It’s Spotlight Wednesday!
Every week, I feature a different vendor (usually photography-related) on my blog! I’ll share a little bit about the business itself and the products/service it offers. And this is the sweet part…..each of these businesses have shown huge generosity by either giving away a product, offering a discount on their services, or BOTH!
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J. Lea Design
**UPDATE – We have a winner! Random.org chose KARI ZIELASKO (comment #13) as the winner of today’s giveaway! Congrats, Kari!!**
I first met Nichole when she took a Camera Mentoring class with me a few months ago – not only is she an aspiring photographer, she also has a passion for creating beautiful boutique items for all ages! Here’s a little about what she had to say about her business…
“In late 2007 I started to think that I needed an outlet. I needed a connection with some adults and a creative outlet to keep me sane. You who are creative know what I mean…creating is therapuetic. In August of 2007, I had my first child…Jackson. He was born with multiple congenital anomolies and I decided to stay at home with him. However I was not one that had ever had this as a desire in the past. So it took some getting used to. I found myself needing something to do. As enjoyable as it is to watch a baby sleep, and don’t get me wrong it is, I prefered to do something during these times. I had many friends remind me I was supposed to be sleeping, which I did some. But my baby boy slept alot. So, long story short I decided to learn a craft. I picked up crocheting from my sister-in-law and learned to make some hats and in general follow a pattern. Then we had a surprise come along….Baby Number 2. So as I was preparing for her arrival, I was trying to recycle and reuse the stuff I had from Jack, but there were stains I didn’t want to see, so I used some fabric to cover them up. Wala…we now have fancy stylish burpcloths and some cute onesies that were much better than the plain and ordinary white ones. Fast forward a few months and Avenlea arrived. She wasn’t the content baby I was used too and out came another need…BIGGER swaddling blankets….and of course cute clothes…I have now found myself selling tank {up}cycled dresses and tops, ruffles, pillowcase dresses, knot dresses, halter tops, burps, blankets and of course the cute hats in both boy and girl: newborn to adults.
I continue to enjoy creating and have just started working on more late summer dresses and some fall items. All my hats are custom ordered and I look forward to giving away a $20 Gift Certificate to one of Jaci’s blog readers. PS…isn’t her photography fabulous!! I decided on a gift cerificate as then you can use it on any of the following (pictured) or something else you find in my store: Clothes, a hat or any of the cute baby items. Thank you for checking us out. I have a lot of my recent creations on her J. Lea Design on Facebook and also you can see her shop on Etsy at J Lea Design!”
And I seriously didn’t pay her to say those nice words about me. 🙂 I kind of have my eye on one of her SWEET as PIE up-cycled tank dresses! So cute!
**J. Lea Design has offered a $20.00 Gift Certificate to one of you!!**
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Here’s how to enter:
There are a few ways (3, in fact) – Do any or all of them, and then come back to this blog post and leave a comment for each step you did.
1} “Like” Jaci Forshtay | Photographer on Facebook, or if you are already a fan — fantastic! 😉
2} Check out J. Lea Design on Facebook, or if you are already a fan – great! — Feel free to let her know Jaci Forshtay | Photographer sent you today!
3} Post a link to your FB page: “Check out @Jaci Forshtay | Photographer at www.jaciforshtay.com and enter to win a $20 Gift Certificate to @J. Lea Design today!” – Make sure that you type the @ symbol before our names so it will tag our pages. 🙂
**Don’t forget to come back and leave a comment for each step(s) you did…the winner will be chosen randomly from the blog comments.
Good luck, ya’ll!
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