Remember the days when you couldn’t wait to open that special valentine card filled with a paper note and conversation heart candy. I just KNEW that those conversation heart candies meant TRU LUV when given by the boy I had a crush on.:)

Years later, those special “valentines” are still ones I look forward to giving and receiving. A handmade card and artwork from our children are some of the best, aren’t they? A small handmade gift from a friend says, “I’m thinking of you”. Those kinds of things are memorable and treasured because you know that it was made with a lot of thought, time, and care. You know that while they were making that item, they thought about you, and could just imagine what it would be like to have you receive it!

Well, I have those same feelings, too, when I am making something special for a friend or family member. And because I love to do just about anything “DIY”, now is the perfect time to begin some simple projects to give this Valentine’s Day.

At www.YouCanMakeThis.com, we have a variety of downloadable projects that are quick, simple, and perfect to give to someone you care about. Here are a few ideas:

Make a Lotus Flower and attach it to a card for a friend. This flower can then be added to her favorite handbag or even used as a brooch.

Make a Basic Box and fill it with some hair accessories, make-up, and jewelry for your teen daughter. Use that same Basic Box and give it to a friend for sewing supplies, baked goods, or even a place to keep her CD’s. This idea is very versatile and easy!

Do you love to crochet? Remind that little one that “Some-bunny loves her/him!” The nice thing about this cap is that it can be worn through the Valentine and Easter holiday!

A Gourmet Cookie Bouquet is certainly going to be a treat for anyone!

If you have someone who is the “Queen of YOUR Heart”, you may enjoy making her the 24″ Kimberbell Kids Doll & Coordinating Queen of Hearts Clothing. It will definitely bring back memories of your own childhood!

And who doesn’t need a day at the spa? Make it possible at home with 148 different recipes for body scrubs, face masks, and more.

Let your little ones know that you are their #1 fan…well, you and maybe even a dozen other people in their life! This sweet, soft book will showcase photos of loved ones and make your child feel very special.

This Funky Fringe Barrette Bling would be something that anyone would oooh and ahhh over.

This one will have your friends doing a double-take! Create a very personalized Embossed Recycled Soda Can Frame! Include a favorite photo and this will definitely be treasured.

Valentine’s Day is also a fun time to create unique clothing for your children. Whether is is through applique, crochet, bling, or sewing, there are a lot of ideas to get started!

Find downloadable clothing patterns and instructions here>>

And if you love to embellish with applique, you can find all kinds of applique patterns here>>

If you love machine embroidery, you can find many of these same designs at our sister site, www.SWAKembroidery.com.

Have fun creating and MAKE it a great Valentine’s Day!

-Kim

We’re celebrating the holidays a little differently this year at Boutique Cafe, my new baby Lola Olivia was born on Dec. 10th and isn’t sleeping at night. Needless to say I had to find a creative way of bringing the holiday spirit to our viewers, while including some extra help from a few special friends to pull it all together. What I came up with was a wandering through various homes in our very own Boutique Community!!

This idea makes me feel like Robin Leach from Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (minus the accent)!! It’s a fun little holiday jaunt into the homes of some very creative gals who give so much year-round to their families and community. We hope you feel inspired by the Christmas decor, so cozy up with your hot cocoa and visit the homes of some of our closest friends.

Holiday Homes Included in this episode:
Chelsea – Vintage Chic (Free!! Pillow tutorial on her blog>>)
Patty – Mod Kid Boutique
Emily – georgietees
Liz – LizzyAnne
Lisa – The Domestic Diva(TUTORIALS: Make Tulle Garland, Bow Tutorial, Scents of the Season, Gift Wrapping Tutorial)
Catherine – our “Muirhead Family” Tree
Daria – Boutique Cafe

Don’t miss out on the incredible shopping deals in our 2009 Holiday Gift Guide>>

Happy Holidays with love from Boutique Cafe! See you in the New Year!

*** Giveaway! Boutique Cafe wants to make your holiday extra merry by giving away two (2) Zhu Zhu Pets to two Very Lucky BC readers!
Here’s how to enter. You can do as many of these as you’d like. Each one is worth one entry into our giveaway; please leave a separate comment for each:
• Leave a comment in our shownotes for this episode telling us your favorite holiday tradition!
• Become a fan of Boutique Cafe on Facebook and leave a comment telling us you joined.
• Follow Boutique Cafe on Twitter (@BoutiqueCafe) and leave a comment telling is you’re our newest follower.
• Tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment with the URL of your tweet.
• Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with the URL to your blog post.

Include a valid email address for our drawing. We’ll draw the two winners from the comments and contact her via email. Deadline: December 26, 2009 (midnight). The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be chosen.

** Click button below to view video coverage, or view it on our YouTube channel right here>>

Our four boys have been dotting on her and loving her up so much. They are over the moon to have a sister of their very own. Thank you so much for all of your prayers and support through my pregnancy, many of you got me through these months and I’ll never forget it. I hope to be back to Boutique Cafe very shortly, but in the meantime I’m wrapped up in Lola and enjoying each moment of her first few days. I’ll share a link to see more and more pics of our Lola, I’ll be adding more so feel welcome to stop by and gush with me over her.

With love and thanks,
Daria, Nathan
The boys & Lola Olivia

Lola Olivia on Flickr>>

Our wildly popular 2009 Holiday Gift Guide is brimming with sweet festive savings. Enjoy this little commercial we’ve produced featuring the current discounts, promo codes and deals you can snag on amazing products & services (discount codes valid till Jan. 1st 2010).

To view the entire savings guide Click Here>> More promos are continually being added throughout the Christmas shopping season so keep checking back. Thank you for supporting these businesses, many of whom are mompreneur owned & operated small businesses. Doesn’t that make you feel all warm and jolly?!

Happy Holidays from Boutique Cafe!

** Please Tweet about this episode on Twitter. Include our name @BoutiqueCafe so we can cheer you all on! Thanks!
** Click button below to view video coverage, or view it on our YouTube channel right here>>

With Daria expecting a baby in December, Designer and Friend Bari J. Ackerman steps in and brings us some spectacular video coverage of Fall Quilt Market 2009!

In the third installment of our Quilt Market Coverage, Bari interviews: Our outstanding friend & designer Patty Young. Patty shares her new fabric line “Flora & Fauna” as well as her upcoming patterns, and ready-to-ship patterns. Check out Patty’s website here>>. Bari J. also interviews the very talented Anna Maria Horner about her new “Little Folks” fabric line, upcoming projects & patterns…even her new book available Spring 2010 called “Handmade Beginnings”. Visit Anna Maria’s website & blog here>>.

Twitter Follows for this show:
Patty Young on Twitter
Boutique Cafe on Twitter
Bari J. on Twitter

Please join me in thanking Bari for her outstanding efforts and contribution to Boutique Cafe. Even more new interviews will be on the way in the coming weeks thanks to her! XO Bari, we love you ~ Daria

** Please Tweet about this episode on Twitter. Include our name @BoutiqueCafe so we can cheer you all on! Thanks!
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With Daria expecting a baby in December, Designer and Friend Bari J. Ackerman steps in and brings us some spectacular video coverage of Fall Quilt Market 2009! In the second installment of our Quilt Market Coverage, Bari interviews: the talented and lovely Paula Prass about her new fabric line “Woodland Delight”, check out her popular blog for updates on her new pattern line release. Then Miss Sandi Henderson steps into the Boutique Cafe spotlight and discusses her new fabric line “Meadow Sweet”, as well as patterns and her upcoming book called “Sewing Bits & Pieces”. Learn more about Sandi on her beautiful blog as well.

Twitter Follows for this show:
Sandi Henderson on Twitter
Paula Prass on Twitter
Boutique Cafe on Twitter
Bari J. on Twitter

Please join me in thanking Bari for her outstanding efforts and contribution to Boutique Cafe. Several new interviews will be on the way in the coming weeks thanks to her! XO Bari, we love you ~ Daria

** Please Tweet about this episode on Twitter. Include our name @BoutiqueCafe so we can cheer you all on! Thanks!
** Click button below to view video coverage, or view it on our YouTube channel right here>>

With Daria expecting a baby in December, Designer and Friend Bari J. Ackerman steps in and brings us some spectacular video coverage of Fall Quilt Market 2009! In the first in our series of “Market” shows, Bari interviews: Fabric & Jewelry Designer Genevieve Gail, amazing Textile and Pattern Designer Joanna Figueroa and we also see what our wonderful correspondent Bari J. is up to herself!

Please join me in thanking Bari for her outstanding efforts and contribution to Boutique Cafe. Many new interviews will be on the way in the coming weeks thanks to her! XO Bari, we love you ~ Daria

** Please Tweet about this episode on Twitter. Include our name @BoutiqueCafe so we can cheer you all on! Thanks!
** Click button below to view video coverage, or view it on our YouTube channel right here>>

***5th Birthday GIVEAWAY*** – ONE LUCKY listener will receive a HUGE Prize Pack from our Boutique Cafe friends!

Prizes Contributors include –
Patty Young 6-piece fat quarter set of her fabric AND a Lil’ Chef sewing pattern
Tote and Tee – custom initial tee any style of winner’s choice
Carla Hegeman Crim – CD loaded with complete Scientific Seamstree Ebooks (valued at over $100)
Rosa Dolce Designs by Priscilla Resendez – set of 5 headbands…halloween, thanksgiving, christmas, valentines day, & 4th of july
Christa Couture – copy of her most recent album “The Wedding Singer and The Undertaker” & one-of-a-kind “Christa Couture Couture” shirts
Pink Papillon Jewelry by MaryAnn Daniels Springer- gift card for a custom cuff!
Sandi Henderson – set of patterns, and a collection of her gift boxes
Lee Coulter – his new album!
Frogs and Flowers boutique – an “I spy” bag and an apron The fit tweens up to ladies (one size fits all)
Greggy Girl - a plethra of Greggy Girl items and a Greggy Girl Set!!
You Can Make This – $50 pre-packaged bundle of ebooks from YCMT
$30 Gift Certificate to Miss Label.com
Boutique Cafe free banner advertising package for 6 months!
Amy Butler Design – a selection of her sewing patterns and stationery!!
And more prizes are coming in today as well!!

Several ways to win:
* Comment in our shownotes =1 entry
* Blog about Boutique Cafe and share the link = 1 entry
* Share this post on Twitter and mention @BoutiqueCafe (then come back and post the link here) = 1 entry
* Share this post on Facebook with your friends (then come back and post the link here) = 1 entry
* Join our Boutique Cafe Facebook Fan Group and post about this show = 1 entry

Drawing will take place on October 1st, 2009 at Midnight MST!
Boost This Giveaway on PRIZEY>> (click here, then press VOTE UP to give our special giveaway even more attention)
WINNER ANNOUNCED!!!!!!!! Congratulations to Mayya @ Sew Chic and Unique on winning our Ultimate Birthday Prize Pack from Boutique Cafe with prizes worth well over $500!! Thank you to everyone for entering and for your support. We love to do hot giveaways at Boutique Cafe and this one was definitely Smokin’

That is just a sprinkling of what we have been able to accomplish together, each day I hear stories of how members of our community have followed their dreams and gone on to great success. All the while we at Boutique Cafe have been cheering you on, bringing you new inspiration, and in several cases given our guests a platform to get their message out to the world. We are so honored to support women and moms in their businesses, its what brings us the most joy! And when I hear that we’ve made a difference to you, well it honestly touches me to the core.

I am currently working on posting a NEW podcast as well as a huge gaggle of Giveaways! Keep a close watch on the site for this in the coming day or two!

Thank you to each and every one of our listeners, readers and viewers for contributing to Boutique Cafe over the years. We couldn’t do any of this without your support, and encouragement. Here’s to another 5 years! Hugs to each of you from the bottom of my heart – Daria

Jen was able to interview some incredibly talented women, get the scoop on some great businesses, and we’re thrilled to see the fun footage she was able to snag on her new Flip Camera!! Enjoy the ride as we share a bit of the behind the scenes from this amazing summer conference, put together by the dynamic duo of Quinn Curtis & Emily Hill. Thank you for inviting us to attend, and thank you Jen for all your hard work!! We LOVE our amazing viewers! Please leave comments for the featured gals in this episode – they ROCK!

Links to check out:
Olive Juice Co. (Kim)
You Can Make This & You Can Quilt This (Kim, Kris & Sherrie)
Girls Loft (Margie)
Dear Lizzy (Liz Karchner)
House of Three (Rhonna Farrer)
Created by Mom (Quinn Curtis)

** Click button below to view video coverage, or view it on our YouTube channel shortly right here>>

Have a wonderful week with your families. I know some of you are already back to school, and some are just about ready to go back. We’ll have some fun things coming up on the site soon, it’s going to be GREAT! – XO Daria

Greetings Boutique Cafe Viewers! It’s been awhile since our last show, my apologies for taking a break from podcasting over the past few months due to illness in my pregnancy. Thankfully, in a moment of renewed strength today I found this video in our “Boutique Cafe Vault” from Fall Quilt Market last year. This unseen interview is with the amazing and lovely Anna Maria Horner! I truly hope you’ll enjoy it and leave comments for Anna Maria as well.

In our chat, we discuss her book “Seams to Me”, Good Folks fabric line, new patterns available, and her exciting pregnancy coinciding with a Little Folks fabric line as well. Since we taped this back in Fall last year, Anna Maria’s beautiful little son Roman indeed arrived and is beyond precious. Congratulations again Anna Maria! XO!

Now CLICK the Button to View our Interview! (you may also view our video on YouTube here)

Enjoy our video interviews featuring the vast talent of these two amazing ladies, as they mention some of their hot items for Spring 09. If you are attending Quilt Market in Pittsburgh next month, be sure to pop by and tell them you saw their interviews on Boutique Cafe!

Boutique Cafe has so much to offer, but don’t stop there listen to our past podcasts, shop till you drop in our Market and Spring Savings Guide, and come back often for our Daily Dish hot product reviews and BC FINDS! We’re your Cup of Couture and So Much More! Follow us on Twitter, add me as a friend on Facebook.

**GIVEAWAY – To all our New visitors this week, welcome to Boutique Cafe. Don’t forget to bookmark us and come back often – to learn more about BC check out our About Us page. Thanks for stopping by – now please leave a comment to enter our Poken Giveaway!! We’ll draw our winners on March 27th at midnight. (*watch the video to hear what Poken are and how they can help you with your business or friend contacts)

Ever wonder what is behind the vast online Twitter movement? It seems like everyone is talking about it.
The Today Show did an interesting piece on:
- how to Twitter
- Twitter lingo
- celebrities who tweet
and more!

You can follow Boutique Cafe on Twitter, we’d love to follow you and have you in our network!
http://www.twitter.com/BoutiqueCafe

@BoutiqueCafe

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

The online influence of Digital Moms are in hot demand these days. In the second part of The Today Show’s series on Digital Moms, Ann Curry interviews Teri Walter Razorfish, and Wendy Piersall Founder and CEO of Sparkplugging.com. They also feature Melissa Garcia – Consumer Queen who saves money – snags coupons – promotes bargains – and educates other women how to do the same on her popular website.

“Moms want to hear from other moms. They don’t want to hear from a Corporate company. They want to hear from someone just like them.” – Melissa Garcia

The key to product success is knowing your audience, and with approx. 30,000,000 women online it’s essential to reach out to them through someone they trust. I’m sure many of us remember the backlash behind the Motrin ads on baby wearing. Moms spoke up online, and Motrin pulled the ad realizing that they had offended many of their target audience.

Moms are not only influencing other moms with their product reviews, but they are also influencing corporate America. Advertisers are now reaching out to these mom bloggers and site owners, providing free products for a recommendation on their sites. Wendy Piersall, gives her advice to moms who may be interested in providing a voice online, but also stresses the amount of work and time it takes before things payoff – it can take years. “It’s really rewarding” – she says.

For most, the opportunity to reach out online and connect with others is the biggest benefit of being a mom in the digital age. Social networks provide a chance for camaraderie and friendship.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on Digital Moms and Social Networking. How does this affect what you buy? Do you utilize social networks for friendship and support?

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

This isn’t our interview, but we felt this was so timely and important that we would share it on Boutique Cafe. Digital Moms Laura Fortner – CafeMom and Heather Armstrong Dooce joined Meredith Vera on The Today Show to discuss motherhood 2.0, and how approx. 30,000,000 women are now online.

Everything from raising a baby & connecting for support, to info seekers, groupsters, connectors – the reasons for being online go on and on. Boutique Cafe would like to know, why are you online? What does motherhood 2.0 give you? How does it enhance your parenting experience, and how does it take away from it? We’re excited to read your comments.

You Name It!! Boutique Cafe has teamed up with Tina Givens to assist in naming her new book!! Submit your suggestion to tina@cidpear.com or by leaving a comment on Boutique Cafe. If Tina chooses your suggestion, she will award you with an Autographed copy of her book as well as some beautiful fabric!! Good Luck everyone, we’ll be sure to share what happens with you!

** To VIEW our new Video Interview – click the “watch the show” button” or subscribe to us in iTunes! Thanks everyone.

** To VIEW our new Video Interview – click the “watch the show” button” or subscribe to us in iTunes! Thanks everyone.

** To VIEW our new Video Interview – click the “watch the show” button” or subscribe to us in iTunes! Thanks everyone.

Thank you so much Amy for taking the time to visit with us once again! (we’re still giggling about the Pot Roast comment!)

** To VIEW our Video Interview – click the “watch the show” button” or subscribe to us in iTunes! Thanks everyone.

**This episode is full of Spectacular Giveaways including: A Pinkalicious Books to Bed set from My Princess Closet(**Which was featured on “The View” this morning!!), 2 $50 eBook Bundles from You Can Make This.com, and 3 Kimberbell Doll patterns from You Can Make This.com!! We’ll draw the winners on Dec. 22nd! Good luck Everyone and Happy Holidays from Boutique Cafe.

**Due to family emergency this will be our last 12 Days holiday show. I express my sincere apologies, and thank you for your understanding as I leave town to handle some personal issues. I hope you love the Holiday Shows and we’ll be posting winners shortly. Merry Christmas my dear friends! – Daria

**This episode is chock full of Giveaways including: a $25 Gift Certificate to LolaandClementine.com or her eBay auctions as well, $25 Gift Certificate to Sweet Girl Boutique, $25 Gift Certificate to L’il Darlins, Bib-A-Roo from Lil Darlins, $80 Gift Pack from Olive Kids with personalized Frame Print, Placemat, Name tag and Bookmark. How to Enter: Comment under this post to qualify for our drawings. We’ll draw the winners on Dec. 22nd! Good luck Everyone and Happy Holidays from Boutique Cafe.

**We still have ONE interview space available for the 3rd and final 12 days of Christmas show. If you are interested in having your shop, store, group or designs featured please email daria@boutiquecafe.com for further details.

Here is the raw video interview hosted on Ustream.tv of my Live interview with up and coming fabric designer Melissa Averinos about her new (candy inspired) line called “Sugar Snap”. Melissa was such a sweet person to talk with, I enjoyed our interview immensely and see huge things ahead of her, she’s just super talented. Thanks so much Melissa!

Visit Melissa’s Blog, Yummy Goods here to learn even more about Melissa and her fabrics.

Here is the raw video interview hosted on Ustream.tv of Myrinda owner of Fabrichound.com and myself. What a fun opportunity to hear about Market from a retailer/buyers perspective. Thanks Myrinda for taking the time to do this Live Feed interview with me!

Visit Fabric Hound here

We loved the Live Feed option so much that we’re going to do another one tomorrow morning (Sunday) as well. Tune in LIVE to www.ustream.tv/channel/boutique-cafe-live between 11:00am (texas time) with Myrinda of Fabric Hound and Designer Melissa Averinos.(**if you sign up for a free account on ustream, you’ll be able to post questions directly to our guests).

**GIVEAWAY: Lizzy Anne is teaming up with Boutique Cafe to offer her very popular Spring UP! Quilt pattern for a lucky viewer. Simply comment under this post to enter. We’ll draw the winner on Nov. 1st!!). Click here to view the quilt pattern that made a great splash at Market!, the pattern could be yours too!! (*long arm quilting on Spring Up display quilt by Black Bear Quilting)

Don’t forget to contact us if your company is interested in sponsoring an episode of Boutique Cafe!
**If you’d like to read my blog post about our 1st day at Market, Fabric 2.0 Party and Sample Spree Click Here.

This time around I’m eager to try something a little bit different for our community, and offer a LIVE VIDEO FEED from Market on Saturday!! This is of course dependent on the quality of the internet connection at the Convention Centre, so if glitches arise please bear with us as we’ll have other coverage as well.

So, if you’d like to join in a little Boutique Cafe history with me this Saturday, Oct. 25th (approx. 11:30 am Houston time) – we’ll give it our best college try, and see if we can hold live interviews, in real-time for you!!

In order to participate, you’ll need to join www.ustream.com as a member, you’ll be able to participate in the Chatboard that runs next to the video feed. You’ll be able to comment, ask questions, and say hello to our guests directly! Can you say FUN?

**Once we’re setup and ready to start streaming, I’ll send a Twitter Tweet message with the url. (if you don’t have a Twitter.com account be sure to join and then click to follow Boutique Cafe’s updates)

See you at Market! We’re taking YOU with Us!!

Boutique Cafe is celebrating our 3rd Birthday this month as well, so to see how far we have come in these past few years is thrilling. Thank you all so much for supporting our show and website! We love You!

Our 100th episode features special guest – Michael Steiner of Michael Miller Fabrics. We are most honored to have him on our show to share some of his experiences in the fabric industry with us. Mr. Steiner shares the story of how it all began, and how he and Kathy Miller were able to secure their first small business loan to grow their dream. Daria also presents a few listener questions to Michael and received some exciting, funny and informative answers.

***GIVEAWAY – In honor of our 3rd Birthday, several companies have donated amazing prizes for some INCREDIBLE PRIZE PACKS! Two lucky listeners will receive identical prize packs valued at over $300 each! Please leave a comment about our 100th show, with a valid email address for our drawing. We’ll draw the winner from all the comments and contact our two winners via email. Deadline: September 30, 2008 (midnight). The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be chosen.

Both Prize Packs Include:
-Apron and matching crochet cupcake from Mellissa of Wonder Mommy
- $25 Gift Certificate to your choice of Fabric Hound or Sweet Girl Boutique from Myrinda.
- Winner’s choice of tee (excludes the twin sets) from Emily of georgie tees
- 3 pack greeting cards & 3 pack of coordinating bookmarks $15.00 value from Patty of ModGreetings
- $40 Gift Certificate from Amy of Tote and Tee
- Package of eBook patterns valued at $40 from Kim of You Can Make This
- $25 Gift Certificate to RibbonRockStar
- 1 gorgeous piece of artwork valued at $125.00 from Artisit Samantha Shirley of Two Little Witches
- 1GB iPod Shuffle from Daria of Boutique Cafe. (holds approx. 240 songs and our podcast of course!) $50

***UPDATE! Winners Announced – Congratulations to Nadia and Trisha momdot.com who have both won an Outstanding prize pack from Boutique Cafe and our contributors!! Thank you to everyone for participating, we were thrilled with the comments. Keep Boutique Cafe on your radar for many more ways to win great stuff and of course be inspired!

Show number 100 is on the way…(my computer has had a nasty case of the hiccups and the video footage needs to be re-edited). But never fear it will be up very soon, that’s the life of a podcaster.

While you are waiting we have some other BIG news! Boutique Cafe is celebrating our 3rd Birthday this month! I can’t believe that we’ve been around that long, and I know it’s because of each and every one of you that we’re able to say that. Thank you all for supporting Boutique Cafe through these past years, I know many of you have listened to each episode, visited daily and still hang out with us around the site since day one. There are so many of you that contribute your ideas, comments, suggestions, time & friendship here. We honor you, and thank you for choosing Boutique Cafe as a place to spend your time and grab your cup of couture and so much more!

To our new visitors, we welcome you and invite you to join our community of moms, momprenuers and women who have so much passion, creativity and energy. We want each person who visits the site to feel inspired by what they see, a vast collection of talented designers, outstanding products, business women, moms, celebrities, indie musicians from all over the globe – but sharing our common interests as women.

Thank you for making our Third Birthday a memorable benchmark for our show, we look forward to many more celebrations and laughter with you. Keep Tuning In!

- Daria and the Boutique Cafe Staff

In this episode, Daria is totally TWITTERpated. We’re seeing so many of our boutique community members joining in at Twitter.com that we just had to encourage you all to join. It’s a great way to follow your friends and colleagues, keep connected, and network. Thanks to Kirsten at Winipoo Jewelry for inspiring so many momprenuers to get connnected in this fun way.

Also in the show, our 2008 Holiday Gift Guide is taking reservations now, email us for full details. Boutique News including: NStyle Halloween Launch, Lil Peas HapPEAest Place on Earth group launch, and JM Banner Ad Sale and more! Song is “Betty” by The Lascivious Biddies, from the Podsafe Music Network.

In this episode Daria talks about Summertime fun with family, Back to School Launches. ** Our Surprise highlight on ultra talented designer Patty Young about her new project ModGreetings.

We also cover Amy Butler’s NEW Eco Green Gift wrap & Tableware. Daria talks about our upcoming website redesign and asks for your input too (email your suggestions to daria@boutiquecafe.com). Podsafe music by Lee Coulter “I Would Love”.

Boutique Café is a proud member of the MommyCast & Friends Family Channel, powered by Podango.

**GIVEAWAY: This just in! Patty Young from ModGreetings is offering a 10 pack of variety cards to one of our lucky listeners. Leave a message in the shownotes to enter and we’ll draw a winner on Aug.8th.

**Please note: currently our hosting server is having an issue and will not play directly in your browser. It will instead download to your desktop when you click to play the file. Sorry for any inconvenience, they are working on the issue. However, you can head over to iTunes, subscribe and watch it there with no troubles. Click here to subscribe in iTunes

***Not even an issue with our audio could keep us from posting this interview!. We’re sorry for the background noise.

**Boutique Cafe is brought to you by Aveeno Baby from Johnson & Johnson. Thanks Aveeno! Please click on our Aveeno banner to show your support.

In this weeks show, Daria talks about Back to School shopping. Yes you heard us, it’s time to order your custom boutique outfits for fall. Click on our banner in the sidebar to shop hundreds of BTS listings. Other show topics include Boutique News: Lil Peas BTS group launch, ClickinMoms.com, Threaded Pear Studio – GIVEAWAY ends today!, MommyCast mentions us and Daria talks about the family channel. Song by Geoff Smith “Ones and 0s” – congrats Geoff on your new album!

**Boutique Cafe is brought to you by Aveeno Baby from Johnson & Johnson. Thanks Aveeno! Please click on our Aveeno banner to show your support.

**GIVEAWAY** 5 Winners!! The prizes just keep on rolling! Gina Halladay is offering (5) six-packs of threaded pear patterns–winners choice!! To enter simply leave a comment about our interview. Please include a valid email address for our drawing. We’ll draw the winner from the comments and contact her via email. Deadline: June, 27 2008 (midnight). The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be chosen. miss this!

**Boutique Cafe is brought to you by Aveeno Baby from Johnson & Johnson. Thanks Aveeno! Please click on our Aveeno banner to show your support.

**Don’t miss out! Comment before Midnight Friday June 27th to enter.

Visit Tina’s website www.tinagivens.com and her blog at www.tinagivens.blogspot.com to get to know this inspiring designer a bit better, and enjoy the beautiful fabrics, patterns and more that she creates. Thank you to our new friends at Quilt Market in Portland for your hospitality and enthusiasm for our show!

**GIVEAWAY** Tina Givens is giving away Two Spectacular, Jaw Dropping prizes for Boutique Cafe listeners! To enter simply watch our video interview and comment in our shownotes telling us which Tina Givens design is your personal favorite. Visit www.tinagivens.com for full inspiration!

First prize: 1 Yard of Each of the colorways of Chloe’s Imagination fabric (That’s 8 different designs and the winner will pick out the color of their choice between MARIGOLD PALACE, FAIRYLAND COCO, OBERON RED, AZUR TEA OR PINK VERANDA) A prize valued at $75 !

Second prize: One set of 25 notecards from Tina Givens collection. Will be personalized with the winners name. A prize valued at $120 !

Please include a valid email address for our drawing. We’ll draw the winner from the comments and contact her via email. Deadline: June, 20 2008 (midnight). The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be chosen. miss this!

**Boutique Cafe is brought to you by Aveeno Baby from Johnson & Johnson. Thanks Aveeno!

**Update!! Winners Announced!
Congratulations to our Winners –
poster “Carmen” has won our second prize of 25 Notecards personalized from Tina Givens!!
and poster “TheDrizzled Apple” has won our First prize of Tina Givens Fabrics!!!! Thank you to all who participated and commented. We loved your posts as did Tina herself. She’s planning on posting back to you all shortly here on Boutique Cafe. Stay tuned for even more amazing interviews and giveaways! XO!

**Giveaway! – The Apron Lady Designs is giving away a tremendous prize for a few of our Boutique Cafe listeners. First prize: An 8-pack of all of their beautiful patterns, as well as a finished apron in the style of their choice!!. Second prize: Two winners will receive the 8-pack of apron patterns. To enter simply watch our coverage and comment telling us the name of the first apron Jan Lutz shows us OR visit The Apron Lady site and mention which pattern is your personal fave!

Please include a valid email address for our drawing. We’ll draw the winner from the comments and contact her via email. Deadline: June, 5 2008 (midnight). The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be chosen.

**Boutique Cafe is brought to you by Aveeno Baby.

UPDATE!! It’s Time to announce our Winners!! Congratulations to each of you, and thanks to everyone for your GREAT comments for Jan Lutz. I know that she was very touched by all of the attention.

Two Second Prize winners are:
Val of The South
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*you have won an 8 pack of all The Apron Lady Patterns

First Place Winner is:
Jennifer Bogart
*you have won your choice of apron, made up just for you! Plus, an 8-pack of all The Apron Lady patterns!!

In this special episode, Daria interviews Anna Maria Horner about her new lines “Drawing Room” (and Garden Party), her love of fabric and her adoration for design. It’s an interview not to be missed! Thank you so much Anna Maria for your charm and talents, we felt honored to meet you in person. Please leave a message for Anna Maria in our shownotes today if you enjoyed her interview. You can find out more by visiting www.annamariahorner.com

**I couldn’t resist blogging more of my personal thoughts about Anna Maria and our interview: click here to read and see more pictures too!

**Boutique Cafe is brought to you by Aveeno Baby.

*GIVEAWAY!! If we get enough video entries back we’ll air them in a special show for Mother’s Day! We need you to get involved and make this assignment happen, so to inspire participation Boutique Cafe is offering a PRIZE!! Each entry will go into a hat and entered to win a 1 month banner ad in our popular Market that you can use to promote your blog or business!! In your video reply be sure to mention your name, if you have children & how many, and your business name if you have one – and then share your dream with us. Submissions become the property of Boutique Cafe.com for use within our show exclusively. For further information on submission guidelines contact: daria@boutiquecafe.com subject: Video Submission

**Boutique Cafe is brought to you by Aveeno Baby. Visit the Aveeno website for their NEW Aveeno Baby webpage, it’s full of information on Caring for Your Baby, Bonding, Skin Care, Tips and Product Information.

The Portland Quilt Market is taking place May 16-18th at the Oregon Convention Centre. Boutique Cafe will be in attendance at this Trade Only event and will be covering it for our listeners. Look in the coming weeks for interviews with some your favorite fabric and pattern designers. If there’s someone you would for BC to interview at market be sure to let us know!

Boutique Cafe is also elated to have Aveeno Baby from Johnson & Johnson as our New Sponsor. To support us please visit Boutique Cafe often and click on the Aveeno Baby banner at the top of our page. Your clicks show them just how active and interested our community really is. Thanks so much for your help. We love Aveeno Baby and are excited to have a sponsor who’s products we use and enjoy! **If you use Aveeno Baby products leave a comment in our shownotes today and let us know which product is your Fave. Podsafe music in this episode from Lee Coulter “Photograph”.

This week Boutique Cafe is excited to “party down” and join the Ultimate Blog Party hosted by 5 Minutes For Mom. We love their website, and are thrilled to be able to join in the groove with many mommy bloggers across the blogosphere. As means of celebration I have put together a peppy podcast full of podsafe music by Lee Coulter, Geoff Smith, Brother Love, and a great Giveaway for one of our commentors on this show. This will give you a small taste of what Boutique Cafe has to offer, but don’t stop there listen to our past podcasts, shop till you drop in our Market and Spring Savings Guide, and come back often for our Daily Dish hot product reviews and BC FINDS!

To all our New visitors this week, welcome to Boutique Cafe. Don’t forget to bookmark us and come back often – to learn more about BC check out our About Us page. Thanks for stopping by for your cup of couture and so much more! Now Let’s party, click our Watch the Show button and join in the fun.

**GIVEAWAY – Boutique Cafe is giving away a TWO MONTH banner ad in our popular Market to One lucky poster (valued at $120) that’s two months of free exposure for your blog or website. To be eligible simply post a comment about our website or this show – we’d love to hear from everyone that visits. We’ll draw the winner on March 14th at midnight. Leave a comment with a valid email address for our drawing.

WINNER ANNOUNCED!! Lois from Goodies for Mom.com -Congratulations to you! You were drawn as our Winner from the Boutique Cafe / 5 Mins for Mom blog party! You have won a Two Month banner ad in our popular Boutique Cafe Market (ad value is $120).

Many thanks to all of you for participating on Boutique Cafe, we hope you’ll continue to enjoy all that we off

Click here for the Farmer’s Market Sneak Peek >>

We’re proud members of the Mommycast and Friends Family Channel. Check out some of the other podcasts, like Runaway Design and many more!

**GIVEAWAY - Are you feeling lucky?!! You can win a Surprise Collection of Sandi Henderson’s Ginger Blossom Fabric this week on Boutique Cafe! To be eligible please listen to the show and post a comment in our show notes (**don’t forget to share news of this show on your own blogs so we can come visit your site). We’ll draw the winner on March 12th at midnight. Leave a comment with a valid email address for our drawing. We’ll draw the winner from the comments and contact her via email. The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be chosen.

UPDATE WINNER ANNOUNCED….SUE CAHILL!!! Congratulations to you! You were drawn as our Winner from the Boutique Cafe interview with fabric designer Sandi Henderson. You have won a surprise collection of Ginger Blossom fabric directly from Sandi herself!

Thank you so much to everyone who listened to our show, and entered our contest. We love Sandi Henderson’s Fabric lines and look forward to sharing more of them with you in the coming months.

*We invite you to tape a quick segment for inclusion in our shows and email it to me at daria@boutiquecafe.com (inclusion in our shows isn’t guaranteed and will be based on the discretion of BC staff). Perhaps you’re a great seamstress and would like to share a quick tip, or maybe you’re a mom with a great idea to get your kids to sleep at night. We’re thrilled to include YOU this year in Boutique Cafe’s videopodcasts, and feel that this will bond our community further as we get to know each other even better!

Boutique News includes:
Marvellous Mouse Designs
Almost Amy
Adagio Bleu Studios new members (123 Mojo and ACherishedChild)
Bon Ami
News on the The Etsy “Blackout” launch >
Brassy Apple

We also have our Valentine Love Notes from YOU our listeners. Have a Lovely day everyone! XOXO
Podsafe music – Collin Raye “All I Can Do Is Love You”.

Also on the show, how to get involved with our BC Spring Gift Guide coming soon (email daria@boutiquecafe.com for details). Discussion in our Boutique Cafe Facebook Group about “Business Goals for The New Year” and responses from our cool members. Feel welcome to share your own business goals for 2008 in our shownotes as well, we’d love to support you in your endeavors.

Hang on to your socks, we have tons of loot to award and you might just be one of our many winners!

**I will post a comment in the shownotes shortly naming winners and prizes, as well as instructions for claiming your prizes.

Update: As of 10pm MST January 7th – each winner and prize provider has been emailed directly by me regarding the prize announcements. Please check your email to ensure your email has gotten to you (check your spam folders just in case).

**This episode is chock full of Giveaways & Promos including:
$20 Gift Certificate to Izabella.com, $20 Gift Certificate to Izabe Graphic Design, 3 pairs of Cuffies, Free Shipping using Promo Code “Boutique Cafe” at Cuffies.com, $20 to MJ Graphic Designs.com, A full twirl skirt and appliqued tee shirt from So*Euro, Organizational Phone Coaching Session with The Savvy Organizer herself for 1 Week, and a custom appliqued tee shirt from Mod Kid Boutique!

How to Enter: Comment under this post to qualify for our drawings. We’ll draw the winners on Dec. 22nd! Good luck Everyone and Happy Holidays from Boutique Cafe.

*Boutique Cafe has teamed up with our friends at Best Buy to offer TWO Insignia MP3 Players!!! We’ll draw the winners from all comments made in each of our three holiday shows. (you may comment in the show notes of each of the holidays shows for entry).

In addition to our featured guest giveaways, Boutique Cafe has teamed up with our friends at Best Buy to offer TWO Insignia MP3 Players!!! The new Insignia 1 GB Kix player with interchangeable color caps, PC & Mac compatibility. As well as the 4GB Insignia Pilot Video MP3 player with bluetooth and 2.5″ LCD color display! We’ll draw the winners from all comments made in each of our three holiday shows. (you may comment in the show notes of each of the holidays shows for entry). Drawing for the two MP3 Players will take place on Dec. 22nd.

How to Enter: Comment under this post to qualify for our drawings. We’ll draw the winners on Dec. 22nd! Good luck Everyone and Happy Holidays from Boutique Cafe.

Click to Join The Savvy Organizer Mailing List »

Please share in our comments or new voicemail line what you are thankful for today. Happy Thanksgiving!

Daria also shares news of her new project with Organizational Expert Maja – The Savvy Organizer podcast. In Boutique News:
Adagio Bleu interview w/ Joel Dewberry, our Boutique Cafe Holiday Gift Guide, as well as You Can Make This newsletter freebies, and Win $50 Gift Certificate from Toni Hamel Designs >

And finally, our Season 3 of Boutique Cafe’s 12 Days of Christmas is coming…Snag your interview with Daria for our Popular holiday shows. We’re offering 12 Buy It Now spots this year – they go on sale TONIGHT on our site. Hurry it’s first come, first served!

YOU CAN JOIN THE VIRTUAL WALK HERE ».

When you join the walk, please come back and post a comment here so we can visit your gal on the site! Thank you Boutique Cafe for making a difference!

Times almost up, get snapping those family pictures, and enter our Boutique Cafe Family Photo Contest, sponsored by Philips. You can win one of four Digital Photo Frames in the gorgeous Seasonal design. Contest closes on Oct. 25th so upload to our Flickr group for entry. More details here ».

Daria also dishes about the Apron Frenzy that took place this past week on our site, and our BC FINDS full of spectacular handmade holiday designs for your children. Podsafe music by the amazing Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am.
Boutique New Links for this week:
Wisteria Lane
Heavenly Hostess Aprons
freshly baked blog
Gal to Gal Walk
Boutique Cafe Holiday Gift Guide information
You Can Make This – Free eBook Bundle with mailing list sign up!

**Please note, when you click on the “Listen” buttons the file will download directly to your computer. We’ve had a few server issues today which are being worked on. Thanks!

Watch for our show later this week, where we explain what all this means for Boutique Cafe and YOU our listeners!

While at the Boutique Cafe Girls Getaway Weekend a few months ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with some of our outstanding attendees, for personal interviews. In the first of our series, Kim the owner of You Can Make This shows some of the cool products that you can learn to make through ebooks on her site. Please enjoy the videocast this week, I’m off to Ontario, California for the Podcast & New Media Expo with Amelia. I look forward to meeting some of you there as well for my Birthday weekend! – Daria

It’s time for another Fashion Forward Friday challenge, and since our studio is still being set up Daria issues this week’s challenge to blog about your “Favorite Fashion Designer”. Share a pic of their work, brag about how great they are – and then come back and post a link to your post in our shownotes. We’ll be drawing for a Free 2 week sidebar banner ad on BC from all those who participate. Get posting and watch for our next challenge coming soon with Amelia our fashion guru.

Prizes this month include:

The Glass Slipper Boutique
Prize: Custom Flower Hair Snaps or French Barrette Hair Gem

Mommastouch
Prize: $10 Gift Certificate

Sheree’s Alchemy
Prize: $25 Gift Certificate to the Etsy Shop

Tough Girl Charm
Prize: Size 4 Tee

In Boutique News – Check out These!
• My Little Pretty
• Tiny Sprouts – free tote with purchase over $45 – use code: “augusttote”
• Monogramsbysopretty.com code “boutique” for 20%
• Anthology INC. Launch

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Need some help with Back to School? Maja is back with step #1 in her series for getting our kids ready for back to school, and our homes in tip top shape. Join in her Challenge and give “Martha” a run for her money.

Megan also shares the Boutique News this week including:
Children of the World Launch, Jaynes Launch, Maker Faire Austin, virtual Back to School backpack, - $5.00 rebate – code: Boutiquecafe from Sophie & Spice, Sherees Alchemy – win $25 gift certificate, My Turtle Baby – 15% discount – code: Boutiquecafe, You Can Make This – help raise money for Children’s Miracle Network .
*Participate in our Fashion Forward Friday this week and be entered to win a FREE Month long Banner Ad on Boutique Cafe in our Market! Amelia will draw the winner from all those who join in and announce in her next segment on BC.

I’m most honored to share a video from You Can Make This.com about their charity efforts on behalf of the Children’s Miracle Network. I had the pleasure of meeting Kim the owner and founder of You Can Make This at our Boutique Cafe Girls Getaway back in April of this year. Kim is savvy business woman with great ideas and with the most kind heart, I was so impressed with her caring and wanting to make a difference and that’s what their new campaign is all about. You Can Make This.com has released a $5.00 ebook pattern who’s sales will directly benefit the Children’s Miracle Network, that supports over 170 children’s hospitals. I knew that Boutique Cafe had to be a part of sharing the news, when something like this comes along you want to do whatever you can to be a part of it!

Please watch this two minute video on how you can not only shop her site and create something wonderful for your children, but you can actually make a difference with your purchase of the new Miracle Pattern. The cost is $5.00 and 100% goes directly to the Children’s Miracle Network. What an incredible opportunity to make a difference. – Daria

Daria takes you on an excursion to The Calgary Women’s Show. Experience “A Fair to Remember” as we meet with cool vendors, and try interesting products.

*Please allow time for the show to load. Movie requires Quicktime, available as a free download. Boutique Cafe is best viewed in the Safari web browser for Windows and Mac. Safari is simple, elegant and 2x faster than Internet Explorer – that’s sweet! Grab it today.

The Boutique Cafe Summer Shopping Guide is now live with hot deals and promo codes to help you beat the summer heat! Our Amy Butler Giveaway sign up for the Newsletter for a chance to win a Betty Shopper Bag & signed card from Amy herself! Winner will be drawn on the 25th so hurry.

The Winner of the SavvyMommy gift basket is: Shari from gigglegirls. Congratulations Shari to you and your brand new baby. Be sure to visit the SavvyMommy site.

**GIVEAWAY: Leave a comment in our show notes to be eligible to Win an Ultimate Gift Basket from Savvy Mommy! Draw takes place TONIGHT at midnight.

Also in this episode Daria shares member feedback on what they enjoy about the website, podcasts and more…you just might hear YOUR quote. Boutique News this week – LimeVine launches “Quench”, then a new group debuts The Azure Pear, and finally BonBijou group gets Girly. Sign up for our Mailing List in the sidebar and prepare for a chance to win great prizes like an upcoming Amy Butler bag! Podsafe Music by Brother Love “Summertime”. (you may notice an audio issue in this episode, our apologies there was a problem with the actual phoneline during taping)

CLICK TO VIEW THE BC GIRLS GETAWAY.

**Please allow time for the show to load. Movie is in Quicktime format, a free download here.

We are Thrilled to Announce the Winner of our “Win With Wendy” contest. Congratulations to GINGER!! You have won a full year banner ad spot on Boutique Cafe, in our Market. Thank you to all who participated, we were overwhelmed by the great response. Watch for many more contests in the future.

Daria shares details of how you can Win some GREEN by showing your Green creations in our BC Chat forum this weekend. Full Details here. Music by Coco Love Alcorn – “Go to Sleep”.

Boutique News includes: Charm St. Denim n’ Dots launch, The Boutique Angels launch for Autism Society of America, Villa Fresca Opens on Blossom St.. You Can Make This launches their “Think Spring” Challenge. Daria shares info on the challenge, and how you can get involved and win cool prizes. Fabric stores involved are: Fabric Hound, Sewzannes Fabrics, Fashionable Fabrics and Yummy Fabrics. This Challenge is also sponsored by Journal Modiste and Boutique Cafe!!

Boutique Cafe also sends out our sincere get well wishes to Alexa Ray Joel’s mom Christie Brinkley, who went through emergency back surgery earlier this week.

For further information on Alexa Ray Joel check out her MySpace page, as well as her Website.

**Eva will be featured in a short snippet on the Oprah show today- Friday Feb, 2. Her website www.dandiweeds.com has been linked to by Oprah.com. Congratulations Eva!

Boutique News featuring – Blossom St., Bella Fiore Couture, Creative Outlet, and the BC Clicking SPREE (on right now in the Chat forum). Bid on Exclusive Valentine Interview spot, in addition you can also Bid on a Love Note it’s your chance to send a message of love to those you adore on our Valentine episode.
Our Auction Scramble – go check it out!. Our Accessory Scramble – so sweet!. We also have our Auction of the Day – please click and support our wonderful featured designers.

**For Boutique Cafe’s Girls Getaway click to more info on how to Paint The Town Pink with us.

**While you’re visiting, be sure to pop by Daria’s FINDS Blog.

* Join our Mailing List in the right sidebar for a little lift in your step!

** Listen Next Show for details on how to WIN a TMX ELMO from Boutique Cafe!

You Can Make This is offering our listeners a special deal – Boutique Cafe
Listeners – Simply Click Here and shop for 10% Off Your Purchase at www.YouCanMakeThis.com!

*hilarious picture by Megan of creative*outlet – Thanks Megan!!