Another Giveaway

Head over to Darling Domestic to enter my latest giveaway!

Want to see what you could win?

Here it is...

Isn't it adorable!

Such a sweet pink daisy, yellow buds and green leaves all attached to a metal hair snap clip.

The giveaway ends on Thursday!

Last Chance for the Giveaway

Last day to enter the hair accessory giveaway at http://mustardseedbycarollai.blogspot.com/!! Hurry in for your chance to win a hair accessory of your choice from my shop.

Here's a little eye candy to inspire you to enter the giveaway:

The giveaway ends tonight!

Another Hair Accessory Giveaway

I have some awesome news...Carol over at mustardseed is featuring me on her blog! I will be giving away a hair accessory to one lucky winner!! For more information visit Carol at http://mustardseedbycarollai.blogspot.com/.

As for me, I will be leaving for Houston right after lunchtime for a mini-vacation! Have a great weekend!

Another Fun Custom Order

I received a request for a custom hair accessory the other day! I was so excited because I have yet to sell one of my hair clips (I'm not counting the ones I have sold to family and friends). The customer needed a hair clip to match her graduation dress and she loves my hair clips, but none of the colors were just right for the dress she is going to be wearing. She ended up sending me pictures of the dress and I created a custom design just for her!

I am very happy with the way it turned out! I just love custom orders because I love collaborating with the customer and creating a design I might not have even thought of without their insight!

Bridal Hair Pieces

I have two new bridal hair combs in my Etsy shop! The first one features two creamy white magnolia blossoms and bright green leaves. It has got to be my favorite hairpiece in my shop right now! It has a sort of vintage feel to it that I just love!

The second hairpiece features three bright white gladiola flowers with light green centers. With its crisp white color, this design would look gorgeous with any hair color, and it would be perfect for a spring or summer wedding!

I will be adding more bridal hair pieces soon, so check back often!

Feathers, Feathers and more Feathers

Look what I got in the mail the other day...

Okay I know that a bag of guinea feathers is not the most exciting thing in the world, but they are just so bright and colorful!  I am going to design some new floral hair clips using these feathers and I am super excited to get started!  I will post the new designs as soon as I finish them!

Oh, and by the way, the hair clips class I taught went really well.  There were nine people that showed up and I think they really enjoyed it!  The hostesses (okay my sister-in-law and cousin-in-law) told me that if I ever wanted to demonstrate how to make the floral hair clips again, I was more than welcome!

Teaching a Class

My sister-in-law has invited me to teach how to make my floral hair accessories at her monthly scrapbooking class!

I am so excited.  The class is tonight and tomorrow night!

Last Christmas I taught a wreath making class for seven people and it turned out to be so much fun!  I'll have to keep you updated on how this one turns out!

Simple Elegance

This has got to be one of my favorite hair accessories! I love the simplicity of the three dogwood blossoms and the swirly grasses add just the right amount of whimsical charm. It is attached to a metal hair clip. I have one just like this that I made for myself and I wear it everywhere because it literally goes with everything! I will wear it to go grocery shopping or on a dinner date with my husband - it is so very versatile.

You can find this lovely floral embellishment and more like it HERE in my shop!

Getting the Big Picture

Is it just me, or do other people like seeing products on a model? I would rather seeing clothes, jewelry, hair accessories, etc. that I am going to potentially buy, on actual people. Even if the dimensions are listed, it still doesn't beat having that visual image proportion-wise. You can see the big picture and imagine how it will look on you as well.

Most of my hair accessories are pictured by themselves because I don't want to wait until my sister comes into town, or have to transport them anywhere to have a "photo shoot" just to list them. I want to get them listed as soon as I can. During the week, whenever my husband comes home from work, he is usually exhausted and I know the last thing he wants to do is play "photographer".

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24012458

http://www.southerngirlflorals.etsy.com/

Well today we didn't have anything planned, so I asked in my sweetest voice possible if he would mind snapping a few shots - he agreed! I pulled my hair up and grabbed a couple of my floral combs. Now my husband is wonderful when it comes to the camera, but nothing is ever right when it comes to my obsessive-compulsive need for perfect pictures. I felt so bad for him (and kept apologizing) when he ended up snapping over 50 pictures! He really did a great job and I am so thankful that he put up with me! Here are the shots that I added to two of my current listings. I didn't want to subject him to any further torture - we'll save the other floral accessories for another day!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23763803

http://www.southerngirlflorals.etsy.com/

Enchanted Evening

Check out my newest listing in my Etsy shop! I want to keep it for myself! I just love the colors. It would be perfect to wear at a wedding or other fancy event!

To see more of these accessories visit http://www.southerngirlflorals.etsy.com/.

Pay It Forward Giveaway

I was checking all of my favorite blogs last night and Linda B posted a "Pay It Forward Giveaway" on her blog for the first three that replied and guess what...I was one of the first three!!


So...I am continuing the Pay It Forward here on my blog!

Here are the Rules:
1. Be one of the first three bloggers to "follow" my blog and leave a comment at the end of this post, which entitles you to one of the handmade hair accessories that I design.

2. Winners must post this challenge on their own blog, meaning that you will Pay It Forward, creating a handmade gift for the first three bloggers who "follow" you and leave a comment on YOUR post about this giveaway!

3. The gift you send can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And, remember: It’s the Spirit and the Thought That Count!

4. When you receive your gift, feel free to blog about it, sharing appropriate Linky Love

5. If you are not one of the Top Three to comment on this post, you can still play along. Please start your own 'Pay It Forward chain', and encourage your blogging friends to do the same.

And, I would be most pleased if you could just join in the fun!!

Leave your comments now!! And remember to include your email address so that I will be able to contact you!!

Manual Mode

I have had my camera since October 2008. It is a Canon Rebel XSI and I love it! I am just starting to really get the hang of it now though. I have ventured outside of the automatic settings and have started using some manual features. There is still so much that I have yet to learn, but what I have picked up so far has been very fun! I was practicing with some of my new designs. So here you go:

To see more of these designs visit http://www.SouthernGirlFlorals.etsy.com

My Busy Week

My week back to work has been a busy one so far! I have totally neglected my shop and my blog! Monday I got home after a 10 hour workday and crashed on the couch, woke up at 8:00, moved to the bedroom and was completely out until the next morning! Yesterday I had a little time to just chill out and came up with a great idea...okay actually the great idea came to me on Sunday, but I didn't do anything about it until yesterday.

I love working with silk flowers and I wanted to kind of mix it up and design something different, something that I have never done before. So I went to the store and bought different hair clips and combs and bought some gorgeous flowers and started designing some floral hair accessories!! I am super excited about this new venture and I think these first designs are pretty awesome.

Please tell me what you think about them! I don't have them listed in my shop yet (due to the increased work load!) but hopefully I will get them listed soon!

Oh and by the way, the fisrt picture is my sad attempt of a self portrait, not my best! For the other two, I waited until my husband got home from work and he took those - they look much better than the first!