The front of the quilts are 100% cotton and the backs are lined in soft, cuddle fleece.  Baby's love them.  We tested it.  Look:

See how little Jett loves his new Baby Photo Quilt?  The cool thing about these is that they work as a training tool for your little one.  Studies find that babies have an early ability to recognize faces.  With our Baby Photo Quilt, you can place all the baby's relatives along with their names on a cute quilt.

Kendra is recovering and I'm sure she is surrounded by her family and loved ones which is comforting.  She was a big part of Gus' life and he is very saddened about the pain that this has caused.  Our prayers and thoughts are with you, Kendra!

The photo above shows Gus' take on my pacecard - he ripped off my old last name and replaced it with my soon-to-be name.

The wedding reception was held at the bride's father's country club.  It was formal but not too over-the-top formal.  If you are looking for some tips for your own wedding reception, click here.

We plan to be all settled in by September 1.  It's going to be a lot of work.  TYB has been at our current space on La Costa Meadows Drive since 2003 so you can just imagine the amount of stuff we have coming out our ears here.  The new space is about 1000 square feet larger so we get to have a whole big work area that we never had before and guess what?  It's air conditioned!  YAY!

The new floors go in on Tuesday.  We picked "Ocean Blue" which is a really dark turquoise and the baseboards are going to be purple.  Yes!  Purple!  I am going to paint large younique daisies all over the walls just as soon as I get some time to go to Lowes and get the stuff.

EXCITING!

Mom made Gretchie and Hunter matching bandanas.  They are only for special occasions.

With up to 22 figures on our biggest platter, we will hand paint each member of your family to look like them.  You pick the hairstyles, hair and skin colors - heck, even tell us how they normally dress.  If the kids have sports or hobbies, let us know, we'll incorporate those too.

1. Wine tasting and dinner in Temecula.  We live really close to Temecula, California, home to many, many fine wineries.  We could meet and take a limo North for about 45 minutes at around 3:00 and visit two wineries for a tasting and then have reservations at one of the winery restaurants there. Limo ride home.  
2. Salon day.  I love visiting the spa, don't you?  What a luxury it would be to spend a whole day with my favorite peeps getting pampered.  I would arrange it on the Thursday before the wedding.  Facial, nails, pedicure, massage.  If we had it at a resort, we could arrange lunch half way through - preferably in robes.
3. Catalina Island would be fun if we got a couple of rooms in late September.  There's great seafood and little shops.  We could take walks or rent scooters.

This is our Recipe for a Happy Marriage print.  Isn't it adorable?  They are hand made with care and personalized with the couple's names and wedding date.  This would have made an excelled wedding shower gift except for the fact that my mom cancelled the order before it was ever submitted for production.  She figured it was a test order.  Oh well.

We are getting married on October 11, 2008.  I can't wait.  Oh, and guess what will be on top of our cake?  Well, of course - a custom wedding cake topper.

The nice thing about a crystal bouquet is that unlike a floral bouquet, these bouquets can be kept for generations as keepsakes and passed down.  Start a new tradition!  Also, many brides (and grooms) are allergic to fresh flowers.  The crystal bouquet provides a great hypo-allergenic solution.

The Younique Boutique carries all kinds of great photo gifts - like our photo pillow, our personalized photo quilts, custom oil paintings and our super cool line of photo platters.  Another great idea is the signature mat and frame kit.  The couple uses their own 8 x 10 photograph in one of our specially designed frames.  They are perfect for gathering the signatures of everyone at the event.

What's the difference?  Well, the Custom Heads/Standard Bodies Cake toppers are awesome - we custom sculpt the heads to look like the bride and groom.  The bodies are cast in poly-resin (think action figure) and are available in many cute styles.  The bodies can be painted in any way but they can not be modified sculpturally.

So, if you want him in a Michael Jackson red leather "Thriller" style jacket and her dressed like her college mascot, Beatrice the Beaver, you can now order our Custom Heads/Custom Bodies cake topper for just an extra $100!

All of the details are hand-picked by the cutomer - the faces, facial expressions, facial hair, hairstyles, clothing, shoes, accessories and pose are all selected by the customer by submitting photos. 

Here's one I'm making for me and my cutie:

First, I submitted some face shots of each of us:

Next, our clothing:

And one for the pose we like (look at those buff arms!):

Pretty cool, right? 

Please allow us several weeks to make these - they are detailed and time consuming.  If your event is soon, you are better off with the Custom Heads/Standard Bodies Cake Toppers.

Happy Holidays from The Younique Boutique!