** Bib Giveaway **

To celebrate my big Etsy Front Page success, I'm giving away a bib!

The bib I have up for grabs is a second - the fleece of the cupcake melted when I went to iron it (which is really weird - NONE of the other ones melted and I've only had that happen once before!). It's on the fleece of the cupcake but honestly, once you're about a foot away you can't even see it. Plus it obviously still works great as a bib.
Note: if this giveaway goes well and I have a lot of entrants, I will possibly be doing a lot more "seconds" giveaways - I have a stack of them and haven't figured out what to do with them yet!

To enter, please post a comment with either the name of your favorite pet, or your favorite pet name (does that make sense?). I'll randomly draw on Sunday, April 11th. If you do enter, please make sure your e-mail address is in your profile so I can contact you!

On the front page again!

One of my bibs was featured on the front page yesterday! It was so exciting! The coolest part is that it looks like it was all horse-related items (how cool is that?) and it was picked by the Etsy staff. That always gives me warm fuzzies :) It's the bib down on the bottom left. It's still available (even after getting 230 views and 8 new item hearts yesterday!.

Hip Violet Photo Shoot!

I had some professional pictures taken of some of my stuff - I'm so excited for how they turned out!

This is my youngest daughter Willa:

And my oldest daughter Violet
Models :)

Parties & Moby Wraps

I'm back in my home state of Michigan for a visit and decided to have a PARTY! I talked my sister into hosting and it turned out great! A ton of my friends and family came - it was SO great to see everyone! And fun to show them what I've been up to! It started off looking like this:
Yummy food!
And ended up like this! I sold all but a few bibs, and a bunch of clothes too. So much fun!
Back home in Denver I'm now offering appliqued Moby Wraps through The Giggling Green Bean - they are an awesome cloth diaper and natural parenting store on Tennyson St. if you're in the area! They sell Moby Wraps or bring your own! It's just $12.50 for the first applique, $6.50 per additional. Here are a couple of them I have done so far - they have been turning out so cute!
If you're not in the Denver area but would like more info on how to get your Moby "jesified" contact me and I'm happy to work out the details!

The weather has been pretty nice in Colorado this spring - before I left for Michigan I took my girls to the local park with a stack of sewing that needed to get done. I love this view! This is my youngest daughter hanging out while I hide threads and sew on eyes.
Have a great day!
jesi

New items at Hip Violet!

A few new things I've been working on!

First, my birthday sets seem to be a huge hit! They sure don't stay in stock very long on my Etsy site, that's for sure! I also do customs, or in this case, a "Super Custom"! I don't usually keep zebra print in stock but a good friend was having a zebra & hot pink themed birthday for her little lady so I found this fabric and made this set for her.
Earlier this week I finally had a chance to make some bibs for my store. I posted them on my Etsy site and on my Facebook fan page, and all but ONE of the new bibs sold within hours! That was pretty exciting! Here is the pile of items ready to be packaged up.
And my packages ready for the post office. I am also now offering a new applique service - appliqued Moby wraps! These are AMAZING baby wraps - in case you're not familiar, they keep your baby close to you (which makes THEM happy) while letting your hands be free (which makes MOMS happy!). This one was a total lifesaver to me when my daughter Willa was born. This is my friend Jessica with her adorable daughter Ella showing it off. This service is offered exclusively at The Giggling Green Bean in Denver, or contact me for details! I also went FABRIC SHOPPING! Ah, my favorite thing. I am always in need of cute boy fabrics so I found these:

And I've had my eye on this one for ages for girls. I am a sucker for any bright color + black. I can't wait to try out some bibs in everything!
Later!
jesi

Hip Violet was on Ellen!!

Holy cow! What a great surprise!

A Hip Violet bib made its debut on the Ellen show this week! It was shown on Jessica Alba's daughter Honor!

Here is the picture:
And here is the actual bib:
Can you BELIEVE that? I am still in total shock! And just super excited - not only that it showed up on the show, but that Jessica is obviously using it and likes it! How cool is that?

I'll just be here on Cloud 9 for a while...

Don't forget to check out my Facebook Fan Page! I do giveaways often, and you'll get first dibs on my new products!

jesi

What do I make...

when I can make whatever I want? Hm. That's a good question. I took some time off in January to make some things for myself and my girls. Luckily (or unluckily!) my oldest daughter Violet now asks for specific appliques. She has been wanting an owl so I made her this shirt
For Willa I made her these two things:
I have a few more of these lightweight hoodies in stock - I am thinking about trying some appliques on the backs too!

My first birthday sets are going like hotcakes! I listed this one on Etsy, posted it on my Facebook Fan Page (be a fan! Get first dibs on stuff like this AND enter to win giveaways!) and it sold within a few hours!
Here are a couple of sibling sets. These also make great gifts for the family that has everything!
And some twin sets for good measure! This set below is for twins that are due this summer:
And a 1st Birthday Set for two of my favorite twins!
Have a great day!
jesi