Snap Clips! Even Bootsie Can Wear Them!

The lastest in the $2 each or 3 for $5 category. They come in a wide variety of colors and designs and even stay in the itty-bittiest hair!

Josie admiring her new bow. :o)

Minooka Craft Show Update!

I am finally fully recovered. :o) I had the best time at this show! I was placed next to a FABULOUS booth and met another wonderful bow maker. Scotty even helped me the whole day and has a new respect for not only what I think up in my mind, but make and SELL!

Before I introduce the lovely ladies I mentioned in the first paragraph, I have to thank my Minooka Mom's Club ladies for coming to visit (and buying!) too!

Although Scott was not thrilled that I was sitting next to a booth that had the most adorable dresses...I WAS!!! He saw my profits going right down the tubes. BUT when he realized that people were buying her dresses then coming over to my booth to match a bow, he changed his mind. :o)

I was able to sneak these two beauties past my hubby.






Are these NOT THE CUTEST?!?!?!?! $15 gets you the dress AND embroidered name. She is making me 3 more. :o)

The "she" I keep referring to is Jordan. Click her name and contact her. You will NOT be disappointed!

The second lovely lady I met was another bow lady, Kathy. Click on her name too! I know you are probably thinking, "why would you want to promote your competition?" Well, the nice thing is, we do different bows and what I like to make, she doesn't have the patience for, and what she makes, I don't have the patience (or talent) for! And her tutus...ADORABLE!

Pics of new products coming up this week!

Thank you all for another successful show. I still cannot believe I am making this happen!!!

Cheer Bows!

So, my sister conned me into coming up with and sending some samples to her local high school.

Along with a korker and firecracker went these...





Keeping my fingers crossed for an order.

Standardizing

I am in desperate need of getting my inventory in check. I lots of this, a little of that, and too much "Oh crap! I forgot to order that!".

Thankfully I have very good financial connections and a game plan set up for me. I don't like to think "numbers", I just like to think "making." BUT, I am in this business to make money so I am making some changes. WAAAAAAA!

I will be standardizing. I hate that. I like to fly by the seat of my pants. I will have some OOAK (one of a kind) items but if I plan on making this work, I will be offering specific colors and color combinations at my shows and (finally!) online.

I have touched on this in a past entry but it makes sense. For my sanity and for my budget.

I will continue to pick up some cute OOAK ribbon when I see it but in the mean time start looking for my standard "recipes" to come out soon.

REMINDER!!! Come see me this Saturday at the Minooka High School craft show. :o)

Busy "Makin"

I am finally (almost) done with my special orders and can now concentrate (sorta) on my show which is in two weeks. YIKES!!!

I am going to be unveiling some fun new accesories for the older girls and adults. Also, some super cutey-cute new lines. Think princess, strawberry, and lady bugs!

In the mean time, Josie finally got a new bow. Here is our little cutey-cute showing off her Valentine's Day korker which I took some close ups of as I added in some 1/4" korked ribbon to spice it up a bit.

I am a "the bigger the better" kinda girl when it comes to her bows.

Two Second Update, because that is all the time I have! :o)

So my “investors”, aka Scotty and my parents, have convinced me (twisted my arm and waved some cash in my face...you think I am kidding.) to step it up a bit, get a little creative, introduce some new products.

I have been concentrating on korkers and clippies because they are my hottest sellers and I enjoy (feel confident) making them. But they are right. My inventory is getting stale.

I remember when I started, my game plan was to introduce something new each month. Let’s all laugh together! I also remember when I started that I never thought I would be getting bulk orders of 20 plus bows for one individual customer. :o)

With the start of a new show season I am thinking of retiring the old favorite flower bow unless specifically ordered, start coming up with a set line of korker colors that I will keep in stock (I am going to need cute names for the color combos…maybe a contest is in order?), and introduce bigger and better boutique style bows AND possibly begin printing my own custom ribbon. PHEW!

In other words, if I didn’t already have too much on my plate…I certainly do now! :o)

Order Update

If we haven’t already talked (Heather), Bootsie Marie isn’t accepting any new custom orders until after my show on March 7th unless you are willing to wait for delivery at the end of the month. I just received a large order from a single person (thank you, Kris!) and since I am a one-woman show with a family…I do not need to cause anymore chaos than we already have with a 4 year old and 6 month old. :o)

I love this and it causes my head to spin all in one. :o)

Hopefully this will push Scott to finally move my work space to the basement this weekend. Momma needs a new bow home other than our kitchen table.