Giveaway Time!!!!!!!

I am SO excited to do this giveaway! When I started CCB I had just had my little girl, Chloe and started making hairbows for her. With the overwhelming support and encouragement from friends and family I decided to open up a little selling page, and sell to friends of friends, and family. Boy have we grown since then! Through word of mouth my "fan" count grew higher and higher, and today is over One THOUSAND two hundred fans! Woah! I know lots of other pages have tons more fans, but I have never purchased advertising, nothing like that, just me and my fans interacting and, those beautiful customers of mine, telling everyone they know about Chloe Chic Bowtique.I have watched many little baby girls grow up from tiny fresh new babies into adorable sassy little toddler girls from the fan pics sent to me by my loyal, returning customers. I have met some new friends from the awesome creative collaborative effort that is custom design. And I have had the privilege of finding new home-based shops run by my customers, who also have their own amazing talents!

To say this endeavor has been a blessing is an understatement!

So in a continuous effort to show how very much you all mean to me and how much I appreciate you so much, I have arranged a giveaway that I really hope you all LOVE!

One Lucky fan will win a box full of goodies from me, for absolutely NOTHING, yes FREE, even shipping! check out the pic (everything shown is included)

~Now onto the deets!~

(that's details^^)

HOW TO ENTER:

1) Tag yourself in your favorite picture in the ready to ship album here:

Ready to ship album Click ME!  

OR the Fanciful Girl Headbands and clips album here: 

Fanciful Girl Headbands and Clips album Click ME!

2)Share the pic (or a different one from the 2 albums) on your page.

3) Message me when you do BOTH 1 and 2 to let me know you did them (on the fan page) I will check! ;) and with your email address where I can contact you in the event that you win. (I will never use your information for any other purpose or share with other parties)

WHEN:

NOW! through July 31st. On July 31st I will use random.org to pick a participant, that person will be our LUCKY WINNER!

FINE PRINT:
(Not so fine)
This giveaway is not endorsed, put on by, or associated with Facebook or its affiliates in any way. You are providing your information to ME (Amy Larsen at Chloe Chic Bowtique), NOT facebook or its affiliates. Facebook is not liable for any part of this giveaway, I am the sole responsible party. By participating in this giveaway and providing me with your email address as your signature, this means you understand fully, and furthermore have read and understand this "fine print".

Special requests:
Let's keep this fun and happy! No drama or fighting of any kind on the fan page, if I see this happen, it will be deleted and the offender will be banned permanently from the page. I wish everyone could win, but unfortunately only 1 will. I love you all though!


EXTRA CREDIT:

There will be a surprise prize as well, the way to get a shot at the surprise prize is to have your friends and family write on the wall that you sent them, AND something fun about you! IDC what it is I just think that'll be fun! dont you?

(EX. "Hi, new fan, I was sent from Awesome McGee, she likes cats!")
EACH PERSON who does this for you, is an entry for you!

haha fun right?! I know not everyone wants to do this, so thats why I just made it an extra credit prize!

Have fun ladies, and again, Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for being so  YOU! CCB would be nothing without you all!

XOXO ~Amy! 

Why I love my Job

I was recently commissioned to create some pieces for a lovely customer using her mothers broken jewelry pieces. my first thought was YIPEEEE! As many of you know, I adore everything girly, and vintage and unique. When the pieces arrived to me, the importance of what I was about to do sunk in. I really need to do these pieces justice! I dont have access to more of them, they are personal and one of a kind. Then I became nervous! Working with the customer was a dream, she was excited, easy to work with, and trusted my creativity, which just means so much to me!
As I started making each piece it was seemingly SO easy, I love when the materials inspire you and this project was the essence of that. I sat and made 4 pieces in one night, including hand sewing beads into a flower!
Here are the completed works, I hope that are what she hoped for, and I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to do such a special project!

Important Ordering Information and a SALE!

OK ladies, I am constantly trying to think of how I can streamline the ordering process and make it was easy and simple as possible for me and you. I realized that the ready to ship bows are just not doing as well because you always have to ask if they are sold yet or if its available, then I have to check and get back to you, i know it's been a pain. So now all RTS bows are listed on my ETSY!!!! no need to wonder or ask, just add to your cart, the quantities are listed and voila! its yours!

Another change to my ordering process is the custom orders, often a client will order a mixture of rts and customs, Well now if you wish to place a custom order in addition to rts bows, or even only customs.....you can buy a deposit for custom orders!

Let me explain how that works: SO you want to place a custom order, you wonder if I am open for custom orders, etc All custom slots I have open for the week will be listed as custom order deposits on Etsy. You simply buy the deposit, then fill out the order form or email me your order and i will invoice you for the order, a $5 discount will be deducted from that invoice to reflect that $5 deposit you placed on etsy.
This has many benefits, At just a glance a customer can tell if I have any custom slots open for the week. If you wish to buy a mix of customs and RTS you can do so with ease, and you dont have to wait to ask me if they are available or not first!

All custom order deposits are $5 this means that in essence, there is a minimum of $5 to place a custom order. But dont worry, I can apply this to shipping charges as well, so there really shouldnt be any problems with anyone meeting the $5 minimum

Please note: I will not take any custom orders that are not ordered via the etsy shop any longer

Now on to the sale!!!

To celebrate this awesome change and because I love all of my wonderful customers! Now through April 5th you can use the code ETSYFREESHIP for FREE SHIPPING on your orders from the Etsy shop! (<-----CLICK THERE) Happy Shopping ladies, and thank you all so much for helping CCB continute to grow and grow! I will continue to do my best to make the ordering process as simple as I can, and just make the whole transaction as fun and exciting as it should be!
~Amy

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First Chloe Chic Bowtique Tutorial evah! "Feather pads"

Feather pads are SO popular right now, I love them so much, especially on headbands and with rhinestone embellishment. While i enjoy the convenience of buying premade feather pads, sometimes a specific color is out of stock or difficult to find, well if you can dream it, you can make it! I tried one out and lo and behold they are SO easy to make!

Sooooooo, I threw together a fast and *hopefully easy tutorial on how I made mine.
It isnt a professional tutorial by any means but I hope that you find it helpful! Happy crafting ladies! Send me your finished feather pad pics on the fan page at Chloe Chic Bowtique (<---- CLICK THERE!)
~Amy

Happy New Year CCB'ers!

Happy New year ladies (....and gentlemen!) I am so excited for 2012 at Chloe Chic Bowtique.
Today CCB re-opens for all orders, custom and ready to ship. First order placed will receive 10% off just mention this blog post in your order. You can order by emailing me directly at ChloeChicBowtique@gmail.com or using the order form on the Fan Page or on the Website

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are approaching the new year refreshed and motivated!

Be on the look out for the January Boutique spotlight post this month. The boutique spotlight posts feature WAHM businesses that I think are amazing and who have something interesting and amazing for all of you! Definitely worth checking out. Just hit the "follow" button to get updates on when we post a new blog!

Happy new year all! you are the best
Amy