Well...

We didn't win the "America's Best Baby Boutique" Contest but we were honored to be selected to be in the finals.
Thank you to all of you who voted for us (some numerous times!!)
The winner of the contest was a 30,000 sq ft store in California named Goore's - Congrats to them!!

Hot off the press!!!

Make sure you check out this month's issue of Jacksonville Magazine and Jacksonville Home, we were lucky enough to be featured in both issues....they should hit the newsstands any day now (Jax mag has David Garrard on the cover and Jax Home is the Fall 2008 issue)
Hope you guys have a great weekend!! ~Jamie & Wendy

VIP experience

Hey Y'all, Have you missed me around the shop lately? Well...I have had a once in a lifetime experience these past few days that I just have to share. I was invited by my sweet friend Jeanie to go with her to Paula Deen's house for three days of filming a Christmas TV Special. You see, Jeanie was selected from thousands of women to be on the Paula Deen Christmas Cookie Special, she was to bake one of her favorite Christmas cookie recipes with Paula (Peppermint Sugar Cookies - um, yeah..they were DELICIOUS!!) The special was being filmed two days at Paula's house and the third was at The Lady and Sons Restaurant in Savannah. I tagged along which meant I hung out with the crew on the second floor of Paula's house for about 17 hours and got to meet some of the sweetest people while I was there. There were two other ladies that were selected to be on the special, Christy and Susan. Christy is the publisher for an awesome Southern Family magazine called Belles and Beaus, and Susan, ironically enough, works for an adoption services center in Alabama. Paula herself was very spunky and sweet as sugar, and her production crew (head up by the infamous Gordon Elliot) were so fun. I also got to meet Jamie and Bobby Deen (cute as can be!) BUT - being that I am not much of a chef myself (although I am going to attempt this recipe for the gals at our MITI) the BEST part of the trip for me was the surprise that David Bromstad of HGTV's Design Star/Color Splash was flying in on Day 2 for the special to show Paula how to decorate the cookies they baked for gift giving. I was over the moon excited, I tried to explain to the other girls who he was...it wasn't until they saw him in person that they understood what I was going on about... :) He was sweeter and cuter (if possible) in person than he is on his show and was so down to earth. We got to chat about what it was really like behind the scenes on Design Star and what you really need to do to win, so basically I'm all set to enter now! (haha, with the way I break out in hives I could never be a TV star!!) Here are some of the pics we took along the way, it was such a great experience!!!

Paula's home kitchen...


A gorgeous built-in in Paula's kitchen...

Bobby and some of the crew...

Jeanie's famous peppermint cookies...

Susan with Paula's husband Michael....


Jeanie and Gordon...

My favorite shot, me and David... my Mom says
we look like we could be brother and sister, I was
thinking it would make a great Christmas card photo!!!


a gratuitous shot of David from behind....


Christy and Jeanie....

The special should start airing on the Food Network right after Thanksgiving so stay tuned...you might just see someone you know on TV!! ~Jamie

Your little one can live in luxury too!

We are honored to be included in the holiday gift guide for Jacksonville's Luxury Living Magazine. They had the photo shoot a couple of months ago so we weren't sure what items were going to make it in. The phone started to ring with people trying to buy what they were seeing the magazine. Jamie and I ran down to the grocery store to see what all was inside. We are happy to see they picked out some of our best sellers. The retro sofas and the ric-rac dress with matching purse. Just in time for Santa!

Something very familiar about this...

See, we do know what we are talking about...Isn't this a beautiful cover?
(POPIN stands for Pretty On Practical In Nurseries)