A reason to smile...

Today I found several reasons to smile & thought I would take a second to share, because today I truly only feel like I have about 1 second!

I am sure that if you are a MOMI follower you haven't forgotten our sweet Miss Layla Grace who went to heaven to dance with the angels earlier this spring.  It is truly profound how her wonderful mother has taken a "not so favorable situation" & turned it into something so positive, so inspiring, & so thoughtful! To participate & help make a difference in a child's life who is battling cancer visit laylagrace.org to make a donation for the 12 days of Christmas! 

“In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."
- Flora Edwards

My dear sister should be arriving at our doorstep any moment now from Hawaii! We have not seen her for almost 7 months so we have been anxiously awaiting her arrival & Dave has been cleaning the house top to bottom..I would take credit for some of the cleaning but, it's true, I am just terrible at cleaning & he is SOO darn good at it!

I have appointed him the master fabric organizer & it is upon his request that I MUST have a studio SALE to clear out some of the designs that are so perfectly adding to the gorgeousness in the closet...

Little did Mr. MOMI know when he chose to marry me that someday he would be oh SO lucky to live in a fabric shop! If there is an award for the lady who lives with the most fabric..sign me up because these pics aren't even showing 1/2 of my collection!

Starting NOW ALL items in the READY TO SHIP section of my shop are 25% off of the listed price! Be sure to please enter code: STUDIOSALE25 at checkout for your 25% discount!!  All ready to ship items will be shipped the within 24 hours, or the same day if the post office is still open on the east coast! 
(if you plan to purchase multiple items please checkout with your "ready to ship" items seperately)

 I will be adding quite a bit more items later tonight to the "Ready to Ship" section of my shop.  At this very moment I am headed off to my Best Friend's house up the street to help her make her wedding cake for her wedding on Saturday!! This may be quite the challenge as I must confess again..I can not bake or cook either, I am completely capable of buring a poptart.  Did I mention this is a 4 tiered cake? I like to think that my fancy sewing skills make up for my lack of any other domestic skills you can possibly think of! :) The only thing I am capable of in this situation is to happily offer my moral support & a nice bottle of wine to help alleviate as much stress as I can....and that's what friends are for!

*Cheers

So proud...

I am OVER THE MOON right now & so extremely proud of a very close friend of mine from Hawaii! She just recently moved with her husband to Oregon (he's a sailor) & she opened her own Spa!! Riki is all around one of the most fabulous people i've ever met & I am so extremely tempted to go to Oregon to let her glam me up before my best friend's wedding I am in on Saturday! She is one of those people that just make you feel gorgeous inside & out.  Riki is my girl & I am just squeeling with delight & so happy that she is making her dreams come true. To see her happy, just makes my day! We always had the best time, all of the time!  She is an amazing makeup artist & would sneek me in the tanning beds where she worked when no one had appointments (I know, it's sad but true, people in hawaii still went to tanning beds).  Now look at me, I moved to Pennsylvania & I am a mess in a dress! I'm lucky if my face sees makeup & my hair gets washed once a week...haha.  I sure could use a little bit of Riki in my life!  If your lucky enough to live in Oregon, you may want to treat yourself to something wonderful over at Malama Day Spa! http://www.malamadayspa.qwestoffice.net/ She does also have a fan page on facebook you can follow HERE!

There is nothing too exciting going on at the house of MOMI.  Just trying to hold it all together, as always!  I am truly beginning to feel like we live in an elf workshop!  My father-in-law had sent a "build it yourself" doll house for the girls a few months ago & Dave has finally found enough time to start bringing this "thing" to life. So while I am upstairs sewing dresses for all of the children of the world, he is down in the basement, like a little elf, building a dollhouse. I tried to convince "Jacob" our "elf on the shelf" that I bought a few weeks back to at least get off his bum & start helping out with these toys but, he's not interested. I am just REALLY hoping that I am allowed to paint this dollhouse when it is complete...preferably a nice pink &green with some classy polka dots, I'm sure that is not what my father in law had in mind but, hopefully I can accomplish this before he drives up next week & shatters my dreams of a pink/green polka dot dollhouse. :)

I hope everyone is having a very happy holiday season!

Thank you & Thank you again!

a huge THANK YOU to all who have referred friends, placed holiday orders, & uploaded gorgeous pics of their MOMI girls!! My huge thank you is not even enough, as I could never express how grateful I am to have some of the most gorgeous children out there sporting my designs & the most awesome MOMI shoppers a girl could ask for! Now if I could just ship in some elves from the North Pole to help me sew up all of these dresses, I might be in good shape! Unfortunately, Mr. Momi has still not mastered the craft. I think I will spare him that domestic skill. I do believe that cooking, cleaning, raising the children, & doing the laundry on top of packaging & ironing is just about as far as he is going to let me take it.  No New Holland Toyota you can not have him back no matter how many times you call & ask & no matter how many different manager positions you offer him! :) MOMI boutique REALLY needs him. We always have a good chuckle because I honestly do not think that I had received so many compliments on how nicely my items were packaged, until he started packaging them.  Now at least once a week someone comments on it & I am always sure to let him know. He just smiles. I guess this is my first baby step in letting go and realizing that I may not be the best person for every single little thing that goes into making MOMI boutique keep spinning.  

I will be closed through tomorrow, which disappointingly means no sister set sunday but, I will be diligently working on all recent orders & hopefully have them out by the end of the week!

If you would like to be WOWed pop on over to my facebook fan page, click the "like" button & prepare to be dazzled by all of the MOMI girls in their MOMI gear. I couldn't even pick a few pictures to post on my blog because they are all just so precious!

*Thank you & thank you again to all of my loyal MOMI fans!*

Fall Festival SALE at MOMI boutique

* * 15% off + FREE shipping on your ENTIRE purchase when you purchase 1 or more items from the SALE SALE SALE section of my etsy shop* *

Friday, Saturday, & Sunday only (10/22-10/24)

*please message me for a private listing with a complete list of your desired items or I will refund your discount within 24 hours after paypment is received*

*please note: Free shipping applies to domestic shipping only. Discount does not apply to previous purchased or unpaid items*

* For every friend you refer to MOMI boutique, who makes a purchase during this SALE & is a new customer, you will receive $15 in MOMI money! (please have your friend state your name at checkout)

*as a side note: all brown/brown, brown/green, orange/white, wide green/white striped pants are SOLD OUT & will not be restocked*
*my sizes range from 6 month - girl's size 6. I can not accomodate larger sizes in my knit, velour, & select dresses. If you are requesting a size larger than a 6 in a dress, top, or cotton pants there is an additional charge for the larger size if I can accomodate your request
*I am NOT taking special requests during this sale. All items are as pictured. No fabric changes or style changes please*
*All private listings will be set up on my personal website*
*My turn around time is currently 2 weeks once payment & sizing info is received. This may change depending on the amount of orders received at any given time*

                                      *Thank you for spreading the word & Happy Shopping!*

it's just about time!

MOMI boutique is 123 fans away from 3,000! When MOMI hits 3000 fans the holiday/winter 2010 collection will be listed in my etsy shop! Be sure to "share" this post on your page & suggest to all of your friends! Thank you for your support & enthusiasm for my holiday line!

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Coming soon

Holiday/Winter 2010 coming soon to MOMI boutique

Beach Bound

I am SO excited to be back down at the beach visiting family, friends, & have a little time away from the sewing machine!  I contemplated packing it in the car but, after looking over the LARGE amount of Holiday/winter designs that I have been so diligently working on for the past week....I know that I already have my work cut out for me...to say the least!  Mr. Momi tried to convince me  to model all of the clothes on my "headless horseman child" in our own yard before we leave so we don't have to pack the outfits in the car.  I was appalled haha I would rather walk over burning coals then photograph these designs on our headless horseman child, especially since we have 2 little girls who can bring these outfits to life! I finally eased his pain, pulled a Lollipop bride out of my pocket & Leah to the side door. Here is the cooperation I received in return....

But, for a rookie...I have to say she isn't half bad!

MOMI's holiday/winter collection will make it's way into my etsy shop & http://www.momiboutique.com/ by October 10th at the latest.  I still have a large amount of pieces to photograph & I plan to photograph most of them at a new location here in NC!  Although beach modeling would be much more convenient since all we have to do it step outside the house...it wasn't my vision of holiday & winter! 

But, I do believe Lily pulled it off pretty well for the few designs we decided to shoot today.

Holiday/winter collection COMING SOON to MOMI boutique!

*keep posted here or at www.facebook.com/momiboutique for the exact date!