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.

Sugar Locks Cutie of the Month Contest is up!! Get your vote in!

Vote for your favorite Sugar Locks Cutie! Click on their name to see where to purchase the Sugar Locks item. Go to the bottom of the page to vote! You can only vote once. Make sure to check back to see who won a free personalized t shirt! Voting ends August 5th at midnight CST. The winner will be posted on August 6th.


Carson

Ellie

Jenna

Alexa

Mara Joan

Allie

Sophia

Taelynn

To place your vote click here!!
*If you would like to enter in next month's contest please send your picture of your child or family into sugarlocks1@aol.com marked Photo Contest in the subject line. All photos must have a Sugar Locks product to be entered. All photos submitted will be used on the Sugar Locks website or for advertising purposes. Deadline for next month contest is August 20th.

And the Winner is....

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Stephen Joseph giveaway!! The winner of the contest was chosen by Random.org. Comment #26

tatertot374!!!!

Stay tuned to another giveaway as we close our birthday celebration this month!!

Birthday Parties Galore!

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It seems as though everyone is ordering birthday hats! Are there more birthdays in the spring and summer months? Or is everyone celebrating the fact it is summer and summer means outdoor parties and fun times? I decided to do a little research on birthdays since the surge of birthday hats has me wondering. Here is what I found out. First I did a search on my favorite search engine google. The first entry came up from Wiki. More people are born in August and the second month is October. I went to another search engine--Yahoo. From ABC news in 1995 the most popular birth months were August and September--Christmas and New Years would have something to do with this.
My opinion July is sure a popular month also! Right now Sugar Locks averages between 10-15 birthday hats a week! In May I only did 30 hats total. There has been a lot of calls and emails requesting special hats that match the party theme--keep it coming! Coming up with new ideas and changing color combinations are a lot of fun! Keep checking out the new birthday hats section and always ask if I can match your theme first--I haven't turned anyone away yet!

I am in the middle of planning a Birthday Soiree (fancy word for party) for my two girls Gwendelyn (4) and Olivia (2). I will be letting you all in on all the fun as the preparations come to life to create a very memorable Fancy Nancy and Minnie Mouse Clubhouse combined birthday parties! You may wonder why am I posting my party on here--there is a reason--Fancy Nancy is one of the most searched for names for kids parties! Plus I love to plan and decorate creative parties for my children!

One of the first things I did was find a photo card from Shutterfly. You may wonder why I didn't use an invitation from my collection that is not yet all online. I didn't use my own advice and thought about the turn around deadlines. Instead I took an adorable picture of the two girls and made a picture invitation card.
These adorable birthday number t shirts can be found here.

The challenge is to create a birthday party using two different themes. I want my girls to have the fun of choosing what should be on their OWN cake to reflect what they like at the moment. Miss. Gwendelyn is all about Fancy Nancy which is an easy way to decorate. Miss. Olivia LOVES Minnie Mouse from Mickey's Clubhouse another pretty easy one. I decided my colors would be hot pink, green, purple and orange. A trip to Hobby Lobby was on the agenda this week so I went through the birthday aisle and I found the perfect plates, napkins, cutlery and ribbon!!



These plates got the ball rolling. That night I went searching on Oriental Trading for decorations. The first thing I knew what I wanted to look for was big flowers to hang and lucky for me these were on sale and BIG I ended up with 24 of these flowers.



Stay tuned as more party decorations start coming in! Wait until you see the Fancy Nancy Applique outfit and the new Minnie Mouse clubhouse designs and outfits!!

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.

Christmas in July?!?!?!?

Last week I was applaud at Hobby Lobby for putting out all Christmas decorations even lighting the trees! Was there Halloween and Fall stuff adorning the shelves? Nope, but there were Christmas lights, ribbon, garland, tinsel and ornaments packed on the shelves. I of course had all 3 children with me and they oohed and ahhed over the lights and pretty ornaments. Then the questions came "When is Santa coming?" "Mom I want this for Christmas?" "Where is the snow?" When young children see all of the Christmas stuff out they automatically think Santa is coming now! Boy aren't they disappointed when I pointed out Christmas is 6 months or 1/2 a year away. They heard the number 6 and think days. Since I am in this constant Q&A and arguing about Christmas I thought instead of being a Scrooge I would play Santa which is more fun!

So Christmas in July sale begins all Christmas t shirts are $15.00!!! (savings of $10!) Even better long and short sleeve options are available! Don't wait this offer is good until July 7th!!! No coupon or code is needed. Please note being that these are Christmas t shirts the order will take a full 2 weeks. Please order different products separately if you can't wait the full 2 weeks.

Click HERE for the Christmas shirts!

By the way our Hobby Lobby trips are numbered and now I make sure that dad or a sitter is with them before I enter the store.

And the Winners are......

Congrats to
klp1965@......
Lilyk@......
michelejdaley@......

Emails have been sent out!! Thank you to all that sent in your entries! There will be another contest next month! Sugar Locks' 4th Anniversary is in 2 weeks!! There will be a party!!