SO long since I wrote on the blog and I really miss it. Lately I have been trying to think of unique and fabulously inexpensive ways to say Thank you or I love you when giving a gift. I recently thought that a plate of cookies is nice but a vintage beautiful glass plate would be even better.  This is a lovely example from RomasMasion on Etsy. Searches for cookie plates will show a bunch of Christmas themed plates but look for pieces that also match a persons collection or their favorite color.

 I love this plate with Botanical Purple Flowers from Chatsworth Vintage on Etsy

Christmas Clearance

We are happy to celebrate our great year with a Christmas Clearance Sale.

Christmas Clearance 50% off with Coupon Code Santa2011

Our Product lines will be moving in a different direction in the new year so please come back  to see our new products

Happy New Year : Year of the Dragon

Paypal Confusion

We have noticed that there has been some confusion when checking out with Paypal on www.ApricotsBoutique.com. Credit cards are handled trough Paypal and if you dont want a Paypal account you can still use your credit card with Paypal. We want  shopping with Apricots Boutique a smooth experience for customers so I am including this graphic. Hope this helps :)

Christmas Naughty or Nice Soaps

From Tree and Sapling we have a darling Naughty or Nice Soap set. One is scented in cinnamon for that spicy naughty girl. The other nice girl soap is scented in a yummy chocolate. I love the red velour bag. Perfect stoking stuffer!

Customer Appreciation

I love meeting new people and everyday I meet someone new on Etsy. My customers are the best sharing photos so that I can see the costumes I make and their adorable children. From a birthday in August comes Mary Aurora in my Bumble Bee costume. I love how the antenna show up so cute on her headband. She is so sweet to pose just right for her picture. Happy Birthday!

Please submit your photo if you would like to be part of my customer appreciation postings.

It is getting to be that Halloween season again. I know it sounds early as September is not even here yet. In the world of handmade costumes it is always a good idea to start ordering early.

I am excited to have added several new costumes to my Etsy Shop, PeaPodRay. We enjoyed a fun morning with Magdalene and Emma and took some great photos. She loved posing in the Silver Candy Kiss Costume and playing Bumble Bee.

You can't Drink it but......

I recently received this testimonial about the Beer Soap that we carry at Apricots Boutique:
                    About 14 months ago, I received a very unique birthday gift, Beer Soap. When I  unwrapped it, I thought  what am I going to do with this? I can’t drink it., I noticed the round shape might make an interesting shaving soap. I got an old coffee mug and shave or “whisker” brush. You get the soap and brush wet and lather your face. Yep, I went old school. I stopped using aerosol shave cream and I swear I get a closer shave. That was 14 months ago and I still have a couple of months of soap left, and I shave at least 5 days out of 7. It has a masculine fragrance also, beer never smelled so good. So, check out beer soap at Apricotsboutique.com. Save some green and go green