Sugar Locks Last Birthday Giveaway!!

Sugar Locks just had a birthday giveaway for a Stephen Joseph Back to School set valued at $93! Our winner is so excited for her little girl to start preschool with all of her new butterfly items! The next and final birthday giveaway is for a custom birthday hat, matching birthday shirt, birthday ribbon bloomers (girl) or a birthday bib (boy)!! Total retail value is $60! What will you choose?? Here are some pictures of the items you will receive!

Birthday Bow Bloomers

Birthday shirt and hat

Enter: You can enter to win the Custom Birthday gift set by simply go to http://www.sugarlocks.com/ and tell me your favorite product.

Optional Additional Entries:

1 extra entry if you follow this blog.

1 extra entry if you subscribe to this blog's feed.

1 extra entry if you sign-up for the Sugar Locks Newsletter.

1 extra entry if you blog about this contest and link back to it.

Rules: An email address is required to enter. Please leave it in your comment, or make sure one is visible for me to find in your blogger profile. If you qualify for additional entries please comment separately telling us which options you have used. A winner will be chosen via random.org. The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to reply before a new winner is chosen. This contest is open to all countries.Ends on 8/1/09 @ 11:59PM CST.

It is our BIRTHDAY!!

Wow 4 years ago Sugar Locks was just a thought and now it has turned into a full time business! What started out as a hobby is now taking up half the downstairs that has become my working office. Now filled with inventory, commercial machines and 2 employees I am truly amazed. Thank you to all of my customers I have yet had to pay for advertising! Sugar Locks has grown from word of mouth! I LOVE birthday celebrations! I LOVE planning birthday parties! I LOVE finding the perfect birthday gift! We are going to have a virtual birthday party full of birthday presents!! This will go on all month long!!!
The first birthday gift is one of our best sellers!

Stephen Joseph backpack gift set! Included is your choice of Stephen Joseph personalized backpack, Stephen Joseph Lunch Box, Water Bottle Buddy and Nap Mat!!! Did you read it you get ALL of the items!! Retail value $93.50!

Enter: You can enter to win the Stephen Joseph gift set by simply go to http://www.sugarlocks.com/ and tell me your favorite product.
Optional Additional Entries:
1 extra entry if you follow this blog.
1 extra entry if you subscribe to this blog's feed.
1 extra entry if you sign-up for the Sugar Locks Newsletter.
1 extra entry if you blog about this contest and link back to it.

Rules: An email address is required to enter. Please leave it in your comment, or make sure one is visible for me to find in your blogger profile. If you qualify for additional entries please comment separately telling us which options you have used. A winner will be chosen via random.org. The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to reply before a new winner is chosen. This contest is open to all countries.
Ends on 7/21/09 @ 11:59PM CST.

Happy Birthday to andtwinsmake5.blogspot.com twins!

LOOKING FOR THE GIVEAWAY?? KEEP READING!!!

Happy Birthday to Declan and Cormac!! The twins from andtwinsmake5.blogspot.com turn one today!! I had the pleasure of making Eebee t shirts, bibs and hats for the little cuties! Make sure to go to http://www.andtwinsmake5.blogspot.com/ to read all about the twins, innovative products, reviews and LOTS of giveaways!!


Eebee fan?? Here is Sugar Locks personalized Eebee inspired hat, bib and shirt perfect for any baby's birthday!!!









Need a certain character? Let me know I have most of the popular tv/movie characters! Here is a birthday shirt with Handy Manny.


Stay tuned for a Wall-E hat, Barney shirt, hat and bib.....

DON'T FORGET TO KEEP READING FOR THE FREE T SHIRT CONTEST MAKE SURE TO ENTER IT ENDS ON MONDAY JUNE 22 AT 11:59CST!!

NEW NEW NEW!! Vinyl Lettering Available!

New at Sugar Locks.com!! Custom Vinyl Lettering available!!! More gifts to come! Adorable plastic buckets have been listed with vinyl lettering! This makes an adorable gift for a baby, new sibling, graduate, etc!! Also a great organizing tool! The sky is the limit!

Need your name or a word done in vinyl?? No problem! We offer 19 different color choices!! Watch for more vinyl gifts and sayings coming soon!!!!

Stephen Joseph Bottle Buddies

Stephen Joseph Bottle Buddies are unique, affordable and ageless! When the bottle buddies came out last year I tried the product out at our hair salon and I was amazed by who was purchasing! I figured how cute for kids but I didn't expect a Harley Davidson Motorcycle group to all want them for their rides!! Then the bachelorette girls that had to have them for their party and the list goes on..... I have sold and personalized the bottle buddies for kids, adults and businesses!

Personalization is done on the strap and makes a great item to take on vacation to the zoo or just outside when playing. Made to fit a water bottle, however some sippy cups and alcoholic beverages also fit nicely! At $6.00 each ($7.00 personalized) makes a great birthday party favor! The adjustable strap allows toddlers and adults easily carry them. No more "Hey Mom can you hold my drink!!" Now your child can hold their own! For babies and toddlers insert a sippy cup or bottle and loop around your stroller's bar or strap and pull through--this way your bottle/sippy cups never falls on the ground while shopping!! Great for car rides loop around the crotch strap and pull through, never again will you hear crying when the bottle falls.

The new bottle buddies are hear and in stock!! The adorable Pirate, Flower, Hippo and Mermaid are way too cute!!!

These cute bottle buddies are on sale until the end of the month! Stock up for the summer birthdays! Even though I keep six of each in stock I am constantly selling out on the website and at the salon so please contact me if you need more than 6!!

Personalized Birthday Hats and T shirts

Are you ready for your little one's big day?? The first birthday is a huge day for any parent! After planning 3 first birthdays I know it can be overwhelming, exhausting and nerve racking! Making sure everything is perfect for your little one!

Here are just a few things I have learned when planning my children's birthday parties (especially the first one)
1. Always make sure your child is well rested! Planning the party around their schedule instead of the "perfect party time" really helps. You want to make sure you get the good hands in the cake shots!
2. When ordering a smash cake--order the cake with light colored icing and minimal frosting. There is nothing worse than trying to get primary color icing colors out of your child's special birthday outfit!

3. Make sure your batteries are charged up and in your camera (hmmm can you tell this is something that happened to me?)
4. I love themes and I love to have theme cakes. But a lot of the time the cake doesn't always get eaten. I have the best cake lady in Joliet, IL and I don't even like cake. To get everyone to try the cake I always have really cool handmade centerpieces. I put stickers on the bottoms of a few of the cake plates and whoever gets the sticker takes the centerpiece home. I usually make 8-10 centerpieces. Reed's centerpiece one year were beach buckets full of candy on sticks and a book. This was his first year. Gwendelyn's centerpieces were flower cookies in flower pots and Olivia's centerpieces were fresh flowers. The picture was of a centerpiece I did last year for Reed's birthday it served as a dessert and a little gift to take home.
5. Of course the biggest tip I have for all the birthday parties-- Make sure to order your child's personalized birthday hat and shirt from www.sugarlocks.com. Think you have run out of time?? Just send an email I usually can accommodate those birthday hat requests :) Birthday Bibs are a great idea to keep those fancy outfits clean! Plus the minky dot fabric is very nice to wipe the child's face instead of those harsh paper towels and napkins. Birthday shirts can be used for over their outfit or as the outfit. Birthday hats well that is just a must for any birthday! I have created a ton for first birthdays but also for 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's birthdays!! It is way too much fun to have a hat for your big day! A lot of customers choose a Birthday Girl or Birthday Boy hat with no number and one color to be used for each birthday. Start a tradition or make sure you have a beautiful keepsake as a reminder that this special day marks one year that your miracle came into this world.

Birthday Hats make wonderful photo props!

All hats are custom made to fit your birthday theme or color scheme.