Too much ribbon is a good thing

Getting started in the bow business can be expensive if you try to buy all your ribbon up front.  I started with just a few 100 yr bolts of ribbons and slowly added to my collection.  I was a year or so into my ribbon building when I met a lady that had made bows for years. 

She was giving away...yes...giving away almost 100 bolts of ribbon.  To a hair bow maker that's like winning the jackpot!  I can home from her house with boxes and tubs full of ribbons.  Solids, stripes, polka dots, holiday prints even some hardware and centers for bows.  I was so blessed.  Organizing all that ribbon was a chore.  I'll post about that some other time:)

Here's my first (sad) attempt at organizing ribbon.

In my business, if I can't offer a full size run in a color, I don't offer it.  That means I need 4 different sizes of the same color ribbon.  A lot of the ribbons that I got from my fellow bow maker had been discontinued and I couldn't get the other sizes I needed.  I was left with bolts of ribbon that I couldn't offer to my wholesale clients. 

After 5 years I decided I needed to do something with them!  That's where the "Discontinued Color" category on my website came into play.  I have a few solid colors loaded on there right now with more to come. 

I marked them down so I can get rid of them quickly.  Go shopping in that section and think Christmas and birthday presents!  Any mommy would love to have these bows for here little girl.

Growing baby boy

Our little one is getting big!  10 weeks old today. 

He's still our little guy weighing in a 11.5 lbs and 22"long

Clearance Section Now Open

We cleaned out the bow bins and had some stragglers left behind!  The ribbons or style of the bows in this section have be discontinued.  Prices range for $2-$6.  The best part...it ships the same day!  Here's a peek at a few products in the sale.

Clearance Section

Quick Sale 50% Simple Stacked Bows

Quick Sale!

50% off

50% off our Simple Stacked Hair Bows. 

Starting now and ending midnight, August 12th

Choose 1 or 2 colors for your simple stacked bow. 

Regular $8.95, now $4.50!

My new favorite dish.

Chicken Artichoke Pasta

This is one of my new favorites.  I found the receipe through Pinterest and "loosely" followed the directions:)

Here goes my version of the recipe. I highly recommend trying this!

2 chicken breast, cubed

16 oz of pasta shells

16 oz bag of spinach, thawed

4 oz cream cheese

2 cans of artichokes, quarted

2 C of shredded cheese, divided

1/4 C of Parmesan cheese

3 Tbs butter

Garlic powder

Pepper

Cook pasta according to directions.  In a frying pan, melt butter and add the cubed chicken.  Sprinkle some garlic powder and pepper, however much you'd like:)  Combine chicken, pasta, spinach, cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, and 1 cup of shredded cheese.  Stir until melted, then transfer to a 13x9 dish and top with the remaining cheese.  Put in broiler for 4-5 minutes until cheese is brown, then eat up!

Seriously...one of my favorites.

Celebrating the rain {winner}

Congrats Chelly

You win the Flower Bowband

Contact me with your shipping info:)

The early days...

I was going through my HUGE file of pictures the other day and I ran across Miss Eden.  I had sent hair accessories to my friend Erin of The Vintage Pearl when sweet Eden was born.  She sent me the newborn picture and then a few months later she did some modeling for me.  Sweet baby girl...that's now 3yrs!

When I first started in the bow business I hooked up with Erin and her sister-in-law Jennifer.  Jennifer made the outfits, Erin did the jewelry and I was the bow lady:)  We teamed up several times and came up with some adorable sets that we sold on eBay.  Here's 2 that I found in my old files.

I enjoyed looking back:)  

Celebrating the rain {giveaway}

It rained.

Need I say more??

Let's celebrate with a giveaway!

This is a big one...the flower is 6 inches wide and is attached to a matching crocheted headband.

How to win-

For 1 entry: Leave a comment here on the blog or on Facebook 

For 2 entries: Send a friend over and tell me you did for an extra entry

Winner will be picked on Monday:)

I'm very interested in...

photography.

I've always enjoyed taking pictures.  Even when I was little I loved taking pictures with my camera, you know, the kind that takes the 110 film cartridge and that fit easily in my My Little Pony purse!  I went through so many of those little cameras!

I'd like to think that my photo skills have improved a little over the years, but WOW do I still have a lot to learn. After being somewhat disappointed in the newborn pictures that we recently had taken, I decided I would take some of my own with my little point and shoot camera.  I was more satisfied with my pictures than with the "professional" ones, though my still needs improvement.

I came across a photography series on brown paper packages, one of my favorite blogs, and it's been very informative and fun to read:)  Here's a link to the first post in the series.

Here's 2 pictures from my photo session attempt.  I love his little scrunchie head in the first one:)  I just grabbed a white sheet and threw it on my bed, then covered his boppy with a white blanket and that was oh-so-impressive back drop.

On my wish list is this camera, a Canon Rebel XTi and a few classes to go along with it!  I'm still researching, but I've heard great things about this one.

Anybody have any thoughts on this camera?  Would you suggest another one?  I'd love to hear from you:)

Back to Work for Me

My 8 weeks of maternity leave flew by. It was back to work today.  I am a spa coordinator for an upscale spa & salon and if there was ever a job that suited me, this one is it!  I've been there for 3 years now and still love it.  I only work 3 days a week so I can't complain about that!

Matt kept the baby today while I was at work.  He has a few weeks left at his current management job then he'll be a full time work from home daddy!  That makes going back to work for me so much easier!  Looks like they had fun today:)

What I enjoyed the most about maternity leave, aside from my precious baby, was spending so much time with hubby.  We have such crazy schedules I forgot what it was like to cook breakfast for him!   And while both my guys were still sleeping, I loved the quiet mornings with just me, my coffee and my Bible app on the iPad.  I do have to say though, having to fix my hair everyday now stinks!  I wore a hat or had a pony tail nearly everyday I was off!

My sweet baby is 2 months old today.