Welcome Spring!

To say we are excited about the arrival of Spring may be a bit of an understatement!  We are definitely looking forward to sunshine and warmer days!  With the onset of the new season, we have decided to do a little "spring cleaning" on our facebook page, so I thought I would take the opportunity to update our much neglected blog as well.  I have deleted our photo albums from our facebook page as many of the items included in those photos are no longer available.  Also, we have had to make some changes in our pricing.  For any orders that have already been placed, the original prices will remain for those customers.  The new prices will be reflected in orders placed hereafter.  Our monogramming rates will now start at $6 for basic size monograms with larger monograms at a slightly higher price.  Appliques will now begin at $10 each, with some larger appliques being a bit higher as well.  Many people do not understand the amount of time and supply costs that go into even a "simple monogram"....much less what can be very tedious and time consuming work of an appliqued design.  We feel our prices are still VERY reasonable!  Many of our baby items also have new prices and you are welcome to call the shop for pricing questions prior to placing orders.

We have also started carrying some Zuccini brand children's clothing.  I am posting pictures and prices of some of the adorable items we have in stock.

 Baby boy light blue gingham bubble

Sizes available: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 18 months and 24 months

Price: $32.95 (price includes monogram)

 Simple white knit dress

Sizes available: 12 months, 24 months, 2T, 3T, 4T, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10

Price: $32.95 (price includes monogram)

 Little Girl's Ruffle Bottom Lavender Gingham Bubble

Sizes available: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12, months, 18 months, 24 months

Price: $44.95 (includes monogram)

 Turquoise Gingham Jumper

Sizes available: 3 months, 9 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 3T, 4T, 4, 5, 6

Price: $41.95 (includes monogram)

This is what I think of when I think "baby boy dressy outfit"!  :)

Sizes available: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months

Price: $34.95 (monogram included)

Pink and white stripe bubble

Sizes available: 3 months, 9 months, 12 months, 24 months

Price: $26.95 (includes monogram)

New Items!

My good intentions of keeping this blog up-to-date were apparently just that...good intentions.  I haven't even done well keeping our facebook page caught up.  We have made or now carry so many new items that haven't been posted anywhere, but word of mouth advertising and simply drop-in customers have kept us very busy!  But...just in time for the up-coming holidays, I thought I would show a few of our new items!  We now have Christmas tree skirts and stockings!  I love the bright and festive colors and they will add that perfect touch to your holiday décor.  The chevron tree skirt is in the photo, but we also have the stripe and the polka dot ordered and should be arriving today or early next week.  (The patterns will be the same as the stockings in the photo.)

 

Both the tree skirts and stockings can be monogrammed to add a personalized touch for the holidays!

We are also carrying jewelry and scarves in our shop!  This is an older picture of the jewelry, so not all pictured may be available, but we have several NEW pieces that haven't been posted to facebook yet including CHEVRON bubble necklaces!

 This was our first shipment of infinity scarves.  (again, not all pictured are available)  We have added to the mix and now have SOME chevron infinity scarves.  Imagine the gift-giving possibilities!

 One of our new policies that hasn't been posted here, is that we are no longer taking custom SEWING orders.  We will still take custom appliqued shirt and monogram orders, but the children's clothing that we make in-shop will be limited to our pattern and fabric choices.  We are trying to keep inventory available, but it is hard to keep items on the shelves!  Since this is a new policy, we are working out the kinks and will hopefully continue to improve in this area.

 

A few of our other new items (that I will try to post pictures of soon!) include monogrammed pocket tees, monogrammed caps, and shirts simply with monograms or monogrammed patches.  These have been VERY popular items for us over the past few months!  Please place any personalized orders that you would like before the end of year very SOON...our cut-off deadline is fast approaching and we don't want you to be left out of ordering!  Stop by and see us soon!! 

Happy New Year!

We are back at the shop and are already tackling orders for 2013!!  We have returned to our regular business hours: Mon-Fri 8:00-5:00 and Saturdays from 9:00-4:00.  We are already working on Valentine's Day orders, so go ahead and get those orders in!  We are also taking orders for birthdays, baby gifts, general occasion outfits, etc., and we also have a nice selection of bags, casserole totes and scarves.  Feel free to stop in and see us soon!!

 

I am not one to make resolutions, but I do have all intentions of doing a better job of keeping our blog up-to-date!  ;)  I am starting off with a picture of a new applique for our teaching friends!  We fixed this sweatshirt for my niece, who is an elementary ed major..LOVE IT!  Fabric colors could be changed to match school colors, or you could choose something new and fresh! 

As always, feel free to stop by the shop to place your order or send us an email!  We are so excited to see what fun changes 2013 has in store for Creekside!!

Giveaway Winner!

The winner for our Cyber Monday Giveaway for a $25.00 gift certificate is....

Shanna Lashley!!!

 

 

Shanna, I will contact you via email and we'll get your gift certificate to you!!  Congratulations, Shanna, and THANK YOU to everyone who entered!

Cyber Monday Giveaway!

Good Morning!!  We thought what better way would there be to kick off the Christmas season than with a little Cyber Monday giveaway!  SO...to show our appreciation to all of our wonderful customers and friends, we are giving away a $25.00 gift certificate!!!  I know there are lots of technical giveaway devices out there, but without ever having tried any of them out, I figured we would just do this the old fashion way...put the names in a hat and draw.  :)  All you need to do in order to be eligible for the drawing is to comment on this blog entry leaving your name AND email address so that we can contact the winner via email....without an email address, your name will not be added to the drawing. One entry per person.  We will keep the entries open until midnight tonight...central time!  We will draw and announce the winner sometime tomorrow.  Thanks to you all and GOOD LUCK!

Order Deadline and Info

Hello to all of our friends! We will no longer be accepting orders for the remainder of 2012! We are truly appreciative of all of you who have made this another wonderful year for Creekside Creations! Our shop will remain open with regular hours, with the exception of our holiday closings, and customers may come in and purchase items without monogramming. Also keep in mind that we do have gift certificates available which would make wonderful stocking stuffers! For those of you who have remaining orders, we are working diligently to fill those for you and you should be hearing from us soon. As a way to show our appreciation to all of you, we will also be having a couple of fun giveaways sometime between now and the end of the year! This will not be a contest to generate more "likes" for our facebook page, but will simply be a way for us to show our gratitude to all of our wonderful friends!  I plan to host the giveaway here on our blog so that everyone has a chance to enter...including those who do not have a facebook account.  Lastly, we will be closed today, November 21st, and will re-open with regular business hours on Monday, November 26th. Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!!!

ORDER DEADLINE

Good morning!  Due to a large number of orders that we have already taken, we are going to have to go ahead and set a new deadline for orders.  If you wish to place an order for an appliqued Christmas shirt, please do so by 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 24th.  This also applies to baby gifts, birthday shirts, etc.  If you know you will need a baby gift or a birthday shirt appliqued before the end of the year, PLEASE place your order now!  Also note, we are accepting NO sewing orders at this time!  I have a REALLY hard time telling people "no", but when it comes down to sacrificing time spent with my boys in order to fill extra requests, I will muster up the guts to do so.  I would never hurt anyone's feelings intentionally, but when I look around and see how fast time is slipping by, I don't want to regret not taking a little more of it to spend with my family.  Thank you for understanding.  If slots open up, we will try to take a few more sewing orders, and I will post here if that is the case.  We will continue to take orders for personalized casserole totes, purses, tote bags, diaper bags, backpacks, duffles, scarves, etc., for a few more weeks, so be sure to stop by for some really GREAT gift ideas!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Back-to-School!

Even though we may not want to think about it right now, school will be starting back before we know it!  Now is the perfect time to place your order for your little student's custom "first day of school" shirt!  Add a pair of ruffle capris or pants and make your little gal an entire custom outfit!  I have added a few sample designs that we have available, and hope to add more soon!  For questions about other designs, feel free to leave a comment or send us an email!

Bookworm apple applique with letter.  Name can be added under apple as well.

 Colors/fabrics can be changed up, and ask about different grades as well!

 Colors/fabrics can be changed on this one as well, and other grades can be substituted.

 This one is for the little S.E.E. cuties!  (Hopefully we can add something for the little Blackhawks soon!)

BATH WRAPS!

I love these bath wraps!  Not only are they perfect for after a shower or bath, but they also make a perfect bathing suit cover-up!  Pictured below is one of the girls' size, terry velour towel wraps.  The girls' sizes are: SMALL (4/7) and MEDIUM (8/12).  Colors include: white, lime, hotpink, orange, red, aqua and yellow.

Also available are ladies sizes in both terry velour and waffle weave cotton.  They are available in one size and are 28 inches long.  TERRY VELOUR colors include: white, lime, hotpink, orange, red, aqua, pink, navy and black.
WAFFLE WEAVE COTTON colors include: white, black, chocolate brown, fushia, lime green, tropical blue and light pink.  One size.
Women's size terry velour wraps are one size, 30 inches long, and fits size 14-22.  Colors include:  aqua, lime green, white, hot pink, and orange.
*PLEASE NOTE*:Women's and ladies wraps do NOT have shoulder straps.
Men's terry velour towel wraps are 20 inches long with elastic waist with adjustable velcro closure.  Colors include: white, black and navy.
As of now, we do not have many wraps in stock, but can order and have them quickly.  They can be monogrammed with name, initial, three initial mongram or appliqued.

Infant Gowns

Infant gowns can be made with long or short sleeves, and with any of our minky colors.  Available colors to choose from include: light pink, hot pink, red, orange, black, brown, purple, lime green, light blue, pale yellow.  Also, baby ric-rack can be added as long as we can get it in matching colors.  They may be monogrammed with single or three-initial mongram or with a "small" applique design.

Birthday Shirts!

I am REALLY going to try to do a better job on keeping this blog updated!  I am going to start by posting a "few" of the birthday shirts we have done over the past, um, year and a half.  Yikes.  By the way, these do not include anything within the past two or three months because I have not saved those photos to my home computer yet.  These will be enough to get us started and I will also be posting Easter, St. Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, Winter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Back to School, 4th of July from last year...yes, it is that bad.  I know that I have already shared some of these photos on our facebook page, but it has been so long since I posted pictures here on the blog, that I'm not even sure what has been posted....please excuse any repeat photos.  :)

Josie's princess crown "3" shirt with matching pigtail bows.

 The princess crown number set is VERY popular.

 This is one of my favorite birthday shirts we have done!  I MUST get a picture of Brantley wearing it to share.

Update and Thanksgiving Closings

We are no longer accepting orders for the remainder of the year. We have numerous orders already, and we thank you for understanding that we need time to spend with our family during the upcoming holidays! Also, our store will be closed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, (November 22, 23, and 24) for Thanksgiving!

No More Orders at This Time

Due to a very large volume of orders, we are NOT able to take more orders at this time! If we have already been in contact about an order, then you are considered on our list. We want to ensure that our customers receive their orders in a timely fashion, and we are working long and hard hours to get orders out. I will let you know when we are ready to take orders again. Thank you so much for your understanding!

Looking Forward...

....to Halloween! We just couldn't resist trying out some cute new Halloween fabrics!

Taking Orders!

Hi, Friends! I just wanted to let everyone know that we are officially taking orders again! We have all of our machinery and at our new shop and our workroom fairly organized. We still do not have a lot of inventory and items made up for our show room, but we're going to be working on that prior to having our Grand Opening! Feel free to send in your orders, preferably by email: creeksidecreationsandcrafts@live.com. I don't always get notifications for facebook comments, and sometimes orders can be over-looked that way. Also, please allow ample time for us to complete your items, since we usually have several orders at a time. Even though we have continued to sew and embroider, we are so excited to "officially" be back to making Creekside Creations! Keep an eye out for photos of new items that we will be posting soon!

UPDATE

Hi everyone! Lately, I have been asked numerous times when our shop will be open and when we will be taking orders, so I thought I'd try to give an update to all of our supporters. We have had a VERY busy summer! I have been spending time with my boys while they are out of school, we have helped out with lots of planting at Creekside Garden and Nursery, and we have been working on getting our store fixed up! (We even managed to sneak in a wonderful family vacation to Florida!) Our store is getting VERY close to being finished. We actually started moving some of our equipment in yesterday, so we can't wait to get it all organized. Right now we are waiting on our counter top, shelving for the store front, and for our big embroidery machine to get back from routine service maintenance. I am imagining that we will be open very, very soon, and I will post it here as soon as I know for sure. We are excited, to say the least!

We have not been idle in making new creations during the summer though. Mom has been using some new patterns and making up some sample items that I LOVE! She is also attempting to show my niece and I how to sew, so this should be fun! :) Hopefully we will catch on easily and will be able to help build up even more inventory. Now that we actually have some of our equipment in the workroom of the new building, it is becoming more of a reality! Keep an eye out for our opening information here. Thanks everyone for your patience!!

BIG NEWS!!!

We have some BIG news to share!! Creekside Creations will be opening our very own store!!! Our building has been ordered and we hope to be open for business soon! However, in order for us to have adequate inventory upon opening, we will not be accepting any new orders at this time. We will finish the orders we currently have, and then we will begin working to stock our show room! This has been in the works for a long time, and we are SUPER EXCITED to see it so close to becoming a reality! We want to say "Thank You" to all of our customers and we look forward to seeing more of you face-to-face in the future! I hope to continue to post updates and new pictures of our latest creations, and will definitely be sharing our opening day when it is set!!

For a Little Bulldog...

A South Edmonson Elementary tee! I will have to fix up a Blackhawk one too! :)

Also, if you have an order placed, you should be hearing from us soon. I have had a sick little boy, but he is on the mend, and we will be getting every one's orders fixed up as quickly as possible. Thanks so much for your patience!

Some of Our Latest Creations

Here's a few of our latest projects that we have done. I have posted several new shirt pictures to our album on facebook, so be sure to check there to see them all.

Jake's deer shirt for his camo/hunting themed birthday party.

Name appliqued on shirt.
Fireman hat applique...love this!

Josie's Peace Heart Valentine's Shirt

Layne's Valentine Truck Shirt

These girls lucked up on the FREE made-to-match hairbow special! :)
Lily's 7th Birthday Shirt
Hallie Sue's Valentine Turtle Shirt

Rachel's Valentine Shirt

Macy's Peace Heart Shirt

Layla's Jessie the Cowgirl Birthday Shirt

Easter Designs

I've been looking forward to spring and warmer weather, so I thought I'd go ahead and post some of our Easter designs that we have available. It's not too early to start placing your orders! :)