Tiny Tulip Monogramming

Congratulations Class of 2011!

2011-05-26T22:15:00.001-04:00

Graduation orders are in full

swing here at Tiny Tulip!

We have been monogramming Shower Caddies

Laundry Bags

and

Spa Wraps

like crazy!

congratulations Class of 2011!!

Spring Break is almost here!

2011-03-10T20:37:00.000-05:00

We are so ready for spring here at

Tiny Tulip!
We have been getting a little taste

of the warm weather & we are LOVING it!

Get ready for the pool with our

Monogrammed Beach Towels

We have a new thicker velour this year, and the

quality is AMAZING, they are only $28.50

monogrammed!

Keep all of your sunscreens, your cell phone

and your book in

a Monogrammed Bubble Tote

It is an amazing value at only $16.50!

And the ultimate in preppy style,

head out with a

Monogrammed Madras Tote

to complete your

preppy style, only $26.50!

Race ya to the pool!

New Products!

2010-11-15T09:38:00.000-05:00

We are so excited to showcase

some of our new items

that we just added to

the website. They are just in time for

Holiday Shopping!

Our new iphone cases are the hottest item

of the season!

They are also available for

the blackberry!

Our Acrylic Oval Tray

is perfect for entertaining this

Holiday Season!

It also makes a great gift!

Don't for get the guys!

The are the hardest to buy for, at least in

my family!

Our monogrammed Acrylic Pilsners are perfect!

And don't forget the kids!

These Monogrammed Toy Organizers

are the perfect size for matchbox cars

or for all of the Polly Pockets & accessories

that tend to get lost!

Happy Shopping everyone!

Happy Fall!

2010-11-10T21:48:00.000-05:00

Fall is in full swing here in Tallahassee...family, football & fun!

The weather is getting cool

& we are ready

for it!

Our Monogrammed Pashmina Scarves

are perfect for keeping the chill off & are the best price around!

And show up to the tailgate or head out with the

girls in our new Stompers.

They are the cutest rain boots you have ever seen & are

available in sizes 6, 7 & 8.

Quantities are Limited!!

Who needs rain?

I wear mine everywhere, they are

super comfy!!

And the house needs a little Southern Love too!

Don't forget to decorate with our Galvanized Bins

Happy Fall Y'all!

Preppy Summer is Here!

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Our Preppy Damask Canvas Totes

are perfect for toting in style

this summer!

Choose Pink, Green, Orange or Turquoise

to match your summer wardrobe!

Our Drawstring Bags & Towels are

a perfect

duo for the beach or pool!

Keep your shades from getting

scratched in style with our preppy glasses case!

Keep track of your goods with a

Monogammed Market Basket!

Nothing says preppy like

Madras!!

Our Tall Tumbler

is perfect for keeping hydrated

this summer.

And the kids will love love love

playing in the sand

with their very own

Polka Dot Sand Bucket!

Summer is here!

Have fun in style!!

Hippity Hoppity Easter Is On It's Way!

2010-03-16T14:07:00.001-04:00

Are you ready for Easter?

We are!!

Our new Chocolate Bunny Buckets are

perfect for Easter Egg Hunts!

And our newest Empire Waist Dress is

so sweet with our little bunny applique in

pink & white polka dot!

And the bunny bloomers

are a perfect match!

And our

Polka Dot Chocolate Bunny Tees

are too too cute!

Come check them out & get ready for

the Easter Bunny!!

Giveaway Time!!!

2010-02-27T14:00:00.000-05:00

Become a fan on Facebook

& you will be entered to

win our

Monogrammed Pillar Candle

when we reach 350 fans!

So come on over

invite your friends!!

Good Luck!

Prissy Plates are new to the Shop!

2010-02-26T11:34:00.001-05:00

We are so happy to be carrying Prissy Plates at Tiny Tulip!

They are the CUTEST dishes & add a little southern charm

to your kitchen or dining room.

The Small Bowls & Larger Slotted Bowls

are perfect for salads & fruits

or for holding beautiful decorations on your coffee table too!

And my personal favorite, the Cake Platter that flips over

& becomes a

Chips & Dip platter!!

How GENIUS!

Love it!

So head on over & check them out

as well as some other great new monogrammed kitchen items

in the shop!!

Happy Valentine's Day

2010-02-15T17:38:00.000-05:00

Belated....isn't everything that I do belated?!?

Hope that you all had a great one,

we did.

Family time at home, it is the best!

Here is a picture of the Oreo Suckers that we did for Abbey's

Valentine's Party at school.

They were a big hit!

We got the idea from How does she...

a great blog that I have been reading.

And we printed out the

cards from living locurto.

Pretty cute, huh?

We thought so!

My Sweet Husband

2010-02-03T03:07:00.000-05:00

My husband is so sweet.

And let's face it, on a regular basis, he gets no cred.

But at the end of last week I was sick & feeling really yucky.

He came home with these.

Love them.

Love him.

And of course, I immediately cut them stems, mixed the water & little stay fresh pack

& put them in there new home, my Monogrammed French Bucket.

I can't get enough of it!

It will be on the website, the NEW website very soon!

Thanks for being a great husband honey, you get lots of credit for this one!!

Monogrammer of the Month!

2010-01-21T10:58:00.000-05:00

Tiny Tulip was just named Embroidery Arts Monogrammer of the Month for January 2010!

Thanks so much Embroidery Arts, we really appreciate it!

Ironing Board Redo

2010-01-12T14:29:00.000-05:00

My ironing board cover was sad.

very sad.

like embarassingly sad.

seriously.

see?

I have customers coming in to my little studio & it's embarrassing that this is what they see.

Wouldn't you be embarrassed?

But, no longer.

Because my ironing board cover now looks like this:

Yeah!

Love. Love. Love it!

I recovered it with Amy Butler's French Belle Fabric.

When I first laid eyes on this fabric, I knew that I had to have it. I just didn't know what I was

going to do with it. Is that wrong?

That's just the way that I roll.

Then I used this super easy tutorial

by Lisa over at U-Handbag.

It is really super easy to follow & only took me about an hour to do.

And now viola,

I am no longer embarrassed for people to come back into my little studio!

Yeah!

Happy New Year Y'all!

2010-01-07T11:30:00.001-05:00

I just wanted to take the time to say thank you to everyone for such a great 2009, our best year ever here at Tiny Tulip! I am forever grateful, and I continue to feel so blessed and amazed to have this wonderful business. And it would not happen without my wonderful family, friends, and of course my amazing customers, I appreciate you all so much!

We have so many exciting new things planned for this new year, including a new website interface! We have been working extremely hard to get everything imported to the new site, and it should be up in the next month or so. We will have lots of new products, new font choices, and lots of surprises!

Thanks again for continuing to support Tiny Tulip!

Crystal

3 years ago today...

2009-10-22T16:55:00.012-04:00

Our family became 4,

complete.

Abbey became a sister.

We are so blessed to have her in our life

so sweet

so funny

so girlie

a total crack up!

Happy Birthday Lily,

We love you so!

wild & crazy

2009-10-19T14:18:00.002-04:00

wanna get wild? zebra koozies are here! available in can, water bottle & zip-up beer bottle style, they are awesome for bridesmaid gifts, girls night out, beach weekends, or add a little spice to your weekend at home! at $12 each monogrammed, you can't go wrong, get yours today!

also available in damask, giraffe, polka dot, camo & solid colors

Clutter, Clutter Everywhere!

2009-10-17T08:35:00.003-04:00

Seriously! This is embarrassing to show, but I just felt like I had to be honest! People often ask me how I do it. How do you run a home business, take care of your huband & 2 girls, car pool to school & preschool, get them to ballet & gymnastics, keep up with making dinner & doing laundry, etc, etc...ya know, the normal wife & mommy stuff.

Well, let me be honest! Sometimes, well, most of the time, I am a mess! I try my absolute best, and I have an amazing family that helps me so much, but I am a mess. These are a few shots of my office this morning, and the entry way to my house. There are boxes EVERYWHERE with new & restock items coming in. I am filling orders as fast as I can, but after doing the show last week, & the give away on one of my favorite blogs, Joy's Hope, I am super-swamped right now!

I have not been taking the time to clean up after myself & my family, and my husband has been helping with getting the kids to school & making dinner. My mom came over earlier in the week to help me get a handle on the paperwork & a jump start on orders. It has been crazy! But, I just have to remember, a little clutter never hurt anybody. I know that I will get my orders under control & then I will be able to clean. The kids are happy & healthy (side note: the kids got the nasal N1H1 vaccines on Thursday, so swine flu: STAY AWAY!) & my husband is wonderfully patient, so, I will get to it eventually!

Now I need to stop typing & start filling orders, 7 due to go out this morning!

The Shop was Open!

2009-10-11T14:58:00.002-04:00

Just thought that I would give everyone a glimpse into the show that I did this past weekend. It was a lot of fun, and I met a lot of great new people, vendors & customers! It was set up in a beautiful home in downtown Tallahassee that was built in the '30s. The ceilings were tall & the moldings in the home were beautiful! The home was built by Sara's grandparents & now she & her husband & 2 boys live there. It was such a treat to spend the weekend set up with all of my monogram ware in this lovely home. I was one of 12 vendors (yes, can you believe that her home could hold us all)? We had a lot of fun & now I am enjoying this lovely Sunday with the family (Lily is sleeping now, so I thought I would steal a few minutes for blogging!) And tomorrow, it will be back to work so that I can start filling some of these show orders!!

Trick or Treat!

2009-10-10T06:48:00.002-04:00

OK, With the show it's been a little crazy, but I finally got a picture of the Pumpkin Buckets! They are too too cute for trick or treating for the kids (& practical, right?) They also look fab to keep your candy in for handing out on Halloween night. Just comment or email me if you want one for your spooky one, they are not on the site yet!

$15 includes the pumpkin, name & ribbons!!

Wish me luck, it's the last day of Holly Days today!

Holly Days 2009

2009-10-05T13:38:00.004-04:00

This week on Thursday, Friday & Saturday I will be at Holly Days in the Los Robles neighborhood here in Tallahassee. I have not done a show in quite a while, but when I got the call from Sara, a fellow Maclay parent, that they were looking for someone who did monogrammed gifts, I decided to go for it!

Sara & Susan who host & organize the show are super great, & I am excited to go. Lily is now in preschool, so I thought that I would jump back in to doing shows with both feet!!

If you have a chance, come by & see a bunch of my new stuff, as well as some other great vendors. There is also going to be a gift basket giveaway with something from each of the vendors in it. I am giving away one of my new Scalloped Edge Memo Boards. They are fabulous, and you will definately want to enter the drawing! It is going to be great, hope to see you there!!

Great View, Awful Game

2009-10-01T21:23:00.004-04:00

So, we get the call from my husband's boss...ya want box tickets to the FSU v USF game on Saturday? ummm, hello, YES! My husband & I are both FSU grads, and of course went to all of the games in college & a few after college. But after kids, it gets a bit more difficult, so lets just say that we havn't been to a game in a while! So, I call my mom, who graciously says yes (as always...thanks mom!) that they will watch the kids. I reschedule a photography appt with my friend Cindy, and we are ready to par-tay! GO NOLES!

So Saturday morning rolls around & we drop the kids off & head over to Doak Campbell stadium, which BTW is gorgeous (way better than when we went to school)! We get into the stadium, head inside & trade our tickets for wrist bands. We then enter the air conditioned elevators & head up, cause it was only about a thousand degrees outside! When we get off the elevators, we head down the hall & pass signs for Ann Bowden's box (wow wee!!) & then 2 more doors & we walk into the most incredible view of the field that i have ever seen! It was amazing, we could see every thing!

Then we look around, and the food and alcohol spread is AH-MAH-ZING! Ribs, pulled pork, mac & chz, chips & salsa, salads & sandwiches, beer, wine, champagne, vodka, crown royal, sodas & mixers-are you drooling yet? And then the host asked when we would like to have our burgers fresh off of the grill with all of the fixins delivered to the box, I mean come on!! We went outside on the deck for the Air Force Jet Flyover, beause they were honoring the military at this game, it was great! We watched the game & then got the instant replays on the 2 flatscreen TVs that were mounted on each corner of the box!

I am now forever spoiled, I don't think that I will be able to enjoy a game ever as much as this one (except maybe watching a game from box seats that we actually win)!!! Maybe next time!

Lovin the MMO!

2009-09-17T17:33:00.004-04:00

This was our second week of MMO (Mother's Morning Out) and Lily loves it. It kind of breaks my heart a little bit that she wants to go SOOO bad and doesn't EVER want to come home at the end of the morning, but then I think back.

Back to 6 years ago when I dropped Abbey off for only TWO mornings a week.

Back until she screamed & cried like crazy every morning for the first months.

Back to the teachers rearranging the schedule for the day to paint and do crafts first because she loved to craft (don't know where she gets that from)!

And I realize how much better this is!

Lovin the MMO!

Wow, How did that happen?

2009-09-13T11:12:00.006-04:00

I can't believe that it is Sepember. I am so embarrassed that I have not blogged all summer! That must mean that we had an amazing summer, right? Totally, we did!! Peter & I got away to the beach by ourselves for a quick weekend at the beginning of summer (thanks mom & dad)! Panama City Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in my opinion. We stayed on the 17th floor & had an amazing view of the aqua blue water. We slept in, took walks on the beach & I actually got to read a book! It was much needed couple time!

Then later we headed to North Carolina where we always spend the week of July 4th. It was amazing! My cousin & his wife got a new wave runner this year, so between that and the boat & tubing/skiing we spent 3 full glorious days at the lake. We topped the week off with watching fireworks from the boat in the middle of Lake Tillery on July 4th, what a site!

We also spent a few weeks in Orlando at the end of July & went to Universal & Disney with the kids. This was the first time that we had ever gone to a water park & it was awesome! Lily was still a little young for some of the slides, but loved the wading pool & kids areas. We had a really hard time getting her away from the beachy areas, she just wanted to play in the sand! We had an amazing time & hated to come home even after 2 weeks!!

The last days of summer were spent catching up on orders (from all that vacationing)!! We ran up to the pool when we could and caught some movies here & there, it was great family time!

Abbey started 3rd grade a few weeks ago(I can't believe it) & has a spectacular teacher. And Lily just had her first day of preschool this week. I am excited to have some designated work time for the first time in 3 years! I am ready!!

Well, that was our summer in a nutshell, and I hope to be a little more consistent from here on out with some posts! I just want to say thanks to all of my great customers who are the ones that have allowed me to have this great creative outlet for the past 5 years. I absolutely love Tiny Tulip & creating great gifts with a personal touch! I am happy to be here for my kids when they need me, but to have a little something of my own as well! You guys are awesome!!

Ok, Ok, so plans change....

2009-06-18T11:53:00.003-04:00

So, I intended to make the round neck tops with my delicious Spring Dahlia fabric, but this tutorial from House on Hill Road caught my eye instead! I have to say, it was a bit ambitious for my first major venture as a sewing mommy, but I think that I pulled it off! What do you think? The girls have really enjoyed twirling in them & I just paired them with a cute little tank top and a coordinating messy flower pin to tie it all together. Nothing is cuter than my sweet little tiny tulip's in matching twirling skirts! I have to take advantage of this while I can, because I know that A is not going to let me do it too much longer! Now get out there & make your own twirlin skirt for your little darlin!

Inspiration

2009-05-29T10:30:00.008-04:00

I am so excited that school is out, all of the teacher gifts are completed, delivered and shipped....life is good!!!

And now for a little inspiration. I absolutely L.O.V.E the Sandi Henderson fabrics. I ordered some a few weeks ago, and have been soooo excited to get sewing on my brand new Bernina. I am going to make a cute little round collar top for the girls, wish me luck! I have never made anything like this before. Most of my sewing consists of ribbons on burp cloths, koozies, sewing on buttons, making messy flower pins, etc. I used to make my own scrub tops when I was working as a nurse at the hospital, but no tops for the girls. I am so excited!! Hopefully if all goes well, I will post pictures when all is said & done. Don't expect anything to soon though... you know how that goes!!

So anyway, hopefully we can all take a step back & enjoy some time with our kids this summer, and mix in a little yummy craftiness. Take a look around the bologosphere, there is inspiration everywhere!

Inspirational

2009-05-22T09:31:00.002-04:00

You have to check out Crystal (yes, maybe I am partial because of her name) over at Little Bit Funky. She has beautiful stuff & I have been coveting a silhouette picture of my girls for a while now. I absolutely LOVE this one with the bright pink and the polka dots....right up my alley!

So go on over and have a look, you might just find some inspiration for yourself!