Happy Happy

Yippee. The holiday groups are up and a lot of you noticed because the ballet belts and more are big hits! I'm so happy, I love the loveliness of these, oh and the shrugs too. Embellishments to delight. Gina Miller did it again with these awesome pics.

I just had to mix the vintage curtain fabric and trim of last century with the trims and ribbons of this one to create these treasures. Hey if you look close on the accessory page you will see I have them in adult! So you can match your little princess, perfect for the holidays.
I have to say my inspiration for these came from seeing my nephew, David Hallberg, dance at a very special performance in Indianapolis last month. It was truly beautiful. He's really a big deal but don't take my word for it check out his web site. Click on press and you can see him in September's Time magazine with Michelle Obama and lots more good news.
Okay so I know that the site is still a little rough but I had to put the new holiday up because they will be here before you know it. We've been working on cutting and sewing, hence the site being neglected,just click on the catagories across top to find new dresses etc.The best part,
orders placed this week and forward will ship in less than 5 days. So hopefully this news will make you happy happy!

Something different all the time.....

That's a great tag line for me and it sums up the Holiday Vignettes. I've mixed together all sorts of fabrics and trims new and old to create these groups : Harvest, Michigan Ave and
Plum Pudding.
Hopefully you'll find something you love for your little ones. Here's a few more peaks. Behind the scenes things sure are busy, so it won't be long now, to hopefully charm you into something different all the time.

Wordless Wednesday

Harvest Time

Harvesting the fields so to speak. It's been crazy busy sewing and shipping. Here's peeks at new holiday pieces to be up on the site shortly. Please forgive me for the lame post, like I shared too busy cutting, sewing, shipping,adding items to web site, etc. :0).

Peace

Peace what a powerful word. I feel more peace now than in many a week. We have almost gotten all orders caught up. So instead of being four weeks behind on shipping I'm only two. What a relief, I hate it when things are in a messed up way. I was really feeling overwhelmed when I saw the stack of orders that we were behind on, I'm sorry, I just had to knuckle down on shipping and communication i.e. Blogging fell by the wayside, please forgive me. All the blog winners, you have not been forgotten, you are now on the top of the new stack, soon my friends,soon!

Peace is also the name of my church. Peace Lutheran Church. I love my church because of the comfort worship brings to my heart. I love communing with others and praising God. I love the peace that comes from a faith in God.

I love teaching my Sunday school class. This is the 21st year I've had the 3,4 and 5 year old class, since my oldest was 4. I always ask the kids "what's the number one best selling book of all time?" They all the say with big smiles on their faces "the Bible"! Then I read them the bible story for the day. I teach them prayers to say before they eat and we always pray for family and friends, work, school and church and peace in the world. I love seeing my canceled checks made out to peace. It feels so good to give money to peace. I only share these thoughts with the best of intentions, not to preach but to reach out, to share the peace that God can bring in times of joy and sorrow.

I wish you all peace. Here's a lovely picture from our summer collection that looks so peaceful I had to share. Thanks Nicole from backstreetphoto.com for sending this in.
Oh, by the way Kelly you've won the Modern Prairie outfit, please email me your size and address. I'm still laughing about your wedding story.

Walk a Mile

Walk a mile with me so I can tell you what's going on.

These last few weeks have been the best of times and the worst of times. The fall launch was running late due to my traveling back and forth to my mom and dad's much of the summer. But hey, I've been doing this a long time so I felt we could rally the troops as we crossed our "t's"and dotted our "i's" and pull it off. All the fabric and trim, over 4 miles worth, were ordered and in place this summer. Samples were made, edited and some made again just to make sure everything was just right. I found some fabulous photographers, Molly and Amanda, to work literally round the clock to get the pictures taken and formatted and rushed to my web designer. Timi also worked round the clock to get the launch done.

Then the ordering began; yeah my favorite part. The reason we do it is for all of you and your kiddos. Creating whimsical, functional, comfy fashion one piece at a time. Everything is made in Indiana so I can't blame customs. Well I sorta can. So the worst part is my cutting knife broke, just stopped working. Well you can imagine that you can't cut over 4 miles worth of fabric without some major appliance. Mine was my trusty knife. I actually can say I love her. She's been with me so long, so faithful and true. Any way because so much work has gone off shore no one stocks parts in the USA any more. Heck, you can't even buy a knife off the shelves because all of those have to be ordered and shipped in from Asia or South America with a 2-3 week lead time. So any way, where is all this going? The knife got some CPR and is up and running until the parts get in. I am finally going to be shipping fall orders out this week and next virtually round the clock until we get caught up and past this knife mayhem. After this glitch, all orders should be shipped in our usual less than a week time frame. All the blog prizes will be shipped by the end of next week.


Speaking of blog prizes, Nicole Kelly, you are a winner! Please email me your address and size and I'll get yours on the to ship list. Also, Schauss Family Happenings, you're a winner too! You know the drill. Please send me your info so we can spoil your little one as well.


Any way, what I really want to say is thanks for listening, thanks for your business, and thanks for your patience and understanding. Okay... just a few more abstract nouns: thanks for your faithfulness, love and support. But most of all, thank you for giving me an opportunity to continue to do what I love most: create kids clothes made with love in the USA. I can't end this without offering you a chance to win a blog prize from our Modern Prairie collection. So here goes, tell me what makes you smile when you're having a challenging day. Everyone has a chance to win, it's a random drawing, so good luck!


Thanks 1000 times for walking these miles with me.

This week, Last week, Next week

Okay, I know I said end of this week for launching new fall but that was now last week, so I should have said early next week and that would be this week. Yippee, the new fall lines are up now. It's so exciting to see all the orders come in. Thank you, thank you a 1000 times. We really worked hard to do a little bit of something for everyone. Everything is handmade at our studio in Indiana. So here we go to please and delight you with all our new creations. Shipping starts next week so virtually no waiting for your lovelies.

This week to celebrate lets have blog contest. Comment on my blog about something fun you did this week or last week and you could win an outfit from the Birds of a Feather collection. Post my contest on your blog and you could win a wildflowers outfit. The winners will be random so everyone has a chance.

Next week I will announce the winners and it could be you!

Last weeks blog winner is Michelle with 2 l's. Please send me an email with your size and address and I'll hook you up with a gorgeous Romantic Roses outfit. Grandma Michele, with 1 L, let's spoil your little one too! She needs some Art and Soul for kindergarten so let me know your info and you win too!

Cheers! Kristine