Antoher Treasury!

Just when it seems things are slowing down in our shop, we start to get some movement!  Another treasury always makes our day!  Our White Satin Flower Headband made another treasury! That is three for this particular headband.  Thank you so much to Lauren Roberts of Handmade Laine for featuring us in your Treasury!

Thanks again Lauren!  Here are some of our favorites from Handmade Laine:

This beautiful red felt flower headband will be the perfect accessory for your little girl!  The beautiful pearl accents will add a touch of class to your little girl's outfit.  It can be made to fit so please be sure to check Handmade Laine's ETSY shop for sizing instructions.

Here is another headband from Handmade Laine that we love.  A small felt bloom with a button accent on a stretchy headband to fit any little fashionista!

Thanks again Lauren for the feature in your Treasury!

Our Valentine Bow Made It Into a Treasury

We were so thrilled that one of our NEW Valentine's Day Bows already made it into a treasury!  It's only been a day and someone has already shown us some love!!  Not only that, we already SOLD one of our NEW Valentine's Hair Bows.  So exciting!  Here is the bow that was treasured.  Be sure to check out this fabulous Treasury called "Great Children Finds" by curator Jillian of Sleeping Beauty Creations.   Be sure to check out Jillian's creations!!  She also sells fantastic children's accessories that you will love for your little one.  Here is one of our favorites!

   

Aren't these boots too cute?  Black and white polka dot boots with chenille lining will keep your kiddies tootsies super warm!  Use coupon code FIRSTORDER15 to receive 15% off of your first order from this ETSY artist.  For sizing instructions, visit Jillian's ETSY shop at Sleeping Beauty Creations.

New Owl Clippies

Be sure to check out our new owl clippies that we just litsed in our ETSY shop!  They are so cute.  Be sure you check back often, we are working on new colors.  If there is a color combo you would like and don't see, let us know! We are always happy to take custom orders!

         



Tutu Cute for Christmas

The Christmas Program at Temecula Valley Charter School in Winchester will be sporting some tutu cute creations from For the Love of Zebra!  My eyes went a little crossed when we were asked to create 14 tutus for the 1st grade class girls to wear in the Christmas program.  But we have determined that no job is two big for these girls!  We kicked out all the tutus in just a few hours and they girls will be a singing and dancing dream in their lime green and red tutus.

The job however does not stop at tutus.  We must now create beaks and feet for 24 adorable penguins also from the 1st grade!   We would have posted pictures, but that will have to wait until of our little stage performers are in costume next week!

We are getting ready for another craft fair this weekend.  So if you have any rush orders, be sure to let us know when you check out so that we can pull your items from inventory and ship right away!

Have a fantastic day Zebra Fans!!



Featured Etsy Artist - Pretty Times Three (Formerly TutuGirlz)

It's always fun to shop around in other Etsy shops!  You find so many fun, unusual or just too too cute items you just MUST have!! So, for our first featured Etsy artist, we chose our good friend Michelle Walsh's shop, and YES it is TUTU cute!!!

Michelle is mom to three beautiful little girls and has been selling her tutu's on Etsy since April of 2006.  Formerly known as Tutu Girlz on Etsy, this California artist puts so much love and attention into each piece she makes, the quality you will get in your of her tutus will be like no other!  And she is always happy to take custom orders.

If you are looking for something special for your little princess to wear for holiday photos or on Christmas Day, check out this beautiful creation!!  What little girl would love to twirl around the Christmas tree wearing this fluffy feathery tutu!?

This tutu can be purchased from Pretty Times Three by clicking on this link. But be sure to hurry and purchase yours, Christmas is just around the corner!

Click to Purchase Santa Baby Christmas Tutu

Here are some more tutus created by Michelle.  What a fun way to show your team spirit.  These girls are wearing Greenbay Packer tutus but you can order your custom team spirit tutus in adult or children sizes!  Available in all colors and sizes..... even for adults!!

Click to Purchase Greenbay Packer Tutus

Be sure to check all the other wonderful creations from Pretty Times Three!

Photo by Sweet Child of Mine

♥¸¸.•*´¯`♥IT'S CHRISTMAS TRIVIA TIME♥¸¸.•*´¯`♥



 

Do not post your answers on FaceBook. You must send it to our ETSY shop as a convo: www.fortheloveofzebra.etsy.com


What does Alvin the Chipmunk want for Christmas?

In the story "A Christmas Carol", how many nights did it take for the "spirits" to visit Mr. Scrooge?

Which continent is the turkey from?

In which author's novel is it "always winter but never Christmas"?

Who was the first to record "Rudolph the red-nose Reindeer?

The hottest selling doll in 1984 was?

What were two pictures that we posted on our Blog today? AH HA you have to go there to find out and don't forget to "follow" our blog!

The winner will get . . . . . . an AWESOME assortment of Christmas Hair Clippies. Many will enter (hopefully) 3 players will win!!! Be the first 3 players to give your answers and YOU WIN!! Winners will be notified TOMORROW morning!! You still have 5 hours 40 minutes to play! GO GO GO!

We are BACK Zebra Fans!

It's been a very long while since we have blogged (shame on us!) but here we are again during the busiest time of the year BLOGGING!!! If you are a Zebra fan on FaceBook or LOVE us on ETSY, you know we have been very busy! Throw in some craft shows, kids and volunteering .. . we really don't know how we do it!!!   To celebrate our returning to blogging, we are having a sale on all of our holiday hair accessories

For the next 3 hours, 9am to Noon (PST) ALL Holiday Hair Accessories are 40% off you!  You don't need a discount code . . . . prices have already been marked down!  We have some AWESOME new Holiday bows so be sure to grab yours before they are gone! (Other discounts and coupons cannot be used with this sale)

We have Trivia going on FaceBook with winners everyday!!  So far we have given away 30%, 40% and 50% discounts for the rest of 2011, Magnetic Interchangable Bottlecap Hairbows, Bottlecap Necklaces and Christmas Stocking Grabbags!  Don't miss out on the opportunity to win some GREAT gifts and stocking stuffers!  The rules are easy and can be found on our FaceBook Pages at www.facebook.com/fortheloveofzebra.

Today's Christmas Treasury

Today we have been featured in a Treasury by Curator Cute Kids Clocks!  We only have a few of these cuties left so be sure to grab one before they are all gone!  If you don't want it in pink we also have it in hot pink, light green and Christmas green!

We have just added alot of Owl Hair Bows to our shop!  

They are so adorable, you will want more than one!  If you don't see one in the colors you would like, we can do custom orders!  Just send us a message on ETSY with the color ribbons and owl you would like and we will make something just for you! In fact, we can make any center you would like!   Custom orders are always welcomed!!

See What's New!!!

We have been busy busy girls! Check out some of the itmes in our ETSY shop!!

♥¸¸.•*´¯`♥FACEBOOK CONTEST!♥¸¸.•*´¯`♥

♥¸¸.•*´¯`♥ For the Love of Zebra ♥¸¸.•*´¯`♥

Happy Monday Zebra fans! ♥

We need more Zebra Fans on our FaceBook page and are giving away a FREE TuTu Hairbow Holder and FREE shipping for the fan who reffers the most friends to our page!! What a steal!

Simply suggest our page to all of your friends and ask them to please put a note on our status that YOU sent them over.
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We will start contest TODAY (6-27) and end contest next Monday.(7-4) A whole week to work on it! GOOD LUCK!

Become a fan and start suggesting our page to your friends!www.facebook.com/fortheloveofzebra

Feather Blooms...Love em' or hate em'?

So we had the neatest idea of a new hair thingie to make the other day. Feather Blooms! We were pretty excited to have a new creation to make and have gotten some great feedback about them. Only a few people think that they are a little WiLd for their tastes.

What do you think????

http://www.etsy.com/shop/fortheloveofzebra?section_id=8099432

Our Etsy Treasury Features

I thought I would share some of the Treasuries our Etsy items have been featured in. We are so honored to have been featured in so many collections! Just copy and paste the following links into your brower to view. Enjoy :o)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/fortheloveofzebra?section_id=8099432

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/ODA2MTExOXwzNDc2MDUyNTA/things-that-make-a-great-party

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/OTY3MDk2N3wzMzg4Nzk1MjQ/little-divas

*http://www.etsy.com/treasury/Nzc1MzU0N3wzMjc5MzI0NTI/over-the-rainbow

**http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4de2be9554378eef57ac93e0/my-kids-favorite-stuff-on-etsy

***http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4ddb758bd69d6d919e024c3b/picnic-in-style

****http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4ddb4c3b87fa6d9198f1f906/the-great-outdoors

*****http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dd41458a9b06d9154c06b9f/wild-gems

Saturday Night Fever

Ahhhhh. Almost 8:30pm on a beautiful Saturday night. Just put two of my little monsters (I mean children) to bed. Oh, how my ears have been begging for silence!

Aside from our wild and crazy children, C and I have actually gotten a lot of work done in our shop these past few days. New clips, new bows, and new bow holders. Please check them out! If I can get my youngest to settle down, I may even be able to get more done. :o) Stay tuned!

~Keelie

http://www.etsy.com/shop/fortheloveofzebra?ref=si_shop&view_type=gallery

Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

We had an AMAZING day today on our trip to Petco Park in San Diego, CA for the Padres vs Rockies baseball game! Perfect weather, greats seats, even greater company to share the experience with!

With our backpack of snacks and sunscreen, three adults, two teens and five littles enjoyed a tour of the stadium. We got to sit right behind the Rockies dugout where our Rockies gear wearing t-ball players were able to get some autographs! Ubaldo Jiminez signed Morgen & Cadens hats. Jimenez pitched the first no-hitter in Colorado Rockies history on April 17, 2010 against the Braves. All Star Carlos Gonzalez also signed their hats. Gonzalez won the NL Batting title in 2010, a gold glove and was runner up for NL MVP




We then moved over to "the park at the park". While we sat and watched (ok not really) the game, the kiddos played in the sand and enjoyed some games hosted by the Padres employees in the sandbox.

If you should have the opportunity to make it to a game at Petco park, they allow you to bring in snacks and drinks in closed containers (bigtime money-saver!) There is a playground for the kids to play and a GREAT hill for them to roll down!

Check out their web site for information and tickets:

http://www.petcoparkevents.com/

BUSY BEES!

Here are a few items we have worked on these past few days! Check out our Etsy shop for more or to purchase any of these designs. :o) More to come soon!!

~K

What Is This Pajarete You Speak Of?

When I was a kid, every few years we would get to visit family in Mexico.  We would travel here, there and everywhere, but mostly we would spend our time in Mazamitla, Jaliso.  Mazamitla, from the Nahuatl word "place where arrows to hunt deer are made", was founded by the Aztecs in 1165 and is located in south-central Jalisco.

On our visits, my grandpa would take us to "el pajarete" (pronounced pah-hah-REH-teh).  For all of you skim milk, pregnant, or squeamish people, this may not be for you.  Early on a Sunday morning (or any other day really) you gather up a few important items; mugs, sugar, a cinnamony Mexican "barra de chocolate", and a bottle of the good stuff . . . grain alcohol, tequila or something similar.   How early is early?  Early as in when the dairy farmers are getting up to milk the cows early.  Some may still be hung over from the night before. 

It isn't unusual for someone in the group to be carrying a guitar.  If you are going to have a slightly alcoholic beverage or three so early in the morning, someone is going to break out in song!  It usually is much more fun to go for pajarete with a group of people anyway and someone is very likely to believe they really can sing!

Once you get to the farm, everyone grabs their clay mug and in it goes the sugar, chocolate, and the alcohol or "piquete".  The alcohol is meant to kill any bacteria in the milk.  It only takes a splash but some mugs may have more than others and those are the people who will be singing by the time you leave!   The mug is then filled with the milk straight from the cow and makes a frothy, chocolaty drink which is pajarete!

Other Unusual Mexican Drinks

- Tejuino: a drink made of the same "masa" (dough) used to make tamales and tortillas mixed with water and sweetened with "piloncillo" (cone-shaped brown sugar). It is boiled to thicken and then allowed to slightly ferment.  It is served cold with lemon or lime juice, a pinch of salt and a scoop of shaved ice.

- Aguamiel: The nectar from the "maguey" plant.

- Pulque: Pulque comes from harvesting mature "maguey" plants.  The top of the plant is cut off and a hole is carved in the middle of the plant then covered.  The nectar which seeps into the hole is called "aguamiel"  (about a gallon two times a day for many months).  It is stored and allowed to ferment in large containers, often with pineapple or other fruits, and reaches about 6% alcohol in just a couple of days.

- Tepache (teh-PAH-cheh): Drink made with pineapple, water and piloncillo which is mixed together and allowed to ferment, but not too much or you will have vinegar!

Vintage Wedding

Today I had the pleasure of delivering the biggest cake I have ever made to an absolutely beautiful wedding where Erica and CJ will start their lives together!  Many, many (many) hours later . . . a beautiful vintage inspired paisley hat box wedding cake sporting a porcelain couple staring through a gold gilded photo frame.

The wedding reception took place at Memories, a dance hall right out of the early/mid 1900's located in Whittier, CA  . . .  the perfect setting for the beautiful bride who looked like she stepped right out of a calendar! Perfect pinup beauty right down to her very red lips. 

This is the result of the many hours (and many eggs) I used to create this master piece!  Congratulations Erica and CJ!

(Check out Memories web site if you are close by and want to go to a Lindy Hop or take

West Coast Swing or Lindy lessons! Memories)

Laryngitis

....an inflammation of your voice box (larynx) from overuse, irritation or infection.... I sit here and ponder over this diagnosis that has taken hold of my voice for almost a week now. I guess we don't realize how precious our voices are until we can't use them. I can't sing, I can't holler, I can't tell my kids to cut it out....I can only croak. My dr kindly perscribes me a Z pack, mostly because she can't find anything else wrong with me and it's better to take "just in case." She tells me I need lots of sleep (yeah right!) and NO talking. (again....yeah right!) 

So here I am voiceless, feeling like poo and staring at mounds of clean laundry begging to be folded. All I really want to do is crawl in bed with my laptop (if it weren't broken) and browse the internet for new crafting ideas. I am in the mood to "make some new things." I go through phases of projects as often as I change clothes...Ha! 

Any suggestions? 

~Keelie

(http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/laryngitis/DS00366)

Welcome Home Endeavour

Welcome Home Endeavour

Today was the final homecoming for the spaceship Endeavour.  My boys and I watched the launch and the landing on YouTube (see links below) and they LOVED it.

Endeavour made it's first flight on May 7, 1992 – May 16, 1992 with it's last flight being May 16, 2011 – June 1, 2011.  Named after British Royal Navy vessel which was commanded by James Cook on his 1st voyage, the Endeavour replaced the Challenger after the 1986 launch disaster.

If you have kids, and even if you don't, be sure to watch the start and end of Endeavours final mission!

(Endeavour Launch) (Endeavour Landing)

Memorial Day Weekend

We had the absolute BEST time camping this weekend at the beach. I seriously think I am going through bonfire and cookies smores withdrawl. I look like a lobster and have no voice left from a chest cold but wouldn't trade it for anything. The weather was a little iffy' the second night, and we thought we might lose some of our tent campers to the wind but luckily they were still there by the time morning came. ;o) Here are a few pictures from our trip:

What did you do for your Memorial Weekend?

New Season to DANCE!

Any So You Think You Can Dance fans out there?  I am so happy that it started IMMEDIATELY after Biggest Loser and American Idol because I would have had competition withdrawals! Especially since Oprah ended too!  Thank you for saving me SYTYCD! 

So far the season opener has been very entertaining!  I believe that you should dance (and sing) daily to lift your spirits and brighten your day.  But once again, Dance is proving that some should only lift there spirits in a very dark closet in the privacy of their own homes!  OK no, I don't really mean that.  I am not saying they should stop dancing, but really?  This is a competition!  There are some that just want to get on TV.  But the ones that get offended that they don't have "it".... really?  Come on.  You have to know that baby, you only think you can dance!

~ Clemen

PS: Have a safe Memorial Day Weekend!

AI FINALE SPOILER ALERT

I am SO SO SO happy that Scotty won!!!! I am over the moon with excitement! Yes, he's a little corny at times, but how can you resist that twinkle in his eye and his southern boy charm? He deserves it. Way to go, Scotty! Lauren deserved to win, too. I can't wait until they start releasing music. What did you think of Casey and Jack Black's duet? Hilarious!! Comment back and let's get this blog rolling! ;o)

PS-Since we can only have 1 "signature" and we are both posting on this blog, I will for now on write in pink and italics to avoid author confusion. :o)

~Keelie

Good-bye Oprah

Okay I admit it!  I am an Oprah follower.  I have often said if I could have anybody over for dinner at my house there are three people I would absolutely have over and just listen to them talk.  One of them is Oprah (Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts are the other two).

Okay so she has more money than she could spend in ten lifetimes, but it's so awesome to see how many people she has touched through her giving.  The farewell shows (Monday and Tuesday) in Chicago was amazing but I was most touched by all of the people she has secured educations for and those she helped indirectly.  Just think, for every African-American man she has paid tuition for at Moorehouse College in Atlanta, GA, she is not only helping them but their children and their children.  What an amazing gift!

I personally will miss watching her show but . . . she is OPRAH, she'll go on to bigger and better things.  She is not done!

“For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.”
~ Oprah Winfrey

Join the Party

After much searching and searching and searching some more . . . my iPod Nano has not turned up making it very difficult to get my playlists for tonight's Zumba class together.  I have to do it the old fashioned way . . . with a CD!  Who would have thought that a CD would be considered "old fashioned" right?

After making a CD with tonights list, looking for a sub for my class, looking for a sub sitter, and on and on . . . I have a sitter, I don't need a sub and well . . . the CD is ready to go.

Here is tonight's playlist:

California Gurls - Katy Perry 
Gata Brasileira - Bahia
Danza Kuduro - Don Omar
Bon Bon - Pitbull
Shes Hotter - Pitbull
Your Love Is My Drug - Kesaha
Dynamite-Taio Cruz
Waka Waka - Shakira
La Vaca - Mala Fe
Caipirinha - Zumba Fitness Caipirinha
Crazy - Pitbull
Tumba La Casa - Sancocho
La Patilla - Orlando Conga
Reasons - UB40
Rolling In the Deep - Adele

American Idol Finale tonight!!

Okay, so I know this year of American Idol has been a little different with Simon gone and all but I can't get enough of it!! My Top 4 favorites (from the very beginning) were Casey, Lauren, Scotty, and Haley. You can't believe my excitement when 3 of the 4 were selected to be the Top 4! I was very sad to see Casey go awhile back and Haley last week. I have to admit though, I am SO SO SO excited to see Lauren and Scotty paired up against each other. I will be happy either way but I so LOVE Scotty!!

Who is your favorite?


http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/realityrocks/422555/double-idol-prediction-scotty-will-win-but-lauren-will-outsell-him/

All About Clemen

Hello everyone! My name is Clemen and I am so excited to be starting this new venture with my very good sister-friend Keelie!  With a little luck and a lot of prayers we hope to make it a very successful venture!

I am mommy to two very active little guys, ages 3.5 and 6.  We stay very active and I hope to be able to share many of our fun adventures and ideas with all of you!  I am a Jane of all trades so, Keelie is right, some of our posts may be very random, but we will try to ALWAYS keep it informative and entertaining!

OX Clemen