Bitsy Buckets ~ Storage with Style
November 18, 2008 by Emily · 2 Comments
Whether stashing recipes, treats, pencils, or magazines, a designer bucket seems to fit into place in almost any home. Staying organized is a necessity in my home, yet inexplicably, I sometimes find that I have built up quite a collection of odds and ends with which I just cannot part. It is for moments like these that delightful little organizers become my favorite tool.
Decoupaged Bitsy Buckets and Mail Pockets by The Macbeth Collection, are a “favorite catch all” that help to transform your clutter into a sophisticated space that is ready to display. Fortunately, including design in your home that is also functional helps you to achieve better productivity, efficiency, and balance - to name a few.
To make your storage even more meaningful, personalize it! Each of these items may be monogrammed so that they are especially made for you. This additional design touch can turn your ordinary storage container into a cherished accessory that you will want to keep and reuse for years to come.
Saturday Sweet Shoppes and a Giveaway
November 8, 2008 by Emily · 75 Comments
Contest Update:
*We have a winner!! The randomly chosen winner for this contest is: Pat C. Congratulations! Thank you to everyone who participated, please stop by again as there are new contests each week.*
I don’t usually post on a Saturday, but we have so many outstanding shoppes and giveaways to share, I couldn’t miss this opportunity (plus my husband is hanging out with our toddler this morning, so it gives me time to write). 
Saturday Sweet Shoppes
*Let’s start with sweet shoppe, Pineapple Hill:
With a plethora of delightful gifts and must-have accessories, Pineapple Hill drew me in like a bug to a light. (Don’t you love my Saturday morning creativity?). I love “green” and was happy to see so much of it in their items…maybe that was it.
Here’s their story: Pineapple Hill Designs began with a desire to find uncommon items displaying quality and style at reasonable prices. They have spent countless hours searching to find home accessories, jewelry, baby items and artwork so that you could have chic and unique things for your home that make every day just a little more special for yourself and those you love.
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*The next place we are window shopping today: LemonHead Kidz.
Featuring non-slip headbands and clips that really stay on!! Really, they do. The headbands have a velcro lining underneath the band that helps it to stays firmly in place. You and/or your children can even participate in sports and activities with a LemonHead band and it won’t come off!
Many of their bands have an adjustable button in the back so that you can slip it on and off quickly without having to tie it. Finally, (can you tell I love these?) you can mix and match their stylish clippies and bows as an accessory for your band.
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The Giveaway
And now a giveaway from The Gift Closet:
The Gift Closet is a blogtique run by creative designer, Heather. She makes her own Soy Whipped Body Butter, Soy Linen & Body Spray, Scrabble pendants, & Scrabble magnets. She also has a blog theme called “Make It Monday” where she features recipes, how to make scrabble pendants and more.
Discount:
Take 15% off your order from The Gift Closet (just mention you are a LWS reader).
Win It:
One lucky Window Shoppe reader will win a bottle of Soy Linen & Body Spray from The Gift Closet (winner chooses the scent)! All you have to do is leave a quick comment or send an email to contest@littlewindowshoppe.com (with “linen” as the subject of your email) letting us know which scent you would choose if you win (just click to the “Soy Linen” link and scroll to the bottom, all of the scents are listed there).
The winner will be chosen at random on Monday, Nov. 17th and will be announced here, so be sure to check back to see if you’re the winner. Please feel free to read our contest rules for additional details.
The Perfect Doll
November 4, 2008 by Vanessa · 5 Comments
For the past month I have been searching for the perfect doll to give my niece this year for Christmas. Dolls are very special in my house, both of my daughters have a certain doll they sleep with every night and talk about throughout the day.
I wanted the doll to be unique, funky, cuddly, eco-friendly, handmade and colorful. To my surprise I found quite a few that fit all of the things I wanted.
Poot & Boogie dolls were my top pick, I fell in love them instantly. The dolls are individually handcrafted and prewashed and shrunk with 100% cotton and 100% wool materials, stuffed with Eco-friendly fiberfill derived from EcoCraft corn. They are “handcrafted with love and smiles” in a small house on a hobby farm in Aldergrove BC. They accept custom orders and you can purchase the dolls through Natural Pod for $34.95 each.
These Modern Rag Dolls from the Etsy shop IkdDesigns are being sold to raise funds for the owner’s upcoming Ethiopian adoption. I love how colorful and cuddly the dolls look, the owner has quite a collection of dolls that are priced at $40 each.
Here are just a few of the other wonderful dolls I found on Etsy:
Doodle Girls from Bit of Whimsyprims $32
- Beth Ann from Madison’s Craft Nook $25
- Fiona from Baby Bomb $35
- Mermaid Dolls from Tiny Green Apples $30
Vanessa’s blog: http://www.inevergrewup.net - Ideas and Reviews to Help Parents Entertain, Care for and Educate their Children.
Little Shop of Shavs
October 30, 2008 by Cassie · 3 Comments
Whether for a birthday, shower, or Christmas, like many of you I love to give unique one of a kind gifts, which is why I liked Little Shop of Shavs, where they offer very unique custom made gift ideas.
After choosing your favorite picture, Shauna (Owner of Little Shop of Shavs) creates a high contrast Black and White painting of it. These modern paintings are awesome and would look so great hanging on the wall, and what grandma wouldn’t love a huge painting of their grandchild to look at every day?
Discount:
Little Shop of Shavs is offering all LWS readers $30 off their order through October. This would be a great time to get a little Christmas shopping done early. Just let Shauna know you are a LWS reader upon checkout for your discount!
Cassie’s shoppe: Madison Envy
DIY Felt Board
October 28, 2008 by Vanessa · 7 Comments
I am attempting a handmade Christmas this year and have been searching for projects to do for my family and friends. I originally saw this idea on The Artful Parent and thought this would be the perfect Christmas gift for my two girls. This way they could have their own large felt board complete with different packets of cut out images that go along with different stories and landscapes.
It is quite a simple project and is very do-able (which is perfect for me). First, I purchased a scrap of plywood about 1/4 inch thick and 2 feet by 2 feet. You will also need to pick up a can of Elmer’s Spray Adhesive, a large piece of felt a little larger than your piece of wood (for the backdrop), craft glue and many different colors of felt.
Follow the instructions on the back of your Spray Adhesive can to attach the backdrop felt to the wood. I chose a light blue color with the idea that it could be used as both the sky and the ocean. Fold the corners on the back and glue them down with the craft glue and you are already done completing the felt board!
For my images, I cut out images for each season of the year to put in packets to include with the board:
- For Winter a pine tree with ornaments, a large star, snowflakes, snow to put on the ground and presents to put under the tree.
- For Spring a large sun, clouds, grass to put on the bottom, stems for the flowers and quite a few flower cut outs so they can put together their own flowers.
- For Summer I cut out a large tree and leaves in many different shades of green. I also cut out a large tire swing, sandbox and small swimming pool.
- For Fall I cut out leaves in gold, yellow, orange and red along with a pile of leaves to place at the bottom.
No need to put anything on the back of your cutouts, felt will stick to felt and attach just fine onto the board.
I also “tried” to cut out our family and two dogs to use in all the different seasons, I hope to get around to cutting out and designing some extended family and friends. My favorite part has been recreating their favorite stories into felt board pieces. The one pictured here is The Chocolate Chip Ghost story which is a favorite in our house.
You can check out these great links for more felt board stories and displays:
- Fun Figurines
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
- Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear?
- Farm Theme
- Gingerbread Man
- An Autumn Tree
- Create Your Own Flower
- Under the Sea
- Chicken Little
Hopefully this will be a present my daughters enjoy playing with during those long winter months that we will be stuck inside!
Vanessa’s blog: http://www.inevergrewup.net - Ideas and Reviews to Help Parents Entertain, Care for and Educate their Children.
Sweet Shoppe: Itty Bitty Ladybug
October 13, 2008 by Michelle · 8 Comments
The other night I was on the computer checking out different online boutiques and I just fell in love with Itty Bitty Ladybug. What initally caught my eye were the fabulous bow holders. We have tons of bows in my house and I am always on the lookout for fun ways to store them. I just loved how modern and unique these were.
So I took a few minutes to peek around the shop some more and was just loving all that I saw. I know a few sweet little girls that would go wild over these adorable pouches.
Discount:
Stroll on over to Itty Bitty Ladybug and enter LITTLE10 at checkout to receive 10% off your order. Yup just for Little Window Shoppe readers! That’s not all. You will also receive FREE holiday or signature gift wrap. Great news, I know! Now head over there. It’s never too early for holiday shopping.
Michelle’s shoppe: Sweet Mady’s Paper, her blog: www.sweetmadysnotes.blogspot.com - stationery, invitations and notes.
Journal Jars & “Between Me and You” Journal Giveaway!
October 13, 2008 by Emily · 125 Comments
I love starting out the week with a great Giveaway. A few years ago for my mom’s 50th birthday, we gave her a journal and a “journal jar” with all kinds of questions that she could answer in her journal along the way. It was a fun gift to give and we really look forward to reading her entries someday to get to know her even better.
While we’re on the topic of journal jars, I found a splendid little post with pretty journal jar pictures and great question ideas for making your own at The Jelly Journals Blog. Isn’t this a creative gift idea?
Journal Giveaway:
Sand Dune Books has a Family Journal Series that is really similar to the “journal jar” called “Between Me And You™ a few things I’ve been meaning to ask”. It is sure to become a family keepsake that you will cherish.
Inside each are fun, non-sappy, sometimes humorous questions and journal space for a handwritten response. They make PERFECT gifts that you can share with people you love and there are different books designed for each unique relationship, such as “mom”, “dad”, ”daughter” and more.
Discount: Save 10% on each journal until October 18th with code: LWS
Win It:
One lucky Window Shoppe reader will win their choice of any 2 journals! To win, all you have to do is check out Sand Dune Books and leave a quick comment or send an email to contest@littlewindowshoppe.com (with “journal” as the subject of your email) letting us know which 2 you would like to win. The winner will be chosen at random on Wednesday October 22nd and will be announced here, so be sure to check back to see if you’re the winner.
P.S. If you haven’t seen all of our other giveaways we have going on at LWS, check out our Current Giveaways link…we have quite a few you can still enter and we are adding even more to it throughout this week!!
Contest Closed *CONGRATULATIONS TO ”TobyeDavid” ~ HE IS THE RANDOMLY CHOSEN WINNER FOR THIS CONTEST! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED - PLEASE STOP BY AGAIN AS THERE ARE NEW CONTESTS EACH WEEK!*
Create a Matchstick Garden
October 10, 2008 by Lauren · 8 Comments
My new favorite thing to give at birthday parties is the Matchstick Garden! These adorable little matchbooks are filled with what looks like paper sticks inside. But give them a bit of dirt, water, sunshine and in a few weeks you’ll have a lovely little garden!
You can buy them in four different assortments: Wildflowers, Mixed Herbs, Italian Garden or Mixed Greens. With the nippy fall weather keeping us indoors more, it’s so nice to still have flowers to care for. Plus, it’s such a fun way to teach your kids about growing a garden and making the world a bit more green!
Lauren’s blog: Supermom Central - tips, tricks and tidbits for the aspiring Supermom.
Thank Ewe Cards
September 29, 2008 by Emily · 2 Comments
I simply adore handmade cards. Aren’t these cards from Deb’s Design creative and original? I think that this handmade flower embellished card is gorgeous and would definitely make someone’s day. And how about the cotton ball lamb?! I am crazy about cute sayings and this little ”thank ewe” card makes me smile.
Free Gift:
If you order from Deb’s Design, just mention that you are from Little Window Shoppe and you will receive a free gift with your order!
Eden’s Bouquet ~ Days Gone By
September 18, 2008 by Emily · 7 Comments
Eden’s Bouquet is one of the most beautiful luxury children’s clothing boutiques I have EVER seen. Prices went flying out the window here as I couldn’t help but post up these gorgeous photos.
I don’t think that words can really describe the beauty of this clothing, so I will let these stunning photos speak for themselves. {Photos displays from the Days Gone By Collection, the Cottage Heirloom Collection, the Amelie Collection, and the Vintage Rose Collection}.
If you have time, you absolutely must visit Eden’s Bouquet to discover more and (if your pocket book is kind), take home a piece of it for yourself. ~ Thank you to Mannequin of Fractured Toy for submitting this site idea!
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