Getting Ready to WELCOME SPRING!!!

Some NEW Designs for Easter & Disney Vacations, etc...

I know too much time has passed by since I have written on my blog. I've been working very hard filling orders & recovering from the Christmas & Valentine Rush orders. Amazingly enough, the economy has shown minimal shortage on my regular business stats. I feel VERY BLESSED to have such faithful customers. Although my ebay sales go for quite minimal, it is refreshing to juts have work that actually does keep me hopping, much busier than I used to be for a little more money. I do not find this shocking... just THANKFUL for the work. I've sold one of my industrial sewing machines to help make the difference as I did not use it very much & enjoyed seeing it go to a good home of a local Korean lady who was inspired by my work & wanting to start her own little business. This did my heart good...

I have yet to take the time I need to really make my site attractive & workable with easy buys for my customers. I am going to make this a goal this coming 2 weeks. This does take quite a bit of time, but it's going to be well worth it, most especially when shared with friends of friends of friends... My goal is to keep my prices reasonable & fair.

Thanks for taking the time to send me ideas & pictures to post on my happy customer section on my website. I have to update this section as well as I am so grateful for your work & sharing me with your friends!

Blessings & Joys!
Bonnie

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!!

Photo Above is of my parents in the NEW finished basement of our family cabin in Airville PA. They loved their gift this year~ All of us got them a photo of our individual families for Christmas, they are now framed & hung above this sofa with lights. They had this sofa since they were married!!! Our Sweet Misty was a HIT over Christmas at the cabin, she LOVED this sofa! :)

Happy NEW YEAR! Finally back in the swing of things~ For getting back to work after a lovely trip home to PA for two weeks has not been easy... I hope all of my bloggers have enjoyed a Happy Holiday Season as well!

Now, to update you! I'm being very careful in my listings with ebay as the fees have been just outrageous, etsy is still quite slow & I have built up a great clientele base of which keeps me busy through just ordering personally from me. So, I am listing many of the same designs on ebay for the next Holiday which is Valentines Day~ RIGHT around the corner now, folks!!! :)

I've been busy keeping up with myspace & facebook. It's been SO MUCH fun picking up & catching up with old friends where I've left off years & years ago... Ross leaves for a week of Skiing with his friends from Philly, he deserves a good break away. When he gets back he will be headed to Alaska to fly winter storms there. Yes, this leaves me with a lot of alone time & to focus on trying to figure out my taxes & work orders to help pay off my debts accumulated... This is my goal!

Thanks for your continued interest & your support... Sharing me with your friends & neighbors!

Blessings, Bonnie

A December 8th~ Monday Morning in MS

I ALWAYS LOVED Curious George~ I'm also working on Strawberry Shortcake, Disney Princess & Mermaid in very similiar sets! It's hard to get them all modeled & photographed & listed, just let me know of any theme you would like anytime if you have a special event, etc... I can certainly come up with something amazing for your sweetie; Girl or Boy!

I'm enjoying this cool Monday morning here in Mississippi~ Catching up with e-mails & replies & placing a post of one of my new special Valentine FUN outfits! I LOVE personalization!!! It's hard to think this far ahead, but with custom orders, this is right around the corner after Christmas! I'm already thinking about Easter & Spring! I may have a local show this weekend to keep me busy the remainder of the week, so I am posting this now while my memory is fresh & I have a moment. :) I'm trying to relax in the mornings with teatime.

I hope you find just what you need to relax you during the hustle & bustle of this Holiday Season & our countries uncertainties with the economy. I know I've been stressed about that & notice a HUGE difference in my business & customer base most recently.

Hugs~ Bon

Happy Holidays! December 2008

I'm feeling so overwhelmed & Christmas is coming OH SO FAST! :) I wanted to take a moment to write here as I have found some time. Ross is doing his Reserve weekend duty this weekend & will be traveling all this coming week to close the hurricane hunters work station down on the Island St Croix where they have done a lot of their flying from all summer long. I'm sure it will be a fun week for him as he has a very dear friend (a former room mate) who lives & works there with his wife. They do like to catch up & go golfing and such.

I have been working very hard on getting my Christmas & Holiday orders out in time & have neglected to spend time on my website or here. I have recently updated my website with less confusing attributes & hopefully better understanding for most customers. Please let me know if you have any ideas as I am far from this process being completed.

I will post a few photos here for now in hopes that I will have more time to update this coming week. I still have groceries in my car to unload from yesterday as we had the Air Force Christmas party last night & I did bring in all of the stuff that needed refrigerated. :) This was on my list of TO DO's & I feel like those of you who check in regularly will hopefully understand & probably can have some of the same busy stories in your own lives.

Hope you had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving! I started Nanny*ing p/t for a lovely family here & it's approx. 1-3 days a week, which is sich a blessing and outlet doing just what I LOVE!!!

Happy Halloween! Adding Gift Certificates on my website!!!

Finally it is cooling down here in the South! :) This makes me very happy... most of all, no more major hurricane threats, we're on the downward spiral of the season. I have listed quite a few darling Halloween designs this year, but as usual... I'm later in listing. I will be listing a Darling Thanksgiving set today after my model comes over for photos! We are also doing some General Sports Twirl Dresses, she is a darling little sweetie, it's always a fun time seeing these sets come to life!

I will post a few photos here, I'm trying my best to stay up to date with you here. Feel free to contact me anytime on any ideas you have! I LOVE to hear from my customers, most especially when they pass me on to their friends.

Thanks for all of your support & business!

Fall Blessings~

Bonnie

New Capri/Pants Style in time for Thanksgiving & Christmas!!!

I promised I would post a photo of my new Capri/Pants Style!!! So here is my very first model debut for this style! The Wide Ruffle is very much in I can easily add an additional ribbon, rick rack or bias above the ruffle as well! The Tops are optional & you can easily add initial applique or monogramming to coordinate the bottoms & have great use for Mix & Matching... More photos to come in the next week or so. I'm working on some darling Thanksgiving Sets with Turkey's on the top! Very CUTE!!! Keep checking back & contact me anytime with your custom idea or special needs!

Bon

Sunday Morning~ A Fresh New October! Feeling the Fall?

Here in Mississippi, it is hardly feeling like Fall, although there is some cool breezes & the humidity has pretty much subsided which is a very good thing! Ross is working this weekend, so I am too! I'm working on some ideas to help shoppers save money on darling boutique sets for siblings... I will be posting photos ASAP of these sweet new Ruffled Capri or Pants Styles with the matching headband. I can do matching tops or mom's can simply purchase the tops to match the pants to help save & be able to wear with other sets, too!

WEBSITE UPDATE: Roxy has been amazing in getting my website back up in a super timely manner! THANKS A MILLION, Roxy... after all you're dealing with... no doubt you are just spent! After the downtime with the changes the service provider had made when we went to upload everything again I felt bad that this happened at such a time while she is trying to study & has her own family. What a headache for her, poor thing! She has done an incredible job in learning & building my website for me. She is absolutely the best artisitc gal & has created a site that I thought would be impossible to accomplish!~ I'm SO GRATEFUL for all of the help & her patience in trying to teach & work with me along the way & across the states, all the way from California! She has been incredible!!! There are still some minor issues & kinks, we're working on & I appreciate your e-mails & help to make this site run smoothly for buyers. Please let me know if you have any ideas for better set or navigation, etc. I am always happy to help any customer over the phone as well.

Thanks again for checking up here with my Blog... I'm trying to keep it updated as things unfold & news happens here.

Sunday Blessings!
Bonnie