Cupcake Clips: January 2009

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Look how far we've come!!!

Today Milla walked out of her room with a ziploc bag of bows...

No, this is not how I normally store my bows...

What she had found was a bag of my "prototypes"...

Bows made before she was even born...

Bows that NO one should have bought...

But my sweet friends supported me and bought them... man do I owe them some free bows!!

How it all began...
On October 19th, 2007... I was put on strict bed rest for signs of pre-eclampsia after a trip to the hospital at 30 weeks pregnant (read about the journey here)...

On November 1st, 2007... I had posted my first bows online for sale... So much for bed rest!

Here are my first bows... looking back at them now they look HORRIBLE to me! The loops are bad, the proportions are off, I didn't know my "secret fold" technique back then... NOT GOOD!

But fun to look back and laugh at...

My first model... (life before Milla)

My second model (my sorority little sis' baby daughter Teaghan) the first day I met her on November 17th (getting a little better)...

The first picture I can locate of Milla wearing a bow - Dec 20th (I don't have her hospital pics) and life was WAY too busy to locate a bow those first few days after coming home...

By February, I was turning out a few products that I would still use today...

In March , I launched the official Cupcake Clips & Bows website and in April I mastered the large loopy bow... (Whoa that's HUGE!)...

It's amazing how far my little bow business has come...

I never thought I would get text messages asking for me to bring bows to my Little Gym class or to playgroup that day...

I never thought people would stop me at the mall and ask me where I got Milla's bows...

I never thought I would be asked to make birthday bows that are so personal and special that they make me swell with pride...

I stand amazed by my supportive friends and wonderfully supportive husband (I need to post about the bow organizational system he bought me for Christmas)...

I can't wait to see where this journey leads me next!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Be Mine Valentine...

All the Christmas decorations are put away and if you've been to a craft store (or department store) lately you know they moved right on to Valentine's Day! I LOVE Valentine's Day and last year Milla ended up with 14 different Valentine inspired outfits and we started dressing for the occasion on February 1st.

So here is our Valentine collection... exactly 1 month before Valentine's Day. Order this week (through January 21st) and receive 25% off your order.

How do you order you ask? To take advantage of the discount, the best thing to do is email me which bows you are looking to buy and I will send you your discounted total and either bill you through paypal (my preferred option) or you can use snail mail and send me a check.

If you have a special Valentine outfit that you need a bow for, just send me a picture of the outfit and I will make a special one of kind bow for you for the same price!

Looking for a bigger bow? Just let me know and I'll be happy to make a custom Texas sized bow for your little princess.

Here is the Cupcake Clips & Bows Valentine's Collection 2009!

Petite Bows (measure 2 1/2 inches - great for pigtails) $4 or $6 for piggies