Thanksgiving

Wow - so I have not blogged in a while huh? Life gets in the way and when you are a one woman show something has got to give. Facebook is so much easier in my opinion and if you are not a Fan of our page, please join. I have been really good about keeping things up to date on Facebook :).

I am nearly finished sending out round 2 of Jingle Dresses and waiting on the 3rd round next week. After that I will be MIA for a while as I am having a long awaited surgery on my shoulder, and yep its my right and I am right handed. I will be in a sling for 6 weeks so I will hopefully learn to embrace the life of gifted ambidextrous people all over the world. You think I have typos now? Just wait!

There will also be a sale this Friday for the infamous Black Friday, details to come so stay tuned!

Let the fun begin

Orders have started to ship - a whole week earlier than planned and that is always a good thing ...to get pleasantly surprised! I will post once they are all out and a shipping notification is sent to the email address you have on your order. I am thankful for Italian take out this week and of course my loving husband Steve, he has been helping out alot.

Thanks goodness it is Wednesday, this week seems to be going so slow for me.

Thank you

A big thank you to all of you who shopped with us yesterday.After some research I am changing shipping to Canada. I had no idea the fees you can be charged alone just for receiving a delivery from UPS?? So all Canadian orders will be shipped Priority Mail now and rates have changed to reflect that.

Yesterday went pretty smooth and the site seems to slow down when we get a lot of traffic but we did not have any other issues.

Orders will begin shipping Oct 10th at the latest and if I can manage I will get them to you before that.

Happy Shopping

Just a quick note to let you know that the site is handling traffic pretty well and you may have issues adding items to your cart.

Carts are set to dump after a 60 minutes and if you see your size available and it gives you a "sorry try again later" message then it is most likely held in someone else's cart at that time and you will need to keep trying or try later.

I do not offer shipping refunds for multiple orders at this time. It is very time consuming for me to dedicate my time since I am a one woman show here, so thanks for understanding. Please just be patient with the site. There is plenty left and nothing is sold out yet.

I really do not have any way to make it easier on you and I would if I could, wish I was an internet whiz!

Thanks ladies

Sharing some Sparkle!

I had to change the release date due to some technicalities and we are releasing tomorrow - Tuesday is the day. Shopping cart will be turned back on sometime in the morning once I get my coffee going.

I have had such a tickle reading all of your sweet comments and emails and seems like we are growing! Which is always a good thing. With growing comes learning and after tomorrow I will have a better idea of what your favorite pieces are and we just might be able to do some backorders for those of you that miss out on what is available.

I am also going to ship to Canada using UPS not the postal service. I have had packages go missing this year and I need to be able to track them once they move into Canada so shipping will be slightly higher.
Isn't that photo just the sweetest? Amy does wonderful work and I am so lucky to get to work with her! Giver her a shout and visit her site here.

Hugs - Amy

Fell into Bento

Maybe you have heard about all the new rage lately? The bento lunch box craze has bitten me and my daughter could not be happier! I really love hot lunch and always wanted it as a kid. Instead, my mother, a single mom of 3, would make me bologna and ketchup sandwiches with that generic cheese popcorn and apples....yay. Now I know why I loathe ketchup in every form. Since Ms. M hates hot lunch and insists on packed I figure why not try?

Here is my first


Just google bento and a you can find all sorts of shapers, molds and cutters. Yes it does take time but I am a creative person anyhow and this gives me an outlet. The 5th graders try to trade with her at lunch and I am sure soon she will ask me to stop making "cute" lunches.

I have been posting sneak peeks of Winter/Holiday over on FB so if you are not a "fan" yet click on the box to the left so you can be the first to see the pics! Your orders will ship in approx 2 weeks after you place them next week.

I am going to sew up some American Doll outfits for Ms. M for her birthday gift at her party this weekend. We are going to do tie-dye shirts at the party - not sure yet if that was a good or bad idea - I will get back to you on that one.

Sunday.....

We are getting closer to the release of Sparkling Twilight and I am so excited to share! I have had a few emails on this little number and wanted to let you know these double ruffles are 100% cotton velveteen and not velour.

I also wanted to address some quality issues with dresses that have the extra ruffling. We have added elastic this time around to prevent the threads from unraveling and breaking when they are put on. This should prevent any unraveling and add some extra stretch to the pieces for our playful little ones.

We finally got to take a family vacation after all the family stuff that we had go on this year and we visited the "Happiest Place on Earth", yep Disneyland. We had a great time and now we need another vacation to recover.

I am going to share some more photos this week so stay tuned and have a happy Sunday!