AJ's Bow-tique

The Reason for My Slacking......

2011-11-29T15:57:00.002-07:00

I have spent the last 39 weeks baking this:

She is here and healthy!
My Etsy store is on vacation mode while we recover/snuggle.

I have recently closed my bigcartel shoppe. I received more orders through etsy and decided to only keep one shoppe.

I am hoping to be back to my usual crafting/posting self soon!

A Boy's Story

2011-02-02T13:55:00.006-07:00

I have the privilege to work at The Gathering Place, located just a few short minutes from my home.
I have learned MOUNTAINS of information dealing with sewing.

I only work a few times a month, but being surrounded by all the other wonderfully talented women that work there has been awesome.

Another perk, that comes with the job is doing store quilts to display at the shoppe.
I came across "A Boy's Story" pattern book a while ago and just had to have the shoppe owner carry it in the shoppe

With being the one to find the cute pattern....all the way from Australia {!} ;)
I was the one that was in charge of picking out the material and making a quilt out of it! :)

Reveal time:

I spent ALOT of hours putting together this quilt!

Each block took on average 2-3 hours to complete. EACH BLOCK!

All the applique is hand turned, so there are no raw edges exposed. Then you add in the embroidery in most of the blocks. I put alot of time into this.

But after seeing the finished quilt, it was worth it.

A closer look at each block:

Planet Zark:

Sailboat, complete with an anchor:

Airplane:

Castle:

Train:

Mr. Robot:

Fishes in the sea:

Kite:

Cute little puppy:

I think the quilting on each quilt completes it. The {super} talented Bonnie at the shoppe quilted it for me and she did an amazing job! Look closely to the quilting around the robot! Then look at the cute sun around the dog block. You can't really tell in the pictures, but each block that has anything dealing with water, the quilting is wavy like waves! Fun huh?!??!

Of course, I LOVE minky material so the back is a fun turquoise/blue minky dot. Perfect for cuddling that sweet baby boy in. :)

I. Am. In. Love.

Now to move on to my next project.....

Ruffle Leggings

2011-01-24T20:02:00.010-07:00

Ruffle leggings still for sale! :)

While my etsy & most of my bigcartel made to order items are hidden, ruffle leggings can still be purchased! I am 'hoping' to get all my to-dos finished soon.

Leggings must be purchased through the link below.

*Leggings take up to 7 days to be made.*

Ruffle Leggings are a fun & super cute addition to any little girls wardrobe!

Two different options:

All one color of leggings or specialty (2 colors) leggings. Specialty leggings are an addt'l $3.00.

Shipping $3.00

If wanting shipping to Canada, please e-mail me and I will invoice you with the correct shipping cost.

Rhinestone Poodle

2011-01-24T10:55:00.003-07:00

Santa was nice and brought me THIS for Christmas.

My daughter's birthday was last week and we decided on a poodle them for the party festivities.

The wonderful thing about the silhouette is it will cut out the pattern for rhinestones!
So we (as in I) found a cute little poodle pattern, cut it out and sat down for a very tedious job of placing the rhinestones.

End result:

Cute.

Add the night of the party with all the other fun poodle decor:

Perfect Poodle Party.

Making Room!

2011-01-04T22:26:00.003-07:00

I am trying to get rid of all the made & ready to ship items that I have piling up in my sewing room!

Enter code: newyear2011 at checkout in my bigcartel shoppe and get 40% off!

My etsy is closed right now so that I can get some much needed catching up done, but get 40% off at bigcartel! :)

I am listing as fast as I can!

Skirts, quilts, bows, nursing covers, select patterns all 40% off! Yay! ;)

Opening Autumn

2010-12-27T08:49:00.004-07:00

I hope you all had a {wonderful} Christmas!
We sure did!

Because I was so excited for Taylor to open Autumn I made sure the camera was ready to go when it came time to do so!

She {loved} her!

I love her expression, but as I was cropping the pictures I noticed her little brothers face! He was so excited for her! :)

First words out of her mouth, "It's the one I wanted!"
Doesn't help she would always see me working with pictures with cute little Autumn that she saw her a lot before Christmas morning, not knowing the pictures I was looking at were taken by me! :)

Welcome to the family Autumn

It didn't take long for Taylor to start trying on all the clothing included:

Ready to go to my family's Christmas lunch: both sporting the pigtails.......

I wish I would have had my camera at the lunch because Taylor barely put her down! She was walking all over the place, Autumn in tow.

She even went to church with us on Sunday.
Of course, her & Taylor matched. Good thing Taylor already had a ruffle skirt, or I think I would be down making her one in the next couple days......

Here's to the beginning of a beautiful relationship between girl & doll! :)

{Merry Christmas}

2010-12-24T14:57:00.002-07:00

A {heartfelt} thanks to all of you.

Thank you for a wonderful 2010 year!

See you all in 2011!

Have a Very Merry Christmas!

Dressed To Impress

2010-12-21T20:58:00.004-07:00

It is countdown time before Christmas morning!

The last couple of days I have been spending time binding quilts (I hate binding!) and wrapping presents.

Before I closed the lid to sweet Little Autumn I added one more little fancy dress inside.

A fun "Dressed to Impress" dress.

All ruffles!
My daughter has a skirt made of ruffles, might as well have her doll match her right?!?!??

I wish I would have had time to add some cute little matching bows for her, but time is ticking!

This is my last 'hooray' before the big day!

**Wishing you all a Happy Holiday!**

Just as cute in pink!

2010-12-09T20:38:00.004-07:00

After I posted about the satin zebra & red skirt, I had a request for the skirt to be made in hot pink.

I can't decide if it is equally as cute or slightly cuter! ;)

Either way, I LOVE it!

All Satin Zebra & Hot Pink Ruffle & twirls skirt!

Okay, I am done for the night.......
Two posts in one night! That must be a record!

Meet Autumn

2010-12-09T20:09:00.004-07:00

A few weeks ago, I was the lucky winner to a giveaway from Apple Tree House.

If you haven't seen these dolls before and you have a little girl that {loves} dolls. You have got to check them out! They are cute in the pictures, but even cuter in person! No joke.

So, meet Autumn. She is the new red-headed beauty in our home.

Picture via Apple Tree House

On Christmas morning my daughter will open her up & get custody of her. I am a little jealous. I kind of want to keep her for myself. :)

Since I know my daughter, she will be asking me to make Autumn some outfits.
So today, while the kids were napping I made two new doll dresses.

They are both in the shocking pink/black category because I had the pink thread on my serger and I have changed my serger thread so many times in the past 4 weeks that I wasn't in the mood. :) I know, lazy.

Introducing Autumn's new clothes:
Of course she is stylin' in the super cute ruffles.....

Hello Kitty

Plaid

Doesn't she look cute?!??!

These dresses also can be made into the 10" or 15" Waldorf style dolls, American Girl or Bitty Baby. (Autumn is a 10")

I am hoping to get one or two more outfits made for her before the big day. She needs to have a closet full of clothes right?!?!??

:)

Ruffle Legging ADD ON

2010-12-04T12:55:00.003-07:00

I have added a new option to my ruffle leggings:

The original length is capri length.

If you would like them a little longer, I have added an 'add on' listing to add 3" to the original length.

Simply add the add on listing to your cart when you are purchasing your ruffle leggings and I will make them 3" longer than the original! :)

**Ruffle leggings update: ALL ruffle legging sizes are now in ONE listing. They are ALL also $15 a pair! I have all the solid/plain color leggings in one listing and as I add some of the other fun leggings (ie: red/white striped ones!) they will have a listing of their own.**

New Ruffle & Twirl Skirts

2010-12-03T21:52:00.005-07:00

I had a custom order for some ruffle & twirl skirts and since I loved them SO much I am making them available for everyone else!

ALL SATIN zebra & red skirt (LOVE!)

As soon as my daughter saw this one she asked me to make her one too. I just might have too!

Cotton Plain Jane. Black & red version! I just can't get over how cute those daisies are! :)

Have a wonderful weekend!

It's My (almost) Birthday!

2010-11-23T13:38:00.004-07:00

I was born on Thanksgiving.

I didn't have another birthday until I turned 17.

Well, this year it happens again. My birthday is on Thanksgiving!

For that reason I am giving you all a treat!

I have some coupon codes still active and floating around the world wide web
HERE
HERE
HERE

But they are all through my bigcartel shoppe.

Here is a code for Etsy and it's for 20% off!
(So glad etsy started a coupon code!)

Good NOW until Saturday Nov. 27!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Ruffle & Twirl Skirt:: Brown plaid wool & satin

2010-11-19T21:04:00.003-07:00

I got all my orders cut that needed to be cut out of the plaid wool material and I have enough material left for 1 (possibly 2 depending on the size!) more! It is available in my bigcartel shoppe!

::HERE::

Isn't she just too cute?!??!? :)

Plain Jane Ruffles & Twirls Skirt

2010-11-19T14:42:00.002-07:00

I was able to get my hands on some more fabric for 4 more Plain Jane Ruffle & Twirls skirts!

Custom sizes this time! Sizes 6-12 months all the way up to youth size 8!

**Note: The daisy's are slightly smaller than the ones pictured.

Brown Satin Shirt

2010-11-16T14:30:00.003-07:00

I have had a few people ask me where I got my daughters brown satin shirt in this picture....

I bought it @ Crazy 8.

Want to know something even better?!?!?
It is on sale right now for $9.99! For her pictures, I just took the belt off and tucked it in. She sure looked cute, but by the end of the photo shoot she was giving me this type of attitude!

Got to love kids! :)

Giveaways!

2010-11-16T14:17:00.004-07:00

I allowed myself to be involved with three online giveaways this holiday season!

1) Mommy's Sweet Things: $30 Gift Certificate for anything in my shoppe!
Ends: Nov. 25th. Still time to enter! :)

2) The Crafting Chicks: Brown wool/satin skirt & a pair of leggings.
Ended. Thanks to all those that entered and for all the sweet comments all you Crafting chicks readers left me! {hugs}

3) One Day at a Time: A TUTORIAL on how to make your own tulle skirt!!! And a chance to win one of the tulle/chiffon skirts I have!
Ends: Nov. 30th. Go enter!
She has written up the tutorial on her blog, but here is a PDF download if you want!

::Click on the picture to take you to the pdf download::

Thanks everyone! You are all so wonderful!

The Crafting Chicks

2010-11-15T06:15:00.001-07:00

If you haven't heard of The Crafting Chicks you should go check them out!

They are having A Handmade Christmas over there all week long!
TONS of giveaways to enter (about 3 a day! Woot!)

And guess what?!?!?
Today ONLY is the day to enter a giveaway by ME!

Go over and enter to win one of these cute skirts AND a pair of ruffle leggings!

And while you are there, enter into some of their other fun giveaways and come back every day after that too! :)

New Skirts

2010-11-14T19:59:00.003-07:00

I added some new skirts to BOTH my etsy & bigcartel shoppe!
I am doing good to get them listed @ both shoppes. :)

Now if only to get the rest that I need to get done listed......

New Ruffle Leggings! "Candy Cane"

2010-11-14T19:23:00.003-07:00

I have added some new ruffle leggings to the etsy shoppe!
Appropriately named "Candy Cane"!

These are so fun!

New colors are also available for the 'all-one-color' leggings: light pink & charcoal (not as dark as black)!

Win a $30 Gift Certificate!

2010-11-10T08:52:00.003-07:00

You can find an AJ's Bowtique treat over HERE!

::Tulle Skirts::

2010-11-09T11:01:00.006-07:00

I have some new fun skirts in the bigcartel shoppe. (Hopefully they will make it to the Etsy shoppe soon!)

I also made my daughter model one for me :)
She didn't want to cooperate very much....

We were @ Grandma's and she had cousins there to play with so she had 'better places to be'.
She pretty much RAN when I told her she was done & could go play...

I really {love} the simplicity & sweetness of this one:

Some of the tulle I found is so fun because it has 'sparkles' in it! Definitely a plus with my girly-girl!

I have a handful of colors that I am working on getting made and into the shoppe(s) soon. This week. :)

You can find all the tulle skirts here:

Have a Happy Tuesday!

::Thanksgiving Subway Art Wall Hanging:: A Tutorial

2010-11-08T20:18:00.008-07:00

I came across this {super cute} Thanksgiving subway art and fell in love!
I downloaded it with a plan.... Did I mention it was FREE?!?!?

I soon started gathering my material to make this:

Want to see a better view?!??!

I needed to replace my current wall hanging anyway.......

Supplies:

1/2 yd. Muslin
2 Fat quarters (borders)
Subway Art
Inkjet paper (I got mine HERE)
Batting
Scraps for binding
Basting spray (optional. I get mine from Wal-Mart)

You will have to excuse my lack of pictures! My 'nap-time' crafting was limited today! ;)

All seams are 1/4".

::LET'S GET STARTED::

*First, I reversed (mirror imaged) my Subway art in photoshop. Then printed it onto my inkjet paper.

*Cut my muslin piece 9"x11.5"

*Placed my subway art (artwork face down) onto my muslin & pressed. You need a nice hard surface. For me, the paper backing peels off easier if you peel it off while it is hot.

*Once my image was transferred, I made sure my piece was nice and square. If I was crooked just a tad, I squared it up.

*Add inside border. I cut my pieces 2" wide. For better instructions on adding borders view THIS tutorial. :)

*Next add outside border. My pieces are 4" wide.

*Baste/Quilt your wall hanging. I used the left over muslin for my backing. Again refer to this tutorial if you need help (I was really lazy today huh?!??!?) I also did 'stitch in the ditch' again. Once quilted I trimmed/squared up my hanging.

*Add hanging loops to back. From my outside border fabric I cut (2) 3" wide x 8" long.
Fold the fabric lengthwise right sides together. Use a 1/4" seam and stitch. I pressed my seam open. Then turned it right side out and pressed again.
Fold in half, forming your loop and place on the back side of your wall hanging, raw edges together. Measure in 2 1/2" and pin in place. Repeat with 2nd loop. Stitch in place using a 1/4" seam.

*Binding: I learned how to bind my quilts from HERE . It's a great tutorial. When you are attaching your binding keep your loops in the same downward position as they were when you attached them to the wall hanging. Please also note, I am one of those 'lazy' binding people. I attach my binding to the back, then flip it to the front and use my machine to finish it. I don't have enough patience to sit still long enough & do hand binding! ;)

You are done! This took me about an hour start to finish. Easy peasy.

Michelle over @ Bunch of Craft was nice enough to upload a reversed copy of her subway art for you all. Don't forget to send her some blog love. I wouldn't have a cute wall hanging if it wasn't for her! Thanks Michelle!

{Fall Wreath}

2010-11-06T19:13:00.003-06:00

Now that Halloween is over, my doors needed another wreath to replace the Halloween ones.
I was still up in the air as to what I wanted to do for the doors.

That was until I saw THIS post over on The Crafting Chicks.
My mind was made up for me.

My next trip to Wal-Mart I picked up the necessary material and later went to work.
But I can't forget the help from my little girl. She loved that I would let her stick the flowers in after I put the 'blob' of glue on the wreath.

Here is my version:

Again, no sewing required! Yay!

I also used one and a half bundles of flowers for each one (I made two) and I pretty much left leaves on all of the flowers that I clipped off.
My local Wal-Mart had a basket of 'berries' for $0.75 a piece. I really liked the added smaller berries to the wreaths.

Perfect fall wreath!

Tea Dye

2010-11-04T08:26:00.001-06:00

I have heard a lot about using tea as a dye, but I have never tried it.

Last week I needed some tan/cream colored leggings for my daughter's new skirt. Well, the ivory I had was just too light!

So I grabbed my $2 dollar box of tea and went to work.

First I tried a sample and once I liked what I saw I did the main leggings.
Doing some 'google' searches a lot of people said not to pre-cut your fabric. They said to dye it then cut it.

Well, the ruffle fabric is $17/yard. I wasn't about to throw the whole yard in, so I just cut my leggings out like usual.
Then put that in the dye. I had no problems.

**Note: I let mine stay in the tea for about 12 minutes, stirring often. I later did some dye on a skirt lining and did the same method, only thing was with the lining I put the fabric in the dye then walked away to do something else. Came back and my fabric turned into a 'marbleized' piece :) Stay close and keep stirring! ;)**

Let air dry.

A little time + over night drying time= Perfect shade of leggings :)

They matched her skirt perfectly.....

So you are probably wondering why the post about tea dye?!?!?
Well, it's my way of saying that ruffle leggings now come in the color "Tan" just might take an extra day to get....you know, because they have to dry first :)

Pillow Cases

2010-11-03T18:02:00.003-06:00

It's always the simple quick projects that I put off way too long.

Then when I get it done and it only takes me 30 minutes to do it, I always ask myself why I never got to that project sooner?!?!?!?

Well, some simple white pillow cases for my bed fell into this category.

My husbands Mother passed away over a year ago and a few months back we cleaned out her sewing room.
I came across a gorgeous white bedspread and I {loved} it.
Rewind about a year ago, I made a new quilt for our bed but it was just a little too 'dark' once it was in the room.

The white spread with the other quilt folded at the bottom was perfect. But I needed some white pillow cases.
I found some online that I liked but not worth the $50+ price tag.

So I decided to make some.

2 yards white fabric: $15.00 (I got a thicker/nicer cotton from a good quilt shoppe)
2.5 yards wide eyelet: $3.50
30 minutes of my time.

Two lovely pillow cases for under $20!

Gotta love that!

Holiday Christmas Dresses

2010-10-27T13:08:00.004-06:00

Back in the day when my only child was my little girl, I had a really really REALLY bad habit of buying her too many clothes (it's still bad now, but not AS bad! Plus it's not buying clothes it is making them!)

Anyway, I didn't really dive into sewing clothes until later in her life so imagine my surprise when I cleaned out her closet the other day and found THREE holiday dresses in there all size 24 Months/2T and ALL brand new with the tags still on two of them! Now she only gets ONE because I have to make it & put my time into it....plus I have to put in a zipper and I hate zippers......

Obviously she wore a little dress that year for Christmas, but it wasn't any of these three!

Since storage space at my house is quickly becoming consumed with both boy & girl clothes, I am selling these dresses on e-bay.

Just thought I would let you know if any of you want a good deal on a brand new dress and in the market for a size 24 months/2T holiday dress! :)

Click on the dress name to take you to the e-bay auction page!

Size 2T Jona Michelle Plum Dress NWOT

Size 2T Jona Michelle Red/Black Dress NWT
Retail: $48.99

Size 24 Months Buttons N Bows Burgundy/Pink Dress NWT
Retail: $34.99

Thanks for looking!

Fabric Halloween Wreath

2010-10-19T08:43:00.007-06:00

I have had a little break in the blogging world. Not because of 'lack' of getting things done, it's more like a HUGE OVERLOAD of getting things done that my whole life feels like I am running about 12 hours behind and I am barely putting a dent into my 'to do' list.

I did however have a semi-productive (& working later than usual) day yesterday so know my wheels are just spinning in place, not just STUCK in the mud! ;)

A couple weeks ago, I did make one more home decor project for my home.

A fabric Halloween wreath.
I have seen these all over the web and thought my back door needed a little something cute on it! :)

What you need:
5 fat quarters of fabric
Tulle (optional)
1 wooden embroidery hoop (mine cost me $1.87 at Kings!)

Cut your fabric strips into 1" strips. I just made a little snip at my 1" mark and then just tore the fabric, I wanted easy and a little torn look to my strips. I then cut each strip into thirds. So out of one strip I ended up with 3 pieces to tie onto my hoop.

I only used one of the two hoops (Now I have another hoop for another project!)

Start tying your knots! I did two double knots of the same fabric and pushed them really close together. I also added some tulle to my wreath. I love the look of tulle. :)

Keep tying until you cover the entire hoop! With all of my pieces of fabric cut, and my wreath nice and full, I still had TONS of pieces left! You could use one less fat quarter if you would like, but I like all the different colors that added to my wreath.

The door that I hung the wreath on has a big window and no place to hang a hook so the wreath would hang where I would like it to hang, so I added a 3M "Command Hook" onto the higher wooden part of my door and did one long loop of tulle to hang the wreath to.

Cheap, easy, cute decor!

Check out other fun craft ideas!

Purse Week {Mama Mia} Diaper Bag

2010-10-08T14:58:00.005-06:00

I joined in on Purse week on A Lemon Squeezy Home Blog.

My entry was this super cute diaper bag!

It has 4 elasticized pockets on one side of the bag and a zipper pocket with a key hook loop on the other side. The pattern doesn't have the zipper pocket. I added it, because I always like a have a little secure spot just for "Mommy Things" ;)

The pattern I used is by Favorite Things called "Mama Mia"

The fabric I used is a line called "Spirit" by Lila Tueller.

Jump over to Lemon Squeezy home & read all about the contest HERE
And check out all the other adorable bags on the flickr group HERE

New Skirts {Made and Ready to ship}

2010-10-06T17:47:00.002-06:00

Since my husband & I had my sewing room turned into our 'mock' photography studio, I took full advantage & took pictures of the rest of my skirts that were made & needing to be posted.

Then I forced myself to sit down this evening and get them all listed!

I have a few wrap skirts

And a few Ruffle & Twirl skirts.

All made & ready to ship to one lucky little girl :)

{Itsy Bitsy Spiders} Wall Hanging Tutorial

2010-10-06T10:08:00.000-06:00

I got out all of my Fall/Halloween decorations the other day and when I was done, something was missing.

Or I guess looked a little 'off'.
I usually have a cute little 'every day' wall hanging, hanging from my shelf.

That was what was missing. It needed something that says, Halloween.

SO I made myself one. And made notes and took pictures as I went along for all of you to made one too! ;)

Finished size: 19" x 26"

::What you need::

*4 Fat Quarters {All my fabric from THIS line of fabric, minus my backing}
- 2 for outside border (or 1/4 yd)
- 1 for inside border
- 1 for binding (or 1/4 yd)

* 1/4 yd. muslin (Or a 5 1/2" x 12 1/2" piece)
* 3/4 yd. for backing & small inside border
* TINY black rick rack (1/4")
* 4 Buttons-Multi size. 2 holes
* 26" x 18" piece of batting
* Quilt Basting spray (optional) I get mine from Wal-Mart
* Safety pins
* 8 small clear beads (optional)
* Black embroidery thread
* Needle
* Fabric Pen

::CUTTING::

**Note: I just cut all of my fabrice WOF (width of fabric) and once it is sewn on I cut off the excess to square it up.

From muslin: Cut 1 12 1/2" tall x 5 1/2" wide
Small Inside border (black): Cut 2 1 1/2" wide x WOF
2nd Border (stripes): Cut 4 3" wide x WOF
Outside Border: Cut 5 4" wide x WOF
*If using a 1/4 yd. you wouldn't need to cut 5: 3 should be plenty.

Back hanging loops: Cut 2 3" wide x 8" long

::Putting It Together::

Center Piece:: Take your muslin piece & your small rick rack. Lay out 4 different lengths of the rick rack running down the piece. Keep at least 1" from the fabric edge. *I like to use a lighter and slightly burn the ends of the rick rack so that it doesn't fray*
Pin your rick rack in place. I also placed the four buttons I was going to use on there just so I could get a sense of where the end of the 'spider' was ending up. Once you are happy with placement, sew them in place.

Small Inside Border:: Using a 1/4" seam allowance attach your small inside borders (black). Attach both side borders first, trim excess fabric. Press your seams. Then attach the top/bottom borders. Trim excess & press.

2nd Inside Border:: Still the same 1/4" seam allowance. Repeat the steps just like attaching the first border. Long sides first, then the top/bottom borders.

Outside Border:: This border I had to actually piece the two side pieces because they were slightly too short. That is why I had you cut 5 pieces instead of four. Attach, trim, press. :)

Yay! The main piece is done!

Make the spider legs:: I placed my buttons on my 'web ends' then took my fabric pen and marked out my spider legs.

I wanted my spider legs to be big & thick so I kept all my strands of embroidery thread together. You don't have to have a hoop, but since I had one I stuck my hoop on.

Stitched my legs using my needle & thread * Tip: After my first spider, I figured out to make my stitch a little longer than my pen marking so that when the button is on the ends are completely covered by the button. Then attach your buttons.

Attach the 'beads' into the holes of your buttons. Going up one hole from the back, go through one of the beads then go back down the same hole. Repeat with other 'eye' and on the rest of the spiders. (This step is optional if you don't want little beady eyes)

Click photo to enlarge, if desired

Make a 'quilt sandwich':: Lay your backing down, wrong side facing up. Spray your basting spray on it, then lay down your batting piece. Smooth out any bumps.
Spray the top of your batting and add your main wall hanging piece. Smooth. Pin in a few places to keep fabric from shifting.
*You don't have to run out & buy the basting spray, I just love it because it holds my fabrics together so well. If you don't have the spray, pin in a few extra spots to keep your fabric in place.

If yours is bigger like mine, trim off the excess.

Quilt:: I did a 'stitch in the ditch'. If you feel ambitious attach your quilting foot and do some fun quilting. I went around all the borders. Once finished I trimmed off all the excess batting/backing and squared it up.

Make the Hanging loops:: Fold the fabric lengthwise right sides together. Use a 1/4" seam and stitch. I pressed my seam open. Then turned it right side out and pressed again.
Fold in half, forming your loop and place on the back side of your wall hanging, raw edges together. Measure in 2 1/2" and pin in place. Repeat with 2nd loop. Stitch in place using a 1/4" seam.

Binding:: I learned how to bind my quilts from HERE. It's a great tutorial. When you are attaching your binding keep your loops in the same downward position as they were when you attached them to the wall hanging. Please also note, I am one of those 'lazy' binding people. I attach my binding to the back, then flip it to the front and use my machine to sew it done. I don't have enough patience to sit still long enough & do hand binding! ;)

You are done! I like to wash my quilts to get a little 'antique' look. Plus it washes out my blue marks from marking my spider legs. If you used a fabric pen that disappears and don't want to wash it, you are fine...it disappears! ;)
If it is a pen that washes out, simple spritz it with some water. :)

Hang it and enjoy it!

Double Ruffle Headband Bows

2010-10-05T14:11:00.003-06:00

My Brother & Sister in law brought their newest addition over to my house the other night so we could take baby/family pictures for them.

I couldn't resist throwing on one of my ruffle headbands onto sweet little Ava for a picture.
Taking this picture got me motivated enough to add another listing to the shoppes.
Creating is the easy part for me. It's the 'take a picture'/'make the listing' that is hard to do! :)

::BigCartel::

::Etsy::

Scripture Bags

2010-10-05T13:37:00.003-06:00

My sister in law made these {adorable} little bags that are PERFECT for scriptures.
But don't get me wrong they would be perfect as a cute little hand bag too!

I have them listed in my shoppe.

Gray bags HERE
Tan bags HERE

She has 6 different options available.

Bag Measurements:
7.5" high
11.5" length
3.75" deep
6" Drop on the handles

"Stay Tucked" Little Boys Dress Shirt

2010-10-04T22:23:00.003-06:00

If you know me personally you will know how O.C.D. I am.
A LOT!

For some reason, it drives me CRAZY when my cute little boy is as handsome as can be in his white dress shirt and tie as we are heading out the door to church and by the time we arrive his shirt is un-tucked in a sloppy mess.

In the past, I had purchased 'colored' or 'pattern' dress shirts from the store that is a dress shirt with a onesie bottom and I Liked them.

But I just LOVE a clean crisp white shirt!
So I made my son one :)

All Sunday long he can move as much as he wants....that shirt just isn't going to come un-tucked!

Enter one happy mama :) { I know I am weird....}

If an un-tucked shirt drives you crazy too, they are now available in my shop! Yay!

::Available HERE::

Belt from HERE: Worth every penny!

{Taylor} Ruffle Jumper

2010-10-03T16:13:00.003-06:00

It took me a little longer than I wanted it to take to get this pattern written and off to get printed, but it is done.

They are getting printed.
I was told they would be ready Tuesday. Hopefully they will be in the quilt shoppe by the end of the week. Yay!

I am really happy with how this little jumper turned out. For some reason I am really REALLY obsessed with ruffles.

It's my 'thing' right now I guess.

PDF is available now HERE

I am working on a little project to share with you all...hopefully in the next day or so it will be ready to reveal. :)

Ruffle Leggings Giveaway WINNER!

2010-09-26T16:40:00.003-06:00

Thanks to all those that entered the giveaway for the Ruffle Leggings!
Here is the winner::

Using Random.org:

Comment #37!

Chris said...

Follow AJ's Bowtique Blog!

chrissatko7@gmail.com

September 24, 2010 7:39 AM

Please e-mail me in the next 72 hours with the size/color of leggings you would like and with your mailing address!

ajsbowtique(at)gmail(dot)com

Skirts On SALE!

2010-09-24T19:54:00.005-06:00

The Ruffle Leggings Giveaway ends soon!
Click HERE to enter!

This afternoon during nap time I completed two custom order skirts.

As I was finished with them and went to hang them on my clothing rack, I realized something....

It was FULL!

I have no room for any more skirts!

So.......all of my skirts from last years craft show has got to go!

And I am marking down the price to $10 a skirt + Shipping.
That is a screaming deal!
Only available in the BigCartel shoppe.

Sizes vary based on the skirt.
All made & ready to ship out...and because I want to get them gone, they will ship out fast! :)

::SHOP SALE HERE::

Have a wonderful weekend!
The hubs & I are taking the kids to grandma's for the day before harvest begins.....woot!

New Chiffon/Tulle Twirl Skirts

2010-09-22T19:29:00.007-06:00

Don't forget about my Ruffle Legging giveaway! Find it HERE::

I am super excited about the two new skirts in my shoppe!

They are full of fabric, perfect for a lot of twirling.
All are made to order, so turnaround is 1-2 weeks.

I have about 5 other Chiffon colors in my sewing room waiting to be turned into skirts! While my daughter was at pre-school I shopped for the waist band material with only one little one running around the shoppe. It was a little slice of heaven :)

Click the photo to go to the listings.....

Ruffle Leggings Giveaway!

2010-09-20T17:36:00.003-06:00

My daughter very rarely wears a dress without some leggings underneath.

Before, her leggings were just plain simple knit leggings.

NOW after making her a pair of ruffle leggings, I can not get the simple knit leggings on her!
It has to be the ruffle ones!

Because she loves them so much I want to give ONE PAIR OF LEGGINGS to another little girl to LOVE!

SIZE 6 MONTHS TO 8 YEARS!
Colors are limited at this time:
white
ivory
shocking pink
black

Choose the size and the color!

4 Ways To enter the giveaway:
1. Leave a comment!
2. Follow AJ's Bowtique Blog!
3. Become a Facebook Fan!
4. Blog/Facebook about the giveaway!

If you do more than just leave a comment make sure you leave another comment for each additional item you do, for a total of 4 (comments) chances to win! :)

Giveaway ends: Sunday, September 26th @ 4 P.M. MST
Good luck!

Bliss Giveaway!

2010-09-17T08:52:00.000-06:00

Since I work at the Shoppe, I can't enter the giveaway for this charm pack of BLISS fabrics....

So I am passing the word on to all of you to enter to win!

I am a little sad I can't win this....I love this line!

GO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY!

Baby Bracelets

2010-09-09T21:31:00.002-06:00

I have had these baby bracelets since my craft fair booth almost one year ago!

They have just been sitting there, waiting to be listed.

Well, tonight instead of folding the four loads of laundry sitting on my bed (Very, very bad habit, especially with how OCD I am!) or packing for my weekend trip with my cute little family, I listed the bracelets!

But they are not in my etsy store.
I know, WHAT?!??!?

I started a Big Cartel store today also! I am such a dork!
But Big Cartel has a little more options that I like a little better. I am still going to keep my etsy store....just adding Big Cartel to it :)

Baby Bracelets:: Found HERE

Big Cartel shop:: Found HERE

Okay, I am off my computer to tackle my mountain of clothing...and to switch the laundry currently in the washer/dryer! HEHE

Facebook!!

2010-09-08T18:50:00.002-06:00

So....

I took another step in trying to continue my 'updating' process in AJ's Bowtique world.

I now officially have a facebook page! ;)
It seems like I update my personal facebook page a whole lot more than my personal blog, so here's hoping I do the same with AJ's bowtique!

Come on over and join in on some fun :)

M.I.A.

2010-09-02T17:49:00.000-06:00

So.....

I have been just a little (okay, ALOT) m.i.a. when it comes to AJ's Bowtique blog.
My apologies.

It's not that I have been slacking in all things 'crafty' but it's almost an over-load of all things crafty.

Since starting to work at The Gathering Place, I have taken a little journey.

I have started writing patterns! It wasn't until I really started diving into the whole pattern process that I actually realized how much work goes into writing/creating a pattern!

Here is what I have done so far.....

This last one has been by FAR my best seller (and one of my FAVORITES!)

I have two more quilts that are complete, just needs to be written and I have been toying around with a few ideas for more items, but I haven't quite yet finalized them nor have I put any of them to the test of actually drawing up/putting it together.

Hopefully soon....

I have also found a new love....

Knits.

I have absolutely LOVED sewing and creating with them!

I actually made my daughter's dress that she wore to the first day of pre-school (per her request!) .

Gotta love the 'sun in the eyes' picture! ;)
And you got to love Hello, Kitty (her back pack was also Hello, Kitty)

I am going to try this whole blog thing again.....hopefully this time it doesn't die off :)

Minky Pajamas

2009-12-09T21:42:00.003-07:00

I use to {HATE} working with Minky. I don't know why. Just did.

I have been busy sewing a few of these cuties up, that they have become my new favorite. And I don't hate (sewing) minky as much! :)

I think after the holiday craziness, I will be making a few more of these and they will be a new item in my shop :)

Nursing Covers

2009-11-17T13:54:00.003-07:00

Hard at work....

Nursing Cover now in my shop! :)

New Carseat Covers Listed

2009-11-17T10:51:00.006-07:00

So I finally set up the lights and started snapping away at ALL the items I have left over from the craft fair.

Carseat Covers are listed in my etsy store.

WAY more to come :)

Craft Fair

2009-10-25T19:53:00.008-06:00

Well, it has come and gone and I am exhausted!
The night before the big day I only got 3 hours of sleep and after a (long) full day of standing in my booth, I was in bed at 9 and didn't get out until 9 this morning!

Here are some pictures of my booth. I decided Wednesday morning to make some receiving blankets (11!!) and then Thursday afternoon I was making some more tutu's!
As soon as we got to the school to set up I was VERY surprised by how small an 8x10 booth is! :)
After all the totes, boxes, table, hutch, bench, clothes and quilt rack and all 4 pegboard panels were hauled in I was starting to get worried that I had too much! :)

It all turned out, and I owe a HUGE thanks to my dear friend Lindsay for helping us haul all the goodies inside and help me set up. I couldn't have done it without her!
My sister and Lindsay helped me out in the booth the day of and I have to say thanks to them again!

The one person that really really needs a big shout out is the hubby. He put up with me through all this. He built my peg walls, then had to take them apart, shorten them and put them back together! AND THEN he was there for the hauling in and taking down of all my stuff. Thanks Troy! Love ya!

Overall, I had a great experience and learned alot. Most likely I will do it again, but maybe I will KNOW for sure in a couple weeks after I get some much needed down time. :)

The booth

My trusty hutch. This hutch use to be at my parents while I was growing up. Shortly after Troy and I moved into our house, it was given to me. It has sat in our garage until this week. It worked out great for the booth. :) Thanks Mom! Notice the skirt on the mannequin??? That was my best custom order request. The one on display was Taylor's so it wasn't for sale. If it was it would have sold fast.....

All of my many skirts, dresses and blessing dresses.

The wall with all the hair bows. There would have been more on the wall, but we ran out of pegs so the table had a lot of baskets holding bows. The table also held all the cute little ties for the boys. The diaper envelopes were a big seller too.

The back wall. Those little capes went really fast. Super man on one side and batman on the other??? How could one resist??? I also had pink/purple with princess crowns for the girls.

Ahhhh, the receiving blankets I decided to make last minute. Along with my purses. I love that bench. We have A LOT of pictures with that as a photo prop and holding my stuff.

Burp rags in the basket. And the top seller of the day, the crayon wallets. Those went so fast!
Note to self: do A LOT MORE next time :)

Quilts & skirts
The little pillows you see hanging, were tooth fairy pillows.

The front shot of the quilts. The second one down was touched by so many people it was crazy!
I was a little surprised it took until the end of the day to finally sell.

That's the tour of my booth. All the things that didn't sell will be listed in my etsy store soon!

Blessing Dress for Jessie Jane

2009-10-09T12:21:00.003-06:00

I was given the privilege to make the blessing dress for my niece (made the quilt in previous post) Ashley's new baby girl.

She had the vision of wanting an eyelet dress with a satin bow. Her Mom was in town a few weeks back, so we headed to the store and picked out what we wanted.

These pictures are mostly so her Mom can see it since she will miss the blessing day. (Still so Gina??!??!!?)

**Two weeks until the craft fair! I have been so crazy busy! I didn't even list or take pics of any of the stuff I have made so I can keep my inventory stocked up! Wish me luck!**

Quilt for Jessie Jayne

2009-08-13T21:18:00.005-06:00

My niece (she is two years younger than me) just had her {third} baby yesterday!

We had {BOTH} of our first two kids just months apart from each other, but I wasn't getting back on the train for baby #3 (not yet anyway! LOL)

I saw {this} baby quilt awhile back and I just knew that I had to make this for her baby girl, Jessie Jayne (LOVE the middle name! ;P) Right down to using the same fabric line!

I wish I could have gotten a better picture of the quilting I did....I am totally in LOVE with my quilting frame....

The back, I just did a simple add in piece, but still turned out cute.

Congrats on Baby Jessie Jayne, Matt & Ashley! Can't wait to meet her in person!

Fabric: Aviary By 3 Sisters

I WON!

2009-06-15T11:41:00.003-06:00

Remember this giveaway I sent you all to?!?!?

Sorry, all....I WON IT!

I never win anything. My sister.... well she wins TONS. So much that she won a baby crib when I was pregnant with my first and her last was already here. So...she gave it to me. But still she wins.

I don't!

I am going to be selfish with this fabric, because I LOVE IT and make a quilt for myself. It is totally something I would pick out for myself and the colors are PERFECT. I am still brain storming a design, but I have until at least September to figure it out....
Because this line of fabric isn't even out yet!

I have a feeling it's going to be flying off the shelves.
And alot of it will be into my home :)

Go me! :)

Fabric Giveaway!

2009-06-03T08:21:00.004-06:00

Go HERE to win some free fabric.

A bundle of free fabric to be exact! From the cute line of Simple Abundance by Bonnie and Camille (love their fabric and their patterns...they are all so wonderful!)

I am loving the honey buns, jelly rolls, and charm packs of fabric these days.....

Tip Junkie Participant

2009-06-02T10:42:00.000-06:00

I am participating in the Tip Junkie's Birthday Bash! Check out her blog for a chance to win TONS of prices including one from me! :)

I am giving away an infant carseat cover and a set of burp cloths! The date to comment is Friday, June 19th!!!

Simplicity Quilt

2009-05-26T22:15:00.000-06:00

{SOLD}

This adorable quilt was the first (of many) that I made in preparation for the craft fair.

The day I took it into the quilter's, I was stopped by a young Mom wanting an opinion on some fabric. I am no pro.

I gave my two cents, but it went farther. The truth was revealed that the quilt I was holding in my hands was going to be sold, so she was so kind and bought it from me right then!

It's going in the mail tomorrow (she came down from the Boise area to the {WONDERFUL} "Gathering Place" shop here in town) so it's being sent her way.

I {LOVED} how it turned out....

Fabric: Simplicity by 3 Sisters
Pattern: Baby Mine by Thimble Blossoms

Camera Strap

2009-05-05T16:34:00.000-06:00

I have really neglected this blog (along with my family blog) lately!

I have tons of things to post and add to my store, but it's the process of doing it that stops me :)

I actually made a new strap for my camera months ago and am now just posting it!
My old strap was very thin and flimsy and if you tighten one end and not the other, the padding in the middle would be off balance and the whole thing would be so uncomfortable!

I decided to make a fun, new cute strap. I dove into my fabric scraps and came out LOVING what I ended up with!
My husband doesn't like how 'girly' it is, but it's my camera so he deals with it! :) Now, if I wanted to make a new strap for our SLR camera, he would veto that idea in a second!

{For some reason the coloring in these pictures are very dull on my screen, I didn't mess with any of the coloring in photoshop! Just added my name! They are really a bright and fun combo of colors!}

New Scripture Bag

2009-04-13T10:46:00.000-06:00

I have been a little MIA lately, but not because I was taking a break from my sewing.

I have been working on alot of custom orders lately so I haven't had time to actually sit down and just make something new.

I have actually just signed up/committed/payed for a booth in a local craft fair. It isn't until October, but that gives me plenty of time to get lots and lots of goodies made! :)

This cute little bag was made for a little girl as a present on her baptism day. I love the material!

A matching skirt was also made out of the same material for her too. To pin to her top was a cute little fabric layered flower. I made one of these for my daughter to match a skirt and I loved the idea that I could just un-pin the flower and wear the shirt plain or add another one to change it up and match another one of her skirts. Because let's face it, my daughter's closet is getting pretty full of 'Mommy Made' skirts! :)

New Carseat Covers!

2009-03-05T20:13:00.001-07:00

Four new infant carseat covers added in my shop!
Two girls and two boys! :)

NEW Spring Bow Giveaway Winner!

2009-03-03T15:10:00.000-07:00

The previous winner of my giveaway never contacted me so there is a new winner....

JGinLV said...

You are so creative those are the cutest ever.

February 25, 2009 6:03 PM

Congrats! Please e-mail me at ajsbowtique@gmail.com with the following info...

*Bow type (ruffle or organza or a little of both!)

*Colors

*Clip type (alligator or french clip)

You have until Friday the 6th to contact me.....

Spring Bow Giveaway Winner!

2009-02-28T22:33:00.001-07:00

Thanks again for all those that entered!

Winner is being announced later than planned, but we had a full day of playing with cousins and celebrating one of their birthdays....

But the winner is.....

Commenter #7!

juliasmommy said...

i would love to win

mydaughtershair.blogspot.com

February 23, 2009 7:42 PM

Congrats! Please e-mail me at ajsbowtique@gmail.com with the following info...

*Bow type (ruffle or organza or a little of both!)

*Colors

*Clip type (alligator or french clip)

Thanks! Please contact me by Monday March 2nd or a new winner will be picked on Tuesday....

Spring Bow Giveaway!

2009-02-23T11:06:00.000-07:00

Giveaway is now CLOSED!
Winner announced this evening! Thanks to all those that participated!

Spring is right around the corner and the stores are stocking up with the cute new spring lines....

Perfect time to win some bows to go with those cute new clothes (or the ones from last year, if you are lucky and your daughter still fits in them....I am not that lucky....)

Or just to match your little ones Easter outfits!

Here's your chance to win 4 (YES! FOUR!) bows!
If your little girl is still in headbands you can choose 3 headbands.

You can choose from (my favorite!) ruffle ribbon bows or the very classy double organza bows.

Your choice in any of my available SPRING COLORS!
Four different colors, Two sets (for piggies), One set for piggies and two different...you choose!

If your little one has thinner hair choose the toddler (smaller) ruffle bows so the bows are not too heavy for them!

Get up to three entries!
Here's how:

1. Leave a comment Easy peasy!
2. Add my button to your blog sidebar (MAKE SURE YOU COME BACK AND LEAVE A SECOND COMMENT!) If you already have the button just say so!
3. Post a blog entry (LEAVE ANOTHER COMMENT!)

Giveaway ends Saturday, February 28th at Noon with winner announced later that evening!

Colors available:
* White
* Ivory
* Light Pink
* Hot Pink
* Shocking Pink
* Light Yellow
* Light Blue
* Pale Lavender-Not available in organza
* Lavender
* Apple Green
* Aqua (turquoise)
* Creamsicle (pale orange)-Not available in organza
* Lime Fizz

(To see some pictures of the ribbon color check out my shop in both the ruffle and organza bow listings!)

If you are looking for another color I might just have it in the organza (spring-ish colors only!) Just ask! :)

Good luck and Happy Commenting!

New Bag!

2009-02-08T20:44:00.000-07:00

A new bag will be added to my shop.

I LOVE this material!

New Blessing Dress

2009-02-08T20:21:00.001-07:00

I finished this blessing dress almost two weeks ago, I was such a slacker in getting pictures taken and posting it!

It is simple, but I think it turned out beautiful!

Birthday Outfit

2009-01-26T16:12:00.000-07:00

My daughter turned three last Sunday.
Which having a birthday land on a Sunday called for a new skirt to wear to church :) Okay, so that is just my excuse to make her {another} skirt!

A Baby Quilt

2009-01-16T21:21:00.000-07:00

I made a baby quilt for my friend's little girl.
I was going to try to do the quilting myself, but I REALLY hate working with the minky material (which is on the back of the quilt) because it is so stretchy. So I took it into my local quilting shop.

It took 2 months to get done! (Holy cow!)

The DAY I was taking the (below mentioned) blessing dress to Emily's parents house to be delivered to another state, I was able to pick up the quilt!

I had to stop by my Mom's house for some quick pictures because I LOVED everything about it! :)

Last, but certainly not least. Emily sent me some pictures of little Sophia sporting her blessing dress:

Thanks for the pictures Emily! Sophia looks GORGEOUS!

Sophia Blessing Dress

2009-01-03T12:06:00.002-07:00

One of my best friends from High School just had a precious baby girl right before Christmas.
Before her birth, her Mom asked if I would make the blessing dress. I was honored and scared at the same time :)

She wanted something long and simple. I finished the dress last night and I am ecstatic with the results!
I really enjoyed making this dress for the special occasion that I will be making more in the future and adding them to my Etsy Store!
The little one was named Sophia, so appropriately this dress will be forever known as the "Sophia Dress."

Em, I hope you love the dress as much as I do!

{Scripture} Bag/Purse

2008-12-08T22:31:00.000-07:00

Along with the below skirt was a request for a bag for two little girls to carry their scriptures in.

I had never made a bag before and after the first one was completed...I was in LOVE!

It's completely different from making clothes!

Price: $15.00/bag

I must have to pick out some fabric and make myself a new diaper bag....

{Another} Twirl Skirt

2008-12-08T22:25:00.000-07:00

A request of a brown/turquoise {blue} twirl skirt was made so I began my hunt for some fabric.

I made a run to the fabric store, found some material but I still wasn't 'satisfied' so I did some online shopping.

I found what I was looking for and LOVED it! Well, I switched the hem/waist material once it arrived with some of the previous material purchased.

I am picky.....

End result:

I think I might order some more of the main fabric and make my daughter another skirt....

HUGE Giveaway Day!

2008-12-03T11:00:00.000-07:00

Tons and Tons of giveaways are going on in the blogosphere today!

Sew, Mama Sew has TONS of other blogs that are having giveaways today!

Check them out....but make sure you have some time, because there are a TON to look at!

Bye Bye E-bay

2008-12-01T11:12:00.000-07:00

After 2.5 years, I closed my e-bay store *tear*

I had a HUGE response to my 40% off sale and {finally} caught up today by sending out my last 3 orders! Hooray!

I had a few people thank me for such wonderful low prices during my sale that I will be in the process of lowering ALL of my bow prices on my etsy store! {Another} Hooray! :)

I have been going out of my comfort zones and sewing up some new projects....they are super cute and I have LOVED making different things!

Thanks for all those that purchased during my store closing sale!

Newborn Flower Headbands

2008-11-14T18:06:00.000-07:00

While my bow giveaway was going on I listed some new bows in my etsy store.
Especially with the itty bitty newborns in mind :)

Simple flowers with a little 'bling' in the centers. All are attached to a thin, soft stretchy nylon band :)

Thanks!

2008-11-14T18:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks to those that won a bow! I received everyone's addresses and the bows were sent out this afternoon!

You were all super fast to respond and send information needed in! So all bows were 'claimed!'

Huge thanks!

Cleaning House Bow Giveaway WINNERS!!

2008-11-12T15:31:00.000-07:00

First, thanks to all those that commented!

Here are the winners (using random.org):

Yellow Dot:
#32-tystrishy

Shocking pink Stacker:
#22-emilyjo

Ruffle/Grosgrain:
#5-emilyjo

Ruffle/Marabou:
#11-brynn

Denim Stacker:
#29-Prettymans

Pink/Black/Camo Stacker:
#6-rovy

Burgundy Clip:
#39-emilyjo

Ballet Stacker:
#23-emilyjo

Red/Black Headband:
#36-Prettymans

Black/Ivory Headband:
#24-emilyjo

Burgundy Headband:
#2-emilyjo

Purple Flower Headband:
#21-emilyjo

Congrats to all the winners!

Emily-I have your address :)

All Others-Please e-mail me your address to ajsbowtique at gmail dot com

*Remember!!! You have until Friday the 14th to send in your addresses!*

Cleaning House BOW GIVEAWAY!

2008-11-05T14:44:00.000-07:00

In an effort to clean out my 'craft room' I am GIVING AWAY the bows that are just sitting there taking up space!!!

I have listed each bow in their own individual post. If you want to win, LEAVE A COMMENT on the bow/post that you want!

********RULES**************

*Leave a comment for the bow you want.
*You can comment in ANY (or ALL) of the bow(s) that you want. Who knows, you may be the winner of more than one! :)
*You can comment AS MANY TIMES as you want.....must be an hour apart though! Any less than an hour apart, will be deleted.
*Giveaway ends: Next Wednesday Nov. 12th at 3:00 pm(MST)
*Winners will be announced later that night (12th)
*You are responsible for checking back to see if you won and contacting me if you did win! You will have until Friday (14th) to send me your address....no contact, no bow and another winner will be drawn!

Happy commenting! :)

Yellow/Dot

2008-11-05T14:40:00.002-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Look familiar? It's the same bow my daughter wore with her "Goldilocks" dress, it's just bigger (about 4.5") I made a smaller one for her AFTER I made this one first. French clip.

Shocking Pink/Black Stacker

2008-11-05T14:40:00.001-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Shocking pink/Black Stacker.

Ruffle/Grosgrain

2008-11-05T14:39:00.000-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Shocking pink ruffle ribbon topped with a spotted grosgrain bow.

Ruffle/Marabou

2008-11-05T14:38:00.001-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Light pink ruffle with pink marabou behind.

Denim/Bandanna Stacker

2008-11-05T14:37:00.000-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Denim, black, red, bandanna organza stacker

Pink/Black Camo

2008-11-05T14:36:00.000-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Pink, Black and camo stacker.

Burgundy Clip

2008-11-05T14:35:00.001-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Satin Burgundy topped with a matching organza bow. Alligator clip.

Ballet Stacker

2008-11-05T14:34:00.000-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Red/Black Headband

2008-11-05T14:33:00.000-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Black organza with a red organza bow on top. Black band.

Black/Ivory Headband

2008-11-05T14:32:00.000-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Black velvet topped with an ivory organza bow on a ivory nylon band.

Burgandy Velvet Headband

2008-11-05T14:31:00.000-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Burgundy velvet with matching organza on knit band.

Purple Flower Headband

2008-11-05T14:30:00.000-07:00

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Purple crochet band with white and purple flower.

Nie Recovery Launch

2008-11-01T23:08:00.000-06:00

Today was the first day of the Nie Recovery Launch on e-bay!
There are over 100 members in the Nie Recovery group and we will all be listing items that all the money we get from our auctions will be donated to the Nie Recovery.

E-bay search: Nierecovery to see what is up for grabs through the 15th!
Click on the Nie picture on my side bar to go straight to the listings available! :)

Here is what I have listed so far:

Happy Bidding!

Happy Halloween

2008-10-31T08:26:00.000-06:00

Little Goldilocks turned out adorable for the first day of our Halloween festivities! We have another trunk or treat tonight plus the visiting of family so my daughter gets to sit through me curling her hair again (and little Dude gets to wear make up again.... ;)

Have a safe Halloween!

Any advise to get an (almost) three year old to look at the camera and not have a cheeser of a smile would be much appreciated....

Halloween Bow Clearout Sale!

2008-10-26T21:48:00.000-06:00

As my husband and I were setting up to take some pictures tonight, the topic of cleaning out our basement came up. With that being said ALL of my left over Halloween bows that are made and ready to ship are on sale for $1.50!

Keep checking back because in attempt to clean out stuff, I will be listing/posting ALL the other bows I have pre-made that are just laying around!

Butterfly Clips

2008-10-23T20:24:00.000-06:00

As promised some more BOWS!

I love these clips! Especially on one of those days when I just want one clip to pull my daughters (growing out) bangs to the side and out of her eyes!

She loves them too. So much that she wears them proud and cries when it's time to take it out for bed!

Crochet Flower Clips

2008-10-23T20:20:00.000-06:00

Super cute Crochet Flowers! I have stepped down to 'simple' (if any! I am bad!) bows for my daughter. These are perfect! :)

These ones are my favorite....

Simple Twirl Skirt

2008-10-21T15:48:00.000-06:00

Yes, I made another skirt!

I just can't get enough of sewing these days!
Don't worry, I am in the process of making some new bows to add to my store so please don't give up on me just yet! :)

New Halloween Bow Giveaway Winner!

2008-10-20T09:36:00.000-06:00

One of the previous winners never contacted me to claim their bow so there is a new winner!

Commenter #69 you win!!!

Blogger The Duckers said...

I like number 10!! It's still fun for the holidays, but would last all year round too! Thanks for the fun giveaway!

Please e-mail me your address at ajsbowtique (at!)gmail (dot) com!!

HUGE SALE!!!!

2008-10-19T13:46:00.000-06:00

After much thought and review, I have decided to close my e-bay store and focus more on my etsy store.
E-bays fees were becoming too much and listing an item was a pain in the neck.

I will be closing the doors to AJ's Bow-tique/e-bay on November 16th after this event.

Until then.... EVERYTHING in my e-bay store is 40% OFF! EVERYTHING!

I have already paid the fees and went through the trouble listing the item, might as well get rid of them by selling!

Did I mention EVERYTHING in my e-bay store was 40% OFF.....EVERYTHING! :)

Stripe Twirl Skirt

2008-10-18T15:01:00.000-06:00

My daughter is in LOVE with dresses and skirts that she can 'dan' (dance) in! She can go days wearing her favorite dress, but I am forced to hide it once in awhile to let her other clothes get some wear!

With her new obsession it's only appropriate that she receives this super full, stripe work skirt...perfect for twirling!

Fabric for this skirt was totally inspired by these shoes...

...that have also become her new favorite...which she will wear everyday if not hidden!

{Attn; Unclaimed Bow Giveaway Winners}

2008-10-16T12:12:00.000-06:00

I have two winners from my giveaway that has yet to e-mail me your addresses!

Claudia J and April (April! You commented after you won, but I need your address!!!)

If I don't hear from you two by Sunday, Oct. 19th I will draw two different names as winners!

Better hurry!

:)

Thanks for contacting me April!

Quilt Giveaway!

2008-10-15T21:29:00.000-06:00

(Picture via Pigtails and Snails site)

No, I am not giving away a quilt (I have yet to tackle that talent!)

But I came across this blog that she is so generous and is giving away a gorgeous one!

Go and ENTER HERE!

Goldilocks & Baby Bear

2008-10-13T19:07:00.000-06:00

A good friend of mine let me borrow her sons Bear Halloween Costumes for my son. I am HUGE into themes so appropriately my daughter became Goldilocks.

I found this super cute yellow with white flower material to make a dress out of, but soon decided that it would be WAY too much yellow for my eyes to handle at once. Plus I wanted something that if I was going to take the time to make, I wanted it to be able to be something I would put on her again and again.

I went back to the fabric store and found two coordinating materials that came from the same line as the yellow material.

Then I had to make up my mind as to what I wanted the overall end product to look like. I used FOUR different patterns!

*I got the idea/sleeves out of one. (I went with 3/4 sleeves because Halloween in Idaho is usually pretty cold, it will be really cold if the snow keeps coming like we got over the weekend!)
*Body of the dress from another.
*Hem from a third.
*Apron from the fourth.

End result?!?!?

Goldilocks Modernized and totally hip! :)

Like stated before, I wanted something she could wear again, so I made a belt to replace the apron.

Halloween here we come!

{The Winners Are}

2008-10-11T14:51:00.000-06:00

First of all, I want to Thank all of you that left a comment, added a link, and did a shout out on your blogs! I appreciate it!

I had way more entries than I anticipated so I decided to choose 5 names instead of the original 3 mentioned! :)

I used Random.org.

Here are the 5 winners:

{Claudia J said...}

We would love to give #6 a good home.

{devri said...}

I want the #9, I love your bows, I will shout you out on my giveaway tab today..

enter 2 for me please!!!!

Http://www.hairsourlife.blogspot.com/

{Kristen said...}

I want #1! And I need to add your link to my page now that you have a blog! I love that you have a blog for your bows, by the way.

{Robert and Hannah said...}

I love #1. They are all so cute!

{april said...}

I love your blog, you have some very cute stuff. I liked #2 the best, but it was hard because they were all so cute. I placed you button on my page and made a comment on my blog about your web page.

Congrats to those that won!

Please e-mail me your addresses so I can get these out to you guys soon!

ajsbowtique (at) gmail (dot) com

If you didn't win please continue to visit my blog, I have lots of giveaways 'brewing' in my head! :)

Halloween Bow Giveaway!!!

2008-10-06T09:07:00.000-06:00

Giveaway has ended! Come back later to find out if you won!!!

Surprise! My first bow giveaway!

Over 10 bow styles to choose from just in time for Halloween!! Pick your favorite! Giveaway ends Saturday, October 11th at noon with the THREE winners announced later that night. Yes, THREE of you will be lucky winners!

How do you win?!?!
*Leave a comment on which bow style you would want if won!
That's it!

Want more chances to win?
*Make a post on your own blog about the giveaway.
*Add my grab button or a link on your sidebar.

Up to three chances to enter! Yahoo!

All bows come in pairs (for those cute pigtails!). If you have a itty bitty and would prefer one of the bows that are pictured on a clip attached to a band let me know and I will swap out one of the bows for the band! Some of the bows have already been placed on bands for visual reference.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Like what you see but don't want to wait until the end of the week?!? All bows will be listed in my etsy shop. PLUS all holiday bows and holiday boutique clothing sold from my etsy store I will be donating 20% to the http://web.me.com/andrewtbagley/NieRecovery/Home.html!

Nie Nie Recovery Launch

2008-10-05T21:55:00.000-06:00

I have joined an e-bay group that will be doing a launch to help the Nielson family at this time of need.
If you want to help out and join this group click HERE to request an invitation.
You can also offer your support by purchasing any of items on their behalf, search NieRecovery on Ebay from November 1-15.

To catch up on their story you can read the NieNie Dialogues or follow her sister's blog cjanerun.

Since the first blog I read shortly after the accident I have been following her sisters blog. I have been wanting to do something to help out now here's my chance!

Anxiety

2008-10-05T14:38:00.000-06:00

Last Monday I made (another) run to the fabric store. While there, the kind ladies that work there showed me THIS gorgeous dress pattern! I fell in love immediately and searched for some fabric to make a dress for my daughter.

This is the material I got:

I also took a look at the website on the back of the pattern and just had to purchase THIS skirt pattern and THIS skirt pattern (also anxiously awaiting the arrival of those!)

Since buying all the required items, I have yet found any time to sit down and piece the dress together! Every day I think to myself "Today is the Day" but between other orders needing to be filled and my crazy kids, I haven't yet gotten to it.

It will still have to wait because I am in the process of making a surprise!

AJ's Bow-tique

The Reason for My Slacking......

A Boy's Story

Ruffle Leggings

Rhinestone Poodle

Making Room!

Opening Autumn

{Merry Christmas}

Dressed To Impress

Just as cute in pink!

Meet Autumn

Ruffle Legging ADD ON

New Ruffle & Twirl Skirts

It's My (almost) Birthday!

Ruffle & Twirl Skirt:: Brown plaid wool & satin

Plain Jane Ruffles & Twirls Skirt

Brown Satin Shirt

Giveaways!

The Crafting Chicks

New Skirts

New Ruffle Leggings! "Candy Cane"

Win a $30 Gift Certificate!

::Tulle Skirts::

::Thanksgiving Subway Art Wall Hanging:: A Tutorial

{Fall Wreath}

Tea Dye

Pillow Cases

Holiday Christmas Dresses

Fabric Halloween Wreath

Purse Week {Mama Mia} Diaper Bag

New Skirts {Made and Ready to ship}

{Itsy Bitsy Spiders} Wall Hanging Tutorial

Double Ruffle Headband Bows

Scripture Bags

"Stay Tucked" Little Boys Dress Shirt

{Taylor} Ruffle Jumper

Ruffle Leggings Giveaway WINNER!

Skirts On SALE!

New Chiffon/Tulle Twirl Skirts

Ruffle Leggings Giveaway!

Bliss Giveaway!

Baby Bracelets

Facebook!!

M.I.A.

Minky Pajamas

Nursing Covers

New Carseat Covers Listed

Craft Fair

Blessing Dress for Jessie Jane

Quilt for Jessie Jayne

I WON!

Fabric Giveaway!

Tip Junkie Participant

Simplicity Quilt

Camera Strap

New Scripture Bag

New Carseat Covers!

**NEW** Spring Bow Giveaway Winner!

Spring Bow Giveaway Winner!

Spring Bow Giveaway!

New Bag!

New Blessing Dress

Birthday Outfit

A Baby Quilt

Sophia Blessing Dress

{Scripture} Bag/Purse

{Another} Twirl Skirt

HUGE Giveaway Day!

Bye Bye E-bay

Newborn Flower Headbands

Thanks!

Cleaning House Bow Giveaway WINNERS!!

Cleaning House BOW GIVEAWAY!

Yellow/Dot

Shocking Pink/Black Stacker

Ruffle/Grosgrain

Ruffle/Marabou

Denim/Bandanna Stacker

Pink/Black Camo

Burgundy Clip

NEW Spring Bow Giveaway Winner!