Lucy's Birthday Giveaway!

Lucy's 3rd birthday is coming up, on Friday, July 5th, and in honor of my Little Princess's big day, I'm doing a triple giveaway--and everyone is a winner!
First, all of my Facebook Fans can get 30% off!  All you have to do to qualify for this coupon code is check-out my Facebook page. I would love it if you would "like" my page but all you have to do to use the code is "like" this post: Lucy's Birthday Giveaway!

Lucy's birthday giveaway!

Secondly, you can enter to win this adorable satin and tulle tutu skirt, simple share this status on your Facebook page.  You could also Tweet it if you prefer, just message me or leave a comment so I know you did it. It's a $35.00 value, shipping included.

A layer of satin, three layers of tulle, and a gorgeous satin sash.  Your choice of color, in pink, red, light blue, black, purple, or yellow.

Finally, to win this adorable ballet-style tutu skirt, sign up to follow this blog.  All existing followers are already entered to win. It's a $60 value and right now my followers have a 1 in 13 chance of winning. Pretty decent odds!

6 layers of tulle, 4 with ribbon trim, and a gorgeous satin sash, in your choice of colors, light blue, royal blue, red, hunter green, yellow, white, shimmery pink, or ivory

Giveaway ends Saturday, July 6th at 9:00 PM Central Time. Please check back to see if you are a winner.  Facebook makes it very difficult for me to directly contact winners, though I can contact you through Blogger.

Thank you for your continued support of Glitter and Tulle Boutique and thanks for helping us make Lucy's birthday so special! If you have some words of encouragement for my tiny model, please leave them in the comments section or send me a message and I'll make sure she gets them.

 

Pink Satin Gown

On a whim, I ordered some pink satin fabric from my tulle distributor.  I thought I might try to make Lucy a dress if it was enough.  I didn't really look at the quantity and I had no idea what satin costs, but I thought it might be slightly expensive.  I placed the order and waited the week or so for it to come in.
This is what I got.

Now that's a lot of satin!

What in the world am I going to do with all of that satin?

Make dresses, of course!  Here's my fist attempt.  I think it turned out super cute.  You may have noticed that I generally only use one pattern when I make dresses because this pattern is so simple and I'm really not much of a seamstress.  I change it up by adding rhinestones, buttons, applique, etc.  This one only has a button in the back for now but I could add other thing. I think I may add some flowers.

Lucy's new satin dress

The back of Lucy's new satin dress

I love satin!

Good news is, I have enough satin left to make a few more, which means I can list this at a pretty low cost to you, my wonderful fans and customers! With some rhinestones or flowers, this would be great for a wedding or party!  A satin sash would also add a touch of class. What do you think?

Rhinestone Weekend

I've been working on an order for a custom rhinestone t-shirt most of the weekend but I also found a little bit of time to work on some tutu/rhinestone ensembles I'm getting together for some upcoming events.  Placing hundreds of rhinestones is a lot of work but it's totally worth it when you're all done and the t-shirt looks exactly how you'd envisioned it would.  Here's what I've been working on:

Are you feeling lucky?  4 -leaf-clover, shamrock bling for St. Patrick's Day

Easter Egg bling, can be customized in any color/color combo

Cupcake Bling, perfect for a birthday or any fun occasion 

The plastic is still on in these photos but I think you get the idea.  What do you think? I don't know if I like that stripe of darker color I put in the middle of the egg.  It's kind of glaring.  Is that distracting to anyone else?  Do you think I could change it?  I'll be listing these on Etsy and ArtFire soon but I will also be taking advance orders so message me if you want to place an order.  I will be making matching tutus and headbands with flowers on them, too.  Entire outfit will list for $25.  Just the t-shirt or onesie will be $10, tutu $10, headband $5.  I'm still running that blogger discount through tonight so I can apply it to any orders I get emailed to me today.  If you want to visit my Etsy store today, use coupon code BLOGGERLOVE2013 to save 25% on anything and everything.  My email is glitterandtulleboutique@gmail.com if you would like to message me about this new bling.