Holiday House 2011 plus a review of Lil Miss Emily’s Closet

my goodness! Abby was SO little 🙂 I also must share this picture from last year:

LOL her face cracks me up every time I look at this picture! Almost like she was plotting and telling us “just wait till next year” lol oh I love my baby!

This year we once again planned to attend, deciding it was a fun tradition to have even if Abby still couldn’t have the milk and cookies. Unfortunately my sister was going out of town so it was just us this time and we decided to attend the craft even for the first time. I have heard stories and seen pictures of all the amazing booths set up and I couldn’t wait to find new decor items! Of course, it wouldn’t be right unless we took tons of pictures! Holiday House is normally where we take the picture we use for our holiday cards so I picked out Abby’s outfit and was all set to take an adorable picture. 

One problem…she didn’t have a cute holiday bow to match! I have no idea how it slipped my mind but it did and suddenly it was the weekend before and I still had no cute bow for her to wear! Since I’m a fan of several bow-tiques on Facebook I decided to do a little looking around and see if I could find someone that made cute holiday bows. I even posted on my blog Facebook page asking for page suggestions, I desperately needed a bow! Luck was on my side that night, I came across Lil Miss Emily’s Closet and she had super cute holiday bows posted in an album. I found several adorable korker style bows I loved and called hubby into the office to get his opinion. Of course he would disagree with me. Typical Hubby! As we looked through the album he saw a few he liked if a few changes were made. I figured it wouldn’t hurt to message her and see what she might could do. I was blown away by her customer service! She not only responded quickly but immediately started letting me know what items she had available and what all she could do. When I told her I was trying to match an outfit she sent me pictures of the holiday ribbon she had on hand as well as the bow centers she had. I even send her a picture of Abby’s outfit so she had a better idea of what we were matching. 

She was very patient, she even waited on me while I got Abby a bath and into bed. We talked for a few hours, hubby and I finally selected a few ribbons we liked and she started playing around with ideas. Within what felt like minutes she was sending me pictures of examples! The first one or two weren’t quite what he was wanting, I sent his suggestion and the next picture was absolutely perfect!  We could not have found a more perfect bow for her outfit! Now my only worry was getting it here in time, this was the weekend before which was really pushing things. Turns out, I had nothing to worry about. The bow arrived in a couple of days and was even cuter in person! I was excited to go to Holiday House and take cute holiday pictures. 

Unfortunately a cute bow perfectly matching a cute outfit can’t help make an active toddler sit still for the camera lol Abby was in no mood to sit still while there was SO much to look at and (try) to touch. I finally waved the white flag of defeat, I got a few pictures and knew it was time to give it up. I decided then and there I needed a much faster camera to keep up with my toddler! We headed inside to look at the crafts, our time cut short by a temper tantrum and the need for a nap. I had a wonderful day, I might not have gotten the perfect picture or found much for the house but I spent the day with family so it was perfect! Besides, there’s always next year!

Here are a few of the pictures I did manage to capture plus the one little treasure we brought home 🙂