Happy New Year!

Getting back to work slowly! I made a few bows today and starting to get back in the swing of things. Kids are still home for another week so we are still having lots of fun!

NOTICE: We are no longer shipping in time for Christmas.

ACG will remain open through the holiday season but any orders placed on or after December 16 will NOT ship until December 29. I will still be here to answer any questions but not filling orders. All orders placed before Dec 16 are being processed as quickly as possible.

Another NEW Customer Cutie joins ACG!

Love the pictures and keep them coming!! This little adorable one is wearing one of our really popular basic clips.

New Customer Cuties!!!!

I am falling a bit behind on computer updates in the process of completing all your wonderful orders! I love this time of year since we are busy, busy, busy!


I did want to take a moment and put a few new customer cuties up! All beautiful!

Momma's Darlins: Santa Apron Top Giveaway!

Momma's Darlins: Santa Apron Top Giveaway!

How cute is this?? Click the link to hop over and try to win it!

Christmas Collection

I have been trying to work on my christmas collection without much success. We received some really cute new Christmas prints that I hope to get added to the site this weekend. Here is a start with our super popular wrapped petite baby bows.

Crochet Flower Beanies are HERE!

Flower Beanies

New Soft Cotton Crochet Beanies

Choose a Bow! Choose a Beanie!

M2MG Holiday Friend finally up

New Listing at Mom.com!

I am always looking for great ways to put my name and boutique out there in the great big cyberspace world. A customer of mine suggested Mom.com and they have agreed to list my boutique on their site! Yeah! and thanks Karen!

Here is a little blurb about them:
MomDot is a mom blog listing site that is run by mommy bloggers, trisha, alicia, and bridgette.They run contests weekly, reviews on awesome (and not so awesome) products for family and kids, and talk about their lives. But more importantly, they feature bloggers and mom boutiques to give them an avenue to get thier name out there, also assisting in google links! You can head out and list your blog for free and talk to them about doing an interview about you. Head on over and see what MomDot is about!

Karen also has a great blog so jump on over and visit her at ABlogofGoodies! She will be having a free contest giveaway starting on October 27 as part of the bloggy giveaways carnival and one of my items will be featured.

New Button Center Bows

I had a custom order for a bow with a button center and it turned out so cute!

We also got in some really cute Minnie Mouse ribbon in 3/8"!

Christmas?? Not so far away!

New M2MG Fall Forest Buttons are up!

I know....I am a bit behind but am working super hard to get all my new products up before the super fall rush. Remember I list the matching ribbon colors so that bows can also be built to match!

Also since I got this really cool new photo tent I have been working on my jewelry pictures. Still not perfect but I do think they show the brillance of the crystals better than my previous photos. I have all kind of ideas for new jewelry projects if only I can find the time!

A personal request....

I don't normally place these types of things on my ACG blog but this family needs prayer and the more the better. I can't even imagine the fear and frustration the family is feeling. They headed to China with hopes and dreams of meeting their new daughter and found her deathly ill in a dirty hospital and are desperately trying to bring her home for medical attention.

http://roomforatleastonemore.blogspot.com/

Wow do they grow up fast!

This is one of our wonderful customer cuties on her second birthday! She is one of the little girls featured on the slideshow on the sidebar just one year ago, our kids grow up too fast. She is as beautiful as ever and we hope she had a wonderful birthday.

9/11

Remembering...

We are open and back in full swing operation!

Hope everyone had a great long weekend! I know our family did and we were sad to face the reality again of back to school and cleaning up the house along with the mounds of wash. I did squeek out a little time to design a new custom order today. It is so pretty I decided to add it to the store. Revelation 21 Pearly Gates Bracelet

If you are not signed up for our newsletter, you just missed the announcement of our great September Weekend Specials with codes only for those who have signed up! Join Now and send me an email to let me know and I will send Sept. Newsletter right over.

Happy Labor Day!

Have a wonderful holiday! ACG is closed until the evening of Sept 1, 2008.

Look for our super cute new applique clips in "Adorable Applique Row". I will be adding these over the next couple of days.

NEW PRODUCTS are HERE!

I am busy working this weekend adding our super cute new items! Hopefully I will have them all loaded by the end of the week. I hear mom's talk all the time how they wish they could put something cute in their girls hair, but the girls just don't like bows. These are a great alternative that both mom and daughter are sure to love!

ACG has a new look!

I will be launching a new product very soon! In preperation I needed to shrink down my shopping column so I have divided ACG into three main categories with all your favorite subcategories under each. You say you only see two?? Ah that is the big surprise coming SOON!

Prep School and Hair Streamers!!

So I have had pony o's in my supply box for a long time and finally made some hair streamers! I just love the whole streamer line and think these make a great addition.

I have also been a busy bee creating bows to match Gymboree's Prep School, which are online and available now. Don't forget any style bow on the site can be made to match any Gymboree line!

Power Outage...

Due to a power outage, we are a bit behind in processing orders. Sure wished during this time I had a battery operated glue gun! Not sure how all your bows would have turned out being made in the dark though. :o)

We are working hard to get all the orders from last week out by Monday. I lost two days of bow making but things are coming along well now.

Kelly

Ebay and Etsy

Many have clicked on my Ebay and Etsy links and wondered where I went?? In the summer months I have chosen to not sell on Ebay and Etsy in order to have a little more time to spend with my kids at home.

So for those of you who have questioned....please use the website to make your purchases. www.acrystalgarden.com

The Beijing Olympic Gardens

Thought some of you may enjoy seeing the Beijing Olympic Gardens. A friend out ours who has family in China sent me these great pictures.

We are OPEN!

We are open for business! Vacation was lots of fun but we are back and ready to make bows and bracelets!

Summer Sample Sale going on now! Once a year we have this special sale to clear out all our sample inventory at half price. Only one available of each bow and the one pictured is the one you will receive. Check it out in the Clearance Section.


During our vacation we added three new members to our family! "Turtle" is pictured but there are two more named "Crush" and "Squirt". Oh the joy of pets, at least I like these better than hermit crabs and I have to admit they are awful cute.

Happy 4th a bit early!! Closed Dates.....

A Crystal Garden will close tonight at 9:oo p.m. EST and will reopen on July 14! Have a Safe and Happy 4th!

Welcome Another Customer Cutie!!

All decked out and ready to play with her ladybug streamer bow and sunglasses, this cool cutie joins the A Crystal Garden family. She has a super sweet sister that we hope to see soon.

New Colors and Prints are Here!!

I just love shopping for ribbon and finding new patterns and prints! We received a large shipment today including some Halloween prints.

Here are a few samples.....

Chalk Violet

Chocolate Chip

Many more to see, color charts will be updated tomorrow afternoon with all the new colors and prints. Hopefully, I will get the drop down lists done soon but if not feel free to use the special requests box to order these colors and prints.