The Final 10!

I'm so exited to share with you the final 10 participants of the photo contest. All entries were amazing, the photographers below are my favorite 10. In the next couple of weeks they will submit their final photo featuring an Alejandra Kearl outfit, then the voting begins.

Here they are, enjoy!

Sunny Woods Photography - Phoenix, Arizona

 

Lou Roberts Children's and Family Portraits- London, UK

BeniBee Photography- Gulf Breeze, Florida 

 Jana DeGange Photography, Los Angeles, California

 

 HB Photography - Reno, Texas

 Heather Ellis Photography - Orem, UT

Sydney B Photography- Glendale, California

White Balance Photography- London, UK

 Mili Walker Photography, Indianapolis, IN

 

Heather Telford Photography - Spanish Fork, Utah

 

Alejandra Kearl Photo Contest

I'm having a photo contest! I've worked with many photographers in the past few years doing family photo shoots and collection shoots. With my 3 little boys growing, pictures are precious to me and I'm thankful for the talented photographers that have helped me capture these sweet years.

Here are the Rules:

Pre-Contest:
-I will be accepting submissions starting tonight through January 22nd. 
-Send one photo no more than 2MB to my email at babychic@mac.com (any picture that represents your best work)
-Include your name, business name and where you do business in the subject line.


Contest
-If you are selected, I will need your address and the size of dress (12-18 months up to 6/7 years only) This will be the dress your model will wear in your entry photograph. This also means you will be on our photographer list link.
-Please send one photo of a model wearing the dress by February 12th. This is where you get to show your creative genius.
-From your blog or website, you will need to link to Alejandra Kearl (blog/website or facebook page)
-Your photo will be posted on my fan page https://www.facebook.com/alejandrakearldesigns
-The winner will be chosen by the public, voting will begin February 12th ending February 26th, the picture that receives the most "likes" will be the winner.

Prices
The winner will receive a * $300 gift card to AlejandraKearl.com, a featured spot on AlejandraKearl.com and a $50 gift card to TinyPrints.com. 

Good Luck!!

* Gift card can't be combined with any other offer, full retail prices will apply.

Halloween Baby Costumes

Halloween is so fun: costumes, parties, candy, fun fun fun!!
Even though I sew, I usually buy my kids costumes. I'm not a big fan of sewing masks and things alike.
I did make William's costume last year, he was Elvis.
Tonight I was looking on etsy for baby costume ideas and found the cutest baby crochet hats. The pictures are so sweet, there is nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby, don't you think?

 

If you want to buy these sweet hats, you can visit Nita Maes Garden Shop on Etsy.

Clippies Winner!

Hello friends. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

The winner is Stevens Family!!

True Random Number Generator
Min: 1 Max: 4 
Result: 2 

Email me with your mailing address and I'll send these cuties your way. Thanks! 

 

Owls and Treats - Clippies Giveaway

I've been selling these little felt Clippies on my website and decided to do a giveaway today.
During the last few weeks I started designing and making a few boys' items, so to enter this giveaway please comment on this post by letting me know what kind of clothing for boys you wish there was more of out there and/or what styles you could do without. Thanks!

 

I also wanted to let you know I'm having a "Back to School Sale" - 40% off all items and Free shipping, from August 3rd to August 10th only, checkout code is: back.  Don't forget to visit www.alejandrakearl.com for this great Sale.

The lucky winner will be randomly selected. You will win one set of the owl clippies and one set of the treats clippies (picture above). Deadline to enter is Thursday August 4th at midnight.
We will announce the winner of this give-away on the morning of Friday August 5th. So don't forget to come back and check! Free Continental US shipping only.

Good Luck! 

Costume Designer Julie Weiss

I just saw the movie Secretariat, it is a great story about the journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Diane Lane plays Housewife and mother Penny Chenery, who has taken over her sick father's Virginia based Meadow Stables. Against all odds, Chenery with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich) succeeds in a male dominated business.
I really enjoyed the film, but I was just fascinated by the clothes that Diane Lane wore throughout the movie.  I had a hard time finding good pictures of her wardrobe to share with you. I specially love the navy blue and white dress (2nd picture), you'll just have to watch the movie to get a better look.

I learned that designer Julie Weiss designed all of Diane's wardrobe, in my opinion she did an amazing job. Julie is truly talented, she is worked in countless films and has an extensive and diverse body of work. I love her approach to designing, below you can see a short video of Julie and her design process.

 

Pom Poms Flor Dress and Pettitights Winner!!

Sorry I'm late posting this, it seems like I've been catching up lately, actually is more like I've been playing catch up for the last 5 years... It seems specially busy at the end of the school year, you know what I mean? Class parties, birthday parties, etc. But, although I'm tired and very busy, I wouldn't have it any other way :)

Thanks for all the entries, advice and continued support of my little business. Since you each had multiple entries, here are the numbers assigned to each entry.

1-Carrie
2-Evelyn
3-Evelyn
4-Evelyn
5-Mari
6-Mari
7-Mari
8-Stevens
9-Stevens
10-Carrie
11-Carrie
12-Toni
13-Toni

So to pick a number I used the Random Number Generator and here is the winner!


True Random Number Generator

Min: 1     Max: 13

Result: 4

Evelyn! Thank you for your entries, please email me at babychic@mac.com with the size you would like and your mailing address.

Thanks for all the entries and keep on following, I will have another giveaway in a week or so.

Have a great weekend and enjoy your summer!