January 17, 2011

simply worn

well hello everyone

I have such a special post today

I am so excited to share with you a favorite business of mine
Simply Worn


I met Katie last fall {September} at my home town's fall festival in Liberty, MO
 I knew the moment I walked by her booth
I was in *love* with all she had displayed

I actually stopped in my tracks
and did a happy dance
when I saw her items
I had so much fun picking out flower pins, a necklace, and clips for the girls and I
Madison and Hayley loooove to wear her pretty clips and pins as much as I do
seen here in this post
I started talking with Katie about her business and how she got started
she told me she would hopefully have her online shoppe up and running very soon
*yay*
 because she lives 3 1/2 hours away

I left her my contact info so she could e-mail me when her online shoppe opened
but she said I could e-mail her anytime in between for orders

so without further ado
I'd like you to meet Katie
she's such a sweetheart to meet as well as do business with
and she's sponsoring a give-a-way this week...

I know you will enjoy getting to know her
so I had her write a guest post today
so you could see how wonderful her and her shoppe are
{details of the give-a-way at the end}

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Hello all!

My name is Katie 


My mom and I created SIMPLY WORN as a way to give new life to old clothing, textiles and vintage fabrics. We find vintage clothing (floral blouses, hot pink polyester pants, men’s dress shirts…that kind of thing) and turn them into one-of-a-kind flower pins and hair accessories.

We started SIMPLY WORN last August and quickly realized how popular our fabric flowers were to friends and coworkers.
We signed up for our first craft show in September {this is where Martha found us :) } and it was a complete success.
Since then SIMPLY WORN has become a part-time job for the both us - we have an online shop and sell our accessories at two stores in Kansas City.


I am a senior at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, majoring in Business & Entrepreneurship, and when I’m not studying or working, my mom and I love going to antique stores, thrift stores, estate sales, or wherever we can find unique and appealing fabrics and give them new life.

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today's give-a-way
is a wonderful set of white muslin hair clips


{found here}
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Katie ~ thank you so much for so graciously sponsoring
a give-a-way!


I couldn't be more thrilled to share you and your mom's business, Simply Worn
I've linked Katie's blog under her name throughout the post if you'd like to follow her blog
or learn more


To enter the give-a-way
and in light of Valentine's Day
{possibly one of my favorite holidays}
okay it probably is...


1.     please leave a comment to enter
and tell me what "you heart"
{in life, about people, or anything you love}

2.     visit her etsy shoppe
and tell me in the same comment
what your favorite item is in her shoppe
Simply Worn or Simply Worn here
{she has two online shoppes}

3. if you are a follower you can leave a second comment as an extra entry
{if you aren't a follower yet...and you would like to be
leave a second comment if you become one


4.   if you share this give-a-way on fb, your blog post, or tweet it please let me know of that as well
in another comment
{but remember to link this post when doing so}

give-a-way ends Thursday, January 20th at midnight
winner will be announced sometime Friday or early Saturday
when I get back from a conference

Happy week everyone
xo

21 comments:

Laurie said...

What a darling shop she has! And how fun to make such a neat connection with her. You and that hospitality of yours! :) I would love to enter your fun give-away, so I'll tell you that I HEART listening to my speech affected kiddo talk up a storm, and my favorite thing from her site were those ADORABLE doughnut rings. Seriously? Allison would flip! And the give-away flowers would look SO beautiful against her black hair. Might have to buy them if I don't win! :)

Kasey said...

so sweet! I will tweet this giveaway for you;-)
I heart my family...i know lots of people say that..so my second heart would be five oclock;-)

Kasey said...

tweeted;-)

mimi charmante said...

LOVE the tiny bobbypin flowers - probably turquoise is my favorite... that being said, there are so many to choose from!
xx

mimi charmante said...

And of course I am a follower!

mimi charmante said...

aaanndd... it is tweeted!
xx

Kristin said...

Fun items for little girls hair!
Love all the colors and just think it is
wonderful that people have an idea to begin business, take action on a dream and it flourish's because of people just like you that love their product and share. I hope that she succeeds in this online shop venture.

a.love said...

I found you through Kasey's tweet! Valentine's day is also my favorite holiday!! I have a lot to love but lately what I am most in love with is my husbands selflessness! He has been taking care of the house, the baby, me for the past few weeks as we deal with colds and flus and travel! He just makes me want to be more like him and I LOVE him for it!

a.love said...

I'm now a follower :)

a.love said...

Oh, I just love her Valentine's Day FLower Pin!

Brandon, Courtney, Jackson and Ella said...

How stinking cute are these?! Love them! I grew up with Martha Morrison Clark and saw this link on her blog! I heart many things and I am one blessed Mommy! I absolutely love my husband and two children, they are my everything and don't know what I would do without them! I love that I have been given the privledge to teach two days a week and be the best mommy I can be, what more could a girl ask for?!

Brandon, Courtney, Jackson and Ella said...

How stinking cute are these?! Love them! I grew up with Martha Morrison Clark and saw this link on her blog! I heart many things and I am one blessed Mommy! I absolutely love my husband and two children, they are my everything and don't know what I would do without them! I love that I have been given the privledge to teach two days a week and be the best mommy I can be, what more could a girl ask for?!

Shannon said...

Too cute! I love the colors of the Valentine's Day clips, so pretty. I heart my girls and my hubby of course.

Shannan Martin said...

I love that YOU love V-day as much as I do!

Shannan Martin said...

And yes, I follow. :)

Anonymous said...

these hair clips are so darling! And I just love the business motto of bring new life to old items!

dreamer said...

I heart beautiful and cute things!

love this
http://www.etsy.com/listing/62838449/hair-pins-hair-clips-hair-accessories

dreamer said...

I'm a follower

gfc: quinieleong
quinieleong@yahoo.com

Jessica said...

I heart my hubby and 4 kids. My fav is the flower bobbypins. I love your blog.

jessicadavey78@gmail.com

Jessica said...

I'm a follower

jessicadavey78@gmail.com

Barbara said...

Just lovely! My granddaughters would just love to own some of these hair accessories. I (heart) my granddaughters. They make my heart skip a beat.