JM BABY BOUTIQUE: bows

Hey ladies!! Thank you all for stopping by! :)

I am super excited to.....

A) introduce my new JM Glamour Bowband Line
-and-
B) host my very first BLOG giveaway!!!

Introducing the BOWBANDS....

#1 - Hot Pink Damask Bowband

#2 - Charlotte Bowband (modeled with my Charlotte horse tee/onesie)

#3 - Vintage Pink Damask Bowband

#4 - Ladybugs, polka dots, & daisies - OH MY! Bowband

#5 - Spring Wonderland Bowband

#6 - Pink Cotton Blossoms Bowband

#7 - Punk Sweetheart Bowband

#8 - Watermelon Paisley Bowband

#9 - Pink & Brown Paisley Bowband

#10 - Blue Cotton Blossoms Bowband

#11 - Chocolate Lollipop Bowband

#12 - Whimsy Butterflies Bowband

#13 - Pink & Gold Sequins Bowband

#14 - Mod Pink & Brown Dots Bowband

#15 - Mint Damask Bowband

#16 - Shocking Hibiscus Zebra Bowband

#17 - Aqua polk dots & Gold Sequins Bowband

#18 - Sprinkle Cupcakes Bowband

About JM Glamour Bowbands

I've always been a huge fan of ribbon bows on my little girl, usually trading my fabric headbands for bows with other great kid's boutiques. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE my fabric headbands! I think they are versatile, mod, and oh-so-chic! But there is just something so girly and adorably fru-fru about bows - especially big ones! And with my daughter's beautiful head of dark curly hair, it's a match made in heaven :)

My boutique buddy Ashley of Sophia's Bowtique messaged me on myspace one day, with the cutest idea ever! She suggested that I make fabric bows, and attach them to my headbands. Immediately I was SUPER EXCITED! This was something I KNEW I could do. It was right up my alley!

So I headed to my workroom to make my very first bowband.
The princess was already in bed so the timing was perfect ;) After accomplishing my very first bowband I was already addicted and had to make more...and more...and more..until I had made approximately 20 bowbands!! This was an all-nighter guys, but well worth it :)

The next day I shipped these babies out to my amazing photographer Alexi (you can follow her blog here.) and she just LOVED them!! She photographed the bowbands on two gorgeous babygirls and the pictures just came out perfect, as always! She said the children's mommy's were thrilled to keep some of the bowbands. Alexi held on to a few because she is expecting, and after having twin boys - let's hope this one's a girl! :D

Alright..enough talking!....rules are simple!

***Please note you do not need to have a blogspot account to leave a comment!!! I know many are confused by this. All you need to do to leave a comment is enter your name & e-mail along with your comment.***

GIVEAWAY RULES

1 - Go to www.myspace.com/JMBABYBOUTIQUE.

2 - Click on the "JM GLAMOUR BOWBANDS" photo album.

3 - Leave a picture comment under your FAVORITE bowband (if you win, this is the bowband that will be shipped to you free of charge!)

4 - Come back HERE, my BLOG, JMBABYBOUTIQUE.BLOGSPOT.COM, and leave a comment with your name and myspace link so I can contact you if you are the winner!

***IF YOU STUMBLED UPON MY NEW BLOG AND DO NOT HAVE A MYSPACE ACCOUNT, simply leave a comment with how you came across my blog, your name, e-mail address for contacting, and the name & # of your favorite bowband***

ALL STEPS MUST BE FOLLOWED IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST!

The winner will be posted HERE on Friday, June 5th!!

So make sure to swing by and check on my blog to see if you are the lucky winner of a new JM GLAMOUR BOWBAND! :D

Bowband sizing will be based upon the child's age and will be discussed with the winner (as well as shipping information).

***UPDATE! Sun. May 30th***

Hey ladies!!

sooooo...due to an overwhelming amount of people asking me if there's a way to earn more entries for my JM BOWBAND GIVEAWAY, I've decided to do just that!

WAYS TO EARN MORE ENTRIES

1) Post a myspace bulletin about JM BABY BOUTIQUE (You can do this ONCE a day until Friday the 5th)

2) BLOG about JM BABY BOUTIQUE. Not a myspace blog - must be a blogspot & has to link back to my blog (jmbabyboutique.blogspot.com)

BULLETINS AND/OR BLOG *MUST* include the following information to qualify for an extra entry:

*My myspace and/or blog links:
www.myspace.com/JMBABYBOUTIQUE
JMBABYBOUTIQUE.blogspot.com

*My etsy website: JMBABYBOUTIQUE.etsy.com

*That I am holding a GIVEAWAY.

*The fact that I make & sell girl's AND boy's clothing, hair accessories, etc.

*That my items are ____(Fill in the blank: amazing! beautiful! the cutest! awesome! gorgeous! fabulous!) ..alright you don't have to say any of that..but it helps to be enthusiastic! LOL

Feel free to use your favorite JM photos to include in your bulletin(s) and/or blog.

Once you have posted a bulletin or blog, head back on over to jmbabyboutique.blogspot.com and leave a comment under my JM GLAMOUR BOWBAND GIVEAWAY blog and comment. Each comment = 1 additional entry. So if you've earned 7 extra entries, be sure to leave 7 separate comments. This is IMPORTANT because.....

HOW THE CONTEST WILL BE JUDGED

Once the giveaway is over, I will be choosing my winner by using www.random.com.

I will enter the numbers 1 - (however many comments I received in my giveaway blog) and the website will randomly choose a number.

Using that number, I will go through my blog comments and find that # comment and VOILA! WE HAVE A WINNER! :D

The more comments you leave by earning entries, the better chance you have of random.com choosing one of your comments!!

Get it? I hope that's not confusing ;)

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

LET THE GIVEAWAY BEGIN!!!

XOXO JM ~

Oh, man this is exciting!

I've always wanted to start my own blog because I enjoyed reading them so much...and I'm not sure why I didn't do this sooner..maybe because I was worried about spending my time and effort into writing a long passage, only to have no one else read it but myself LOL. Pathetic, huh? Well, I'm gonna grow a pair of big ones and do this mamajama..hopefully you all find me interesting enough to keep checking on my blogspot :)

Let's start with introducing myself. My name is Janissa and I am the lucky mother of the most amazingly adorable little human being on the planet! But don't take my word for it, see for yourself ;)

Her daddy has held the key to my heart ever since I was 16 years old. They have such a strong and beautiful connection...I love to watch both of their reactions every day when he comes home from work - they truly adore each other.

My family is the heart and soul of everything that I do.

In my spare time (and by "spare" I mean between 11 p.m. ~ 7 a.m. every night while babygirl is asleep), I love to release my creative side by sewing unique and adorable baby clothes and accessories.

I do not have an actual website yet, one day soon I'm sure, but for now you can find me at www.myspace.com/jmbabyboutique & www.jmbabyboutique.etsy.com . I am really surprised and thankful at the success my shop has had on myspace...and trust me, Janelle has the toys and shoes to show for it ;) lol

So, I hope you guys like the look of my blog :) It took me f-o-r-e-v-e-r to play around with the images and colors to create my background and banner. I call it "Funky Urban Chic", something I like to think of myself as being.

Alright, let's get to blogging!!!

I've always wanted a cat...and every time I even mentioned the word, Jake would snicker and say there was no way in hell we'd ever get one. He'd even go as far as to say if I brought one home, he might just "accidentally leave the door open". Kidding, I'm sure, but it sure as heck kept me from bringing a cat home LOL

After 2 years of us living together and me begging for a cat, you can imagine my surprise when he came home with this yesterday:

Isn't she beautiful!? She's absolutely perfect..and is the sweetest and most affectionate little kitty.

We named her Leila. It is pronounced LIE-la and not LAY-la. Short for Dehleila, her full name. Janelle took to her right away....running after her everywhere little Leila would go. Trying to feed her and share her toys with the one pound kitty.

I think it's going to be the start of a very special relationship...

More pics of sweet Leila :)

After hours of playing with Leila this morning, Janelle and I thought it was time for an outdoor photoshoot to show off my newest creation - the JM GLAMOUR BOWBAND. In the photos my daughter is wearing the Cotton Blossoms Glamour Bowband with added rhinestones....I absolutely adore it!

I will be offering these bowbands in my boutique soon. I just shipped off around 18 bowbands to my photographer to be modeled...as soon as she gets back to me with the pictures, I can't wait to offer them to all of you!

I can never choose just one picture..maybe you could help me narrow down the best pictures...I'll number each one and you can leave a comment telling me your favorites :) This will help big time when uploading them into the album.

Here we go!

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