Tulle...what wonderful fancy

I have to make 4 tutus by Monday because the shop in downtown Belleville, IL will be featuring Suagrbeez Tutus for the next little while. As excited as I am, now the hard part comes. How can I decide on just 4!!! I have so many favorites and ideas floating up in my head that it seems impossible to pick only 4. I finished the tags last night and have to say...they look very sweet!!!

Here's the link to Candid Gifts Blog they make the most wonderful baskets for all occasions and they deliver in the Metro-East area but ship too...check em out!


I also wanted to take a moment in this entree to thank a person who is becoming a very special part of the Sugarbeez Family Leah Remillet Photography. She takes beautiful pictures and has graciously decided to use Sugarbeez Tutus in an upcoming shot. I am so forever thankful!!

Win/Win Rewards Program

Sugarbeez is now offering a "Win/Win Rewards Program". If you purchase a tutu or another item from http://www.sugarbeez.etsy.com/ and you LOVE it, tell a friend. Get that friend to mention you in the checkout section and you will get 10% off. If another friend buys from me, you will get another 10% plus a free gift!! Keep spreading the word and you could recieve 10% off of Sugarbeez Tutus!!

You will get a certificate for the first mention in your next purchase. This will have a word to use during checkout to recieve your 10% and Free gift!!

This is what I truly call : "WIN/WIN Rewards Program"!!!!

Awsome Opportunity

I was in downtown B -ville the other day, getting some supplies for a tutu. I saw a little shop called Candid Gifts. Thinking it would be a great place to get items for Allykat, I went inside. It is very cute with tons of cute boutique items, neatly placed of course. I wondered to the front and asked if they ever sold tutus...as soon as the question came from my lips, I was amazed! I am never that bold. But the lady brightly said "No, Do you make tutus" My mouth ran dry and I think I just shook my head yes...or something. She then goes on the talk about the shop and how they take in local artist and that was mainly who was in the shop. I told her I sell on ebay (some now) and Etsy and that I have been doing it (selling them) for a little over 6 months. Talk lead to more talk and before I knew it, I had left out of there with a promise to look at my work, a contract to fill out, and a list of networking nights, sites and information. I was so "high on life" I forgot why I was in downtown in the first place and went to pick up Ally at daycare!!

What an amazing turn of events. I then browsed the stlhandmade.com, the espw.org and all the other information she gave me. I am looking forward to bringing in my craft and possibly selling it in a brick and mortar store.


"Oh like a little sweet chocolate....how a day can turn from sour to sweet"
Marylin Monroe

The Name!!

To tell about Sugarbeez one would have to tell the name. It's a funny little name I think and one that has stuck in our family since us two became three.

When my husband and I decided to try for a baby, to say it was difficult is a major understatement. We tried doctor's, acupuncture, standing on our heads, anything we could think of. When the treatments failed...we were heart broken. Then came that dreaded word...infertile!!! Oh how I hate that word!!! It is a nasty little word with tons of nasty feelings attached to it!

After rounds of fertility treatments, we finally got pregnant!!! Oh how the joy just spilled onto everyone around us!! After enduring months of morning sickness, high blood pressure, bed rest, SUA and NST's she came!! A healthy little girl born 6 weeks early and 26 hours of labor, but healthy! We were so excited. The next afternoon, after she was born, we both were sitting with her, just watching her sleep. She was snuggled next to her daddy, when this sound....this little buzz sound came out of her. We looked at each other and giggled! My husband turned to me and said "My little Sugarbee".

So I am sure you have made the connection now, as to the Sugarbeez name. She still makes that sound...I do not know how...when she sleeps.

Sugarbeez Tutus

If you LOVE Sugarbeez Tutus on ETSY.com, then you will love this blog. It has all the latest information on the site, new information as far as craft shows goes and some funny things that happen along the way. Sugarbeez Tutus are one of a kind handcrafted tutus made right here in Princess Mannor. We pride ourselves in making princess, fairy and ballerina dreams come true. This blog is to inform current and future customers and followers of the goings on of Sugarbeez. Look for us on http://www.sugarbeez.etsy.com/ or click the link labeled "What's on Sale" and see first hand the items on sale in the shop.

Have fun!!