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Our interview with the beautiful and “oh so talented” designer Heather Bailey. Heather meets up with Boutique Cafe at Quilt Market inSLC to dish about all the many projects she had going on, “Garden District” fabric, a book called “Signature Styles” that she’s part of, and much more! It’s such a delightful treat for us to have Heather on the show, she inspires us greatly and we’re huge fans of her fabric and design style. For even more Heather Bailey Inspiration:Follow Heather on Twitter here>>Join Heather on Facebook here>>Indulge in Heather’s popular blog here>>Shop Heather Bailey’s online store and website here>> ***GIVEAWAY! Heather Bailey is giving away a signed copy of “Signature Styles” book *** 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 one you do: • Leave a comment telling us why you’d love a copy of Signature Styles with Heather Bailey• “Like” Heather’sgroup on Facebook and leave a comment telling us you did.• Tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment with the URLof your tweet.• Follow@_heatherbailey on Twitter and let us know that you did Include a valid email address for our drawing. We’ll draw the winner from the comments and contact her via email. Deadline: Dec 15th, 2011 (midnight). The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be chosen. **Special Thanks: Thanks again to our friends at Quilt Market for inviting us as Press to their events. We love to attend their amazing Markets and bring you the most incredible interviews and products. Visitwww.quilts.com to learn more about upcoming Market events in your area. **Special Thanks to Megan (Brassy Apple) and Emily (Is This Really My Life)for being my incredible Boutique Cafe support team at Market providing video recording, interview support and lots of Diet Coke. I love you both!!

I'm so thrilled to be sharing my interview with designer Jennifer Paganelli from Quilt Market. Jennifer is such an amazing designer who has brought the fabric world many well loved lines - especially those of us who are girly girls! Her fabric is feminine, fun and full of Jennifer's vibrant personality! In our interview Jennifer shares her book "Girl's World" with our audience. Girl's World is full of 21 projects to sew for little girls. It's a gorgeous book full of patterns and inspiration. If you have a little girl in your life, you need this book! Find out more about Sis Boom and Jennifer Paganelli herself at www.sisboom.com GIVEAWAY - Visit www.boutiquecafe.com to enter our Giveaway as well. There is an AMAZING prize pack up for grabs! *** GIVEAWAY! Jennifer Paganelli is giving away a “Girl’s World” Prize Pack! *** 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 one you do: • Leave a comment telling us what girly things you’d love to sew with Jennifer’s book.• “Like” Sisboom on Facebook and leave a comment telling us you did.• Tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment with the URL of your tweet. Include a valid email address for our drawing. We’ll draw the winner from the comments and contact her via email. Deadline: Nov 23rd, 2011 (midnight). The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be chosen.

One of the most awesome devices we saw at Quilt Market was definitely the Slice Fabrique! This sleek little machine will cut your fabric into shapes and letters in the blink of an eye. Just watch and drool over all the possibilities - we sure did! Find out more at WhySlice.com/fabrique">

Have you got Soul?? Amy Butler sure does, and it's BEAUTIFUL at that!! I'm talking of course about her Organic Soul fabrics that I had the sheer pleasure of seeing in person at Spring Quilt Market in SLC. As you enter Amy's booth you'll see a sign that will grab at your heart, it reads:  "SOUL: never lose your sense of awe and mystery, stay curious, And remember that it is truly a gift to be surrounded by all the people and all the stunning beauty that you Love." GIVEAWAY!! Amy Butler's goodie package Giveaway will include her book "Style Stitches" + all of her new patterns + a few great surprises as well for one of our very lucky Boutique Cafe viewers!!  For Entries to Win Simply:  Comment in our shownotes below, tweet on Twitter, Share on Facebook, or comment on YouTube for multiple entries to win a Prize Pack!! Draw Date is August 27th at Midnight, must have valid email address to win.  **For those of you who have arrived from the Amy Butler Bloghop - WELCOME!! If you search our past podcasts you'll find many more Amy Butler interviews, and oodles of other great designer interviews as well.

While on location at Quilt Market in SLC, Daria had the opportunity to catch up with Carina Gardner. Carina is such a talented lady, and local to the Utah area. In this interview Carina shares her adorable patterns for little girls through Riley Blake. Watch for her little boys patterns coming fall 2011 as well. You can find her patterns all over, we promise! You can catch up with Carina on her blog, in her Facebook group, as well as on the Northcott and Riley Blake websites. If Twitter is your thing, you can definitely catch up with Carina on Twitter as well by following @carinagardner **GIVEAWAY!!! We are giving away an adorable Carina Gardner Ruffle Dress pattern, to enter our drawing comment and share this episode for an opportunity to WIN! We'll draw a winner on July 25th, 2011!!

 I love the opportunity that Boutique Cafe affords me to meet with creative people on a continual basis. Meeting with Violet Craft at Spring Quilt Market in SLC was such a lovely experience. I have "twittered" with Violet many times, but finally meeting her in person was wonderful as she is such a kind and genuine gal. I definitely recommend getting to know her through Twitter, Facebook and her blog.  Violet shares her beautiful collection of fabrics called Peacock Lane, as well as her children's clothing patterns and a bag pattern for Indygo Junction!  GIVEAWAY!! Violet Craft Prize Pack including a Fat Quarter Pack of the ENTIRE collection (all 24 designs across both color ways!!) - she says "I don't think they should be separated!" and we quite agree.  Violet is offering an awesome GIVEAWAY for one of our Boutique Cafe viewers!! For Entries to Win Simply: Comment in our shownotes below, tweet on Twitter, Share on Facebook, or comment on YouTube for multiple entries to win a Prize Pack!!

It's always such fun to get together with Lucy Morey, Owner of Hot Scott Patterns and Fabric Designer with Henry Glass & Co. Lucy has some gorgeous "boy worthy" fabric out right now with Henry Glass and it's adorable and very sophisticated for your trendy child's room decor or clothing!  GIVEAWAY Lucy's offering an awesome GIVEAWAY for one of our Boutique Cafe viewers!! Comment in our shownotes below, tweet on Twitter, Share on Facebook, or comment on YouTube for multiple entries to win a Prize Pack!! Fabric and Hot Scott Patterns galore up for grabs - don't miss out!! Many more interviews are on the way, keep tuning in and enjoying your Cup of Couture and So Much More!!

While attending Quilt Market in Salt Lake City I had the opportunity to sit down for a quick interview with my dear friends Kim and Kris of The DIYDish! As you can see when we get together we turn into giggly girls, I sure love them. Kim and Kris share news regarding the remainder of their show season on TheDIYDish.com, as well as the news that Kris is opening a brick and mortar quilt shop in Utah called My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe. This awesome new shoppe will open on June 6th, and for those not in the immediate area they have us all covered with a website as well. These talented gals will be moving their production studio into the store, we can't wait to see all of those DIYDish projects rolling out of their new studio. Kick back and enjoy the laughter and fun with two of the sweetest twins I've ever had the pleasure to know!  Many more interviews are on the way, keep tuning in and enjoying your Cup of Couture and So Much More!!

We kick off our Spring Quilt Market coverage with our video interview featuring Chelsea Andersen of Pink Fig Design. Chelsea shares her "I Love Paris" fabric, girl and teen patterns, doll patterns, a Free tshirt design and more!! Comment in our show notes to enter to win an OUTSTANDING GiVEAWAY Package from Pink Fig Design! See our episode for details! Don't forget to Tweet and Facebook share this show as well for additional entries.

Pack your bags and drive along with Daria into "The US of A" - haha! Quilt Market will never be the same again. My apologies in advance, I was alone in the car for the first time without someone yelling "Mommy". Here's the first video of me on my way to Quilt Market in SLC, we have loads and loads of designer interviews on the way in the coming weeks (minus my singing I promise). :)

Daria shares details on Quilt Market and International Quilt Festival. We also gear up for the new season of The DIYDish with their guest Joel Dewberry. Our Facebook group is bursting with talented and creative mompreneurs, we shout out to them. Thanks so much for continuing to tune in. XO 

  In a Special video episode of Boutique Cafe, Daria is giddy to receive the new Project Life scrapbooking system from Becky Higgins! We unbox the kit, and show you all the goodies included in this gorgeous scrapping system. Becky I love you for simplifying my life like this!!     ***Giveaway!!   PLUS we have an Amazing GIVEAWAY from Becky Higgins - she is offering a Boutique Cafe viewer a "Project Life" Kit of their choice!! Drawing takes place on Valentine's Day at midnight (Feb. 14th, 2011).    Here’s how to enter. You may do as many as these as you like. Each counts as one entry into the giveaway. Please leave a separate comment for each entry:   - Visit BeckyHiggins.com and comment below telling us why you need Project Life (or what your fave design is) - Tweet about this Review/Giveaway- include @BoutiqueCafe in your tweet (leave a link to your tweet in your comment) - Post this review and giveaway on Facebook (leave a link to you post in your comment) - Follow @BeckyHigginsLLC on Twitter and let her know you saw this video on @BoutiqueCafe - Post a comment to Becky on her Facebook group and tell her that Boutique Cafe sent you! :)   We’ll draw the winner from the comments and contact her via email. Deadline: February 2, 2011 (midnight). The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be chosen.  

Boutique Cafe Conference - Keynote with Charlene May of Greggy Girl Pt.1 from Daria - Boutique Cafe on Vimeo. I'm so thrilled to be releasing this never seen footage from our 2007 Boutique Cafe Girls Getaway Conference in Salt Lake City. Our Keynote speaker was Charlene May, founder of girls clothing empire Greggy Girl. In her presentation Charlene covered so many key points for our attendees on following your dreams, this presentation was for designers of children's apparel but translates into valuable information for any business, as you'll see this keynote touched the hearts of many of our attendees who have continued on to GREAT things. Please enjoy Part 1 in our series from that conference, and please share it with your fellow women in businesses and mompreneurs. Thank you again Charlene, this conference was MAGIC and it meant so much to have you there. - XO Daria In this episode (length 38:15): Introduction by Daria, Owner Host and Producer for Boutique Cafe How they conference came to be: with Daria and Megan of Brassy Apple Keynote pt. 1 with Greggy Girl Founder Charlene May: - Follow your Dreams - Create a Story - Design a Tight Line - Deliver your Line - Networking "The Journey is part of the fun, The Journey is part of the Dream" - Charlene May - Hudson's Magazine Your comments are welcomed and most appreciated. (unless they are about how much of a weeper I am, trust me I know - LOL!)

It's always a joy for me to share news or an interview with designer and friend Amy Butler. Spring Market 2010 brought many exciting things for Amy to share with us, especially Soul Blossoms her gorgeous new colour rich fabric line. (Amy's Honey Bun Poufs, Yarn, Wallpaper and more are also featured in this video interview). Stepping up to the mic once again for us is our incredible Star Correspondent, the beautiful Bari J. Ackerman. Bari took Quilt Market by storm, and we had the privilege of seeing much of it through her eyes. Thank you so much Bari for stepping in and interviewing so many designers for Boutique Cafe!! Amy Butler Wall Paper Collection available online through Graham & Brown>>

In continuing coverage of Fall Quilt Market, our guest correspondent Bari J. interviews the amazing Patricia Bravo from Art Gallery Fabrics. Patricia shares her beautiful fabrics, gorgeous new patterns, and some brilliant Grab N' Sew Kits that make it sooo easy to jump in and enjoy! Find out even more about our guest Patricia Bravo on her Blog here>> Special thanks to Bari J Ackerman for her incredible coverage of Fall Market! We love you Bari! **Interested in sponsoring an upcoming episode of Boutique Cafe? contact us at info@boutiquecafe.com for more details ** Click button below to view video coverage, or view it on our YouTube channel right here>>

In continuing coverage of Fall Quilt Market, our guest correspondent Bari J. interviews the incredible Kay Whitt of SewSerendipity Studios. Kay shares her gorgeous new patterns, including a stylish skirt that is perfect for quilters to work on with "jellyrolls" of fabric. Find out even more about our guest Kay Whitt on her website here>> Special thanks to Bari J Ackerman for her incredible coverage of Fall Market! We love you Bari! **Interested in sponsoring an upcoming episode of Boutique Cafe? contact us at info@boutiquecafe.com for details ** Please Tweet about this episode on Twitter. Include our name @BoutiqueCafe Thanks! ** Click button below to view video coverage, or view it on our YouTube channel right here>>

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 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! (more prizes to be announced as well, keep checking back for a full listings of the goodies). 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. We will do our best to ensure your Zhu Zhu Pet reaches you for New Years Eve!!

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!

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

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: Sandi Henderson on Twitter Paula Prass on Twitter

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>>

Welcome to show #115, our celebratory podcast for 5 years of Boutique Cafe goodness! This journey has been a real joy to go on with our our listeners and readers, I can't thank you enough for the support you have shown for the website, podcasts and for me personally as well. This episode Daria shares her thoughts on 5 years of podcasting and supporting mompreneurs. We share LOADS & LOADS of Boutique News about sales/promotions and great finds (all NEWS links are within the podcast and can be clicked below the image), and also give info on how you could be our very LUCKY listener to win our 5th Birthday Ultimate PRIZE PACK!. As a tribute to Patrick Swayze, who died yesterday after a heroic battle with Cancer, we play a song called "Jennifer Grey" by Christa Couture inspired by the movie "Dirty Dancing" and featuring some favorite images of him. ***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) 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 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! Boutique Cafe free banner advertising package for 6 months! And more prizes are coming in today as well!! Several ways to win: Comment in our shownotes =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!

We recently sent Boutique Cafe viewer Jen Holyoak as our "Special BC Correspondent" to attend the "Moms Who Make it Conference" in SLC Utah. The goal of the conference was "Give Your Life & Business a Complete Make-Over, Creating the Life You've Been Dreaming Of!" 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>>

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 shortly)

It's a thrill for me to present two interviews that we did at the last Quilt Market in Houston. First up is amazing pattern designer Chelsea Anderson of Pink Fig Patterns, and second is fabric & pattern designer Lila Tueller of Lila Tueller Designs. 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!

NEW SHOW! On Boutique Cafe this week, Daria is joined by Tina Givens for a video interview at Houston Quilt Market. Tina shares the plans for her upcoming book, and invites YOU to help her name it!! We also get a birds eye view of her beautiful booth at Market, and all of her exciting projects for children and babies. Thank you so much Tina for supporting Boutique Cafe, we were thrilled to see you again! 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!

Daria sits down with amazing fabric designer & friend Sandi Henderson at Houston Quilt Market. Sandi talks about her experience showing at Market, her very popular patterns, her new "Farmers Market" line of fabrics for Michael Miller, and shows off some amazing creations. Congratulations Sandi, we love you and are so proud of your HUGE success!! Visit Sandi's website to scoop up some goodies >> ** To VIEW our new Video Interview - click the "watch the show" button" or subscribe to us in iTunes! Thanks everyone.

Daria meets with with fabric designer and dear friend Patty Young at Houston Quilt Market. Patty shares her incredible Andalucia Fabric displayed in so many mediums which is taking the sewing world by storm - you have to get some it's gorgeous! Thank you Patty - We're so Proud of you! (to see previous LIVE interview with Patty here as well.) ** To VIEW our new Video Interview - click the "watch the show" button" or subscribe to us in iTunes! Thanks everyone.

If you've never attended a Quilt Market you're in for a visual treat! Here's a brief glimpse of what it looks like inside the doors. Thank you to all of the designers and sellers who participated and allowed us to capture their booths. Enjoy!! ** To VIEW our Video Footage - click the “watch the show” button” or subscribe to us in iTunes! Thanks everyone.

Daria sits down with fabric designer (and her personal hero) Amy Butler at Houston Quilt Market. Amy shows off her new book "In Stitches" available now, as well as fabulous apron and bag designs! Boutique Cafe has teamed up with Amy to offer 3 amazing prize packs - you have to watch the interview to find out all the details on this sweet swag!! Enter the giveaway by leaving a comment for Amy in our shownotes, we'll draw our three lucky winners from comments on Jan 26. 2009. 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.

NEW EPISODE!!! We're back for our FOURTH straight year of our popular Holiday Shows! In our SECOND holly jolly installment Daria interviews designers and momprenuers including Dawn of My Princess Closet, Kim of You Can Make This.com, and Lisa Otto with both Creative Writing Studios and also Boutique UP! Daily **This episode is full of Spectacular Giveaways including: A Pinkalicious Books to Bed set from My Princess Closet, 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

We're back for our FOURTH straight year of our popular Holiday Shows! This week Boutique Cafe and guests are bringing to life the stuff christmas dreams are made of, in the first of 3 Spectacular Christmas shows. Daria interviews designers and momprenuers including Barb of Lola and Clementine, Myrinda of Sweet Girl Boutique, Leslie of L'il Darlins, and Kim of Olive Kids. **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, Gift Pack from Olive Kids with personalized Frame Print, Placemat, Name tag and Bookmark. How to Enter: Comment under this post and all of our current holiday shows 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.

Boutique Cafe made some history today at Quilt Market, as we are the first media outlet to offer a live feed directly from Market! What a thrilling (and scary) experience to attempt such a technical feat on my own. We taped within the press room and invited special guests Patty Young, Paula Prass and Elizabeth Cranmer to join me. Our feed went live at 11:30 am on Ustream.tv, we thank many of you viewers for popping by to support our live show with your questions and comments. You're the best! 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!! 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.

Dear friends, welcome to show #100 of Boutique Cafe!! (The Crowd Cheers!!) This show marks a tremendous amount of work, planning recording, editing, networking, and love for us, and it just keeps getting better! We love bringing your cup of couture and so much more. 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: - $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

We're almost there! Show #100 is next week and we would love your help! Please send us a quick email with your fave BC moment, show topic, advice or comment and we'll include it in our upcoming 100th episode! In this episode, Daria is totally TWITTERpated. We're seeing so many of our boutique community member 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. If you like our show, subscribe to it in iTunes, tell a friend or leave a comment! Thank you!

In our continuing video coverage of the Spring 2008 International Quilt Market from Portland, Daria interviews fabric and textile designer Joel Dewberry. With his unique blend of Eclectic and Modern styling, he's inspiring all of us to bring a little touch of both into our lives and homes. Thank you so much Mr. Dewberry, it was such an honor to meet you. ***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.

We're taking a break from Quilt Market this week and getting back to our podcasting roots! Don't worry more vidcast interviews from Market are on the way, including Joel Dewberry next week! (don't miss it) 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.

In our continuing video coverage of the Spring 2008 International Quilt Market from Portland, Daria interviews quilter, designer and blogger Gina Halladay from the popular Quilters Buzz and Threaded Pear Studio. We loved meeting Gina, she's so full of energy and definitely had her finger on the pulse of Market! Once you view our interview please leave Gina your comments and questions here below. **GIVEAWAY** 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.

In our continuing video coverage of the Spring 2008 International Quilt Market from Portland, Daria interviews fabric designer Tina Givens! 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! **Boutique Cafe is brought to you by Aveeno Baby from Johnson & Johnson.

In our continuing coverage of Quilt Market Daria interviews designer Jan Lutz from The Apron Lady Designs. Boutique Cafe was honored to be given special media access to the recent International Quilt Market in Portland. While at Market we had a chance to rub elbows and get to know so many talented fabric, pattern and quilting designers (we even got to cheer on some of our very own friends in our community!!). It was a "dream-come-true kind" of weekend. Over the coming days and weeks we'll be sharing our video coverage with you on Boutique Cafe. **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. Please include a valid email address for our drawing. We’ll draw the winner from the comments and contact her via email. Deadline: June, 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.

Over the past weekend Boutique Cafe was honored to be given special media access to the International Quilt Market in Portland. While at Market we had a chance to rub elbows and get to know so many talented fabric, pattern and quilting designers (we even got to cheer on some of our very own friends in our community!!). It was a "dream-come-true kind" of weekend. Over the coming days and weeks we'll be sharing our video coverage with you on Boutique Cafe. In this special episode, Daria interviews Anna Maria Horner about her new line "Drawing Room", 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 **Boutique Cafe is brought to you by Aveeno Baby.

It's time for our first exciting assignment with Boutique Cafe TV, and we hope you'll each run to your video camera (or computer iSight camera) and answer this question: "What's your Greatest Dream...for Yourself?" 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.

This week, Daria shares exciting news about her new article featured this month in Yummy Mummy magazine , entitled "Handmade is Hot". We invite you to check out the article to learn more about Handmade Artisan clothing for your children, as well as gain some valuable resources in the hunt for the perfect designer. Thanks so much to Amy from ToteandTee.com for use of her beautiful images to accompany the article. Additional kudos to Emily our Contributing Editor for her mad editing skills and assistance in creating an informative article for those just introduced to the Boutique business. 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".

On this week's episode of Boutique Cafe, Daria announces our very first Corporate Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson's Aveeno Baby products. Together with Aveeno Baby and the MommyCast & Friends Family Channel we are making podcast history!! We invite you to click on the Aveeno Baby banner at the top of Boutique Cafe to learn more about their products (and to show just how active our community is!). Thanks so much for your support! Our featured interview is with Momprenuer and online fabric store owner, Yvonne of Bunte Fabrics. Yvonne shares her love of fabric, notions, patterns and Euro design - along with her excitement in being a woman entrepreneur. ** GIVEAWAY: We invite you to check out www.buntefabrics.com and leave a comment in the shownotes this week. Please mention the name of your favorite fabric that Bunte carries, for a chance to win 1 yard of Laurena Poplin Blue fabric by Hilco!! A magnificent prize

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.

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

Tonight I have this special little treat for you. We announced a few weeks ago that BC would be launching Boutique Cafe TV, complete with video submissions from you - our community. In the first of our listener video submissions, I'm honored to showcase a familiar face... 7 year old Sophie (myangelsophie). This video is from a dance competition she was involved in. Sophie has modeled for eBay sellers for many years, and was the face of clothing company Greggy Girl. She and her Mommy Lark were our first ever guest interviews on Boutique Cafe, so it's only fitting that we now share what Sophie is up to these days - DANCIN'. We're proud of you girl! (To view our vidcast please press our "Watch The Show" button below) *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!

Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at Boutique Cafe! In today's special episode we feature a load of Boutique News, The Gals from Runaway Design Podcast and much more - don't miss out on these! 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".

In this week's show Daria dishes about some exceptional Boutique Launches (including: The Smocking Showcase with their Enchanted Easter, WisteriaLane's Block Party, Lil Peas Hap-PEA Easter, and the 2nd Annual JM Modie Awards). 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.

This week Boutique Cafe and guests are bringing to life the stuff christmas dreams are made of, in the 2nd of 3 Spectacular Christmas shows. Daria interviews designers and momprenuers including Bobbie from The Mommy Designers, Cuffies.com,Iza-Bella, Izabe Graphic Design, The Network Newsletter, and MJ Graphic Design, Crystal from Boutique So*Euro and Crystal Dawn Photography, Maja from The Savvy Organizer, and Patty Young from Mod Kid Boutique. Podsafe Song by Tresa Street "Christmas of Love". **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! Don't Forget : 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). Drawing for the two MP3 Players will take place on Dec. 20th. For entry to win one of our OUTSTANDING prizes, simply comment about about this episode, in our show notes for this show. We'll draw the winners on Dec. 20th! Good luck Everyone and Happy Holidays from Boutique Cafe.