Showing posts with label Toile Tales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toile Tales. Show all posts

Thursday, June 9, 2011

{HUGE} Multi-Vendor Giveaway

Kari over at Adam's Blankie has put together a wonderful giveaway, featuring many great vendors. You{ARE NOT} going to want to miss it!!!! {ONE} lucky person is going to receive over $900 worth of goodies......................

Annnnnd {Toile Tales} is giving away a $40 gift card to our SHOP..........
Stop by Adam's Blankie and let her know we sent you! Giveaway ends 6/15/11


Saturday, March 19, 2011

We {MADE} the Front Page of ESTY

Our complete randomness resulted in our "Luck of the Irish" FLIRT making the front page of ETSY! Can't tell you how many treasuries THIS picture of Cadence was featured in. We are more than thrilled...........

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

{MAKE a WISH}



You are never given a {WISH} without also being given the power to make it come true!!! (You may have to work for it, however)
Richard Bach


Saturday, February 12, 2011

{BALLOONS}


Corea and I got to spend the other day together while Lori worked. So, I took her out to take pictures of a {NEW} item that we will be adding to our shop shortly! If you haven't seen the posting of Corea and her {Hot Pink Sweetheart} check it out!!!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

{GIVEAWAY} @ The Brassy Apple

Make your head happy................Megan over at "The Brassy Apple" Blog has generously reviewed one of our townie hats and has said nothing but kind words regarding our shop, the quality and overall "look" of our products. Well, she is now hosting a giveaway and one of her lucky readers (that could be you) will be winning a shop credit to Toile Tales. Check out her blog and enter to win before February 1st.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

I'm such a {GOOD} mom!!!

It happened again……we have an additional family member. This time the little ball of fluff will only (& I use this term loosely) be with us for 9 days.

For the entire Thanksgiving break rather than the standard 2 day weekend.

So, Eilish (my 12 year old) loves animals and on the 18th she frantically calls me asking me to write her a note stating that she can bring home “said” animal over the break. It happens to be a race for whose parent responds the quickest as to who brings “him” home. I of course respond “NO”! Later that night she’s on the phone with my hubby and tries to persuade him. He says, “I am cool with whatever your mother decides”. Mmmmmm………you know what she heard right? “I am cool with whatever”! Now I love animals too, I do not love cleaning up after them when it’s my children’s job (and it would be her responsibility). But, “I am a sucker for bunnies”!


Now Friday of all days, I am working until noon, Eirawyn (my 6 year old) has her Harvest Feast at 1:30pm and Eilish gets out of school at 2pm. It was a tight schedule but I managed to do it all………even in the rain! We now have “Benjamin” until the 29th, along with cedar shavings all over the floor and bunny hair everywhere. He is getting plenty of attention, while “Jack” our guinea pig squeals for any sort of mild affection.

I {LOVE} the tufts of fur in-between his GI-normous feet!!!

XOXO,

Amy

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The {Flirt} in Black


Took Eirawyn's pictures today, against her will...........ha ha!!! I decided to try some indoor shots, and this is what "we" got.

This one turned out to be my favorite!


My kids do pose on command now. The minute a camera comes out, my kids know to sit still and NO cheek to shoulder posing!!!


The serious face is much better than her "nose wrinkled, chipmunk cheek, cheesy grin". I do however, have to show her those pictures so she won't make "that" face!

Like what you see??? Buy it here http://www.etsy.com/shop/ToileTales

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Everything Etsy {Giveaway}

Enter to win a FAB.U.LOUS Toile Tales crocheted hat now thru Thursday, April 1st. Just visit {Everything Etsy} Blogspot @ http://www.everythingetsy.com/2010/03/toile-tales-giveaway/ Follow the instructions and you too could own a lovely hat!!! Good Luck

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Monday, March 8, 2010

The Voice Club














On the first Thursday of every month {The Voice Club} with it's many talented young singers holds an open mic night. This evening happened to be @ It's a Grind Coffee House. So, with our cameras in hand we {Toile Tales Mommas} headed to the {small} cafe to see Claudia {Lori's 11 year old} perform to a medley of songs. So without any apparent nerves to speak of, Claudia used the skills she has been perfecting for over a year and left us all breathless....... WOW!!!! If we could only harness the courage and talent of a child, we too would be a great success.

{The truest life is when we are in dreams awake} Henry David Thoreau

Monday, February 22, 2010

Craft Faire Review






Had a great time at the Third Saturday Design Downtown!!! Lori and I always have fun when we are out selling our hats and accessories. We didn't get to hang out much with Maria (Curly Birdie). We thought we would be able to setup next to each other..........apparently NOT! They had live entertainment.........and we were ENTERTAINED!!! However, the "Tweener" band was super loud. We have a pretty good idea of how to quickly setup our space now. Not to mention the SN&R had people to help us move our product, that was a pleasant surprise. Here are a few pics of our booth. Thank you to all who came to see us and support our growing little business;-)

Monday, February 15, 2010

Saturday, February 13, 2010

The Aviator..........



Yesterday, I decided that I was going to take pictures of Eirawyn in one of our new hat styles, the Aviator Ear Flap Beanie. The flower is new as well, it's our broach inspired flower clip. It sells for slightly more than our traditional flowers we pair with our hats, but it's larger and more intricate. Eirawyn, however had different "plans". What might the plans of a five year old be you ask? Who knows, all she knew was that she did not want me taking pictures of her. So I pestered her and kept asking and gathering all the camera gear and her outfit......she still said "No"! After a while, she came to me and said "Ok mom, you can take my picture now". Yes, it worked!!! Who would have thought that kids had it right all along..........keep asking and eventually, you'll get the answer you want. The day was perfect for outdoor shots, a little overcast with big fluffy white clouds sprinkled throughout the sky. Eirawyn was a great model (this time)! On the way back to the car we spotted many cloud animals in the sky.............a bunny, elephant, mermaid. I love her imagination:)

The location of the shoot is close to our house..........thank you Lori for finding it:) I managed to capture the black and white image above (in the header) of Eirawyn on the tree swing and with a little editing actually got a great shot. This is now "The Toile Tales Tree".........I love it!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

NEW***NEW***NEW***NEW




This is our "new" Aviator Beanie.
So we "needed" another hat to add to our already large assortment of beanies!!! I have to say that I really love this one. It's a variation of our Sun hat. With the open weave pattern, it's light and airy but keeps little noggins warm. We can make it in sizes ranging from 12-24 months up to a tweener size (although our Etsy shop doesn't reflect that yet). Way TOO CUTE to pass up!!!

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Free Museum Day in Sacramento Area Feb. 6, 2010





Once a year, for the past 11 years, the greater Sacramento area museums have been offering free admission, all day long. This event is sponsored by the Sacramento Association of Museums (SAM) and supported by Umpqua Bank. Center Co-op Preschool takes advantage of the free day and visit the Aerospace Museum of California. There are 26 museums that offer free entrance such as the Sacramento Zoo, Fairytale Town, Governor's Mansion, Sutter's Fort and 22 more. Our family had a great time and I think next year, we'll visit something that we haven't been to as of yet.

Visit http://www.sacmuseums.org/museumday.html to get the complete listing of the participating museums.