Win Margaret and Maurice Penguin Cake Toppers

You need to check out the really cute cake toppers that The Cat's Pajamas makes. They had me cracking up. The creator of these cake toppers is giving away a set of Penguin ones on a contest sponsored on m.sartin design's blog. Give me a run for my money by trying to win the contest as well. I would love for someone I know to win. Good luck!

Love the Margaret and Maurice Penguin, but don't want to wait for the contest to end? You can also purchase them at The Cat's Pajamas etsy store.

Wire Wrapped Wine Charms

I first saw wire wrapped wine charms when an old friend of mine from BoB put some up on the BoB auction a couple of years ago. I loved the look of them! Since then I haven't ran across them and over the years have made some hear and there. I decided to take it up a notch and make some that were a little more high end with sterling silver and Swarovski Austrian Crystals. You can now find them listed under my website's Whimsical Collection.



I will be adding some wedding themed wine charms soon that will be featuring bride and groom wine charms for the bridal champagne flutes. I will be also offering a more affordable line that will be made with glass beads and art wire instead of the Swarovski Austrian Crystals.

In the meantime I have kicked off the Wine Charms category with my Whimsical & Sassy pair of wine charms. The sample charms shown in the pictures were made as a giveaway for Classy Sassy Girls Facebook Fan Page Promotion. Become a fan of her Facebook page and then enter for your chance to win all sorts of giveaways, including these charms. I hope you enjoy the wine charms as much as I do. I can't wait to showcase future glass stem charms on margarita and martini glasses. They can be a great conversation piece at the party!



The Wine Charms that I donated (and featured here in this blog post) are made with sterling silver wire, 4mm topaz ab and crystal ab Swarovski Austrian Crystals, freshwater pearls in blue, pink, green and golden yellow. On one end of the charm is a peridot Swarovski Austrian Crystal shaped like a butterfly and on the other end is a 3/4" sterling silver hand stamped charm. One of the charms says Whimsical for Whimsical Charms and the other charm says Sassy for Classy Sassy Girls.

Bayshore Beach Themed Charm Bracelet

My latest Whimsical Collection piece is a beached themed bracelet that I named after an avenue located in Long Beach, Bayshore. Its a popular avenue with a small beach that families like to take their little ones to in the Summertime. The avenue is even closed from 9am - 5pm to automobiles.



This bracelet is made with lead free, silver plated pewter charms and findings crafted here in California by Tierra Cast. It also features 5 Ocean Agate beads in various green, peach, brown and yellow hues and ten 4mm Swarovski(r) Austrian Crystal beads. The Swarovski crystals include Sun AB 2x, Crystal AB 2x (looks more green than clear!), Rose AB 2x and Citrone bicone beads. The Swarovski Austrian Crystals guarantee that this bracelet will sparkle on your wrist!



Let me know if you are interested in this bracelet and want it personalized. For an extra charge I can add either a photo pewter charm or handstamped .995 sterling silver disc.

Yay!! My blog now matches my website.

Yay!! My blog now matches my website, whimsicalcharms.com. Thank you, Designs by Deanna for the beautiful job that you did! I'm usually bored with my website template by now and itching to change it up, but when I look this one I still feel content. Probably because it matches my scrapbooking style so well. :D

Madison's Graduation and Bonita Boutique

A few times this year it seemed a little touch and go, but Madison did manage to graduate from Middle School this year. Woohoo! Miss Maddie is my honorary niece, the daughter of my BFF, Angela. When Maddie saw me making some cute tutu's for my much younger nieces she asked if I could make her one for her graduation. Flattered that she asked I was happy to take on the task. She let me know that she wanted a longer black and hot pink one.

In early May we were browsing a few fellow Merchant Mom sites looking for a cute shirt for Maddie to wear that would compliment the tutu. One of the sites we were looking at, Bonita Boutique, had the cutest onesie with a zebra print "1" applique. Yes, I said onesie as in a baby outfit. :D I emailed, Camila one of the owners of Bonita Boutique to ask her if she would be able to make a youth t-shirt using the same style and to make it a 1o. BTW, the 10 stands for 20-10, not 10 years old. LOL Well, Camila saved the day and created the cutest shirt that I'm sure Maddie will be wearing until she outgrows it... then we may have to frame it. :-)

Enjoy the pictures. Oh, I forgot to mention that Miss Maddie preferred to have a lace overlay skirt over her tutu. I personally preferred it without, but I'm not the one who was wearing it.