Featured Artist Friday-Lolly Jane Boutique

I found this great artist/crafter during Tip Junkie's wonderful "Blogtique"! Kelly of Lolly Jane Boutique has SO many creative products! Her products range from scrappy picture frames, to cute jars and even fun blocks! Most of the items feature trendy and fun vinyl lettering! I was delighted to see that many of these products feature fun and whimsical ribbons and bows! Stop by Kelli's store to see her wonderful selection of handmade gift items!

Be sure to check out the slideshow on the bottom of her blog to see my favorite item, the Family Birthday Boards! Wonderful idea!!!

Miss Priss Style

I am excited to add a new retailer to the list! Miss Priss Style, a darling online boutique, now features several of Blessings and Bows' clipboards! Check out the entire site for great monogrammed, hand painted and other great gifts!!

Direct link to our products:
http://www.missprissstyle.com/category/Handpainted_Gifts/c110

Featured Artist Friday-Joy's Hope

Looking for a creative way to celebrate something special? Celebrate the little things in life. Lost a tooth? Promotion? Helped around the house? Kicked your first goal? Saved money on your car insurance? Everyday is cause for some sort of celebration, according to Joy's Hope! This Hooray sign doubles as a chalkboard so you can customize it to honor daily victories. I think it would be an excellent teacher gift! What a great way to boost class morale, with the celebration of everyday accomplishments!

At Joy's Hope, you can find a variety of creative custom signs, chalkboards and more! These are whimsical, cheery and feature darling coordinating ribbon in vibrant colors! Check out her site and browse around for some great gift ideas!

Featured Artist Friday-Joy's Hope

Our featured artist for today is Joy's Hope! I will be sharing some of her wonderful products with you on MONDAY! Check back then to see her fabulous work!

Streamlining in June

I have decided to streamline things just a bit over at my Blessings and Bows store! Currently I am featuring my best selling product, Custom Clipboards! I will add new designs as I time allows. If you have seen some of my other products (frames, mirrors, bulletin boards, footstools, crosses, etc.) in the past, you are still welcome to order them. Just email me or convo me on Etsy!

Here are some of the latest custom designs I have worked on:

Chi Omega Sorrority:

Graduation Gift (made as a set--black, turquoise, white and baby blue)

Baby Shower Gift:

Teacher Gifts:

(bumblebee and ladybug lovers)



(school colors)

Featured Artist Friday-Tip Top Lollipop

When I came across these precious bows on Etsy, I knew I had to add the link to my favorites so I could use these for baby girl gifts! I must say that I've already been a happy customer of these great products!

Tip Top Lollipop bows are handmade from darling grosgrain ribbon and can be monogrammed, making this an extra special gift. These come at a GREAT price and have darling packaging! Tip Top Lollipop yields high quality bows that are shipped very quickly! She uses a HUGE variety of colors, sizes, and patterns, for newborns through little girls. Stop by her Etsy site to view all of her fabulous bows!!!

Featured Artist Friday-My Baby Boutique

Whether you're looking for the perfect baby shower decor or gift OR you're looking for something special for your own sweet baby, My Baby Boutique is the perfect one-stop shopping!

She has a variety of handmade goods that range from diaper cakes to ribbon socks! She has lots of fun designer fabrics and features whimsical ribbon on nearly all of her designs!

I especially love the ribbon socks with an array of darling ribbon to choose from! These would be excellent gifts for a baby shower or birthday! They are reasonably priced and adorable! Her monogrammed mesh bags are super cute, too! She uses fun ribbon to punch it up a notch!

Check out My Baby Boutique on Etsy or the online boutique.

Featured Artist Friday-Paris Chic Boutique

Upon my arrival to Paris Chic Boutique, via their cute Etsy site, I was instantly transported to Paris! Each of their handmade items has a little Parisian flare. I especially love their new Damask series coasters wrapped in a perfectly pink bow! What a great hostess gift! I first fell in love with The Paris Shabby Chic Eiffel Tower French Sign that is hand painted on ceramic tile with a beautiful bow. This tile sign would be super cute in a baby nursery, child's room or in any part of your home!

The owners of Paris Chic Boutique say....
We have always been fascinated with Paris (even though we haven't had the fortunate pleasure of visiting yet...we stress YET) and all things French. Whether it is the lavender and heather fields or a street filled with cafés. It is just so lively, so colorful and so rich...you just want to breathe it all in! Bright colors or shabby chic pastel styles...it's all so intriguing to us. And the Eiffel Tower...we just adore it (Je t'adore) and paint it over and over!

Stop by Paris Chic Boutique and explore their HUGE array of gift items for your friends, family and YOU! Be sure to stop by their blog for more information on Paris Chic Boutique, as well as featured artists!

Back with Bows!

It can be hard to find all-occasion cards that are unique and have lots of style and flair! These handmade cards from Studio M are exactly that and more! At reasonable prices, each handmade card is created with attention to detail. Whether it's for a birthday, anniversary, thank you or special occasion, Studio M has the card for you! I especially love the designs that feature hand-tied bows in coordinating colors. Check out the great designs at http://www.studiom07.etsy.com/

Hitting the Shelves!

Our clipboards and a few of our picture frames will be making their debut in a few weeks in the brand new, ssShiney Baubles boutique, in Blue Ridge, Georgia in the Blue Ridge Mountains! We are excited to continue to expand! This store will have lots of our fun custom clipboards with bright new colors and designs!

We have a few online stores that will soon be carrying Blessings and Bows products, too! They will be posted as they add our products to their website!

Creative Camera Straps

This one's for all of you avid professional photographers or complete amateurs, like myself. A "funky camera strap" from emfalconbridge's Etsy store will have you taking photos in style!! Each strap is covered in fun and funky ribbons! The store owner says, "now, I bring to you some of my favorite ribbons from Thailand as well as other exotic, funky and good ol fashioned fun designs to bring your camera to life and make it more 'YOU'!" Visit emfalconbridge's online store to view all of the fun and fab styles!

And the winner is.....

Using this, the results are now in! The winner is Audrey! Congratulations, Audrey! Email me at aubrey@blessingsandbows.com for info on ordering your FREE custom clipboard and pen set!

Thank you to everyone who participated! I hope to have additional giveaways in the future! For those of you who linked me, don't forget about your 20% discount, now through March 31st. Be sure to check out my Blessings and Bows blog weekly for contests, discounts, and featured artists/crafters who use ribbon in their designs!

Happy Easter!!!

Blessings and Bows ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY & GIVEAWAY!!

In honor of Blessings and Bows' ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, I am conducting a special and a giveaway for YOU!

Winner will receive a custom hand-painted clipboard of his/her choice AND a matching pen (one of our new products)! Samples of each are pictured above.

All entrants who add my website and blog to their blog links will receive 15% off their entire Blessings and Bows purchase now through March 31st!

Here's how it works:

1.Check out my BLESSINGS AND BOWS site.

2. Visit this blog and leave a comment telling me which products are your favorite! You can only enter once.

***Please only leave your product comments on my Blessings and Bows blog: blessingsandbows.blogspot.com

3. Blog about my Blessings and Bows giveaway, linking your friends to this blog.

4. After you link me up on your blog post, leave me another comment, telling me that you set up a blog post about the giveaway. That will enable you to be entered twice!!

DEADLINE TO ENTER is Saturday, March 22nd at 10am CST.

Winner will be announced by Saturday afternoon.

I would like to give a huge THANK YOU to all of my friends, family and people I've never met who have supported my Blessings and Bows business this past year! I can't believe it has been a year already!! This has been such a fun adventure! What started out as a plan to make custom gifts for friends' baby showers has turned into a fun business and creative outlet! Thank you to my sweet husband for working with me this past year to develop my logo, website, print media and just overall "branding". He has also been such a huge support daily! Every time I bring a freshly painted frame or clipboard or whatever into the office to show him, instead of just nodding and saying "uh, huh, that's great..." he always gives such positive and constructive feedback! He never acts tired of looking at my products or acts bored with the whole thing. He has just been wonderful! Thank you Josh for everything and for not getting frustrated when I stay up until 3am working on orders!

Thank you to everyone who has supported my business in any way! I look forward to year number 2!!! Be looking for a few new product lines coming your way soon!!!

Preppy Monogrammed Gifts

Our Strawberry Limeade Clipboard is now featured in a great online boutique, Preppy Monogrammed Gifts! They sell all things monogrammed! Check out their great selection and variety of gift items!

http://www.preppymonogrammedgifts.com/catalog.php?item=692&ret=index.php

We are excited to be expanding our Blessings and Bows products into other online boutiques!

Functional Style

This item is a great idea and a solution to those boring Bumbo, yet functional chairs!! These adorable Sweet Cheek seat covers are custom made with so many different fabrics and designs to fit your personal style! I love the use of ribbon to hold toys and more! This is a darling and functional product that would make a WONDERFUL baby gift!!! I love the high quality at such a reasonable price!

Sweet Cheeks seat covers offer the perfect solution to the non-breathable rubbery material that sticks to your baby’s delicate skin when you sit them in the Bumbo infant chair. This soft machine washable cotton seat cover is covered in diamonds of brown, pink, and soft pink. Other features include 2 loopy tags for attaching link toys, and an 8 X 5 parent friendly pocket...made to hold pacifiers, teethers, toys....etc.

Visit Boutique Sweet Cheeks' shop at http://www.boutiquesweetcheeks.etsy.com/

for your handmade one-of-a-kind Bumbo cover!!

Mention the Blessings and Bows Blog in a convo to Boutique Sweet Cheeks, before making a purchase, and you will receive a 20% discount!!

A Bag of Blossoms!

I love this adorable Cherry Blossom canvas bag from Doodle Design Shop! It features adorable pinks and greens and a perfectly simple little bird! A darling polka dot bow tops off this cute market tote! This bag would be perfect for your child to take to school, take to the library, use for church or even car trips! Your favorite teacher may want one, too! This even works as a diaper bag! Best of all, this bag can be personalized with a name for phrase, FREE! Check out all of her cute bags, aprons and personalized art on her website or etsy site! Be sure to check out her BIG sale!

Damask Delight!

I'm a sucker for anything damask! When I came across this darling handmade damask pouch by Simple Sweetcakes, I knew I had to share it!

Oh... a perfectly pretty pouch to pack your purse! This perky pouch is made from a sophisticated black and white damask print decorator weight fabric accented with a black and white stripe satin ribbon. This pouch can help you to get organized! Perfect for holding - lip gloss, make-up, coins, cell phone, moola, ID, credit cards, camera - the ESSENTIALS! Use this pouch to help you zip out the door! This pouch will help organize that grande bag you carry!! Features include durable black and white polka dot cotton lining and zipper closure with coordinating satin ribbon zipper pull and side ribbon detail.

This black damask Zippy Zipper Pouch can be found at Simple Sweetcake's online store is sure to be a hit with any friend, graduate, teenager or yourself!

A SWEET Idea!

What a sweet find! If you're like me, the task of baking a layered cake isn't always appealing, but you want the classic look of a stack of lucious layers so your guests have something sweet to sample. Fret no more! This Paper Cake from Daisys and Dots "can be made to fit any occasion! For a child's birthday party, baby shower, an open house, holiday party, bridal shower and the list could go on! You can put whatever kind of candy, snack or toy that you want inside each slice of cake!"

I love their "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Paper Cake featuring hot pink "slices" with black and white polka dot ribbon "icing detail" and black buttons! Your guests would love taking home a "slice" to savor later!

Check out Daisys and Dots online at http://www.daisysanddots.etsy.com/ to order one of her darling cakes or to customize your own!

Whimsical Handbags, Laptop Bags, Diaper Bags and More!!

Lugging your laptop around in an old satchel is a thing of the past! Mountain Gypsy Handbags add a bit of whimsy to the traditional laptop bag with handmade and custom designs! Her bags are made of high quality fabrics, great ribbon and are very sturdy. For the mom on the go, her laptop bags double as great diaper bags. View her Etsy store to view her great collection of over 60 handmade bags from tradtional to playful, she has a design to match everyone's style!

Simply Elegant Gift Giving!

We are pleased to feature our first designer, D. Sharp! When browsing through Etsy, I came across these fabulous damask and stripe black and cream letterpress belts with ribbon. What a great and creative addition to any gift! These are so simple and yet so elegant! Check out all of D. Sharp's letterpress belts with ribbon, featuring the latest color trends and patterns on her Etsy site. She also has other great letterpress items available. Be sure to also check out her blog: http://www.dsharp.typepad.com/