Baby Duck Boutique - A Personalized Baby Store

Winnie the Pooh Personalized Growth Chart and Name Plaque

2009-06-05T08:16:00.000-07:00

These are for 2 different kids, but I used similar pooh's when making these. These came out pretty awesome. Please contact me if you are interested and remember, I can paint any theme you are looking for!

Pirate Theme Personalized Growth Chart and Picture Frame

2009-06-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

I made these for a kid and I think they turned out really cute. I also did a personalized name plaque that matched, but forgot to take a picture, LOL! This was a very cool set for this little boy, something that I'm sure he will enjoy for years to come!

Personalized Communion Frames

2009-06-05T08:10:00.000-07:00

I made these frames for 2 kids that were having their communioin. They took the Saints names and I added them to the frames with their names. This will be something very special that thay can always have with a picture of the priest and them on this very speical day. Please contact me if you are interested in this frame. Everything can be changed.

Personalized Florida Gator Growth Chart

2009-06-05T08:04:00.000-07:00

I made this chart for my nephew William. His dad, my brother is the BIGGEST Gator fan I know and his room will be all Gators. I think it came out pretty cool. I made the logo to the T and can do any team with any teams colors. Please contact me for details.

Candy Shop Baby Theme - Sweet Treats

2009-03-24T12:14:00.000-07:00

Well, I am blogging about a new job I just finished. I was approached by my neighbor and her daughter about doing a few items for her best friend's shower. The girl was having twins and my neighbors wanted to blow her away with great gifts. Of course I told them they came to the right spot, LOL! They had a toy box they wanted painted, a double growth chart and a trash can. I had to get pretty busy as I had less than 2 weeks, 10 days to pull all this together and this was a BIG order. I was in the middle of finishing up 20 bows for a local hospital, which is a big undertaking, and I busted tail to get those done. Once they were done, I was able to start these pieces. I had less than a week until the shower to get these done and let me tell you, it was an exhausting week. I was up for nights on end until 2:30 and 3:30 in the morning painting, painting, painting. My husband came home from work in the afternoon, took the kids off my hands and just let me work and work I did!

When I asked about the theme in the nursery for the twins I was told it was bubblegum. I took a look at the bedding on-line and it was yellow, pink, dark pink with lots and lots of bubbles all over it. I thought about doing bubbles just like the bedding, but decided to take my pieces to a different level, but tie it all in to the bubblegum theme. I wanted something more than just bubbles on the pieces, I thought that it would get boring on all of them and wanted something that would grow with the girls. I drew up some ideas and took them to my neighbor. Of course pencil and paper didn't really show all the work, but they got the idea and loved it. My idea was to make a candy shop, keeping the colors of the bedding and room. I got to work. I'm not sure you all know what goes into projects of mine, but I put time into everything I do, starting with sanding each piece down. After sanding all the pieces and prepping them for the artwork. I started on the toy box. My neighbor was taking the toy box and filling it with baby gifts. I would work a day on the toy box, run next door to my neighbor and have her come look at what I was doing. She was in aww every time she saw it and it made me happy to show her each stage of what I was doing. After the toy box was done, I started the trashcan. I called my mom down this day to help me prep and get it get ready. She was a HUGE help and I couldn't have finished it without her. I put alot of work into the trashcan as it took almost 10 hours of painting, glittering and detailing to finish. It shows however and came out beautiful. I then had just over 24 hours to pull the double growth chart and I got busy. I worked and worked almost all night and was up early to finish it. When my neighbor showed up to collect the pieces that morning, she about fell over because she loved them so much. Not only did she love them, she paid me double what I charged her and that in turn made me love her! It made my day to see her face with such delight and just ohh and ahh over them. I normally ship my stuff out and don't see the reactions of people when they see what I've done. It was nice and really made me feel good. I just LOVE what I do. I love to create things for people that are one of a kind, original, handpainted and really priceless. These gifts were the HIT of the party I was told and everyone was jealous that their gifts didn't stack up. My neighbor said it was awesome to have the best gifts for her best friend and that they put the pieces in the nursery and it all matched up to everything in there. At the end of the day, I can be exhausted, but this is why I do what I do, to make memorable pieces of artwork that someone will charish for years to come. I really like to make people smile with my work, it makes it all worth it!

Here are some pics of the pieces.

This is the top of the toy box

This is the front of the toy box

This is the back. All the pink trim was painted and had glitter on it

This is the side

This is the other side

This is the Double Growth Chart

This is the trashcan - the pink had glitter on this too
Both sides looked like this

And the Winner Is..............

2009-03-04T05:25:00.001-08:00

Catherine! I will email you Cath and we get started on what you want. Thanks to everyone for becoming a fan of the blog and my site. Make sure look out for Cath's new frame and new products from me.

Site Launch and Giveaway

2009-02-24T06:39:00.001-08:00

Well it's time to launch the new site for Baby Duck Boutique. After a few months of working on it and getting right, it's ready to go live today. I want to thank Tammy Harms for all her hard work putting this site together for me and my friend Allison Duine for the design of it. Without the help of these two extraordinary women, my site would not be what it is. My site is everything I have wanted and looks AMAZING and I'm just so happy it is finally done and I'm ready to get my business rocking and rolling!

Since I am launching the new site and starting a blog for my business, I thought I would do a giveaway. How do you sign up for the giveaway and what am I giving away? Well, I need you to become a follower of my blog for Baby Duck Boutique. On this blog we will feature a new product every month and I will run specials and discounts on here. I will also talk about the feature product, how it's made and people can comment on products they have from Baby Duck Boutique. It will be a place where we can share ideas and you can learn a little more about what I do and most of all, get good deals for being a follower!

Instructions:
1. Need you to become a follower of this blog.
2. Leave a comment on this post with your email address and or blog page so I can notify you if you win.

That's it people! I will give you one week to do this. I will close the entries on March 3rd. I will then place all names in a hat and have Mina pick just one name for me. So what is it that you will win?????

The prize will be an adult frame that I sell on my site, a $40.00 value. The frame is much bigger than the kids frames, measuring 12x12 with a 4x4 opening. They are made of wood and I will paint anything you want on it. You can see one I've done here http://www.babyduckboutique.com/painteddecor.html

It's a great prize and I know you will love it. One lucky winner of the group that follows this blog will have this in his or her home. I will continue to do giveaways and deals on this blog page too, but you must be a follower to get the prizes and discounts. So what are you waiting for people.....show me some blog love and sign up!!!!!!!

Starting a blog

2009-02-23T05:28:00.001-08:00

for the business Baby Duck Boutique. With the help of Tammy, a blog has now been started and I hope to create buzz around the products I sell on the site. We will have specials through here and have a featured product once a month as well as giveaways and a place to come and chat. I hope you all will come back and check in often with me here and chat a while. I will be doing sales and giveaways, so you will want to come back often. I have to thank Tammy Harms from the bottom of my heart for all she has done for me in this new adventure of a site re-design and putting together a blog page. She really is one in a million and I'm so very happy to have a friend like her! My first giveaway will be soon........