Only 7 HOURS Left!!!

Whew! The suspense is killing me! There are only 7 HOURS left to find out who wins the 100 Followers Giveaway!

For those who have entered, thank you so much for your participation and enthusiasm for this giveaway :) If you have not yet entered, there's still time. Just Click Here and enter while you still can!

Remember to check back here tomorrow to see who the winner is. It just might be you:)

100 FOLLOWERS GIVEAWAY!!!

It's giveaway time to thank all of you lovely people for helping me reach my first blog milestone - 100 FOLLOWERS!!!

I received some help from some lovely ladies to help me celebrate. Please get to know them all since they are all super sweet and super cool :)

Cassie @ Live.Laugh.L0ve

Erin @ Shades of Gray and A Pinch of Pink

Jessica @ Girl Booklet

Katlyn @ The Dreamy Meadow

Lindsey @ Babies, Books, and Signs

Maria-Isabel @ Agape Love Designs

Rosie @ Craftbotic

Oh yeah, I'm also giving away a Grab Bag of Random Clay Creations. Oh yeah, this giveaway is awesome! Just do whatever the Rafflecopter widget says and you're on your way to becoming a very happy WINNER!!!

(Please only U.S. participants. Thank you!)

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100 FOLLOWERS!!!

Yay!!! You guys are so awesome! You all, one by one, helped me reach an incredible goal that I set for myself months ago when I began blogging:

100 FOLLOWERS!!!

Oh yeah, baby! Thank you all so very much :) I really appreciate all the love I've received through comments, sponsoring, tweets, Facebook mentions, and e-mails. 

To show my appreciation I want to host a giveaway as a thank you. If you would like to offer anything (gift cards, ad space, handmade items, etc.) as a prize, I would really appreciate it :) 

You can contact me at cawinchell06@gmail.com if you would like to contribute anything :)

Change Can Be A WONDERFUL Thing!

Good morning everybody! Yep, I'm up and at them at 7:00 am which is pretty unusual for me. So as I always say, "If you can't sleep, get up and do something". 

My something this morning was reflecting on how my blog and Etsy shop has grown over the few months. I'm almost at 100 followers on here! UNBELIEVABLE!!!

 I love and appreciate all of you for sticking with me through the changes with this blog. I first started out as 'ChibiLolita's All Kinds of Cute' mainly promoting my shop. Then I changed it to 'Crazy Beautiful Unique' because I wanted to talk and share more with my readers than shop updates. Yeah, I still post stuff about my shop and Etsy in general, but I also talk about my life, my goals, and just craziness in general. Thank you again for sticking around and reading my posts. 

I'm thinking of doing a giveaway when I reach 100 followers! So exciting! If you want to contribute anything, that would be awesome. You can contact me at cawinchell06@gmail.com 

Making changes to my Etsy shop has brought about a multitude of sweet people opening their arms to embrace me and my items. My first shop concept was jewelry. I made beaded jewelry, earrings and necklaces mainly, trying to make a name for myself. Well, that was really hard. You see, everyone and their Mom sells jewelry on Etsy. Lol! And if a customer is loyal and comfortable with a certain seller, there's no way they will jump from that train to mine. So, I thought about it for months as to what exactly had to change. This is what I came up with:

1. Items offered in shop

2. Shop name

3. The way the photos look

4. More promotion

I went from making ordinary beaded jewelry to creating jewelry from polymer clay that completely reflects me. My shop named changed from 'ChibiLolita's All Kinds of Cute' to 'A Girl and Her Clay'. The new name is easier to find, easier to understand, and just makes plain sense. I changed the background for my photos from colorful paper to plain, white paper. This allows all the attention to be drawn to the item.

See?

       

As for promotion, I opened up a Twitter account, created a business page for my shop on Facebook, and opened up a Pinterest account. Now when I post a new item, I can let my followers know on Twitter and Facebook and also 'pin' a picture of it on Pinterest. The results have been wonderful! I still have much work to do, but the changes I've made so far have worked out. 

August Sponsor Giveaway!

Yay! It's giveaway time today! My sweet sponsor Courtney from over at Chase All Your Dreams has lovingly offered up two cute prizes from her shop Midnight City Creations. 

Here is what's up for grabs for ONE WINNER!!!

Adorable Piano Ring with Flower

Umbrella Necklace (24 inch chain)

To enter, all you have to do is follow whatever the Rafflecopter widget tells you to do (demanding little booger, isn't he?) This giveaway is open internationally and ends on September 24th.

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I'm Still Here...Although I'm M.I.A.

Hey everybody! Sorry for not posting anything yesterday and for posting late today. Yesterday was a kind of a busy day.

 My husband has been sick with a fever since last Saturday. I finally convinced him to go see the doctor, and boy I'm glad that we did! Turns out, he has bronchitis. Poor thing can't say three words without coughing his lungs out. So needless to say, I'll be busy taking care of my baby making him chicken soup, giving him his meds, and making sure he gets plenty of fluids and rest.

So, until we meet again, here's a little something to look forward to for next week:

- Guest post from my cute buddy Courtney who blogs over at Chase All Your Dreams

-A GIVEAWAY from Courtney! You could win some really cute jewelry :)

Piano Ring

Umbrella Necklace

- Tuesday's feature of "5 Great Etsy Gifts for..." will be about one of my favorite things in the world...CANDY!!!

Can't wait to share all this awesomeness with you guys! See you next week :)

Good Morning Lovelies :)

Good morning everyone! I hope you had a fun, safe weekend and that those memories will carry you through another work week. It's Monday already?...and July? Where is the time going? I thought I would give you guys an update about some things going on.

63 FOLLOWERS!!!!

What!?! I'm so excited to have all of you! It's a privilege to entertain and inform all of you. I hope you enjoy your visits here and that I don't disappoint...too bad. Anyway, THANK YOU so much for following my little blog. It means the world to me :)

My Giveaway

Only one person has entered my giveaway so far :( I was hoping that more people would have been interested in winning such a cute little one of a kind handmade clay charm. Oh, you forgot about it you say? No worries! There's still time to enter :) It's super easy to enter and will take no time. I'll even leave the link here for ya' to make it easier. Aren't I sweet? :)

http://cbulife.blogspot.com/p/giveaways.html

My Ankle

Thank you so much to everyone who left such sweet comments hoping that I get better soon. I think it's working! My ankle doesn't hurt as bad as it did before, but it does still hurt. I've noticed that when I wear sneakers, it dulls the pain and discomfort a lot. So I'm having to wear my sneakers around the house, with every outfit, and sometimes even to bed when I lay down for a nap. LOL! I'll keep you updated as I learn more.

Secret Blog Angel Reveal!

My time as a secret blog angel for the month of June has come to an end :( But at least I get to finally tell guys about the wonderful lady and her blog I've been helping with. Please meet...

BROOKE @ COVERED IN GRACE

This beautiful, talented lady has so much going on I don't even know where to start. When I first visited her blog I knew right off that I was going to have to be a regular follower. I love how she calls herself a wannabe photog because all of the pictures on her blog are beautiful. Her 30 before 30 post is so creatively done that it inspired me to do one of my own. You guys just have to go meet Brooke and take your time enjoying her blog!

What Did I Do As Her Blog Angel?

First off, I volunteered an item for a giveaway that she was hosting during June. It turned out awesome! Brooke wanted a super nice giveaway for her followers and I believe she delivered. There were so many prizes, she made up 3 prize packs from them!

Besides just offering up a prize, I also mentioned about Brooke's giveaway on my blog, Twitter, and Facebook accounts. Hey, if you're going to help someone out you have to go all the way. Needless to say her giveaway was a huge success! I'm thankful that I was able to be a part of that :)

I also commented on a lot her blog posts. And get this guys...she replied to all of them! I know as a blogger, we love to get comments from our readers. But as a reader, it was nice for Brooke to reply back not only timely, but also using my name. It was very personal.

Now it's your turn. Go visit Brooke over at Covered in Grace and get to know her a little more like I did. You won't be disappointed!

GIVEAWAY!!!

Would you like to take this little guy home with you?

Then head on over to my Giveaway section and check out all of the details! To make it quicker, click on the link below :)

http://cbulife.blogspot.com/p/giveaways.html

Please Forgive Me for My Absence...

Hey there cuties! It has been a LONG time since I've posted anything on my blog. I apologize for that. Although I love Spring, I always seem to forget what it brings - pollen! I have been sick these past few days in bed due to allergies. I've been in bed all day today fighting with a migraine that I'm pretty sure the allergies aren't helping with.

Tomorrow I will do my feature of "5 Great Etsy Gifts for...". I'm not too sure on what yet, but I'll find a topic that will be worth your interest and "shopping around". Also, last Friday's "Who's That Seller?" feature was cancelled due to poor planning on my part. The seller was busy with an art fair I believe and didn't have time to answer the interview questions. I could have still did the feature without her answers, but a lot of you have commented on how you like getting to know the featured sellers of the shops. So look forward to that being posted later on this week...maybe even before Friday.

I hope your weekends were filled with fun and sweet memories that will last a lifetime. Make sure to enter the giveaway! I've changed it so that there will be ONE winner to win ALL THE PRIZES! It's going on until midnight April 19th. What are you waiting for? Go ahead and enter already! LOL! Later cuties!

GIVEAWAY IS OPEN!

Good evening cuties! If this post comes out funky, I apologize. I'm doing this from my phone, so let's hope it turns out. Lol! Just a reminder - the giveaway is open! Enter for your chance to win 1 of the fabulously cute prizes! Just click on the link below to go to the giveaway page. Have fun cuties!
http://chibilolitascute.blogspot.com/2012/04/march-whos-that-seller-giveaway.html#more

"Who's That Seller?" GIVEAWAY!!!

Hello Cuties! Here is the moment you've all been waiting for. Here's a giveaway that you'll probably flip your cute little lids for. Remember those Etsy shops and sellers that I featured during the month of March? Well, we've come together to do a group giveaway! Each seller has graciously donated an item (or more!) from their Etsy shop just for you to win! One special cutie out there will win ALL OF THE PRIZES! In order to participate you must be a resident of U.S. or Canada. Below are all the "yummies" that are up for grabs. Have fun Cuties!

KISSMECRAFTY - KRISTEN & SERINA
Pink and Blue Cupcake Ring

















ABSTRACT AVERUN - ERIN
Red Beaded Dangle Earrings



TEEKIP - MEGAN

Handmade - 1 envelope, 2 jar shaped tags, 3 bookmarks, and 10 small tags

IT'S A GOOD DAY FOR CLAY - KAYLEE AND PHIL

Two Tone Resin Earrings - Winner gets to choose any pair!
Metallic Pearl Cake Necklace

CHIBILOLITA - ME :)

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not Necklace

So there you have it ladies! Just follow the entry steps down below. This giveaway will begin at midnight TONIGHT and end at midnight on April 19th, so you'll have plenty of time to enter and enter again! Have fun Cuties!