Indie Galore! - "bringing you crafty goodies from indie shops, one post at a time." Loved the blog and all the fun finds, so I placed an ad on her site. Well, to my surprise I see a post labeled - Fancy pants, these are - and some very familiar pictures of jeans. IT'S ME! LOL!!! She did a great write up about my Shaggy Mosaic Jeans for women. Just had to smile at her comments about Boise state university and thier BLUE field! :) Thanks for the feature!

What's Red and Black and CUTE all over?

Here's a sneaky peek at something I will have available on Tuesday! Can you guess? ;) hehehe. It's a remix and NEW design combined to create something I hope you will all love! Be sure to stop back to find out and see the "whole" picture.

Preserve Spring

For most of the Country I don't think Spring has arrived yet - it certainly hasn't here. But I am anxious for it arrive and for the warm temps to start heating up! I was searching around for some spring touches to add to my decor when I stumbled upon this ebay seller - gardenordie. They sell the most beautiful dried flowers. What a beautiful way to bring spring to your home RIGHT now and preserve for however long you want. I loved these Peonies in pinks and creams and it comes in the pail as well. I also loved the hydrangea heads - over 20 - that you can place in a basket or use for craft project.




If you are a fan of roses and the shabby chic decor this gorgeous urn with pink roses would be great addition for your home!



and if it's simple beauty you crave try this wreath on for size. Love the gentle color and fullness.




I am currently updating my house to bring Spring in and freshen things up! Still hunting for a few more perfect touches! ;) I'll keep you posted and share a few pictures when I get it all together.

Exclusive interview with Alexa Ray Joel!!!

I've been soo excited for this interview! It's finally up! you can hear Daria's hour interview with Alexa right now on Boutique CAFE! She dishes on her music, future plans and growing up in a celebrity family and MORE!

She is also giving away some of her new CD's - sketches - to a couple of lucky winners! Just post a comment in the show notes after you listen to the show! have fun!

P-A-R-T.......Y? Because I gotta!

It's HERE!!! 5 minutes for MOM blog party!!! join in the fun! just click HERE for more details and come on in! you wouldn't want to miss out on all the fabulous prizes would YOU???

Here's a bit about me for all you party bloggers stopping by! I am stay at home Mom with 2 kids and Idesign and sew clothing as my outlet from the "mommying" world. ;) I love it so much to hard to turn my head off from all the ideas swimming around and popping up at any given hour of the day. I am celebrating a birthday and wedding anniversay this month - *sigh* - where does time go?

I've never been much of a party go'er but some of my favorites have been card nights with the girls and hosting girls night out parties with all my friends! Now - let's all dish up a plate of our favorite party foods, turn up the music and have a great time!

Search for it, find it, POST it!

It's a new month so that means NEW ACCESSORY finds! I search for, find and post great, fun, unique, breathtaking and original accessories from ebay and esty for boutiquecafe.com . You can always view my latest find with the link on the right labeled - My MARCH Accessory finds! (huh, imagine that! LOL) This month was kicked off with these vintage inspired hair flowers by modkidboutique - Enjoy.

That's Clever!

I was re-visiting my latest newsletter from HGTV when I stumbled upon this. I thought I would share it with all of you crafty/designer types! why not right? ;)

Calling all undiscovered crafters!
HGTV TALENT SEARCH!

HGTV is looking for fun and charismatic independent crafters to profile on our brand new show, That's Clever!(formerly Crafters Coast to Coast). If you have a special talent for creating cool and unique items that have your friends and family raving, then you just might be the perfect candidate for our show.

To be considered for this exciting and hip new show, e-mail a recent picture of yourself (smile!) along with images of your craft. Pictures must be sent via e-mail as electronic attachments. Include your contact information, location and a short bio.

E-mail: thatsclever@wellergrossman.com

Please do not send multiple or follow-up e-mails. Due to a high volume of submissions, only selected individuals will be contacted.
Thank you and good luck!

Hey! that's me!!

BIG shout out to Daria at Boutiquecafe.com for featuring my new women's jeans in her FAB Fashion finds on Tuesday! thanks girlie!!! Check out the others she "found" as well!