Thank you to everyone for participating.  We will soon announce our newest holiday guide and giveaway soon!

Categories available:

The Fashionable Gal
The Stylish Guy
The Fun & Funky Teen
The Adorable Kids
The Warm & Cozy Home
The Card Lover
The Frugal Giver (Gifts Under $25)
The Stocking Stuffer
The Bling Lover *FEATURED SPOT SOLD*
The Unique Seeker *FEATURED SPOT SOLD*

The Holiday Blitz Give-away

Complete details can be found here: http://www.trendyshoppes.com/blog/advertising/

1. jaC Jewelry - all purchases from her shop will benefit a charity support breast cancer research, Susan G. Komen foundation.  See some of her PINK for Cure items but any item purchased qualifies!
2. PINK Lucky Horseshoe Necklace by Heart of a Cowgirl.  This necklace gets 25% off
3. All proceeds from Pink Ribbon Bracelet goes to help fight breast cancer.
4. 50% of the proceeds to the Susan B Komen Race for the Cure from the purchase of this cute The Pink Ribbon, a scrabble tile pendant
5. $5 from the sale of this necklace from DLK Designs‘ shop will be donated to the Susan G Komen Foundation
6. Enter to win a wonderful wristlet designed by one of Trendy Shoppes’ designers, Heart of a Cowgirl.  Drawing will be held November 15th!

And stay tuned because we have lots of new trendy handmade items we are adding just about every day!!!

In honor of our featured designer, we have updated her page and added her new holiday headbands!  They are so adorable…you know you want one!!!  Don’t forget to enter coupon code save10 for 10% off your order.

Shop Cute & Sweet adorable headbands for kids and adults!

]]> http://www.trendyshoppes.com/blog/new-holiday-headbands/feed/ http://www.trendyshoppes.com/blog/featured-designer-cute-n-sweet/ http://www.trendyshoppes.com/blog/featured-designer-cute-n-sweet/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:24:43 +0000 admin http://www.trendyshoppes.com/blog/?p=98 Our featured Designer is Angie of Cute & Sweet.  I just love her hair accessories - I even own one!  And we just received some adorable holiday headbands from her so look for those soon on her designer page.

Cute & Sweet is what happened when a crafty Mom of two girls found the colorful world of ribbon! They specialize in simple yet sophisticated hand made hair accessories for everyday or special day occasions.

We asked Angie to answer a few questions so we can share a little about her (as well as Cute & Sweet) with you:

Tell us about your business and your designs.
Cute & Sweet began because I could never find ‘cute enough’ hair accessories for my two daughters. I run my business from my kitchen (design and workspace), my daughters’ playroom (inspiration, ideas, storage) and my living room (promoting, selling, shipping).  I like to keep my designs simple but full of color.  I like to design headbands and clips around the latest kids’ fashions.

What is your inspiration?
I’m inspired by my 5 year old daughter.  She has a wonderful and fun sense of fashion for her age.  Since the items I create are for girls her age, I take her opinions pretty seriously!

How do you stay on top of the indie world?  What websites, blogs or magazines do you read?
Between running the family and creating, I don’t have a lot of time.  I do however, like to keep up with a few fun blogs such as Cuteable, The Downtown Boutique, and other Mom Blogs.

What has been your favorite indie purchase?
I love all my indie purchases, but I’d have to say my most recent favorite is a handmade Tooth Fairy Pillow I purchased for my daughter.  She thinks it’s the cutest thing ever and it has been a lifesaver for this family’s “Tooth Fairy”.

Do you have any advice you would like to share with new designers entering the market?
Just to have fun with the process and hang in there.  It can be so frustrating and overwhelming at first, but with a little time and effort you will see endless opportunities popping up.

Just for fun - Do you have a favorite recipe you can share with our readers?
Well, the kitchen and I don’t really get along when it comes to cooking, but I got a super easy recipe for lasagna from my Mom once.  My entire family loves it!

11/2 lbs lean ground beef / 2 jars any spaghetti sauce / shredded mozzarella cheese / lasagna noodles
Preheat oven to 375.  Brown meat, drain and mix with spaghetti sauce.  Boil noodles according to package directions.  Begin layering in 9×13 baking pan starting with a little of the sauce mixture, then a layer of noodles, more meat/sauce mixture, sprinkle some cheese, and repeat.  We usually do about 3 layers.  Bake for about 11/2 hours.  I usually make two batches and freeze one pan

Here I will talk about my day, my progress on adding items to the trendy store, indie blog posts, and my crazy mom thoughts.

Happy tweeting!

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