Giveaway {and Guest Post} by Banner Boutique - What a Treat!

We are thrilled to introduce this fabulous mommy entrepreneur today! Lindsay Banner of Banner Boutique will be guest posting today with a special giveaway! If you haven’t worn her accessories, then chances are you have seen someone wearing Banner Boutique. They are stylish, girlie and so beautiful! Without further ado, here is Lindsay Banner!

My name is Lindsay Banner and I’m the owner/blog writer for Banner Boutique! I am thrilled to be here guest posting on the gorgeous Anders Ruff blog! I have always been a party planning/entertaining girl at heart so the Anders Ruff blog is one of my most guilty pleasures!! I could spend hours here! I LOVE to throw parties and have people over…I get a thrill out of truly entertaining people, feeding them good food and making them smile. Although I don’t get to do this as often as I used to, I still try to have a little fun here and there coordinating a big party! Although I LOVE Banner Boutique and designing new products, I could also see myself throughly enjoying a job over here with the Anders Ruff team 😉 Below are a few pictures from my youngest daughter Chloe’s most recent birthday party.

See the full party post on Hostess With the Mostess Photos courtesy of Melissa Lyn Photography and Sierra Studios Photography

Banner Boutique has been in business for about 5 years now. It started with my sister Angela and I selling straight to boutiques, wholesale only. We never thought selling straight to the public would be financially worth it, so it wasn’t until I found myself moving away from all of my friends and family in Southern CA, relocating to Arizona, suddenly with a lot of free time to actually try selling our products on Etsy… and boy were we wrong!! Banner Boutique exploded on Etsy and it has been a wild and crazy ride ever since! We now have about 8 other women who work with my sister and I including Amy who is our operations manager and Jeni who is my *domestic assistant* who helps me keep the laundry running and the dishes under control (more on that later).

Photo courtesy of Sierra Studios Photography

First and foremost though, I am a wife to a wonderfully supportive husband Mike and mother to Kaitlyn (7), Carson (4), Chloe (1.5) and baby #4 who is scheduled to arrive December 6^th!! The opportunity to be a wife and raise these amazing children gives me satisfaction beyond measure. Mike and I met in Newport Beach over 10 years ago and have now been married for almost nine years. Although I truly adore the entrepreneurial adventure Banner Boutique offers me, I have found myself unwilling to give up my chosen role as wife and mother first; this is my true passion! Banner Boutique is a perfect compliment to my already busy life, which is why I have chosen to let Banner Boutique grow yet bring in many other women to help me along the way so that I don’t have to give up my life as wife and mom! I have learned quickly that I must have designated work hours and keep a certain schedule if I want to be able to be the mom and wife I strive to be. My work hours are from 12:30-3:15 while Kaitlyn and Carson are at school and Chloe is napping. I am a southern CA native trying to learn to embrace the desert life here in oh so sunny and warm Arizona!

Photography by Sierra Studios Photography and Child’s Aqua Dress by Sew Mommy Sew

In addition to selling wholesale to boutiques throughout the world for the past 5 years, Banner Boutique has been selling on Etsy for 2 and a half years. After almost 17,000 sales, we launched our very own website and introduced a whole new line of interchangeable flowers, headbands, clips, belts and sashes. This makes for endless options when it comes to adorning your baby girl, and then maybe your coat or cardigan, and even your frames- the flowers can be shared all around with an innovative new system we designed- you can even pair 1, 2 or 3 flowers together for custom looks. You can read more details about this system HERE and see just a few of the endless options in the collage above.
Needless to say, I have been using this new system to adorn pretty much everything around me- in my own hair, my 7 years old and 1 year old daughters hair, my frames, pillows, coats, dresses…you name it!

Photography by Melissa Lyn Photography. Clothing by Cotton Laundry

The girls at Anders Ruff asked me to share a few ideas for Halloween and Fall accessories…luckily…I have a few ideas I can show you 😉 Above, you can see a few of our Halloween options…Black, Orange and purple striped Halloween hair clips, which can also be made into a headband as well as our classic black jersey knit and velvet rosette.

Another popular item is the small or large tulle poofs that come in a WIDE variety of colors- we happen to have every single color you need to match any princess costume…or ANY costume for that matter!! Choose 2 small poofs or one large to make the perfect (non-tacky) accessory that can also be worn long after the trick or treating is over! 😉

Other popular headbands are our chiffon rosettes (pictured above, left) that come in a variety of colors as well as classic black (shown above, right). These flowers not only go with a variety of Halloween outfits and costumes, they also work well with a variety of outfits year round.

Photography by Melissa Lyn Photography. Second Photo Credit to Peekaboo Photos. Halter Top.

For fall, we also have a huge variety of fall colored flowers that can adorn headbands, coats, cardigans…you name it!!

So whether you need the perfect accessory for Halloween, Fall, newborns, stylish mamas or even grandma, Banner Boutique is sure to have the perfect answer!!

Giveaway time! I’m excited to announce that one of you lucky Anders Ruff readers will win $50.00 to spend at our NEW website!!

Also, ALL of you are welcome to come and shop at our new website and receive a FREE gift from us to you when you spend $29.00 or more (not including shipping). Want to know how to enter and get the Free gift!!??

With any purchase of $29.00 or more (not including shipping)! This flower is the PERFECT fall flower for your hair, a cardigan, on a belt, even on a frame or wreath!!

Just type the words *AndersRuff* in the notes to seller when checking out and we’ll include it with your order (a $10.95 value)!

I enjoyed this opportunity posting here and *meeting* all of you!! I would love for you to stop by our blog and keep in touch!! Have a fabulous weekend!!

XOXO, Lindsay

Here are the ways you can enter to win the $50.00 gift certificate: