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

Japanese Washi Tape

A new fun product that Apricots Boutique carries is this wonderful Japanese Washi Tape. It is a paper tape that comes in lots of wonderful colors and varies width. It has a semi-translucent look so it is fun to find new creative uses for it. It is great for wrapping packages, creating fun Etsy packaging, scrapbooking and decorating just about anything you have around the house.What fun ideas can you think of for this fun cute product?

This morning I got an email from Martha Stewart.com showing fun ideas for a wedding party using Washi Tape. For more ideas check out this link: http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/summer-good-things?xsc=eml_dwd_2011_07_01&#slide_4

You can find many colors and sets of fun Washi Tape at ApricotsBoutique.

Courtesy of Martha Stewart Wedding Favors:

Spring has sprung!!

What a great time of year! Whether you've had green all year or are just starting to welcome the first blades of new grass, spring just brings a smile! What’s your favorite part of Spring? I think mine is the smell of freshness! The spring rains, new blooming flowers, fresh cut grass.. mm!

Spring brings new smells, new sounds and lots of new ideas to Apricot's Boutique. This means change is in the air and you can expect to see some great new changes coming our way. We’ll be featuring new bloggers, new products and new promotions and giveaways! As always Apricot’s is always open to new ideas from yours truly, our awesome customers! We’re always open to suggestions so please make sure to drop us a line if you think have some ideas!

Rosemary for Remembrance

Relationships are what's paramount in life but tragically we sometimes do not learn this until its too late. We all get busy; we have stressful jobs and studying for school, family obligations. Plus we are trying to fit in traveling, crafting. We had dreams we followed and passions we are trying to pursue. Sometimes just finding our way in the world is a struggle, discovering who we are and if we match up to who we want to be.

Hopefully, we are surrounded by people who care about us. Sometimes they are far away or time has passed since we last spoke. These relationships need nurturing and effort: cradle them, hold them in our hearts, show those we care about, just exactly how much we care in whatever way possible! Tell them everyday you love them by a simple phone call or a special moment of time. Make sure they really get it - because another simple fact of life is that they will not always be around.

Tragically, there have been too many loses this past month. I will miss you all!

"There's rosemary; that's for remembrance.
Pray, love, remember."
~Shakespeare, Hamlet