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There are many things I love about our headbands, but my favorites are that they are super, super comfortable {you won’t get a headache} and they are really versatile with how many outfits they go well with. Sometimes customers ask us if they are for only little girls to wear, but I say no way! [...]
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BRRR! The weather has definitely been chilly here in Minneapolis, which makes Christmas feel like it’ll be here so quickly! Lisa, one of my assistants, said she saw snowflakes last week. But I don’t know if I believe her… tee hehe. Last week we launched our Limited Edition Christmas Stockings — did you see them? [...]
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new ready-to-ship products Inside the Gussy studio we’ve been super, amazingly busy sewing & packaging ruffly products for the upcoming Christmas season, yay — and it’s so exciting!!! Every time I walk into my studio little memories of the growth of this biz dance inside my mind. I LOVE this space so much and all [...]
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Hi friends! We’re in the process of changing the way we do things inside the Gussy studio, mainly the way we fulfill orders, so because of that I have a really exciting update for you this morning! We have a new category in the shop — really, more like a new way to shop — [...]
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Every winter season we introduce a limited edition holiday collection to the Gussy shop, and I can’t believe it’s already time to share it with you, yeow! I’m SEW excited to show off our 2011 holiday collection of Christmas Stockings. This year we have six unique designs, all in limited quantities. Don’t wait ~ once [...]
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Yippee — yippee, we have new ruffly pretties in the shop! Click on over to see punchy colors like pink, red, lavender and mustard ~ they are a little festive but soooo cute and fun, too :] ♥ Pssst! There’s a discount code listed below! Just yesterday we announced our Christmas order-by deadline: December 3rd! [...]
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Fa La La… are you ready for Christmas?? –wink! Now that it’s NOVEMBER Christmas will be here in just 7.5 short weeks, yay! Inside the Gussy Sews shop we’re B-U-S-Y cutting, sewing and packaging holiday orders, which is sew super exciting! If you’re wishing & dreaming for a Gussy this year, now is the time [...]
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This giveaway is now closed. YEOW! ~ it’s been a little bit since I hosted a giveaway to my shop, but today is your lucky day as there will be THREE unique winners. I’m working with The Nester on this giveaway, so thanks to everyone who has come over from Nesting Place ;] lavender dot [...]
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Hi friends! Today we’ve partnered with BelleChic for an AMAZINGLY huge sale on our ruffly items. Shop Gussy Sews and receive up to 75% off our products! Now is the perfect time to start your Christmas shopping. **click here to see the HUGE sale + find out which products are marked down!** Hurry, this sale [...]
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GOOD MORNING! As promised via a status update on Facebook yesterday ~ I have exciting news!! I’ll just blurt it out since I know that’s really what you’re interested in –wink! *introducing ECLECTIC WHATNOT by GUSSY SEWS* — that’s right, Ruthanne of Eclectic Whatnot has passed the camera strap slipcover torch over to me. And [...]
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SQUEEEEE ~ I have three more NEW items that are now in the Gussy shop! {Click here to see shop updates #1 and #2.} I’m loving how fun & punchy these fabric combinations are! And since I’ve been carrying new product around lately {this market tote + this clutch} I thought it would be perfect [...]
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I thought it would be really therapeutic to gather my story // experience as an Indie Biz owner of Gussy Sews and share it here through multiple posts. When my story first began I didn’t know where it would take me, so I didn’t document it in full-detail. November 2011 marks my third year since [...]
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Cotton Candy market tote & tote bag // diaper bag Gray Whisper market tote & tote bag // diaper bag YEOW! There are 2 *more* new items in the shop — Cotton Candy market tote & tote // diaper bag, and Gray Whisper market tote & tote // diaper bag. I’m especially in love with [...]
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We’ve been working hard at picking out new fabric, selecting pretty ruffles to coordinate, and then sewing/photographing/editing/listing these beauties… and now it’s time to share them with you!!! There are over 20 products with the new fabrics in the shop — hooray! Earlier this week I added the Not Your Grammy’s clutch & zipped pouch, [...]
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This giveaway is now closed. I was bold last week — real bold!, and I cut up a vintage house coat that I had kept around for about 2.5 years now. Soon after I learned how to sew my aunt gave me a few house coats that I’m sure belonged to a sweet Grammy. BUT, [...]
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Perhaps you’ve noticed my shop has been “down” since Thursday evening? Well, I’ve been working my brain to the MAX trying to switch a few things with the layout {aka: HTML coding} AND I DID IT! I’m super excited about this update because it translates to an easier shopping experience for customers. It’s fab! I [...]
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