Black Friday Etsy Sale

Enjoy your online shopping even more with these coupon codes in the shop this weekend.

**Use coupon code FRIFRENZ20 and get 20% off of any Ready to Ship item in the shop, good today only (November 23) until midnight.

Happy shopping!

Thanks & Giving (Back)

Thanksgiving is tomorrow.
I am thankful for so much in my life.

(These darlings are not my precious babies but they do wear Bibi Lane so well!)

Of course, there are days I struggle to remember I have very little if nothing to complain about.
My family has heartache, like everyone else.

Joy and hardships are always relative.

I am blessed two-fold this season:
My family, nor anyone I personally know, has been directly affected by Sandy,
and even in these hard economic times, my small, handmade business is growing.

To give back, in collaboration with other handmade shop owners, I am participating in this season's Handmade with Purpose project to benefit the American Red Cross with Hurricane Sandy Relief efforts.
Now through December, 20% of the sale of items marked 'Ready to Ship' from my shop will be donated to the American Red Cross. I am making every effort to add more items as quickly as I can.

We are all charged to care for one another.
Time.Talent.Treasure.
Everything counts, big and small.

If you're shopping, please take a few moments to check out the shops listed in the project for details on how your purchases will help others in need. You can visit my Etsy shop or the Handmade with Purpose blog for more information.

Thank you for your support and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I'm Here!

MIA.

That's me.
Truly Missing In Action on the blog.
I had high, high hopes for a 'real' blog. (Ya know, one that is actually updated from time to time. Ha!)
Then reality - as in life - struck.
I am a mama first (wife, daughter and friend, and a little exercise thrown in for my sanity), with a little Bibi Lane on the side,
so FaceBook has been my only means of Bibi Lane updates.
If you came to visit the blog with hopes for more, well...me too.
But I have been sewing. A lot.
And along the way, I have managed to post some pictures on the good ole FaceBook.

Please excuse the lack of practically everything on this blog and kindly visit my FaceBook page in the meantime.

Pretty please. And thank you.

If you are local in the Southwest Georgia area, The Consignment Sale is going on this week. I'm there with all of my premade items, ready to buy, and lots of samples. Stop by and say hi!

Oh! I do have a few things in the Etsy shop and I intend to add more in the next few weeks.

I already have holiday designs ready to ship and will be posting them all soon.

See my new shop banner? I really like it. It makes me smile. It's a freebie from Star Sunflower Studio.

A HUGE Giveaway you don't want to miss

All this newness -new name, new image, new designs - to celebrate the changes my little business has gone through over the past few years has me so excited. Sometimes I can barely stand it, and sometimes my husband laughs at me {but he loves to see me happy, so laugh away, my love, because I am happy}.

I dance when I'm happy. Do you? I get a little giddy and do a little shake. My boys think it's funny and the day is happier when they laugh. If I'm really excited, I sing, too.

What better way to show my excitement than to be a part of a HUGE (not an exaggeration) giveaway at Blue Cricket Design! I am so fortunate to be included among some seriously talented people sharing thier goods, like these two here.




And there is more - so much more. You should take a peek.
You will like, maybe love, and be glad you looked.

P.S. I have a show coming up next week so look for new pictures to be posted really soon AND I hope to share something really exciting that I have had in the works for almost a year now.

Welcome to Bibi Lane

New name, same designs and products!
I've taken a hard look at everything I've 'experimented' with in the past, and am loving the turn my products have taken. So, I have decided in the last year to stop offering some old products, and really focus on my best.
Of course, I have more failed projects under my belt sewing machine than I care to admit. Who doesn't, right?
I am so excited to share my new name with you.
I know you're not 'supposed' to change your name because people get confused, but.....I did it anyway, and I only intend to do it this one time.
I like it better. I think it's catchier. Shorter (bonus!). Easier to remember. And everything matches now. Blog, facebook page, email address...all the same. No variations of one (in my opinion, crazy long) name.
It was not done on a whim, under time pressures or with a ton of input from others. I asked a few very close friends and family to simply tell me 'yes' or 'no' to the new name & it was done.
OK, so my poor husband had to listen to me drone on and on, analyzing and obsessing as I tend to do with business decisions.
I love it. Here it is. Welcome to my 'newness'....enjoy!

Bibi (beebee) Lane
New email bibilane@live.com & new FaceBook

Thank you for visiting my new blog:) I hope you'll come back to visit soon:)

Summer Lovin'

Summer is just around the corner here, especially for those of us in the South. Well, really, for us in the Deep South, Spring blends into Summer in a matter of a few short weeks. Saying hello to warmer weather, I'd like to share some fun designs, a few of which are currently in stock in my Etsy shop.

Ruffles & Lace

My new favorite in the BC&FP gift collection!
~Vintage-look fabric
~Bib style onesie with lace trim and lace ruffle bum

~Pink eyelet lace details

~New burpcloth design with ruffles & lace