Boutique Cafe (Enhanced)

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 Boutique Cafe on Twitter Bari J. on Twitter Please join me in thanking Bari for her outstanding efforts and contribution to Boutique Cafe. Even more 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>>

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 Boutique Cafe on Twitter Bari J. on Twitter Please join me in thanking Bari for her outstanding efforts and contribution to Boutique Cafe. Several 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>>