A Place for Us review and GIVEAWAY!!!

The day has finally arrived!  This is so exciting!  Welcome "A Place for Us" readers!  So glad to have you!  A huge THANK YOU to Destiny for featuring me on her blog, http://www.aplaceforusblog.com/

Make sure to go to her site to register to win a $25 gift certificate to either Pixie Dust Boutique or Je T'aime Bridal!  The drawing is open now through April 3rd. 

In case you missed it, Destiny was featured on the Nate Berkus Show just over a month ago on the House Proud segment as well as a craft segment!  She did an awesome job and I LOVE her decorating ideas!  Here is Destiny hanging out with Nate here!

And because I love you guys so much, I also wanted to give you a little coupon code for 20% off in my boutiques that can be used during the duration of the blog giveaway!  Just type in "aplace" at the time of checkout and I'll hook you up! 

And, just for fun... here are a couple new listings in Pixie Dust that were just listed tonight!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/96452159/carnival-couture-birthday-bash-metal

http://www.etsy.com/listing/96452767/light-pink-and-raspberry-rosebuds-and

Some of our most popular items!

Here is a sampling of some of our items that I seem to be making a lot of lately!

This is the Gracie Lou carnival couture headband.  I originally made this for my daughters 2nd birthday.  Since then I have been making them like crazy!  Its so fun and colorful!



Lolli Lu headband~ This one has been a very popular flower girl headband as well as a newborn photo shoot band!  How cute is this picture!

Look for this one being featured on the popular blog

http://www.aplaceforusblog.com/ 
Blog author Destiny Alfonso was recently featured on "The Nate Berkus Show"
This headband(in white) will be featured on her site with a giveaway beginning Friday!



Insanely popular is this Ivory Posie and Pearl broach.  Many brides have purchased this for their bridesmaids as an embellishment to their dress!

Just a small sampling of some fun items!  I have many new items that will be coming out very soon!  Happy shopping!






A Blogtastic Extravaganza- Hundreds of dollars worth of prizes for your kiddos!

It's that time again!  "A Blogtastic Extravaganza" is upon us!  Pixie Dust Boutique is just one of the many sponsors!  Hundreds of dollars worth of prizes are being given away on this blog hop! 
Here are the packages!  Go to Mama chocolate to sign up!
http://www.mamachocolateblog.com/

“Lovely Princess” Prize Package – $177 value

• $25 Gift Certificate to Pixie Dust Boutique

• 2 Items of your choice from The Itty Bitty Boutique

• Baltic Amber Necklace from Teething Tots

• $100 Gift Certificate to Tea Collection (review coming soon)

Handsome Gentleman” Prize Package – $147 value

• $75 Gift Certificate to Cuddle Boutique

• 2 Items of your choice from The Itty Bitty Boutique

• Baltic Amber Necklace from Teething Tots

• Tie of your choice from The Little Gentleman’s Closet

A little Fairy Princess Garden Birthday Party

This summer I had the fun, excitement and challenge of putting together and pulling off a Fairy Princess Garden Birthday Party for my daughter who was turning 4.  She was very specific that she wanted her and her guests to wear fairy wings, so.... thats what they did!  It took hours to prepare but once I got into it, I couldn't stop!  There are just so many cute ideas! 
Heres what I made for the party... tutus (straight from my Pixie Dust Boutique shop), handmade boas (so cute and ohh so easy to make), butterfly banner (made from scrapbooking paper), paper pennant banner to accent the cake platter,  pinwheels (also made from scrapbooking paper), fairy wings (I made about six of them and swore I would never make another one but for one dilusional second I thought I could make and sell them in Pixie Dust Boutique), phew... I think that is it besides the food! So, here is her party in a nutshell! 

 Over view of the Garden Party

 Super fun and easy to make!  Pinwheels made from scrapbook paper!

 The Fairy Princesses

 Of course they put on makeup!

 Less is more!

 We played, "pin the crown on the princess"

 Ate tasty princess pink cupcakes!

 Cupcakes with the most adorable flower paper cups (bought at Jo-Annes)

 There was crown making!

 Too colorful to resist a picture!

 Chocolate covered icecream pops

http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/

 Picture Perfect

We had tasty punch (made with ginger ale, juice and sherbet!)

A bit out of order but this is the birthday girl anxiously awaiting her guests!

This party was so much fun to plan!  I'm gonna have a lot to live up to next year for her birthday!  Pony rides?  Ugh, I don't know!  We'll see what she wants!  I better start planning now!

Bridal and wedding accessories/fascinators




http://www.etsy.com/listing/78573616/wedding-accessory-ivorywhite-satin

 

I've been involved with the bridal industry for over five years.  My first experience with bridal customers began when I taught brides about good skin care tips and how to get their skin wedding day ready.  After their initial skincare consult, I had the privilege of doing their wedding day makeup!  I always enjoyed this because I got to be with them in the quiet (or sometimes not so quiet) moments of the morning when they were getting ready to marry their best friend.  It was in those moments that they opened up to me, sharing jitters or excitements.  I loved being able to share those moments with my brides. 
Fast forward a few years and a few ideas later, I finally have turned my passion for creating with my hands into a full time business!  Pixie Dust Boutique was born out of me creating Christmas presents for my girls and nieces.  From there I realized I could share my art with others.  I started off designing hair accessories for little girls (which I still do), making tutus(only occasionally now), and more sophisticated clips for sophisticated little girls or their moms!  Whats so fun to me is that all of this has evolved into so much more.  I began making bridal hair accessories and bridal  fascinators which drew me in a slightly different direction.  From there my business has exploded and allowed me to work with brides again but in a different genre.  This caused me to create a name within my Pixie Dust label called, Je T'aime Bridal.  At this point Je T'aime is still masquerading under Pixie Dust, sometime in the near future Je T'aime Bridal will be stepping out all on its own with Pixie Dust Boutique remaining.  I have a passion for creating within both genres and don't plan on giving up on either.  Pixie Dust allows me to use my creative juices in a fun, whimsy, colorful sort of a way while Je T'aime gives me the opportunity to bring out the sophisticated, elegant, rich side. 
 All of that to say, here's a sampling of what Je T'aime offers to our brides... hope you like it!



http://www.etsy.com/listing/81188622/bridal-accessorybridal-sash-chocolate




http://www.etsy.com/listing/75657031/wedding-hair-fascinator-ivory-magnolia




http://www.etsy.com/listing/78577000/wedding-accessory-ivory-satin-and-white




http://www.etsy.com/listing/77780604/wedding-accessory-ivorywhite-satin



http://www.etsy.com/listing/83763242/white-satin-wedding-flower-hair

A Blogtastic Extravaganza!

You don't want to miss this!  A Blogtastic Extravaganza is currently happening, but only till the 21st so you will want to get your entries in ASAP!
Here's where you can start and from there you can hop to many other blogs to sign up for literally thousands of dollars worth of prizes!

http://www.mamachocolateblog.com/ 

Pixie Dust Boutique is a part of Mama Chocolates Princess Package giveaway so sign up now!  I'm giving away a $25 gift certificate to my Boutique!  Heres a sneak peak at one of our new products, just in time for back to school!



It doesn't get much cuter than this!

Our adorable new "Carnival Couture Collection" is available now!  Bright colors, fun designs, feathers, sparkles, it just doesn't get much cuter than this! 

All of our head bands are "handmade" ( not homemade) in our Pixie Dust studio.  We pride ourselves in high end, quality, durable pieces that will stand up to wear and tear of your little one!  Beautiful flower headbands to accent any outfit and to embellish a little ones hairstyle is a must! 

Posies and Rosebud elastic stretch cloth headband

 http://www.etsy.com/listing/78083236/carnival-couture-collection-posies-and

 Summertime Jubilee (probably my favorite hair headband)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/78084961/carnival-couture-collection-summertime

Paradise headband 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/77695518/carnival-couture-headband-pink-turquoise



Grace headband (fairy princess wings not for purchase, "Birthday Beauty" tutu can be found at http://www.pixiedustboutique.com/)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/77188419/grace-pink-and-gray-rosebud-trio?ref=v1_other_2