My NEWEST GIVEAWAY!!!!!

It's been almost a year since my last giveaway and I figured it's time for another one!!! YAY!!!

This time my giveaway is being hosted on my friend Karla's blog!!! I am giving away any product on my website up to an $8.99 value!!!! Almost all my headbands are $8.99 and under, so there is much to choose from!!



Would you like to enter to win?? It's SO EASY!! Check out Karla's blog linked below for details, and also while your here don't forget to "follow" my blog too!!!!

You can also become a fan on FACEBOOK!

For info on my give away click here!

- Love always,
KRISTIE - Bella's Bowtique

Returning the kindness.....

This morning I received a sweet email from another ETSY seller. She had featured my Trick or Treat Pumpkin Orange Tutu in her fall favorite finds on her blog!!!! Not only does she have an adorable blog but an adorable ETSY shop too!!!!

Check out ItsMelC's shop for unique, custom invitations, announcements, business cards and stationary for weddings, babies, showers, birthdays and more!

This was one of my favorite designs she has to offer! Click the picture to the left to check out her adorable custom made designs!

My DAD is on ETSY!!!!

That's right!!! I have given my ETSY fever to my dad!!! He is a photographer, and I am so happy to have him on board with his own shop!!!! Check out his AMAZING photographs from all over the Puget Sound / Seattle area (and beyond)!!!!

Click the banner below to visit his shop! There is a wide variety of awesome photos (with more being added daily):
Meerkat Family from the Point Definance Zoo, An amazing Mama Bird in Flight feeding her Baby Birdie, the ever so adorable Gold Finch bird, butterfly, foxglove, and his MULTIPLE AWARD winning "Sunrise on Mount Rainier" photo!

FRONT PAGE on ETSY!

...and of course I missed it!!!! I always check the front page - hoping that one of my items would be featured. I however missed my first ever front page debut! It happened on Sept 7th 2009, at 6:00am EST - which means I was probably fast asleep in my bed!!!! Luckily there is a very cool website out there that keeps front page results in a "vault". I check http://www.craftcult.com/ about once a week to see if any of my items had a honorable mention on the front page! I could not believe my eyes when I saw I actually had been featured!!! Woot woot!

How can you RESIST.........?

How can you resist a precious baby, and a fantastic photographer? Oh and yea maybe add a few props like a beautiful basket with a yummy ubber soft looking chocolate brown blanket and pink hair bow, and BAM!
Tonight when Melinda Ann sent me these pictures my heart just melted!!! I have once again met another fantastic photographer who is trading me props for photos to use on my ETSY site!!
Melinda does beautiful work, and even has a "little peanut" of her own, who I get to have some pictures of soon too!!
I love the fact that Melinda was right on getting me pictures! I have recently had bad luck with getting anyone to follow through once I sent props out. I told Melinda she is "A TOTAL KEEPER"!!!!!! Eeeekkk - so exciting I tell you.

This little baby in these photos is baby Ella! Isn't she a doll?!? When I opened up the pictures tonight, my husband Tom was standing behind me, and we both, just "ooo'd and awww'd"!
I told him I want another baby! LOL. Oh yeah and if I have another baby, I want to fly to Melinda to have her photograph him/or her!

Check out Melinda Ann's website here~!
http://www.melindaannphotography.com/

The Beanie!

Seriously...my most favorite thing is when I sit down to my computer, and receive a beautiful picture of my products on my customer's little ones! It's the best feeling, and just makes me smile!!! I feel so proud - and happy that my customer's love my products enough to take the time to send me a photo!

Today I open my ETSY account to find this AMAZING appreciation photo left by my customer Nicole! She is a very talented photographer, as you can see!!! The model is just beautiful too!!!! A stunning photo all around!

I just had to share this photo on my blog. This beanie has been by far, the most popular style in my summer collection, and I'm just loving all the beautiful photos and ways people dress this beanie up!

You can visit Nicole's website here:
http://www.nicoleannsackner.com/

Thanks Nicole, I can't wait to work with you on some photos for my Fall collection - you have a wonderful talent!!!

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