Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

 I have several family members who have served in the military including three of my grandfathers. One who served in World War II as a fighter pilot in the Asia Pacific. My aunt served as an MP and served overseas in South Korea. I appreciate all of the military families all over this country who sacrifice so much to keep all of us safe and free. We are truly blessed and thankful for your service to the United States.

This is our family's first year in Virginia Beach. We live about 20 minutes away from the ocean front, and we are so excited to live the Beach Life this summer! We already have plans to take surfing lessons and spend many days in the sun.  I wish you all a happy and safe Memorial Day!

This post is to also show off an Etsy treasury to celebrate this awesome holiday that kicks off the summer of 2013!
Our Sunny Yellow Pixie Tutu Dress is featured in an Etsy Treasury called Three Day Weekend.

The treasury features several sunny yellow items available for sale on Etsy. I personally love the watercolor art by Karen Faulkner titled Spring Morning.

 The Vintage Yellow Rose Plate would make a lovely gift for a special person's summer birthday, or as a decorative piece for a sun room.

  Also be sure to stop by the curator's Etsy shop. BonBonsTreats stocks a variety of beaded jewelry with several styles of sterling silver earrings available for purchase.

Sale at A Little Bit of Everything Boutique goes on through today! Everything in the store is 20% off!! Maggie's Rose Garden Boutique has everything you need for a perfect Halloween costume, or for the perfect fall outfit for a birthday or fall photos.

A Little Bit of Everything is a store downtown in the Kaleidoscope right next to Palmer's Deli. The store features many unique clothing items accessories and gifts for your shopping delight! Maggie's Rose Garden has a nice section of the store devoted to our handmade and boutique clothing and accessories for girls with a limited selection for boys. The hours of the store are Tuesday through Friday from 10-2. You may also shop Maggie's Rose Garden at our website, the link is in the text above. Please make sure to visit us on facebook for up to date sales and specials and our new items. Our next shipment will arrive in the store about the middle of next week with new tulle tutus and some cute hair accessories.

We have a few of these Sesame Street inspired costumes ready to go in the store.

Happy Thanksgiving Fun News for Us!

Maggie's Rose Garden Boutique has a store-front. We are so excited to be a part of the new concept store A Little Bit of Everything Boutiques .  There are over a dozen other vendors offering their wonderful items promoting the princess mentality! Items are very chic and stylish clothing and jewelry accessories, gift items, art, bath and body items, and more.

If you work in the downtown Des Moines, Iowa area be sure to stop in someday. Warning though, it may be difficult to leave, or even addicting. So, for those of you who have visited the store, or plan to in the next week we want to offer you something to make your day merry and bright. From November 22nd through December 2nd we are offering 50% off any one item when you spend $50 or more. Here is the flyer, which you must have in order to use the discount. Here is the flyer.

For those of you who can't make it out to the store, and would like to place a custom order we are offering 20% off your total purchase plus free shipping on orders $75 or more through the holiday season. Be sure to browse our website just click on the link Maggie's Rose Garden

In the next week we'll be posting an awesome giveaway with other ALBOE vendors. Be sure to look out for that!

Also scroll down to check out photos of some cute items available in the store downtown. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.

photo courtesy of Sara Like A Fox Photography

Made in the USA Dancewear

We are so excited to introduce our new line of products from Reflectionz. The products are made in the USA of high quality materials.!! We will carry leotards, hot shorts, tutus, dance bags, and cute matching coordinates from this brand.

Your little girl will love the soft 90% cotton 10% spandex leotards available in many sizes and colors. These are perfect for dance as well as for dress-up fun too!

Some of the products we will carry can be seen at Maggie's Rose Garden We have special introductory pricing on all the items.

Model Search Win $200

Win $200 in free Products!!

Model Search!

Maggie's Rose Garden has some great things planned for summer and we are looking for some fresh faces to model our products! To enter the contest send 3 recent, clear quality photos of your model to

nmadison@maggiesrosegarden.com

Please include the name and contact info. Then make sure you invite everyone you know on facebook to like the photo submission.

http://www.facebook.com/Maggiesrosegarden

Anyone is invited to enter the contest, although our items available for adult men is slim-pickens, sorry guys you could enter and give your products to someone you love :) Pets are welcome too!

Please no cell phone photos and we will choose one photo per submission out of the 3 photos you send to enter the contest. I will post all contest entries in a contest album where you may vote for your favorite submission. Each "like" a picture receives counts as one vote. You must "like" Maggie's Rose Garden before you can "like" your favorite photo. The photo with the most "likes" wins!

The winner will receive at least $200 worth of Maggie's Rose Garden products and will be featured on our website, blog, and facebook page!

Entries will be accepted through 4/14, with voting through 4/28, winners announced 5/1!

As a token of our thanks there will be 2 additional winners in the contest chosen by random number generator one will receive $50 and one will receive $25 in free products.

What are you waiting for? Get out your cameras and start clicking!!

Official Rules

You may submit more than one contestant in to the contest, but please only send 3 photos per contestant. Please include name for each contestant. When photos are submitted you are giving permission for Maggie's Rose Garden to use the photos online and in print. Please make sure if you are submitting any professional photos that you have permission to do so from the original source. We will not remove any watermarks from photos we use but we may reprint/repost photos. The contestant with the most likes is the winner of the contest. Photos must be liked, comments do not count toward the total. If there is a tie, the tie-breaker will be determined by random number generator. For additional contest entrants the wild-card winners will be destermined by random number generator. Each contestant will receive a number between 1 and 100 (could be more if there are more than 100 entrants) and the number chosen on May 1st on http://www.random.org/ The top prize winner will receive $200 in products from Maggie's Rose Garden. One wild-card contestant will receive products or gift certficate in the amount of $50. One contestant will receive products or gift certifciate in the amount of $25. Upon entering the contest please understand that if your contestant wins, you will be asked to provide a photo with the entrant wearing the free products from Maggie's Rose Garden. All entries must be received by April 14th. Voting is until April 28th and the winners will be announced on May 1st.

This is the most wonderful time of the year! When we take a moment to give thanks and remember all of the blessings we have in our lives :)

At Maggie's Rose Garden Boutique we want to say thanks to our customers for all of your support throughout the year. We have enjoyed getting to know so many of you as we learn and grow and accomplish some dreams along the way too!

We would like to take a moment to give thanks and extend our best offer to you. If you order $100 you will receive 50% off. If you order $50 you will receive 20% off. Many of our items are also on sale through Monday. Take a moment to browse if you have an idea in mind and do not see it on our website please email us and we will be happy to design a custom order just for you.

Thanks again have a happy, healthy holiday season.

Please be sure to join us on facebook.

Facebook Fan Giveaway The Winner Is....

Thanks for all of our fans who continue to let their facebook friends know about our group. We love to give back for your support! Since we hit the big #300 we would like to give one person a $30 gift card as a token of our appreciation!

Chosen by random # generator the winner is fan #207 Emily Rose Andersen. Thanks for being a fan, Emily :)

We will have another giveaway once we reach 350 fans so keep inviting people :)

We keep adding new products and we are so happy to take custom orders for those of you who have ideas but don't see exactly what you want on our website, etsy store, or here on facebook.

Thanks again for all the love!

Does anyone else think there is a Baby Boom happening right now? Everywhere I look there is a friend or family member or a woman at the mall having a baby. Yes spring is that time when we prepare for babies to arrive. It seems to me though that the current amount of pregnant bellies is at least double the norm.

I've heard of a Baby Boom. Wasn't the last baby boom around the time of the Great Depression. Now we have one during the time of the Great Recession.

I personally think this would be an extremely fun time to be having a baby. There's all kinds of new gizmos and gadgets and gear and trendy baby attire now adays. When I wore my babies a few years ago people looked at me like I was psycho. Now babywearing seems to finally be catching on!

If you are looking for a perfect baby shower gift look no further than Maggie's Rose Garden We offer many boutique style items for newborns including crochet hats and headbands with bows or flowers, tutus, legwarmers, and applique tees and custom embroidery.

Even with the record-breaking snowfall and low temps we've been experiencing through out the country, we have so much to look forward to. Spring will be here in a few months.

It really is a time of preparation and anticipation. A time of waiting and hibernating. So many happenings await us even beginning in February.

The season of love is upon us. Valentine's Day. Weddings. Babies. Mother's Day. The thought of spring and growth and green makes all of the cabin fever dissipate.

Especially when I have time to share some of the wonderful creations we've been designing at Maggie's Rose Garden

We ordered several types of new silk flowers from various online retailers and I love them. My favorite flowers still come from the best craft store in the US, Hobby Lobby , but we love being able to offer a variety of sizes and types of flowers. The flowers are used in so many of the products we design including the deluxe tutus, princess wands, blooming flower headbands, bloomin beanies, flip-flops, and more.

I wanted to offer something new to those who love Valentine's Day and I was inspired by ribbon I picked up at Hobby Lobby The ribbon is decorated in the suits of playing cards; hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. I thought how fun would it be to design a tutu I've named Queen of Your Heart. The tutu is made of red, black, and white tulle with a black satin ribbon wrapped waist and finished with bow and flower clip of choice. The black tulle has red satin appliques and the red tulle has black satin appliques. I love the look of this tutu, perfect for Valentine's Day photos. I am also adding many more of the flower headbands and beanie hats to inventory in a rainbow of colors and flower sizes. We've also been working on Valentine hair bows, curlies, and clippies to match all your little lovlies Valentine outfits.

Pretty Princess Attire

So now that Jack Frost has made his annual return, it is dress-up season for those of us that have aspiring princesses. We love to spend time trying on different dresses and shoes and jewelry and tiaras. Since the princesses are outnumbered in this house we like to surround ourselves with girly fun!

My daughter has been looking forward to her girl outing with Grama. They are going to Disney on Ice Princess Classics. I created a special outfit just for the occassion. A tutu and corset top with bow inspired by Cinderella. The corset top is made of light blue and white satin and has silver picot ribbon laced up the front and tied in a bow. The straps are sewn in halter style and tie in a bow behind the neck. The back of the top is corset style closure with satin ribbon laced through ribbon loops in the back and tied in a bow. The skirt is full length tutu with an added light blue satin bustle and finished in the front with a white rose. The set is complete with a huge silver, white, and blue satin bow on a blue satin headband.

I will be adding more styles of this set. I am currently working on a Snow White inspired set.

http://www.maggierosegarden.com/

Holiday 2009 Charity Benefit Tutu Set Giveaway

This is a year that many would soon love to forget. Even those who are normally able to give freely and cheerfully may find it more difficult this holiday season. That is why I hope to bring some extra holiday joy two a couple of little girls this Christmas.

I have been asked to be a part of a Holiday Craft Show, "A Few of My Favorite Things", in Ankeny, Iowa. Here's a link to the Facebook page for more info, http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=167255373176&index=1

There will be handmade items from local crafters and artisans featured at the show to benefit a local ministry, Ruth Harbor. I am very thankful that I have the opportunity to be a part of this event, and I hope that if you are in the area you may be able to stop out and shop a little. If you stop by my booth I will have a box for an entry to win a free tutu set.

On a personal note, I have a friend who faced an unplanned pregnancy during high school. Her parents chose tough love for her because she chose life for her child. My friend finished school, worked, and had several weeks of bedrest before giving birth to a healthy little girl and giving her daughter to her adoptive parents. What an amazing testimony of love! Thoe many years ago this ministry did not exist. What a blessing it is that Ruth Harbor is there for women who choose life for their children. Help is there during her pregnancy whether the woman chooses adoption or to keep her child.

The winner will receive a tutu and a bloomin flower headband or beanie, and the winner will also be able to choose to have a tutu and bloomin flower beanie set donated to Ruth Harbor or Blank Children's Hospital in their name.

Any orders placed in November will also be entered to win. Tutus and blooming flower headbands and beanies are perfect gifts for baby showers, birthdays, holidays, special occassion photos, and more.

Visit my website http://www.maggiesrosegarden.com/ to make your princess dreams come true!

Summer is flitting, fleeting and as always I am caught off guard for the busyness autumn brings to life. School begins the day early and our schedule isn't quite there yet. We are hurried and flustered and grumpy too.

So now that school is started I've had some extra time to create some new wonderful fall items. I've started with some costumes of course with the coming active season. The three I'm showing here are a cupcake, a pumpkin princess, and my favorite inspired by Minnie Mouse. I hope to have a few more to add tomorrow as well!

The cupcake costume is inspired by the shirt I bought at GAP that says "lil then a cute cupcake applique! I love this shirt and had to make a cute cupcake tutu, hairbow, and legwarmers to match. The tutu is a two layer style of brown tulle with little pompom sprinkles sewn on the layers. The top layer is icy pink glimmer tulle frosting. I love how this one turned out! The bow is a huge boutique stacked butterfly style with cupcake ribbon,


shocking pink, pink, and turquoise. The legwarmers are super
cute pink and brown stripe. I can recreate this exact set or I could also make the tutu in different colors or with sequins as the sprinkles instead of pompoms as sprinkles.









The Pumpkin Princess costume started with the super cute pumpkin ribbon I purchased from Hobby Lobby. The bow is huge 6 inch boutique stacked bow with the black and orange pumpkin ribbon, orange polka dot, black, and orange ribbon. The tutu is just a basic orange with an orange sewn satin waistband. The legwarmers are super cute orange and black stripe with little black and white polka dot bows. My favorite part of this set is the rhinestone shirt! The black puff sleeve tee is a soft tee from Old Navy with a super cute rhinestone saying "Lil Pumpkin" The rhinestone transfer was made for me by JewelTagz. I love it love it!! This is a OOAK as I'm not sure if I'll be able to duplicate the legwarmers. This set would fit a 3 yr old perfect. My daughter wears 4 or 5 and the tutu waist was a bit snug on her and she has a pretty thin waistline.





Finally the set Magpie was just dying to try on today. The set inspired by the famous Minnie Mouse. The tutu is very intricately designed red tulle with white satin polka dots all over and a sewn black satin waistband with a bow! The ears are beautifully crocheted in to the classic mouse club style and set on a black satin headband. The headband is finished with a three inch version of Minnie's signature red and white polka dot bow! We paired the set with a basic black leotard. I am working on some ears that are on clippies and would be so cute with pigtails! I could also make some black legwarmers to match the set. I can redo this set in any size you need for your little princess.

I hope to add more to this in the next few days. Please check back again for more exciting creations from Maggie's Rose Garden.

Heart Me

99 Etsyans have hearted my store. Be the 100th hearter and you will receive 50% off an item with your order! Wow that is a gorgeous tutu halter dress for your wedding, birthday party, photo prop for only $25 !! That is a custom boutique one of a kind Halloween costume for only $22.50 !! How fabulously fantastic of a deal just for hearting my etsy store.

Check it out here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5992276

And just because I am such a wonderful woman I will give anyone who hearts my store in the next day 25% off an item in my store. That is a deal that is just too good to pass up.

Made In The USA

I create tutus, hair bows, costumes, flower girl wedding dresses, tutu halter dresses, tutu dresses, flower crochet headbands, crochet beanies with flower hair clips, and more.
These items are handmade by me an American citizen. I am very proud of my work and I am optimistic about my business. I hope that more American's will begin to buy handmade items that are made with quality materials from people in our own country.
I am having a MADE in America sale in my etsy shop. This sale is a YOU PAY WHAT YOU THINK IS REASONABLE SALE!!!! I will also create custom items for this sale.
Am I crazy NO! Am I desperate NO! I am American

www.maggiesrosegarden.etsy.com
www.maggiesrosegarden.com
Sale applies to my personal website too