Fancy Friday**SewCuteByMe**Review and Giveaway

I am so excited about this week's review and giveaway. This giveaway is sponsored by the company Sew Cute by Me Designs. This company carries beautiful heirloom quality products that one can cherish a lifetime. This company's specialty are their tooth fairy pillows. Every single tooth fairy pillow is handpainted and hand pieced together! The owner embroiders the name of your child on the pillow. This is the perfect gift for a little princess! The owner also makes cute little pillows for the prince in your life. On the back of the pillow is a little pocket with a small bag to hold a little tooth. It comes with a wonderful little note to the tooth fairy that reads: "Dear Tooth Fairy, In this pocket you will find a teeny, tiny tooth of mine. So while I sleep where dreams are made, lets see if you can make a trade. In this pocket I will lay the little tooth I lost today. Please dear fairy, tonight as I sleep leave me a coin. My tooth you can keep. Love____".




The pillows are made with a ribbon so that it can be hung on a bedroom door or bedpost, which is so much easier for the tooth fairy to gather the tooth. Buyers can personalize the fairy's hair color, hair style, and skin color! These pillows are so beautiful I wouldn't dream of only using them when my daughter loses a tooth. With the little ribbon, they are perfect to hang all year long. These pillows have been featured in Baby Swag bags, for celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez. When a little one loses a tooth, it is a special moment for both them and their parents. Do you remember how sweet it was as a child to believe that the tooth fairy would be visiting you? I think these beautiful pillows add even more to the experience. I've seen other tooth faerie pillows in the market, and they simply do not compare to sewcutebyme. The fairies aren't just printed on a material-they are handpainted art!





Here is a picture of my daughter's tooth faerie pillow, personalized with her name. When I opened the package containing the pillow, I was in absolute awe. The quality of sewing is exceptional. This is an item that she can keep for the rest of her life. I imagine that this will be an item she will keep her entire life and be able to pass down to her grandchildren. Wouldn't it be special to have a customized item that was made for your grandmother when she was a little girl? It is not just an item to go in a room-it is absolutely art. This would make the sweetest gift for any little boy or girl.
The company doesn't just make tooth fairy pillows, but many other wonderful products as well. Some of the products that I love include the prettiest faerie wings I've ever seen, personalized handpainted plates, beautiful art prints, customized bracelets, handpainted wall art, and personalized blankets.



Be sure to check out SewCuteByMe's new site at www.FrogsAndFairyDreams.com.
The owner was gracious enough to answer a few interview questions I had for her:

Q: Can you start by telling the readers a little bit about yourself?

I am a working mom with three great children and a wonderful, supportive husband. I love to sew, paint, design, and spend time with my family. I won a contest here in my hometown for some mural/faux painting work, and have been sewing for a little over 10 years.

Q: What were you doing before deciding to start your own business?

I was an accountant for my parents family owned business in the construction industry. Being raised in a family business environment made it easy to follow my dreams of starting my own business.

Q: How long have you been making the tooth fairy pillows?

I Started the tooth fairy pillow line when my son lost his first tooth, about 7 years ago. I wanted something special to mark the occasion and couldn’t find anything quite right. After designing his pillow, I listed a few on eBay. They sold immediately, and I haven’t stopped making them since that day.

Q: Your portrait/dress up items are beautiful as well! How did you get into them? I have searched the world for other talented women, and found Shanna’s beautiful portrait/dress up items. Her gorgeous items fit perfectly with our site and we are lucky to have her.

Q: Your site also offers beautiful children paintings. Who does the paintings?

Bea, in British Columbia, offers prints of her adorable, whimsical children’s art. We are in the process of finishing a children’s story explaining what the tooth fairy does with all the little lost teeth. The story will be illustrated with Bea’s wonderful fairy artwork.

Q: Do you make custom jewelry?

I have two talented custom jewelry designers... Becky makes most of my children’s items, including the sterling name bracelets, crystal princess bracelets, and baptism keepsakes. Christina specializes in the new tooth fairy bracelets. The tooth fairy leaves a pearl dangle charm to be added to the crystal bracelet for each tooth lost.

Q: You offer so many beautiful items. What items did you start with? The tooth fairy pillows and secret diary pillows were our first creations, followed by decorative pillow shams and personalized blankets.
Q: Tell me a little about what led you to start a business selling your items? It was an episode of the Martha Stewart show that put me on the road to starting my own business. Shortly after I had created the tooth fairy pillow, she aired a show discussing how to sell craft items on eBay. I sold on eBay for about 5 years before starting on my own website.

Q: Where do you draw inspiration for your creations, products, or services?

My children and my customers’ children are my biggest inspiration. I receive feedback constantly from parents letting me know that their children are thrilled with their new keepsakes. When I was a child, I had a doll named Kaye, who made especially for me. Her face was hand painted, with my eye color and her yarn hair was stitched in my hair color. Knowing she was hand made just for me meant the world to me. Kaye was the inspiration behind the hand painted fairy prince and princess’ in my products. Each item we carry is custom created just for your child and is designed to be cherished for a lifetime.

Q: What are your best sellers?

Tooth fairy pillows are our biggest seller, with over 3000 sold so far both on the internet and in boutiques across the US.

Q: What are your favorite designs that you make?

I love the products with our signature hand painted fairy princess. Each fairy princess is hand painted to order to resemble your child. She is then hand pieced together and appliquéd onto each product.

Q: You have been featured in magazines and your products have been in swag bags for celebrities. You must be very proud but does that mean the items are too expensive for non-celeb moms to afford?

We are very proud of our accomplishments, but do still keep our prices as reasonable as possible. We put as much love and care into each customer’s products as we do the products featured in celebrity baskets.

Q: What are your plans for the future?

I have several goals for the future… the first is to expand my business, hiring more talented moms, giving them the opportunity to work from home and raise a family (which we all know isn’t easy!). Second, as a volunteer at a local counseling center that specializes in domestic violence, I would love to incorporate a way to empower women to look inside themselves for creative ways to make a living while raising families on their own. Third, I live in a new urban neighborhood with shops and dining all within walking distance. I would love to have a boutique around the corner. I’ll grab a cup of coffee as I walk to my shop, spend the afternoon working on orders and chit chatting with customers… that sounds so nice. Finally… I would love to be a guest on the Martha Stewart Show to share my story. I wouldn’t be on the road I am without the episode I was lucky enough to have watched. I saw a quote the other day… “You risk nothing by dreaming… and everything by not.” That is my new motto.

Q: If you could give a one line phrase to describe your business what would it be? Sew Cute by Me Designs specializes in tooth fairy pillows, decorative pillows, and other children’s keepsakes and personalized boutique items designed to be cherished for a lifetime.

Q: What makes your business unique when compared to others online boutiques in this category? Everything we sell is hand made, mom created, custom and/or personalized. Love and care is put into each and every item, wether it be for a celebrity or the mom next door.

Q: Where all are your items sold? Website? Ebay? Etsy? Blog?

My products are sold at http://www.sewcutebyme.com/, Ultimate Tooth Fairy Online, Etsy.com and boutiques in the US. Also she has a new website at www.FrogsAndFairyDreams.com.

Q: Do you do custom work? I love custom orders. If you don’t see exactly what you are looking for, just send an email. It does occasionally take a bit longer for custom, but it is almost always available.
Q: Anything else you would want a potential customer to know? I am constantly updating http://www.sewcutebyme.com/ with new products and ideas. New tooth fairy gifts and other items are added weekly. Check back often for new designers, products and sale items!

I am really impressed by the owner of this company as she often gives back to the community. She has donated products to domestic violence shelters, for example.

This week's giveaway is the summer floral princess tooth pillow. It has bright summer floral fabric, with green, yellow, and pink accents. It has the most beautiful white chenille on it as well. The pillow measures 7"x9". Rather than a personalized name, this pillow features the word "Believe". This giveaway is valued at $34.95. In the meantime, all blog readers of SuperFunMama are eligible for a 15% discount! Simply enter SuperFunMama as the Discount Coupon at checkout. Is this sponsor fabulous or what?

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This giveaway begins 09/26/2008 and ends 10/26/2008 11:59 PM Central Standard Time.

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