New Design at Prairie Blossom!

Hello everyone!

I've been busy coming up with a few new designs in the last while and am so excited to finally be able to introduce them to you!  My sister from Simply Rosie Phogotraphy is expecting baby number four so she shared with me a few ideas of what style of hat she would like for her baby's pictures when he/she arrives.  So I got to work!  I ordered some luxuriously soft mohair yarn and fell in love with it as soon as I received it.  My 20-month old can't get enough of this yarn either!  Every time I pull it out he goes crazy.  :)

My mother has been sewing ever since she was a young girl.  She has a stash of leftover fabrics that she was happy to pass on to me (Love her).  I dug through some of her collections and handmade some flowers to go with my new designs.  Each flower is unique and although they might look similar no two will ever be identical. 

After completing a few hats I started my search for a photographer that I felt would photograph my little hats in a way that I had imagined!  I came across Caralee Case Photography and fell in love with her style immediately!  Here are pictures of a few of the hats I sent her!  Thank you Caralee!

These hats are made with newborn photographers and expectant mom's in mind so at this time will be offered only in newborn size.  Little babies just look so adorable wearing them! 

Since I'm already so busy filling orders on all my other hats I will be listing these in my shop in limited quantities and on specific days (to be announced).  So they will be sold on a first-come basis.

Hope you enjoyed the sneek peek!  I am working on a few right now and will announce their availability on my Facebook Page so be sure to head over there and like Prairie Blossom so you can easily find me.

I'm also excited to be a sponsor for the Creative Captures Photography Workshop with Caralee Case and Jennifer Nace.  I will be creating something for each student in the workshop.

Irma
www.prairieblossom.com

Giveaway Winners

Thanks to everyone that entered the giveaway!

Winners were selected by random.org as follows:

#36 ~ Hana Foto

#40 - Jill Snyder

Winners have 24 hours to contact me at

prairieblossomboutique@yahoo.ca

Congrats!

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. WINNERS WILL BE

ANNOUNCED TOMORROW

GIVEAWAY TIME!



As a way to celebrate Prairie Blossom's two-year anniversary as well as reaching the 1000-sale milestone on Etsy I'm going to give away two earflap hats! Currently the earflap hats are available for purchase in my shop but I'm adding a fleece liner to these. The fleece liners are sewn into the hats and are so cozy! My girls are wearing them this winter and I love that they can stay warm but still wear darling hats. The liners are designed by my very talented sister Vera (Thanks so much!). These fleece-lined hats will become available to everyone for purchase later this year so this is your chance to get one before the official release!

Adult size hats are still in the design phase so this giveaway is for two lined earflap hats available in 0-3, 3-6, 6-12, 12-24 months, 2T-4T, and 5T-Preteen.

There will be two winners.

If you live in a warmer climate you can still enter the giveaway but request an unlined hat if you are the winner.

You only need to complete one of the following to get an entry. For additional entries complete one or more of the following options:

1. Facebook. Post about this giveaway and link back to this blogpost.

2. Twitter. Tweet about this giveaway and link back to this blogpost.

3. Blog. Blog about this giveaway and link back to this blogpost.

4. Head over to my Facbook page and like Prairie Blossom (www.facebook.com/prairieblossom)

For each of the above that you complete you must comment separately here with a link to your post. So if you want four chances to win you must leave four comments below.

The value of the giveaway is $38 - $45 per winner depending on size of hat chosen.

This giveaway will run from Monday, January 16 - Thursday, January 19 (2 pm central time). Winners will be randomly selected by random.org and will be announced on Friday, January 20 here as well as Facebook. Winners will have 24 hours to contact me.

Introducing....

Hi readers!

Hope you are all doing well and finding time to do all things you love this summer! I've been MIA here for quite some time as I'm sure some of you have noticed. I find our summers are so short that I have to take as much time as I can to be outside and enjoy the kids before they go back to school.

In my absence here I have been busy designing a new line of hats. I have been wanting to do something that is, stylish, vintage, and shabby chic. I started with a base pattern and worked from there to create an earflap hat that's unique to Prairie Blossom!

I love the "vintage" look the shell stitching adds to this hat. The stitches are fun, sweet, and add a beautiful texture!

Where does shabby come into the picture? Each hat comes with a securely attached frayed chiffon rose. They are sweet and completely iresistible! Some available colours are fuschia, light pink, plum, teal, nude, light blue, and violet.

These hats will be posted in my Etsy shop over the next few days and weeks and they will be sold at an introductory price for a limited time so be sure to get yours!

Also, for the month of August everyone that purchases a hat from Prairie Blossom will be entered into a draw to win any hat of choice from my shop! One entry per purchase so the more hats you buy the higher your chance of winning!

Here are some pictures!

Handmade Friday

We're just getting into all that summer's have to offer and it's keeping me away from the computer a bit more so I've missed a few Handmade Friday features now! I'm sure you will enjoy what I have for you today!

I stumbled across You're It a while back and fell in love with their blocks! I'm always drawn to vintage inspired items and of course the super pictures jumped out at me while browsing on Etsy!

You're It is a husband and wife team who have an awesome talent in creating these beautiful blocks! Here's a blurb from their profile: We decided to start You're It when we had trouble finding affordable, unique items at the big box stores for our little boy. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creations with us!

I can dream up an entire nursery just looking at these blocks.

Here are just a few things you can do with them: Decorate a room, educate, gift for baby shower or Birthday, photography prop.

Plus they will personalize the blocks with a name, 123's, or abc's at no extra charge! How cool is that?

If and when I get around to redecorating my girl's room these are something that will definately be on my list to buy.

Enjoy!



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Hope you have a fabulous weekend!
Irma
Prairie Blossom

Mother's Day Contest Winners!!

We have three winners for the Mother's Day contest! You are all deserving of this and thank you so much for participating! Looking forward to hear from you!

Irma

Prairie Blossom

Laken & Lila

Good Friday morning! Hope you are all have a great start to this Easter weekend! My sister from the province next door is visiting this weekend so I'm looking forward to a lot of family time.

Today's handmade feature goes to Laken & Lila. Heather creates a wonderful variety of clothing for boys, girls, and even mommy and me outfits! Her fabric choices and clothing styles provide an outfit for just about anyone's taste. My personal favourites are the smocked and peasant dresses.

My girls have a few skirts from her and they are a big hit. I thought for sure by this year they would have outgrown them but to my surprise they are still fitting nicely so you get a lot of wear from them. They will definately get worn during the warm summer months.

Heather has a Skirt of the Month Club where you will receive a surprise skirt of her choice in the mail every month for 12 months for just $156. That's $12 per skirt so you save $6 for every skirt you get! How awesome is that?

I have had the pleasure of matching hats to a few of her outfits and look forward to more opportunities to do just that.

Laken & Lila was chosen as one of Babble.com's top 50 Etsy baby stores for 2011. Number 6 in clothing. No wonder!

Here is a collection of items you will find in her store:









You can visit Laken & Lila here:

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Irma
Etsy Shop