Many of us know Lisa Carroccio and her beautiful daughter Marielle from the eBay Boutique design world. This amazing and inspiring mother, designer, and hostess extraordinaire, is being featured tomorrow night Sept. 17th, 2008 on The Big Idea - with Donny Deutsch, talking about her current business emergency for her new boys clothing line Downtown Joey. Advising our “Diva” on the show will be experts from the company Chip and Pepper jeans, a multi-million dollar company sold in 42 countries! The show will air on CNBC at 10pm EST (check your local listings).

Lisa worked as a Boutique Cafe correspondent back in BC Show #15, in 2006 covering the Children’s Club Show in NYC. The Diva, generously hosts a massive yearly BBQ for boutique designers and their families at her own home. She has a huge reputation for being the Hostess with The Mostess and gives tirelessly to many causes. Now it’s our turn to support her.

Please tune in to cheer on our girl who gives so much to our community, her family, and especially her daughter Marielle who is currently waiting for a kidney transplant. Please pray with us for a speedy match for Marielle.

We love you Lisa - good luck tomorrow! We’ll be watching and cheering you on. XO - Daria

**UPDATE : Here’s Lisa’s Segment from Last Night’s show for those who may have missed it.

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**For a link to Lisa’s personal blog visit The Domestic Diva’s Disasters.

Hoo! Hoo! Who’s Cute? YOU!! We love this scrumptious little crochet owl hat from eBay designer Angie.Beane.

Hat is available in custom sizes and colors to suit your little owl lover. Talk about a sweet statement for Autumn!

Bid here >

This week we opened up our Fashion Show slot and invited designers to submit if they were ready to go. Right on the ball was designer Kristi from BluMoonDesigns.com. We were so impressed with her beautiful clothing and jumped at the chance to feature her this week. Enjoy!

Designer Quote:
“Cute is always in style! I design with everyday wear in mind. I enjoy creating a unique outfit that can be worn on any occasion whether it be a playdate at the park, or a holiday dinner!” - Kristi

**GIVEAWAY!! Kristi has teamed with Boutique Cafe to offer one lucky reader a free custom Halloween Twirl Skirt! To enter simply post a comment about BluMoon Designs fashions. Winner will be drawn on Sept. 10th at Midnight. Please leave a comment with a valid email address for our drawing. The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be chosen.

Shop BluMoon Designson their website. **Please allow time for the show to load.

Our dreams are coming true, Boutique Cafe is heading to California!! We’re going to be taping a Video podcast for Boutique Cafe at Disneyland next week!

I’ll be at the park next Tues, Wed, Thursday. If you’re going to be there with your kids, dress them in Boutique, we’ll be watching for you - I’d love to get them into the segment! If you’re a designer this would be a great way to showcase your designs in the happiest place on earth!

We hope to meet several of our Boutique Moms there, and your Disney-kids too!! If you’re going to be in the area, please leave me a comment below and I’ll email you my cell number so we can hook up at the Disneyland park.

See you there! - Daria

***Shhh!!! Don’t tell my kids, they don’t know we’re going there yet!! hee hee

In our continuing video coverage of the Spring 2008 International Quilt Market from Portland, Daria interviews fabric designer Tina Givens! Once you view our interview please leave Tina your comments and questions here below.

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!

Here’s some sweet news from LaNae of BijouCo group:

“BijouCo launched our group one year ago, we got a tad sentimental thinking over all the great memories we have made. We decided to invite other designers to join us in celebrating our anniversary! We are so thrilled to have a fabulous list of esteemed designers joining us. I have attached a guest list of all the designers.

The launch begins on April 15th, search BijouCo on eBay to see all the wonderful listings. In fact, each listing will contain a special diary entry from the designer, sharing what inspired them to create their sets! - LaNae”

Click to enjoy the Sentiment Listings - they are gorgeous! >>

Fabulous fabric designer and textile artist Sandi Henderson joins Daria to talk about her wildly popular Ginger Blossom fabric, and to dish about her top secret upcoming fabric line (hint hint…we’ve got pictures in the show!!). Boutique Cafe has the exclusive announcement on Sandi’s new fabric line name as well as news of her new pattern line, and we couldn’t be more honored! Sandi recently hosted “Flat Betty” at her home - find out more. Tune in for an inspiring chat with one of our own, who’s making it big and taking us all along with her. To view the group launch currently running with Sandi Henderson’s fabric click here >

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’ve received so many emails recently, asking the status of popular mommy/daughter duo Lark & Sophie (My Angel Sophie). I know that many of you are fans of Sophie’s modeling and Lark’s tutu collection, and have missed their very popular auctions on eBay.

I contacted Lark today to get the scoop on our fave girls:

“Hi Daria! I actually stopped selling on ebay back in October, but I think most are just now realizing it

Sophie is in competitive dance this year, and I worked on about 100 team/solo costumes. It has taken up all our time not to mention Sophie is dancing about 20 hours a week right now. We just started competition season and won’t be finished until April. I might come back this summer but honestly I just haven’t missed it at all.

You are so sweet to think of us…. Sophie is still modeling when she has time…. this past summer she was super busy with it, so I bet she will be busy again this summer. I am sure this summer I will come back and list a few things. In April, I will list all of Sophie’s dance costumes for sure!” - Lark

So that’s the word on the street everyone. If you’d like to leave a comment for Lark and Sophie here please feel welcome. Maybe we can encourage them to come back a bit sooner.

Our Fashion Show features the designs of Aida from Anna Bella Designs this week. Vibrant colors, charming fabrics, loving details and much more go into her designs for little girls.

Designer Quote:

“My children are my inspiration. Watching them play and interact with one another fills me with such warmth and happiness. The innocence of a child’s laughter can quickly erase the stresses of every day life. This holds especially true when I’m able to see the excitement in my daughters’ eyes, Bella & Anna, every time I create a new set. To hear the squeal of joy as they ask each time in our native language, Danish, “Mommy, is that for me?” makes what I do a passion and not a hobby.

I enjoy creating everyday garments for girls. My philosophy is quite simple – clothing should be simple in design, yet colorful, as well as wearable and comfortable. “

-Aida Pedersen

Shop Anna Bella Designs on her website. You can learn more about Aida on her eBay Me page as well as her Etsy shop. **Please allow time for the show to load. A HUGE Thank you to Lisa from iza-bella.com for producing our Fashion Show this week!

Bring on the Funk! This week Boutique Cafe features one of our fave designers…Angie Eisman from That Funky Boutique. Angie consistently wows us with breathtaking designs for children, they look like wondrous works of art, but fun and funky enough to wear- and believe us, you’ll want to! Kick back and enjoy our featured Fashion Show of That Funky Boutique. Please feel welcome to leave comments for Angie as well.

Designer Quote:

Why I love doing what I do:
“I’ve always had a creative outlet and it just simply fulfills me. Being creative is in my blood, I guess! My mom upholstered furniture for a living and my dad builds houses and does woodwork….both self employed DIYers. As long as I can remember I was sewing mom’s upholstery fabric scraps into tiny animals…stuffing them with her leftover foam bits. And gluing whatever wood scraps and sawdust I found under my dad’s saws into whatever my imagination thought up. I’m thankful that they never minded my messes and crazy collages. In college, everyone knew to find me in the art building where my professors granted me my own studio space. That led me to a BFA and a career in graphic design. Though my hearts not in graphic design as much anymore, I still do freelance work for Chatti Patti And Knuckleheads Clothing. And now here I am sewing children’s clothing. Mmmmm, I’m rambling but I guess the point is, I don’t know any different and wouldn’t have it any other way. I just love to use the gifts that I’ve been given. And to have people want to purchase what I make? Icing on the cake.” - Angie Eisman

Shop That Funky Boutique in her gorgeous eBay auctions. You can learn more about Angie on her eBay Me page as well as her website and her Blog ». **Please allow time for the show to load. A HUGE Thank you to Lisa from iza-bella.com for producing our Fashion Show this week!

On today’s show, Daria dishes with Celebrity Nursery & Family Lifestyle Designer Wendy Bellissimo. Wendy tells the story of how her successful business was born, what it is like to design for celebrity babies, and the joy she finds in designing rooms and products for children. Wendy also shares her love of being a Mother, and her feelings of wanting to be a mom since she was a young child herself. Hear her say: “Motherhood puts things into perspective” & “I still say the Glue Gun is my best friend!”. Laugh with Wendy, as we put her on the spot with our 60 Second Blitz.

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”.