2015 Brand Rep Search

We are looking for our first brand reps!

We are looking for a few awesome mamas and chicklets who are active & have a larger following on Instagram to help promote our shop!  Our brand reps would make a three month commitment to promote & share our products by posting pictures of themselves wearing/using our products on Instagram 1-3 times a week.  In return, we would send them FREE products each month!  

What exactly are we looking for?

• 4 mom/tot teams (in utero - 18mths old) with an IG account of at least 1k followers (but not required)!
• a beautiful feed of photographs!
• someone with a fun sense of style and mad photography skills!

If you are interested...here's what you need to do.

•    Head on over to Instagram and follow us @kadydiddesigns
•    Hashtag up to 3 of your photos per day with the hashtag #kadydidrepsearch and tag us @kadydiddesigns
•    Find our Instagram post about our brand rep search and share it on your Instagram feed using the same tags!

Our brand reps will receive anything from baby mitts and pacifier clips to car seat canopies and baby sheets.  If you are expecting a new babe, let us see your gorgeous nurseries and sense of style!

Christmas in July

It's already the middle of July!
This year, Kadydid Designs is going to have a massive Christmas in July sale starting today and running through July 26th.

So.  What can you expect?

Free shipping on all tutus and car seat covers   
(use coupon code HOLLY)

Bibs for only $5.00.

Pacifier clips are buy two get one free.
15% off all Halloween items (use code SPOOKY)

Valentine's Day Giveaway(s)

I am SO excited! I have TWO different giveaways for you today with a total of 5 different prizes!

Up first, we have this gorgeous headband from Bella Tea Bowtique.  I've discussed my love of Bella Tea Bowtique before (she provided the headband for my daughter's 1st birthday photo shoot which you can check out here).

Jessa also had another gorgeous Bella Tea Bowtique headband for Christmas.

Dress from Moxie Jean

Luckily enough for you, Bella Tea Bowtique has given me another one of those gorgeous red and ivory headbands to giveaway for Valentine's Day!

Okay.  To win this gorgeous headband, just follow the Rafflecopter prompts at the very, very bottom of this post.  The winner will be chosen on Saturday so I can have it in the mail to our winner by Monday.

Alright.  That's giveaway number one.  Ready for giveaway number two?

Kadydid Designs, Bellapia Clothing Co and Tiny Fox Baby have teamed together to giveaway an entire Valentine's Day outfit for your little missy!  The entire outfit is a 12-18 month size.  You will receive a gold glitter heart onesie, red tutu, coordinating head wrap and a pair of Mango Tango leather baby moccs.

So cute, right?  

Now.  In order to win this entire package, you need to CLICK HERE and enter via Instagram.  This winner will also be chosen on Saturday so we have time to get it in the mail.

There you go!  All sorts of Valentine's Day fun for your little girl.  Don't forget about the Rafflecopter prompt below for your Bella Tea Bowtique Headband!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Super Holiday Sale

Oh my lands.  How is it November already?!?
As I've been getting things ready for our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway, I've also been excited to start prepping the shop for a huge holiday sale.  This year, Kadydid Designs is going to have a massive holiday sale starting Black Friday and going all the way through Cyber Monday.

So.  What can you expect?

Free shipping on all tutus and car seat covers   
(use coupon code HOLLY)
$2.00 off all Leg Warmers (use code SANTA)

Blankets for 25% off.

Bibs for only $5.00.

Pacifier clips are buy two get one free.

And.  If you email or convo us (via Etsy OR Facebook) with a pre-order anytime before November 20th, you will get an additional 10% off your order.  That's on top of the discounted prices and free shipping.  It also includes ALL custom orders.

Gift wrapping will be available.  You can choose to have the items shipped to yourself or to the family you plan on giving them to.  We want to make your holiday shopping as easy as possible for you this year!

There you have it!!  Go make your lists, check out the shop and get your pre-orders in before November 20th to get your extra 10% off!!

Tutu Cute Costume Ideas

Have a few tutus hanging in your daughter's closet that you'd like to get more use out of? Or, are you dying to see your daughter in a tutu for Halloween this year? Here are a few ideas of costumes using tutus. Obviously, most of these you can buy in our shop, HERE. However, you can easily also put these together yourself if you already have all the pieces!

A couple of weeks ago, I shared a tutorial on how to do an adorable ghost costume.
Here are a few other ideas:

Below, you have a Pirate, Ballerina, Cheetah/Cat and Cinderella.

And here you have another kitty cat, Queen of Hearts, a ladybug, a doll 

(this particular girl is Lalaloopsy) and a witch.

I could keep going...there are SO many different ideas!  

How have you incorporated tutus in your child's holiday wardrobe?

Incredible Hulk Baby Costume

**UPDATE:  If you are looking to purchase this costume, please click HERE**

Last week, I showed you the {sweet little ghost costume} I had just finished up.

This week, I'm showing off a custom order request from one of my most loyal customers.

She wanted her almost 1 year old to be The Hulk for Halloween this year.

After mulling it around a bit, this is what I came up with.

(And luckily, my daughter is the same size, so I had a model to work with!)

For the top, I took a onesie (one size too small), cut a few holes in the chest and the arms. I then lined those holes from the inside with green fabric to make it look like green muscles were bulging out.  I also added some padding to the inner chest area to make it look like his chest is bulging.

I frayed the fabric a little bit in the front along the neckline, and jaggedly cut the sleeves off.  Once I cut those, I roughed them up a bit too.  Can't have The Hulk looking too nice and orderly!

I also slashed a piece in the back.

The waist, I think, is my favorite part.

All I did was very carefully, cut a few holes in the front side of the waistband, so I wouldn't ruin the elastic that was already in there.  I then took a piece of rope and shoved it in there with the elastic.  That way, the waistband wasn't compromised, but I still had a casing for the rope.

And then I repeated the same process I used on the shirt; lining holes with the same green fabric and slicing up the hemline.

There you go!  Another fun, unique and not too difficult Halloween costume for your little one this year!

Ghost Costume

So, Halloween is right around the corner.  How did that happen?  Needless to say, I've been pretty busy with Halloween costumes; both for my own littles as well as a few others.  This year, I wanted to share some of our special costumes and show you how I put them together!


This week, I'm starting off with this cutey.  I love it.  The sparkly tutu, the mischievous little ghost face; everything!

The tutu is from our shop.  You can find that HERE.  The onesie I did with a freezer paper stencil. If, by some small miracle, you have never tried freezer paper stenciling before; here's a quick run down (it's super easy, by the way!).  Want to buy the entire outfit?  You can do that HERE.

What I did first was find a template on-line for the face.  The one I used is actually a jack-o-lantern template, but I think she makes a pretty cute ghost, too.  Once you have your template, use an Exact-O Knife (or other blade of some sort) to cut out all the negative space (ie all the black parts).

Then, take your freezer paper and put it waxy side down.  Tape your cut out temple on the non-waxy side of your paper and cut it out.  It will look something like this:

Once your freezer paper is all cut out, you will place it (again, waxy side down!) where you want it on your fabric (or in my case, my onesie).  Gently iron it down, NO STEAM, and it will stick nicely to your fabric.

 When you are done ironing, it will look something like this:

Then, grab a foam sponge brush, a bit of craft paint and a light piece of cardboard to place under your fabric (so the paint doesn't bleed through).  You are going to lightly paint over your stencil.  Be sure you get all the edges really well, and be careful to paint evenly.  You don't want globs of paint anywhere; especially along the edges of the stencil! 

Once you're happy with your paint job, walk away.  Do not immediately pull up your stencil; let it set for a few minutes.  Some people like to wait until the paint is 100% dry.  I prefer to let it be mostly dry.  I feel like the stencil pulls up better (and easier) if the paint isn't completely set.

Once your stencil is off, let it finish drying completely and then you're done!  Super quick and super easy!  This little ghost took me less than an hour; with interruptions of 3 children.  And then you have a cute t-shirt or onesie or whatever else you want to make.

Happy Hauntings!!

Design Your Own Car Seat Canopy Winner!!

First of all, I apologize that this is late.  There were so many amazing entries that going through all of them was pretty time consuming.  Trying to pick a favorite was even more time consuming. You guys are awesome!!

And then, we had a horrible weekend around here.  My 3 year old fell off the top bunk bed backwards, hit his head on a table and cracked his skull in two different places. He also had some bleeding on his brain.  Not good.  So, we spent all weekend in PICU at our children's hospital. Luckily, the bleeding stopped quickly and we are all at home trying to recuperate.

My little guy being transported by ambulance to the children's hospital.

 And then feeling much better with a visit from big brother!

The good news now, is that I finally have a chance to announce the winner!!  I cannot say enough how amazing all of the entries were. Because I couldn't narrow it down to just one, I have a Top 3.  The 3rd place runner up will receive a coupon code for 25% off of the car seat canopy of her design and the 2nd place runner up will receive a 50% off coupon for her car seat canopy.

So, without further ado...

Our 3rd Place Runner Up is:

Jena!

This was her fabric combo:
Jena will receive 25% off her car seat canopy 

Our 2nd Runner Up is:

Renee Campbell!

Her fabric choices for 50% off her order...

And our Grand Prize Winner?

Jenna Tomaszewski

She will receive a free car seat canopy made out of these fabrics:

Ladies, if you would please contact me via either Facebook private message OR email me at kadydiddesigns (at) gmail (dot) com, we can get this process started for you.

Thank you again, so much, for all of you who participated!  We will definitely be doing this again next summer.  And remember, if you just really, really love the fabrics you picked and want a custom car seat canopy made for you, we would be happy to do so!

6 Months!

Remember me showing you my attempts at headband making a few days ago?  

Well.  I got the photos back from my daughter's 6 month photo shoot. 

 And I know I'm her mom, and I'm totally biased, but I am IN LOVE.  

Every time I look at the photos (which is pretty much all the time right now) 

they take my breath away.

 So...I think the headband worked out okay.  And her dress is one of our Kadydid Design tutu dresses that you will be able to find in our shop soon.

And for good measure; all three of my sweet kiddos (taken the same day).

photos courtesy of Jocie McCune Photography

Now that I'm done bragging, I just wanted to let you know that I think I'm going to make a limited number of the headbands like the one my daughter wore above.  I've had SO much positive feedback about them.  Soooo...if you're interested, let me know!  And keep an eye out on our Facebook page to find out when they'll be available!

Testing A New Skill

 I have never tried making headbands for my little girl.

Today, I tried my hand at it.

Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to stop now!

A girl's gotta have her pretties, doesn't she?

And oh.my.gosh.

I am sure glad I got my baby girl last,

'cause they are way too much fun and way too expensive!

(Not that I don't love my boys, because obviously, I do.  But boys don't need accessories.)

Today I started with just 3 headbands.
This one and another just like it, only in cream and brown.

And then this one, which was oh so helpful in playing dress up this afternoon in preparation for her 

6 month old photo shoot tomorrow with Jocie McCune Photography.

It is going to be a very fun day!

Instagram

I know this blog has kind of been MIA for the past little while.  And mostly it's been because the shop has been SO incredibly busy.

But.  I have been keeping up (kind of) over on Instagram.  I'd love for you to come on over and see what we've been up to!  You can find me HERE.  A little bit of Kadydid, a bit of randomness and a lot of my kiddos.  :)

Plus, we'd LOVE to see your Kadydid Designs products in action!  Take a photo of your cuties using their Kadydid "gear" and post it with hash-tag #kadydiddesigns so we can all check it out!

My most recent Instagram photo?  This amazing stack of Riley Blake fabric that arrived (along with several other yards of fabric) in my mail today.  Access to wholesale prices may prove to be very dangerous!  ;)

Mark Your Calendars!!

We are going to start off 2013 with a BANG!!

On Wednesday, January 9th, we are going to have our first Flash Sale on Facebook. 

 Throughout the day, we will be posting items for sale at steeply discounted prices.  

I'm talking pacifier clips for $2.00.  

Bibs for $5.00.  

You may even see a car seat cover or two in there, as well as some tutus.

It's super easy.
Find an item you want.
Be the first person to leave a comment on that item's photo with your email address so we can send you an invoice.
Pay for that invoice,
 and it's yours!!

And, if we get a good enough response (ie: lots of sharing our sale posts to your FB friends), we will even be throwing in some free grab bags too!

**To start: If we can get 50 people to pin this awesome sale on Pinterest, we will give away a bib with matching pacifier clip!!
Just pin away and leave a comment letting me know you did so!**

So, mark your calendars, and be sure to visit us on Facebook on January 9th!!

Kadydid Halloween Round 2!

Before we go any further, we need to announce a winner!

I cannot believe the amazing response we got for our Fabric Scrap Tutu Giveaway!

You guys are awesome - thanks so much for playing!

Okay...down to business!

Thanks to random.org, our big winner is:

#91 - Penny Hyde

Please contact me at kadydiddesigns@gmail.com so we can work out the details of your fabulous skirt!  You have 48 hours to claim your prize.

BUT WAIT!!!

For those of you who didn't win, I have a little treat for you!

If you want to purchase one of these adorable little skirts,

you can do so AND get 20% off your purchase through the end of August.

Simply use coupon code TUTU12 when checking out to receive your discount!
**This code is only good for fabric tutus**

And now...
Just a few more items from our Halloween collection this year!

Fabric Scrap Tutus

Traditional Tutus

(this is our Peacock Tutu)

Halloween Themed Baby Bibs

Mummy Onesies

Fabric Scrap Tutu Giveaway

I never guessed these would be as popular as they are! 

 Right now, we are doing a giveaway on our Facebook page for a free fabric scrap tutu;

 for the holiday of your choice!

You can check out more of our fabric tutus {here}.

How would you like to win one?
Simply head on over to our {Facebook page} and look for the GIVEAWAY status.

All you have to do is click share and then leave me a comment.

It's that easy!!

We'll pick a winner on August 17th.

Good luck!