Well, not like a real feature or anything, but “Curby’s Closet” is in the “Lollishops” ad. It’s a really darling ad and the magazine is wonderful! Somerset Life has amazing pictures, great articles and “how to’s” and the artwork and layout is divine!!

I know that it may not be a big deal to many of you who have been featured in magazines before, but just humor me, cuz it’s a really BIG DEAL to me!!

Here is my sweet little OOAK Valentine Dress that is featured in the ad. (sold only in my Lollishop store) It is so darling! It’s a size 12-18 months. It is a 1970’s white dress with tiny red Valentine hearts on it. I embellished it with two very sweet vintage hankies and red polka dot ribbon.
Can’t you just picture your little “SWEETHEART” toddling or crawling around in it??

Whether you have a baby girl to buy a Valentine dress for or not. I would love to hear your feedback.
Happy (early) Valentines Day!!

It is my pleasure to introduce you a new wonderful, frou frou, shabby, cottage, marketplace to shop on line called “LOLLISHOPS”!! If you love pretty vintage treasures, elegant whimsy, fanciful creations, lovely romantic inspirations, and terrific artistic elements then you will enjoy every minute you shop at Lollishops! It’s bright, sweet and the “Hottest” thing going right now!

This unique and wonderful place to shop is the creation of Sadie Lou. She has worked her fingers to the bone to bring this sweet and amazing dream of hers to reality. I have been fortunate enough to have been involved as a vendor along with many, many other creative and talented “Lolli Gals.”
Curby’s Closet is so happy to be a part of this wonderful marketplace and will feature unique and delightful items for your baby. And maybe even for YOU!!

So go on… and take a few minutes to check “LOLLISHOPS” out and see what all the pretty fuss is about!! I hate to say it, but move over etsy there’s a girl in town!!

Just click on the link below or on the LOLLISHOPS button.


www.lollishops.com

Then be sure to take a look at “Curby’s Closet” on “LOLLISHOPS”. Some of the things I’ve listed here I do not have listed anywhere else!

http://www.lollishops.com/curbyscloset

Then from time to time I am going to spotlight and feature some of my favorite shops from “LOLLISHOPS”. Hopefully, it will help guide you to other amazing, talented artisans.

Leave a comment and let me know what ya think. I’m sure you’re gonna love it!!

What do you have planned for your holiday table this year? Are you looking for a few last minute table scape ideas? Well, take a look at the one I did for our Christmas dinner.
I love mixing gold, cream and red with splashes of other Christmas colors. I must confess that most of the decorations that I use are vintage style ones I’ve collected for years, or new ones that I’ve purchased from T.J Maxx, Home Goods and Marshalls. Most are lovely designer pieces, but at terrific discount prices. That’s the way I love to shop!

I began layering of course (I love layered tables) with a beautiful heavy gold and cream linen tablecloth from Home Goods and then added a gold silk table runner down the center with a red velvet circular table topper in the middle. I really think that it’s fun to blend different colors and textures on a table. Next, I carefully got out my vintage holiday china, matching holiday goblets and gold flatware and went to work on creating a festive centerpiece.

I found this lovely vase with Santa working in his workshop at T.J. Maxx for $3.99!! Can you believe it? And it is really well made. (looks like a Fritz and Floyd) Anyway, I decided to fill it with huge rose buds of red and cream. They were so lovely and so fragrant. They came with the greenery and the baby’s breath too!
I decided to really jazz it up a bit, by adding a long strand of garland made with faux pearls and then scattered tiny vintage holiday ornaments around. It really helped the centerpiece to pop! On each side of the centerpiece I added my vintage brass candle sticks and red candles. I absolutely love lit candles for special dinners don’t you?

Now on to the napkins and favors! I found some pretty gold silk/nylon napkins at Marshalls and then I added a sweet old fashioned vintage glass style ornament for each guest to take home. They were simply attached with a soft lovely red ribbon.

For a nice finishing touch I tied holiday ribbon bows to each chair, so that everything would have a special look and feel for my festive Christmas dinner.
I hope that taking a look at some of my ideas have helped to spark your creative thoughts and maybe you will try incorporating some of your special vintage pieces mixed with some new ones this year on your holiday table!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Drum roll please. The Curby’s Closet Christmas Bear winner is….

*** LORI JENSEN ***

Congratulations Lori!! You are the winner of our first bear giveaway contest. We will be having many bear giveaways upcoming in 2009 (probably Valentines Day, Easter, etc.) so keep checking back.
Lori I will contact you and get your bear out to you ASAP. Waa Hoo!! Today is your lucky day!!

A big thank you to everyone who entered and especially those who wrote a blog and featured “Curby’s Closet”!! You’re awesome!!

Merry Christmas Everyone and Happy New Year!!
Chris Anderson

This is your last chance to enter the Curby’s Closet “Christmas Bear” giveaway. A winner will be chosen and posted on this blog tomorrow. If you were going to enter but just hadn’t gotten around to it tonight is the night. Go for it!
See the previous blog post for pictures of the bear and contest info.

Good luck to all the gals who have entered so far! I’ll be crossing my fingers for ya!
Best Holiday Wishes,
Chris

How would you like to win a darling Christmas Bear dressed in the most adorable Vintage Christmas Dress?? Hey, that’s got to sound good right? “Curby’s Closet” is happy to announce that December is our 6 month Anniversary!! Yep, it’s been 6 months. And to celebrate, we are giving you a chance to win this adorable White Christmas Bear complete with red velvet dress, white blouse, hair ribbon and holiday wreath.
But you’ve got to HURRY!!! The winner will be announced on Dec. 18th and that’s in just 5 days. ( so it arrives in time for Christmas, US participants only)

Okay, I know your dying to know what you have to do to enter, so here it is…

1. First leave a comment on this blog post and include your email so we can notify you if you win. (that enters your name 1 time)
2. Then link back to this blog/ add “Curby’s Closet” to your blog roll, favorite blogs, blogs you like, etc.(that will enter your name 2 times)
3. Also post a blog about our “Curby’s Closet” Christmas Bear Contest on your blog. (that will enter your name 5 times)
4. Do all 3 things and your name will be entered 8 times!! Isn’t that awesome!!

See pretty easy right?? The more things you do the more your name is entered into the contest and thus the more chances you have to win.

How great would it be to give this bear as a special gift to your little girl or Granddaughter? How about for Baby’s First Christmas? Or for the bear collector in the family? How about the cute teen in your life who just loves stuffed animals? Or you could put the adorable dress on your favorite baby girl and she will be style’n for the Holidays!!
Whatever your reason, HURRY, HURRY and enter!!

Look below for more pictures of this sweet Vintage Christmas Bear!!

DESCRIPTION: This white bear is new and is very soft and cuddly. It measures 22 inches long. The red velvet dress is from the 1970’s and begins with a darling white blouse with a peter pan collar trimmed in lace. The dress is in wonderful condition. This dress has newer ribbon bows down the front and border trimming. It is a size 9-12 months. This sweet little Christmas bear comes with a darling hair ribbon accented with red berries and her very own holiday wreath tied to her wrist.
Let’s face it shes irresistible!

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So come on… join in the fun and help us celebrate the Holidays and our 6 Month Anniversary!!
And thanks so much for all your love and support!!

PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO LEAVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.

Our super adorable quilted baby shoes are ready and available for the holidays!! These sweet little shoes were designed by me and are exclusive to “CURBY’S CLOSET”. These quilted shoes/booties are for babies 3-9 mo. They are soft and very comfortable and I am told by my sweet niece Jenny and several other darling moms that they are the only baby shoes that their little ones don’t kick off!! That’s pretty great! Right?

My quilted Christmas/holiday style baby shoes are featured this week in my etsy shop. They are $15.00. What a deal!!

Or they are sold included in sets with some of “CURBY’S CLOSET” darling vintage baby dresses. The vintage baby sets are available in my Etsy shop also or in Lollishops. (Lollishops is a new delightful marketplace for your to shop!)

Shouldn’t your adorable baby girl be all “decked” out and ready for the holidays too!!
Well then go ahead all you Moms, Grandmas, Nana’s, Aunts and friends and take a peek at the cutest little baby shoes around.

Look for my quilted baby shoes in other prints and patterns (even Zebra print) too! Just click on the links below and have fun!

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5833076

www.lollishops.com/curbyscloset

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Last week “Curby’s Closet” had it’s first TRUNK SHOW!! It was SO FUN and was hosted at the lovely home of my sweet friend Heather. She was so accomidating and it was a great evening. I brought with me my good friend Melissa (seems like we’ve known each other forever) to give me a hand. She is awesome!! She even brought a yummy Apple crisp for refreshments. How wonderful was that?

We set up the house with racks of all the soft, sweet, beautiful vintage baby dresses. I also brought with me my NEW Vintage Style Quilted Baby Shoes. They were a hit! They looked so adorable on the little baby feet! I brought my mothers Baby Blankets (they are always crowd pleasers) and some teddy bears dressed in vintage clothing too.
Take a look at the photos below and you can get a feel for what the evening looked like.

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Heather has wonderful friends and it was a delight to meet each of them and to see them love and appreciate the vintage clothing. The dresses are lovely in the photos, but they are “to die for” in person. The soft colors and the delicate detail work on these heirloom pieces is just fantastic!! Many are handmade and have been preserved so well it is just amazing! To me each piece has a sweet history of decades or of times gone by.

I will be adding many of these dresses, shoes and blankets on my ETSY STORE this week. So please feel free to take a look. Most of my clothing is from Newborn to 9 months, but I do sell some things for 12mo. to 2T. So keep checking back things change and sell all the time.

For those of you who have online stores or little businesses. You might want to try home “TRUNK SHOWS” they are very fun and profitable. It’s always a plus to do all you can to get your name out there and to show your products to your customers. It sure was for me, and thanks to Heather and Melissa… we were able to pull off a great one!! Thanks gals so much!! I love ya!

I am so excited to have my “Silver Bella” press kits finished and mailed off to Sadie of “Lollishops” fame!! I am told that Silver Bella is an amazing once a year huge craft show. It’s the ticket EVERYBODY wants or wishes to have right now. I believe that the guest speaker this year is Mary Engelbreit. Pretty cool huh? I would love to meet her. Anyway, I was one of 50 vendors to be able to make 10 press kits for Sadie to give out at Silver Bella to promote “Lollishops” and the 50 vendors!!
I thought that this was a wonderful opportunity and was so happy to be a part of it. I included my original design, vintage style quilted baby shoes for each kit and then added “Curby’s Closet” magnets, some vintage lace and a photo card showing samples of “Curby’s Closet” vintage baby clothes. They were fun to make and I thought that you might like to take a peek!!!
I wish I knew which 10 people will be getting mine. Hmmm maybe I will!! Would you want one?

Remember: “LOLLISHOPS” will be opening in Nov. so mark your calendars and check back here at “Curby’s Closet” for the Grand Opening date!! It will be a fantastic shopping experience and your gonna love it!!

My darling, talented friend Gina Halladay (quite the celebrity in the quilting world) is featuring “Curby’s CLoset” on her blog “Quilters Buzz” and is running a contest for you to enter your favorite “Go Green”, Recycling, or Eco Friendly type ideas. Especially those that deal with quilting, sewing or crafting. The lucky 2 winners receive a 20$ shopping spree at “Curby’s Closet”!! How fun is that? So, put your thinking caps on and hurry on over to “Quilters Buzz” and enter. Contest ends at midnight (Pacific time) Oct. 2nd. And if you are a quilter/crafter… “Quilters Buzz” is a place you need to check back often for all the latest scoop, fabrics, patterns, designers, etc. Gina’s got it ALL!!

www.quiltersbuzz.com/