Collection Launch

Well, after much procrastination, I have finally decided to test the waters into two areas that I'm learning quite a bit about. Weddings and swimwear. What a combo, right? Over the past year and a half, I've tested the waters with different ideas. Some have been wonderful, others have been a dead end road. The bottom line is, you can't do everything. I'd love to say I'm Martha Stewart, but well, I was taught lying is a sin. 

I, honestly don't know where this road will take me. I hope far, but we shall see. Over a year ago, I started brainstorming and creating ideas for weddings. I've never been married, don't have plans on getting married any time soon, but I am a girl and let's be honest, girls, regardless what age you are, daydream. I started creating this collection with what I like in mind. If I were to get engaged tomorrow and set down to plan a wedding, I would give you at least 5 different themes, ideas and color schemes. So, when I started working on this collection, over a year ago, I brought different ideas to the table. You'll find in this collection, a lot of vintage, which I'm a huge fan of. Very feminine, soft, traditional and romantic pieces. Of course, there's those brides that don't like traditional and I'm slowly working those ideas into the collection. This is testing the waters, after 60% of my time, the last few months, has been working with wedding parties. Something I didn't plan, but it just happened. I have to admit, I love it! 

Saturday, a wonderful model (Emily Wilder) devoted her afternoon to lending a hand in modeling a few bridal pieces. It was fun and...interesting. It turned out to be a beautiful day, the beach was crowded and she was such a trooper changing into our vintage Vera Wang gown, on loan from my wonderful, dear friend, Deana of So What Industries, behind a linen sheet. Oh boy! My brother, Jon-Marc, did my photography and did such a fabulous job! I'm so proud of him! 

This collection, Happily Ever After, will be available for purchase this afternoon in my etsy shop, http://www.etsy.com/shop/DaintyButton?ref=si_shop. My original intent was links to each piece, but honestly, this task takes forever and I've postponed launching this collection, almost 2 weeks now, so I will wait no further and let you see the collections : )

Introducing...

Happily Ever After

The Wedding Collection


For the Bride...

Love Me Tender

Vintage Kiss

Going to the Chapel

Something Blue

Wedding Song

Princess Bride

My Fair Lady

Handmade with over 30 ivory dupioni silk rosettes (new), a touch of blue birdcage (something blue), strand of pearls (borrowed) and grandmother's vintage lace (something old).

The Wedding Shoe

Lace Gloves

(Available in different styles and colors)

Lovely Legs

For the Wedding Party...

Lady in Waiting

(Hair combs for the bridesmaids. Will be available in different colors.)

Sweet Kiss

(Pomander Flower Ball)

Love for All Seasons

(Pomander Flower Ball)

Blushing Bride

(Pomander Flower Ball)

My Boys

(Available in multiple colors, patterns and can be customized, according to wedding color scheme.)

Happily Ever After

Favor Bags

(One of a kind hand stamped bags for your guests. Comes in package of 25 bags.)

Party Poppers

(Tiny pendants, each guest wears at reception, to celebrate your special day. Available in bags of 50.)

All this makes me want to get married. Wait, did I say that? : )

Well, from one extreme to the next, right? If you're a bride and tropical honeymooning, I guess these two collections, could go hand in hand. Ha! 

The Swimwear Collection...

I mentioned in a previous blog that a friend and I were brainstorming on the way back from a business trip a few weeks ago. Well, this is where the brainstorming took us...

PS. PLEASE read descriptions and details, following the photo gallery. 

Cabana Girl

(Adult and Child)

Little Black Number

(Adult and Children)

Sailor Suit

(Adult and Children)

Cover it Up...

Bamboo Sarong

Moroccan Sarong

Watercolor Sarong

Details on Swimwear Collection:

Our Swimwear Collection will go on sale, for PRE-ORDER, this evening in our etsy shop. We are featuring a special promo, when you PRE-ORDER your item(s) of choice, beginning this evening, until next Wednesday morning. Our discount will be listed in our etsy shop, this evening, when our collection is added. Please allow 3-4 weeks, to ship. 

Sizes available in adult:

X-Small (0-2)

Small (4-6)

Medium (8-10)

Large (10-12)

Sizes available in children:

Newborn (0-3 months)

Infant (3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months)

Toddler (1-3 year)

Child (4 to 8 years)

Pre-Teen (9 to 12)

Further details on sizing will be available in listing, when you purchase. Also, please note:

Cabana Girls (One Size Run, Adult and Child)

Sailor Suit (Two Size Runs, Adult and Child)

If you have any questions regarding how to order, the pricing, sizing, etc. please feel free to email us at:

daintybutton@yahoo.com

Join us tomorrow morning at 10 AM (PST) on facebook, as we kick off our new collections, with some fun giveaways!

And that, my dear friends, is a wrap!

Charity @ Dainty Button

xoxo

What Have I Got Myself, Into?

Well, once again, I'm venturing into a new adventure. Oh, boy! If you've been following us on facebook, you'll know we are launching two brand new lines, next week. A Swimwear and Wedding Collection. I'm not sure what possesses me to get myself into these projects, but something does. The Wedding Collection, Happily Ever After is a collection that I've been brainstorming, working on and creating over a year now. In Dainty Button's early stages, I wanted to launch a wedding collection, but I was so overwhelmed, it was not a good idea. Even, I was smart enough to realize that. I've worked on it, put it off, procrastinated, until I cannot any longer. It's now or never. So, here we go...

I can't say the same for the Swimwear Collection, though. This little adventure was brainstormed as my good friend, Deana, and I were driving home from a business trip, a few weeks ago. Fast forward to now. We have a swimwear collection. Ha! A very adorable swimwear collection, might I add. To be honest, I have no idea where this little adventure is going to take me, but we're about to find out. I've had several comments on our fan page, emails, etc. asking what to expect. Well...

Our Swimwear Collection will start off, somewhat small, to test the waters. But, I must share with you guys, a little sneak peek...

I'm SUPER excited about launching this. We have our photo shoot this Saturday, here in San Francisco, at one of our beaches. It's going to be a nice, cool 60 degrees. Please, keep our models in your thoughts and prayers. Ha! No, seriously. 

A little details on this new collection.

The swimsuits will go on sale PRE-ORDER on Tuesday, May 24th, in my etsy shop, http://www.etsy.com/shop/DaintyButton?ref=si_shop. There will be a 3-4 week turn around on these sales. If you purchase a swimsuit piece during May 24th - 31st, you'll receive a special discount, before the collection goes to regular retail, on June 1st. A couple of the designs will be limited. The rest of our Swimwear Collection will be on a regular turn around. There will be a special Pre-Launch Preview, Monday, May 23rd, via our special email blast. If you're not on this email blast and wish to be, it's very easy. Comment below with your email address or email us at daintybutton@yahoo.com. Join us next week, as well, with some great giveaways!

We can't forget our second line...

This particular collection, I have been working on for a long time. I've added, taken away, tweeked and been way too OCD about it. It's our Happily Ever After Collection. I can't tell you how many emails and inquiries I get about weddings. In the past few months, I have done such a large amount of work for weddings, brides, bridal parties, etc. So, with that in mind, I'm launching this collection.

Of course, I'm excited about this, as well. This will start off as a rather small collection. Not too small, but baby steps : )

There will be something for the entire wedding party, special wedding packages and discounts for your special day. As well, as our Swimwear Collection, a sneak preview will be sent out, via email blast, on Monday, May 23rd, with some fun "behind the scenes" photos of our photo shoot.

Are you going to join us? I really hope so! See you, Monday!

Charity 

@

Dainty Button

xoxo

The Juicy Details

Hello, hello! I'm writing this blog, half asleep, so I really hope it makes sense. The purpose of this blog, in particular, is to give you all the wonderful details on our upcoming Spring Sale in our etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/DaintyButton?ref=si_shop, this Monday, May 9th. You don't want to miss it!

I posted a previous blog about the sale, policies and such, which you can view here....

http://daintybutton.blogspot.com/2011/04/spring-sale.html

I've received many emails, asking if "such and such" headband or "such and such" bow tie will be on sale. Well, I'm going to try and help everybody out and give you an idea of what's going to be on sale, what's not and how big of a sale to expect. I can't list every item, considering we have over 100 items in our shop and if that was the case, you'd still be reading next week. Here we go...

Headbands (Traditional/Jersey Band)

All headbands will be on sale. Some (the older items) will be on sale at 50% off, the new items will be discounted between 10-20% off and some will practically be given away in our "Bargain Bin" : ) 

If it's a limited edition headband, there will, of course, be a limited amount on sale. If you've had your eye on something, I would not hesitate in waiting until the end of the day, on Monday. The sale begins at 7 AM (PST). Jump on it! 

It's a Wrap

Yes, the entire collection will be on sale. The majority of this collection will be 50% off, but could vary on some designs, which will be 10-20% off.

Shoe Clips

Most of this collection will be on sale. There are a couple designs that will not be on sale, due to limited designs, items, etc.

Shoes

As much, as I would love to discount our Shoe Collection, I can't. I can offer FREE SHIPPING, though. During our Spring Sale, if you purchase a pair of shoes, you'll receive FREE SHIPPING!

Pendants, Clips, Brooches, Etc.

This entire collection will be on sale. Some at 50% off, some at 10-20% off.

Black & White by Dainty Button

Our fast growing boys and men collection will be discounted, but not the entire collection. Honestly, at this point, right now, I don't know what will be on sale and what will not. You can expect to find a lot of it discounted, though : )

Details, regarding our etsy shop:

Our etsy shop will be closing, Saturday morning, May 7th at 10 AM (PST) and re-open on Monday, May 9th at 7 AM (PST), when the Spring Sale begins. The shop is scheduled to close at 8 PM (PST). I did mention in our previous post that if our sale became insane, we would close the shop. This is not likely going to happen, but you can check the status on our facebook fan page throughout the day, as we'll post prior to this being the case.

Our etsy shop will be closed at 8 PM (PST), Monday, May 9th until Thursday morning, May 12th at 10 AM (PST). This is to allow us to get "back to normal", once the sale has ended and also prepare our shop for brand new Summer designs. PLEASE NOTE,  a lot of our pieces that are currently in the shop, will not be available after our Spring Sale. The new items and popular pieces, of course will, but a majority of them will not. Again, I wouldn't hesitate on this sale.

Dainty Button is expanding...

Coming next Friday...

The Swimwear Collection

Happily Ever After

The Wedding Collection

Join us Friday, as we unveil these two new collections and embark upon some exciting giveaways.

I hope you'll join us Monday, May 9th for our Spring SALE!

xoxo

Charity @ Dainty Button