The Cutzie Pa Tutzie Corner

March Promotion!

2010-03-16T10:54:00.000-07:00

I wanted to do something a little different this month for the featured sale. I racked my brain until it hurn and then I had my 'lightbulb' moment . . . For the rest of March, any orders placed will get 10% of the cost of their order in FREE bows! You don't have to do anything special, no coupon codes nothing! The bows will be of my choosing but you can let me know if there is a certain color you have been looking for or the size of bow/s you would like.
There is also BIG news on the boutique front, this summer we will be debuting our boutique clothing line! Just in time for Halloween and Christmas, your little ones will be the talk of the town when they step out in one of our unique boutique creations! Check out the amazing pictures from January's dress up tutu shoot!

January's creative achievements!!

2010-01-29T18:27:00.000-08:00

I worked with Amber Dawn Liebau of Making Smiles Photography www.makingsmilesphotography.com earlier this month for a tutu photo shoot. Her work is AMAZING and the adorable models helped! They ranged in age from newborn to 9 years old. We wanted to do a dress up photo shoot so the older ones got to pick what they modeled and they all had an amazing time!!

The week leading up to the photo shoot, I completed 42 sets of the newest bow added to the Cutzie Creations lineup. The ones I made are the lil bits Isabella bows. Here are a few pictures. They will all be on the web page within the next few days, I hope!

I am still making bows every night to match what my girls will be wearing the next day, although, I think I am getting to the point that most of their outfits already have matching bows!! My husband asked if they needed bows for EVERY outfit!! Crazy question! Of course they do! It is what mommy does. How else can I show off not only my adorable children but also the beautiful bows I can make?!?!
I am off to finish the rest of the gift my dd is taking to a birthday party tomorrow. I will post the pictures soon!!

365 days of creativity!!

2010-01-05T07:46:00.000-08:00

I have decided to embark on a YEAR of creativity . . . I am going to do my very best to blog about it every day but in all honesty, it will probably end up being once a week. I want to try to create something new every day this year. Whether it be bows, custom clothing, new stationary, key fobs or some new venture I think I need to try. I am very excited to try this out and can't wait to see the results!! Let me know if there is anything you think I should try, I am always open to new ideas! Probably not what my hubby wants to hear but I really enjoy the creative side of my life. It gives me such a calming effect that I think I would go NUTTY without it! I will post pictures with my next blog as to what I have managed to accomplish so far in 2010!

Amanda

Name the Bow round 2, Bow #2

2009-12-14T22:13:00.001-08:00

This bow style was just renamed the 'Aliza'. Can you help come up with a name for it? The colors in it are shocking pink, oatmeal, lemon, orange, light pink and hot pink. Your idea could just win you this bow!

Name the bow Round 2!! Bow #1

2009-12-14T22:09:00.000-08:00

This bow style is "Lindy" but it needs a name! Can you help come up with a name for this beautiful bow? If you come up with the winning name, this bow will be yours!!

2009-12-14T08:14:00.000-08:00

Winnning names for bows 4 and 6 are from Stephanie!! Congrats to her and I will be posting new pictures today or tomorrow, depending on how much time the kiddos give me during nap time! I REALLY hope that it is more than an hour. they went napless yesterday while my mom and I were shopping and I really wanted to pull my hair out!! There will be 2 bows here, 2 on the website, www.cutziepatutzieshoppe.com and 2 on facebook, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Enid-OK/The-Cutzie-Pa-Tutzie-Shoppe/326819740696?v=wall&viewas=1112145636&ref=mf. Get those creative juices flowing for me! I need all the help I can get on these names!

Bow Contest Bow 6

2009-11-23T12:49:00.000-08:00

Name the Bow Contest, Bows 4-6

2009-11-23T12:44:00.000-08:00

Bow #4

New contest starting on Monday 11-23

2009-11-20T08:36:00.000-08:00

I have all kinds of bows made and photographed that I just can't come up with names for!! SO I am going to have a name the bow contest! I will post a different bow on my website(www.cutziepatutzieshoppe.com), here on the blog, on facebook(http://www.facebook.com/pages/Enid-OK/The-Cutzie-Pa-Tutzie-Shoppe/326819740696?v=wall&viewas=1112145636&ref=mf), and on myspace (www.myspace.com/cutziepatutzie4u. The pictures will remain up for a few days to a week depending on how many responses I get. The person with the winning name will recieve the bow that they named for FREE!!I am very excited since my creativity went into actually making the bows and stopped there! Get your thinking caps on and stay tuned for the new bows!!

Updates

2009-10-21T07:59:00.000-07:00

The shop has been on hiatus since mid August when I was called away for a family emergency. My dad ended up passing away on the 3rd of September. I am slowly trying to get past the pain and work back up to being the bow making fool my friends know me as. I am going to run the 10% off of a $20 purchase sale again. It will run through the end of October.
November is going to be bringing in all kinds of great things!! I am revamping the Bow of the Month/Birthday club and there will be some great new bow styles and other products for you to browse!! I will also be introducing Cutzie Cash!! One more great way to save on the things your little girls just CAN'T live without!

There will also be a random winner every day from the comments made on the website, myspace, this blog and through purchases made. You never know, You could win!!

Keep checking back to see what great things are in store for you!

Discount for July 24, 2009 until July 31, 2009

2009-07-23T19:53:00.000-07:00

The current discount is for 10% off of any order over $20. There is no coupon code needed for this discount, it will be applied automatically at check out. We will have a whole lot of new stuff listed within the next week, so keep checking back! There will also be some updated info to the bow of the month program and a few new ways to SAVE!!!

New Contest!!

2009-06-15T16:06:00.000-07:00

We are looking for ideas for what to include in our Anniversary sale grab bags. . .
each bag will have a combination of bows and clippies but we want to know what you want us to include in them. Do you want only boutique bows? Korkers? The new Sophie style of bow? How many bows should each grab bag have? What should the price be? The winning combination will recieve a free grab bag when the grab bags go on sale on July 1, 2009.

We want our customers to be happy!!! Please send feed back to admin@cutziepatutzieshoppe.com

Halloween Tutu Shoot

2009-06-14T23:28:00.000-07:00

We have partnered up with Amber Dawn of Making Smiles Photography once again to bring you the newest Cutzie Pa Tutzie Shoppe creations. Over the next 3 weeks we will be doing 2 seperate photo shoots with about 45 girls for our NEW Halloween Costume line! These are only the begining! Do you have a concept for a costume that you would like us to bring to life for you? Let us know, we LOVE custom orders! Check out Amber Dawn's AMAZING work at www.makingsmilesphotography.com
I will post photos as they becom available!

Free shipping!

2009-06-12T07:25:00.000-07:00

For anyone who decided to venture this way and read the blog, we are doing free shipping on all orders with code 'local'. Get your order in today! All 4th of July merchandise is 25% off for the month of June! Next month is the 1 year anniversary of me taking over The Cutzie Pa Tutzie Shoppe!! Keep an eye out for some AMAZING deals starting on July 1!! Freebies, discounts what's a girl to do? Buy Bows!!

New Layout, New Shop!

2009-03-16T14:06:00.000-07:00

I am SO excited! Steph at Graphicsbysteph.com has made some incredible layouts for us to get our new image out there! I absoloutley LOVE what she has done with what she was given to work with! We pretty much said we like these bags, can you make us a layout and she went so far beyond what I was expecting! We are still counting down the days to the home bow party and the Enid Home Show. The preperation is making me crazy. There is so much that I want to be able to have but so little time in my day. Who ever invents the 28 hour day will forever be my hero! We will be launching a lot of new designs in tutus, tutu dresses, bows and accessories with in the next month. Keep your eyes open because there will be giveaways too!!

Excitement!

2009-02-27T19:40:00.000-08:00

We officially have our first Home Bow show! It is going to be on April 4th!! I am not real sure what to expect but I am hoping that it is a HUGE success. 2 weeks after that is the Enid Home Show craft fair. It is a 3 day event and I am also not sure what to expect from it. I have never done a craft fair. I think the last one that I was at was 15 years ago, at least! So we are working like mad to get our inventory built up for both events while trying to stay on top of different marketing things and custom orders. It's getting busy but I like it!! Well, off to place yet ANOTHER ribbon order. Like I will ever NEED more?!?!

Crazy Life

2009-02-23T20:54:00.000-08:00

This weekend had to be the longest of my life!! My 2 1/2 year old has been trying to potty train for the past 3 weeks. She has bee doing i all on her schedule. Meaning that she will sit on the potty chair when she wants to and only when she wants to. Like when she wants a cookie and I won't let her have one because she refused to eat her dinner. I think we are almost to the you have to use it all day before you get a treat stage but I am afraid that her VERY independent self will just stop going all together. So on top of the frustration with her, my almost 18 month old has decided that she wants to do what her big sister is doing, and she used the potty chair twice this weekend.
I am about to go stir crazy from staying home and trying to convince my daughter (now daughters) that they really do want to use the potty chair and not the diapers!!!!
I have so very much work to do but can't seem to get anywhere with it since I just keep thinking I need to get out of here! Luckily the DH has been taking the kids to bed with him around 8:30 every night so I can get some work done. He really is great for helping out like that. :o) Now that I am through venting, I am off to get some of my crazy amounts of work done!

Bows Bows Bows

2009-02-15T20:35:00.000-08:00

I made the biggest bow I have ever made yesterday. Normally I am of the less is more family but I couldn't resist seeing if I could actually do it. The result was a bow that measures 5 inches by 3.5 inches. It was almost bigger than my 18 month old model's head and she refused to take it off!! My kids are getting girlier by the day, my husband HATES it! I think he will be happy if they grow out of it but I love my little divas. My oldest had gotten ahold of my makeup a few times now and tells me she wants to have pretty eyes. It doesn't make much sense to me since I wear makeup about 3 times a month. They are too funny. Off to make some more bows!

2009-02-03T19:21:00.001-08:00

Brand new to blogging

2009-02-03T19:11:00.000-08:00

So this is my very first real blog. I must say that I am a little bit nervous. What to write, how to write and not sound like a complete moron. I am sure everyone feels that way when they start their first blog. So I guess a little about me and my little corner of the web.
I am a happily married stay at home military mom. I have 2 amazing little angels/monsters depending on the day. My oldest was born in June of 2006 and my youngest joined us in September of 2007. The biggest thing I learned from my children being so close together is that yes, you can still get pregnant when you are breast-feeding! The last year and a half has been very difficult but now that the girls are getting older, it is slowly getting easier.
I started making hairbows for my girls after one of my good friends taught me a few "tricks" in November of 2007. I have always been that crafty artsy type, so instantly I was hooked! I started a real webpage in November of 2008 and it was the scarriest thing I have ever done. I am the least computer smart person under 30 so it has been a real adventure, more on that later. This is all I can think of for now, off to get some new bows made!