About Gracie's Garden

Gracie's Garden is a business created thanks to my sweet daughter Gracie Jane. I have two boys ages 2 and 5 and when I had a daughter I wanted to dress her in everything girly I could think of. I decided to start crocheting her hats from patterns I got off the internet and fell in love with making my own designs and different color combinations. These adorable and unique hats would make perfect baby shower gifts, birthday presents, or buy one for your own little ones.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

A Few of My Favorite Things...... 3,000 FAN CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY!!!

*****THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED!! THANKS SO VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR PARTICIPATING AND FOR ALL OF YOUR AMAZING SUPPORT!!!!******


I knew when I reached 3,000 fans that I wanted to have a giveaway to thank all of my wonderfully supportive fans and customers!! I haven't had a giveaway in awhile so I decided to have Gracie's Garden Designs team up with some other AMAZING shops that are some of my personal favorites! I wanted to make the giveaway even more exciting!!! I LOVE all of the vendors in this giveaway and I'm sure you will as well! Here are a few of my favorite things.....

FIRST wonderful prize that you could win is from myself. It is a $30 gift certificate to Gracie's Garden. You can choose from an array of items such as crochet hats, silk flower headbands, crochet headbands, baby cocoons, baby booties, and more!! These adorable items make wonderful photography props, baby shower gifts, or buy one for yourself or your own little one!! I am honored to have such amazing and supportive customers!! :) I am also offering a second place prize of one headband of your choice!!

Photos beautifully done by my wonderful mom Coleen Rausch and the amazing Caralee Case Photography and Amy Robertson Photography.





The SECOND prize you could win is a $10 gift certificate from the amazing Brandy at Made Just 4 You.
She has the cutest bows out there in my opinion!! Everything she makes is high quality and durable. Her bows are very affordable and absolutely adorable! She is a mommy of two and enjoys making bows for other moms who can't afford them otherwise. Brandy is amazing to work with and her customer service is outstanding! Check out Made Just 4 You for all of your hair accessory needs!



The THIRD prize you could win is from my absolute favorite place to get my daughter's dresses. Liz at FrayBabyBibsandMore is offering an ADORABLE ruffled pillowcase dress with ruffle ribbon straps, a FrayBaby dress trademark! You can win this dress in any size newborn to 4T OR as a tunic 12 months to 8 years!! The dress is made with the ever so popular zebra and a perfect touch of paisleys. Of course you can always get a bow to match from Made Just 4 You and a hat to match the dress as well from myself at Gracie's Garden. Liz offers a wide variety of dresses, tunics, ruffled pants, embroidered shirts and onesies, and she even has an album of bows that are ready to ship and match her dresses. I have several dresses for my daughter and shirts for my boys from Liz. She is so sweet and has amazing customer service! Go and check out FrayBabyBibsandMore today!!



The FOURTH prize up for grabs will actually have TWO lucky winners!! The very sweet Laura Thomas from Pretty Presets for Lightroom is so generous and she is giving away TWO $50 gift certificates towards any purchase on her website. So, the first place winner will receive all of the items listed here and there will be ONE second place winner who will receive a $50 gift certificate towards any purchase at Pretty Presets AND a free headband of your choosing from me at Gracie's Garden Designs. Pretty Presets for Lightroom is a wonderful resource for any photographer. She is one of my mom's favorites so I had to add her in to my favorite things giveaway since my mom takes and edits a lot of my pictures for my business. These presets are compatible with Lightroom 1, 2 and 3 and Adobe Camera Raw in full Photoshop (not Elements). All of Laura's presets are gorgeous and unique and will make any of your pictures stand out from the crowd. Visit Pretty Presets for Lightroom today!!







The FIFTH prize you have a chance of winning is a sweet little monkey from Dulce who owns The Monkey Shop. The adorable monkey that you have a chance of winning is Forest the sock monkey. He is in the first picture and he is 14" tall and 5" wide. His color is lime green, dark gray light gray and cream, with stripes. He is soft and fuzzy and machine washable. I LOVE every sock monkey that I have ever received from The Monkey Shop. Each of my three kids have one and they all sleep with it every night. Dulce has amazing customer service and very fast shipping. She not only makes sock monkeys, but she also makes one eyed monsters, sock puppies, sock kitties, crochet hats and accessories, and even tutus for your sock monkeys. You will fall in love I'm sure when you visit The Monkey Shop.




Last, but not least is our SIXTH prize from the talented Angie at 4Inspiration. She is offering a $25.00 gift certificate good for anything you would like from her wide selection of items. She has some amazing tutu sets, butterfly wings, korker bows, flower hair clips, kufi beanies, clippies, jewelry, and so much more! Every Thursday she has a steals and deals game where she offers wonderful deals on all of her new items! She is so sweet and generous and great to work with!! Her customer service and turn around time is amazing! She loves custom orders and has a lot of options for costumes for your little one this Halloween! Go and check out 4Inspiration today!



***BONUS SURPRISE GIVEAWAY*** There is now a SEVENTH wonderful prize you could win from Annie at GymboMama. Do you LOVE Gymboree? Are you one of the many mom's obsessed with every line and getting EVERY single item from that line?? Then you will for sure want to win a $20 gift certificate to GymboMama!! She sells all of the adorable clothing from Gymboree at discounted prices!! She is also offering a 2nd place prize of a $10 gift certificate to anything you want in her store!! Go to GymboMama today to feed your Gymbo addiction!!!





Here are the 10 different ways you can enter into this giveaway and have a chance at winning!!! One Lucky winner will win it ALL!! The second place winner will win a $50 gift certificate to Pretty Presets , a $10 gift certificate to GymboMama AND a headband of their choosing (ANY size) from Gracie's Garden.

IMPORTANT - In order to be entered 10 different times in the giveaway you MUST make 10 SEPARATE comments for each entry on this blog posting only !! Thank you! :)

NOTE - If you are already a fan of any of these pages, then you can just write a comment on this posting that you are a current fan. That is included as an entry if you are a current fan.

1 - Go to Gracie's Garden Facebook fan page. Become a fan by pressing the "Like" button. Write on Gracie's Garden : The Latest in Handmade Hats and Accessories wall that you are a new fan. THEN, come back to my blog and post a comment under THIS blog posting ONLY that you have become a fan of Gracie's Garden. This is one entry.

2 - Go to Made Just 4 You's Facebook Fan Page. Become a fan by pressing the "Like" button. Write on Made Just 4 You's wall that you are a new fan. THEN, come back to my blog and post a comment under THIS blog posting ONLY that you have become a fan of Made Just 4 You. This is one more entry.

3 - Go to FrayBabyBibsandMore Facebook fan page. Become a fan by pressing the "Like" button. Write on FrayBabyBibsandMore wall that you are a new fan. THEN, come back to my blog and post a comment under THIS blog posting ONLY that you have become a fan of FrayBabyBibsandMore. This is one more entry.

4 - Go to Pretty Presets for Lightroom Facebook fan page. Become a fan by pressing the "Like" button. Write on Pretty Presets wall that you are a new fan. THEN, come back to my blog and post a comment under THIS blog posting ONLY that you have become a fan of Pretty Presets for Lightroom. This would be another entry

5 - Go to The Monkey Shop's Facebook fan page. Become a fan by pressing the "Like" button. Write on The Monkey Shop's wall that you are a new fan. THEN, come back to my blog and post a comment under THIS blog posting ONLY that you have become a fan of The Monkey Shop. This would be another entry.

6 - Go to 4Inspiration's Facebook fan page. Become a fan by pressing the "Like" button. Write on 4Inspiration's wall that you are a new fan. THEN, come back to my blog and post a comment under THIS blog posting ONLY that you have become a fan of 4Inspiration. This would be another entry.

7 - POST a link to this giveaway on your personal Facebook page. Then come back here and make a comment under this posting ONLY that you have posted a link to this giveaway on your profile page. This would be one more entry.

8 - POST a link to this giveaway on your Facebook fan page. If you don't have a fan page, then you can post it on Twitter or do a blog posting about this giveaway. Then come back here and make a comment under this posting ONLY that you have posted a link to this giveaway on any of these places. This would be one more entry.

9 - The last and final way to enter into this giveaway is simply by following Gracie's Garden blog. All you need to do is press the "Follow" button on the right hand side of this posting. THEN comment under this posting ONLY that you are a follower of Gracie's Garden blog. This would be another entry. If you are already a follower of my blog, then just write a comment stating that you are already a follower. That is included as an entry.

10 - ***BONUS SURPRISE ENTRY*** Go to GymboMama's Facebook Fan Page. Become a fan by pressing the "Like" button. Write on Gymobmama's wall that you are a new fan. THEN, come back to my blog and post a comment under THIS blog posting ONLY that you have become a fan of GymobMama. This would be your BONUS SURPRISE entry.


Thank you ALL so much for your support!! I am so excited about this and so grateful to all of the wonderful vendors who are offering wonderful prizes! This giveaway will run until Sunday evening when I will announce the LUCKY winners!!

The more times you enter, the better chance you have at winning!! Good luck!!








Thursday, September 9, 2010

Some Changes are Being Done at Gracie's Garden...

I am so amazed and in awe of the amount of growth Gracie's Garden has had in the past 6 months of business. I have always been creative and I have always prayed for God to show me a way to make money doing something I love. I am so blessed that I was born with this gift and that now I am able to share my creativeness with others.

Gracie's Garden has been such a huge blessing in our lives, but it can get overwhelming at times. I have been thinking and praying about what the best option is for myself and my family. I have decided to go ahead and remove the hats from my shop on Saturday, September 11th and only have headbands available. This is not permanent, but I am hoping to switch to mainly ready to ship whenever I do re-open. I have no idea when this will be because I need to focus on all of my current orders and take a break from the very busy life that running a business entails. I do everything on my own. My mom has thankfully helped with some of my hats and I am so grateful for that, but I do everything else. It is truly a lot of work and so much more goes into an online business then just making the products. I am hoping by switching to mainly ready to ship when I re-open that I can ease some of the stress that this business is placing on myself and my family. I also want a quicker turn around time. With all ready to ship I can work at my own pace and just list things as I get time to work on them. Sometimes in my family of 5 things come up that are out of my control and then I get behind on orders. I want to have a very quick turn around time and with mainly ready to ship everything would be shipped out within a week.

I will also take a very limited amount of custom orders that will only be offered to my wonderful fans on Facebook. Whenever I find myself with some extra time I will announce that I am going to take 5 custom orders, or whatever I feel I have time for at that moment. I may change back to custom orders in the future, but for now and for awhile this is the best option for everyone involved.

I would like to thank all of you for your support and patience during the last couple months while I have been learning and trying to figure out the best way to run my business. The growth is just amazing and I thank God for that. When I started this business I put everything in His hands and he has blessed me beyond belief. Thank you to everyone who has been there with me and supported me on this journey. I have so many fans who have been there from the beginning and you have no idea how much I appreciate all of you!! I am hoping by making these changes that Gracie's Garden will be an even more successful business and will work better for everyone. If anyone has any questions feel free to email me at any time at graciegarden@live.com. Any comments or thoughts are greatly appreciated. I love hearing others ideas and welcome them all very much!!

Thank you all and God bless!!