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?

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!!