Destination- HOME!

Our plan was to have our final Holiday Show back in the Rainey Model Homes at the Daybreak North Shore Model Home Village. Imagine our delight (read: heart stopping terror) when we received word that Rainey had sold one of the homes and the owners were moving in.

We shouldn't have panicked- even for a second. Daybreak, that incredible organization, had already come through. By the time I called the marketing director of Daybreak, he had already been in contact with Destination Homes, and secured them to be our next incredible location.

Destination Homes own the three (three!) homes directly to the right of the Rainey Homes. They are all beautiful homes and we will begin filling them up with Oh Sweet Sadie! goodness on Wednesday night. We invite you to come shop your hearts out on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. If you were turned off last time by the line at checkout- please give us another chance. We added an additional credit card machine, and are confident in our abitility to keep up.

If you have never been to the model homes in the North Shore Model Home Village- you are in for a treat. Don't get lost- additional directions are found here.

From I-15:

• Take exit 293 and head west on 10600 South
• Proceed west and cross Bangerter Highway, 10600 South will change into 10400 South
• At the round about take your first right and then your next left into the model home village

See you soon!

I love Utah! (and high speed internet)

Personal Note (skip this paragraph if you would rather not hear about it.): I am blogging from Illinois, sitting at my mother-in-law's kitchen table. She still uses dial up on a dinosaur of a computer, so I have my nifty getto laptop with a missing F4 key- because I have kids- and am connected to someones wireless (thank you NETGEAR) but at the speed of 1.0 Mbps and a Very Low signal strength. I am unsure what it all means, but it equals frustration! Did I mention my kind and caring husband is shopping with his mother (not for me, mind you.) and I have been left with all 4 kids fighting over matchbox cars in the living room. Nancy, my mother-in-law, also has 2 cats (to which I am allergic) that claw up my kids every chance they get. If you are reading this post please send help to 121 Lanewood Court in Freeport, Illinois, PRONTO! (not real address, because I am afraid of internet blogging killers who were waiting for personal information) Help is some Sweet Tooth Fairy cupcakes, cuptakes, or cookies and a shotgun and benadryl.


Back to you guys: Congratulations Heather! You are the winner of our Kidz*Escapes contest- you may pick up your exciting new capes at our final Holiday Show.



"Once I saw a little bird
Come hop, hop, hop;
So I cried, "Little bird,
Will you stop, stop, stop?"

And was going to the window
To say, "How do you do?"
But he shook his little tail,
And far away he flew."

Our friend Emily Beeson or Whimsy Daisy is giving away an adorable hat for your little one. They fit 18 months to around 3 years depending on the size of your child's noggin. She had the little poem on her etsy site with a picture of this hat and I love it. (I especially love it because on 1Mbps it took me a month to load the page to read it.)


Everyone who leaves a comment telling me how glad they are they got to spend Thanksgiving with their family is entered. (I hope my husband never reads this post.) The winner and next contest will be up Monday morning. All next week the contests will be BIG in anticipation of our Final Holiday Show beginning on Thursday, December 4th in our beloved Daybreak.

It's a bird! It's a plane!

Congratulations to MARCIE, you are the winner of Read, Remember, Recommend: A Reading Journal for Book Lovers! You may pick up your book at our last Holiday Show in the North Shore Model Home Village of Daybreak.

If you were looking for the perfect Christmas present... look no further. Kidz*Escapes has got you covered. Every little boy has to go through the phase of wearing a cape every day for weeks on end. My brother-in-law had little Velcro strips sewn on the shoulders of most of his clothing to accommodate a Superman cape. You know they will be happy with a dishtowel or blanket tied around their little necks, imagine the heart pounding joy they will experience when presented with not just a cape, but a reversible cape, with a mask. You better have a paper bag close by for the little guy to breath in.

Kidz*Escapes is giving a set away, so one of you lucky mothers will have a present you didn't even need to purchase- lucky! Everyone who leaves a comment about something they are grateful for will be entered. The winner will be announced on Friday morning when the new contest will be up.

A library is a hospital for the mind

Congratulations ostler & co., it looks like www.random.org wanted you to have a Happy Birthday, and we do to! You can pick up all of your fabulous prizes at our Daybreak show next week. (Except your cupcakes, you can place your order- for your birthday!- by contacting The Sweet Tooth Fairy.)

Rachelle Knight is giving away one of her Read, Remember, Recommend: A Reading Journal for Book Lovers to the very lucky winner of today's contest.

This is a reading journal with over 2,000 award winning and notable reading suggestions. Also included are places to keep track of favorite authors, to-read lists, journaling pages to record thoughts and feelings, recommendations and loaned or borrowed books. It is the perfect gift for the reader (or want to be reader) on your list this Christmas.

Everyone who leaves a comment is entered into the drawing. Feel free to mention your favorite book in your comment for extra points. My most recent favorite book is These is My Words by Nancy Turner- that Captain Jack makes me swoon every time. If you have been to the show, you know my favorite picture books for children- they are for sale! The winner will be chosen Wednesday morning when the next contest will begin.

Lucky you!

Congratulations Just Another Hofeling, you are the winner of the magnets from Adorn It Decor, and the hat from The Traveling Trunk! You can pick up your prizes at either show- just introduce yourself at the register.


Prize#1: RaeAnn Bendtsen who makes all of the incredible creations of From the Beginning is offering a $35.00 gift certificate to her shop. You will be delighted by all of her scrubs, masques, mineral makeup, and so much more! The master bathroom smells wonderful- and you will too!

Prize #2: The Fresh Pearl is offering this $22.00 black potato pearl necklace to the lucky winner! The Fresh Pearl has beautiful jewelery- and a screaming deal! This is just what you needed to get fancy for the Holidays.

Prize #3: Is from Curious Workmanship. She hand knits these fantastic booties- my favorite are the cowboy boots, but in honor of Saturday, I thought I would show these. She is giving away a pair to our winner.

Prize #4: The Sweet Tooth Fairy is giving away a dozen gourmet cupcakes! She is selling cupcakes in a jar at the Bountiful show- she calls them Cup Takes. (She is so clever.) That Fairy, she makes the most amazing treats, and they are scrumptious... Anyone you know have a birthday coming up?

Prize#5: Our resident Modbe rep, Melanie Mortensen is giving one long fit camisole to our winner. Your choice in color and size. Modbe has some great new stuff for winter- check it out!

Leave a comment to enter the drawing. The winner will be chosen Monday morning when a new contest will begin- Good Luck!

Tomorrow- The Bountiful Show Begins!

Congratulations Meg B.! You are the winner of the 8x10 Rogue Photography print! You may pick out your print at either show- just show us what you chose at the registers.The ladies at Adorn It Decor are giving away this fabulous set of magnets to jazz up the homework hanging on your refrigerator. Make sure you check their stuff out at the show- they are the first to offer beautifully printed magnetic white boards. They are just thing to organize your life. I love their calendars and FHE boards.


Our friends from The Traveling Trunk are offering this hand knitted hat with fleece lining, really bulky, soft and warm. Only $18 at Oh Sweet Sadie!, Nordstrom catalog has the same styled hat for $68.. The Traveling Trunk, finds handcrafted treasures around the world. They are currently focusing their efforts in Katmandu, Nepal and have 3 lines, 10+products made by the villagers, mostly women and children. A portion of the proceeds from the sales go back to them. These products are handcrafted, artsy, boutique looking without the high prices. They also sell the coolest felted wool purses under $40, hoodies under $45, cotton slouch bags $25, tie dye shirts $28, fingerless mittens $16 and so much more… Artisan chic, dollar wise…

Our friends will also be running three of their own fabulous shows this holiday season in downtown Salt Lake: Avenues in a historic 32 room mansion, Harvard Yale and St. Mary’s neighborhoods.

Everyone who leaves a comment is entered into the drawing that will take place tomorrow morning when another BIG contest will go up. Good Luck!

PS. Check out the give away on our friend TAMNer's blog today! You will want a chance to will all of those Oh Sweet Sadie! goodies as well.

Rogue Photography

The winner of our New Baby? contest is Mommy Shar! Congratulations! You can pick up your prizes at either show, just introduce yourself at the register.Jordan Shields is the talented photographer behind 'Rogue Photography'. She states, "I love to take pictures and more than that, I love the end result. I love to be able to capture an incredible moment and make it last, to preserve an experience including the emotions involved. I want the people who buy my photos to love them, to not be able to live without them and to feel the feelings I felt when I took them."

We love Jordan- and love her work. She has prints available for purchase at the show, or you can custom order any of her photographs in any size. My favorite is the huge gallery wraps, (The photograph is printed on canvas and mounted on a wood frame.) it is just the statement for the focal point in any room.

Jordan is giving away a 8x10 of your choice to the lucky winner of today's contest. Just leave a comment telling Jordan how talented she is and you will be entered into the drawing. The winner and next contest will be announced tomorrow morning.

Prepare yourself, Bountiful!

We are coming. The cars are loaded. The goodies are made. The excitment is high. We are going some place we have never been.


It is a good thing we found this monster of a beauty to house it all.

Bring your friends and family, this house alone is worth the trip, Oh Sweet Sadie! treasures are just the icing on the cake.

New Baby?

Oh Sweet Sadie! always has you covered for the best new baby stuff. Today, some of our favorite baby vendors are giving away their best creations to a lucky winner. So if you aren't pregnant- get busy. ;)

Mod Mum makes baby slings for the stylish modern mum, (I love their website!) is giving away one of their slings to today's lucky winner. The can be used three different ways and fits infants up to toddlers.

EleTent makes beautiful and highly functional car seat covers. Only the uncoolest of moms would just drape a blanket over the car seat when you now can have a custom car seat cover! Eletent is giving away 3 of their beautiful burp cloths to today's lucky winner.

The contest will go until tomorrow morning when the winner and next contest will be announced. Good Luck!

And the winner is...

I counted down the comments two times to be sure... Susan R. you are the winner of the big giveaway! Congratulations! You can pick up you prizes at Bountiful this weekend, or Daybreak the first weekend of December. (New contest will be up in 20 minutes.)

The doors open tomorrow at 9:30 am!

The winner of our Tika Kids drawing is Shauna! Congratulations, you can pick up your magnet board and bag at any of our 3 shows, just introduce yourself at the registers.

So, today's contest is a biggie. One very lucky person is going to win a slew of prizes. Let's get on with it.

1. Demi-Dos is giving away a hat, clip, AND a sash. ($34.00) So hip and fun, their stuff has been flying out the door.


2. You will also win a recycled notebook from Joshua and Julielee's Recycled Creations. Their notebooks were the surprise hit of our Fall Shows. (Their baby that came that weekend was a bit of a surprise, too!) They have great covers from vintage books and have thrown in a few of the pages for interest. I purchased The History of Strange Beasts of the Past for my son, he loves it!

3. Sarah McKay is giving away a pair of Baby Legs! Your choice. She is also having her first SALE! Baby Legs doesn't usually let her set her own prices, but they are lightening up on the rules a bit, and it may be the only time, so she is offering 20% off! Super-fabuloso, I know. Time to stock up on the Baby Legs!

4. And last but, certainly not least, Tribal Jewelry is giving away a necklace and earrings. ($45.00) Every piece they sale is beautiful, and would make a t-shirt and jeans...sparkle. Just the thing you need for the upcoming Holiday parties.

Everyone who leaves a comment, with the appropriate amount of begging and schmoozing, will be entered into the drawing. The winner will be chosen Monday morning, when a new contest will be revealed.

Tika Kids!

A random drawing has determined Mikelle as the winner of the super cute and highly functional Wet Sack from Fingers and Toes! Congratulations Mikelle, you can pick up your prize at any of the shows- just introduce yourself at the registers.

At the Fall Daybreak Show, anytime one of you lovely ladies would purchase something from Tika Kids, Heidi and I would just marvel at the genius of it all. Tika Kids makes these (among other things) 10" x 9" magnet boards. Vinyl framing around the board keeps little fingers safely away from metal edges. This little board is perfect for:

• a. drawing with dry erase markers (it wipes right off!)
• b. use as a hard surface to draw on paper
• c. little laps in the car, church, doctor’s office, etc.
• d. use with Magnetix®
• e. magnetic puzzles and games
• f. playing tic-tac-toe
• g. magnetic alphabet and other learning activities

Fits perfectly inside the Tika Activity Bags-which of course has pockets for crayons, markers, and pencils. There are endless possibilities involving magnets these days and it is a rare child who doesn’t enjoy playing with them! Tika Kids sells magnet puzzles, and games to go with the boards. I love the little eraser that has a magnet in it as well, so it sticks to the board and doesn't get lost.

I bet my kids will be quiet at church for 3 or 4 minutes with one of these babies. Not only is Tika Kids smart- they are generous. Everyone who leaves a comment today will be entered into the drawing for the magnet board and activity bag shown above. Feel free to share your favorite embarrassing story involving a child who should have been quiet, or just tell Anne of Tika Kids how smart she is. This contest will end tomorrow morning when the BIG -before the show- contest will go up. Join the feed of our blog- it may be the first one to comment will win!

Love for Nie

(Re-post) If you are unfamiliar with the Nielsen's story, (get some tissues) you can ready more here and here.

An amazing thing has happened in the blogging world as people unite in their efforts to help the Nielson family, and Oh Sweet Sadie! would be honored to be a part of it. We will have a booth at all of our Holiday Shows where anyone can donate boutique quality items (no yard sale items, please) and 100% of the sale will be donated to Nie Recovery. We hope our artisans will support our efforts by donating items, but we would also love to see some prospective vendors and amazing crafty do-gooders donate some of their creations to the cause. If you have something you would like to donate to the booth, please contact me for more details.When you come to the show, please make sure you stop by the Nie Recovery table- we know your big hearts will go a long way to help this little family in desperate need.

Fingers and Toes

Congratulations to Meg B., the winner of the Let It Snow! stamp set from My Cute Stamps! You can pick up your stamps at any of our Holiday Shows- just introduce yourself at the registers. What an ego boost for Miss Holly! Will you all say nice things about me next? ;)

Today's prize is from our friends at Fingers and Toes. They offer stylish and modern baby/toddler bedding and products, and this product is just pure genius. A Wet Sack. Basically a super cute Ziploc bag.

When you pull this wet sack out you are sure to be the envy of every mom. This sack will help keep all those accidents/ blowouts in one, convenient, non-see through place. It is also great for for cloth diapers, if you are stuck with a stinky diaper, wet swimsuits, and everything else that needs to be contained. (Can I put my 2 year old in one?) The Wet Sack measures 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 with a zipper closer, waterproof lining, loop handle, and stylish, cotton fabric. It will fold nicely into your diaper bag when not in use.

Everyone who leaves a comment letting the ladies at Fingers and Toes how brilliant they are will be entered. The winner and a new contest will be announced Wednesday morning at 9:00 am. (Sorry I was a little late today- we had an blow out while in the middle of a store. ;)) Good Luck!

Let it snow!

A random drawing from the hat has revealed Joshua as the winner of the Peppermint Cocoa Body Butter from Savvii! I am excited to meet this confident man who uses Body Butter. (My husband is snickering in the background.)

Today's prize will be this set of stamps from Holly Jones at My Cute Stamps! (You may recognize Holly's amazing work from Vinyl Wall Art, it appears one company was not enough.) These stamps are mounted on clear acrylic blocks so you can see where you are stamping. I know nothing about stamps, but if it means you can make something like this... or this... I obviously need to learn!

Everyone who leaves a post telling Holly how wonderful she is, will be entered into the drawing. The winner and next contest will be announced Monday morning at about this same time. Good luck!

Savvii

First things first, our friend- random.org - has picked the number 28! The winner is Judy! Congratulations Judy, you can pick up you beautiful TinselPrint at any of the shows, just introduce yourself at the register.


Our prize today is for this 4oz jar of Peppermint Cocoa Body Butter from Savvii. Formulated with a base of luxurious Shea and Cocoa butters, this super creamy body butter leaves skin feeling smooth, silky and plumped with moisture. In addition to nourishing Vitamins C and E, grapeseed oil helps to soothe damaged and stressed skin (you really need this during the Holiday season). If you put your nose up to the screen and sniff really hard, you can smell how scrumpcious it is! Talk about Christmas spirit, when you use this you smell like Christmas spirit.

Everyone who leaves a post mentioning their favorite Christmas treat (you cannot eat the Body Butter) is entered. The winner and next contest will be announced tomorrow morning about this same time. Good luck!

Deck the Halls!?

What the H.E. double hockey sticks? Is FM100 really playing Christmas music on November 1st? I was running a simple errand and ended up having a heart attack. I am not ready! When I hear the music, I feel like my home should be decorated, gifts should be wrapped, soup should be made, a fire should be blazin', and on and on. When I hear 'Rockin' around the Christmas Tree' on the radio and my house is a disaster, and there are rotting jack o'lanterns on the porch- I feel angry. and stressed. and like I want to eat the rest of the Halloween candy all by my lonesome. (PS. Heidi loves it. What a wacko.)

BUT- If I had a bunch of these TinselPrints to hang up, I might even decorate before Thanksgiving.

Pretty cute stuff , huh? Each are hand glittered so no two are the same. The ladies at TinselPrints have a passion for everything ‘vintage’! They love these vintage works of art, and wanted to do something to keep them from becoming obsolete, and to keep them out there to be loved and appreciated. They decided to give the embellished vintage images a go, and we adore the results! When they started making them as gifts for friends and family, they couldn't keep up with the requests for more…so (lucky us!) TinselPrints was born!

To help Scrooges like myself, TinselPrints is giving one of their beauties away. It's a 9x12 wall hanging with glitter accents, attached to a silk black ribbon for hanging, valued at $28. Everyone who leaves a post mentioning their favorite Christmas song is entered. The winner will be randomly chosen Thursday morning at 9:00 am, when the next contest will be announced. Good luck!