July 4th Holiday Weekend Coupon

It's almost the Fourth of July so get ready to celebrate this holiday weekend with Zoey's Attic! With all the ballgames, pool time, picnics, bbqs, and family get togethers it's fun to also take a few minutes and get in on the sales at the mall and the online shops. Zoey's Attic Personalized Gifts also has a special coupon code for all our Facebook friends,Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram followers to use this weekend. The promo code is for 15% off the items in your shopping cart and is only valid at our Zoey's Attic Personalized Gifts online shop. The code to use at checkout is FIREWORKS and it will expire at 11:59 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 4th, 2016.

Why not get a head start on shopping for your Back to School tees and tote bags? Zoey has just added new Back To School designs for students and teachers that we're pretty sure you will love! Then before you know it Halloween will be here and we've got the cutest shirts for Fall and Halloween trick or treat bags too! Be sure to check out our funny Turkey Day shirts and adorable Thanksgiving bibs and bodysuits for baby.  And why not get a head start on your Christmas and Holiday shopping too? There are so many festive Christmas shirts and other unique holiday gifts for everyone on your list. Enjoy the Independence Day weekend and Happy Shopping!

Fun Fall Holidays!

Halloween is this Saturday! The kiddos are so excited for the school parties which will take place this Friday. They will be super energized and bursting with excitement this year since Halloween happens to fall on the weekend. There will be countless questions all day on "what time is it?" and "is it time to put on our costumes?" and "when can we start trick or treating?" A pot of chili will be simmering on the stove all afternoon and everyone will have a bowlful before we set out on our evening trick or treat adventure. Traditionally, Halloween evening ends with a bonfire for family and friends. We have a weenie roast and even though our bags are overflowing with candies we still make s'mores. In my book, you just can't have a bonfire without s'mores! The good news this year is that Halloween is also the last day of daylight savings. It officially ends in our Central Time Zone at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 1st. So that means we will set our clocks back one hour before we turn in for the night. Yes! That extra hour of sleep will definitely help when arousing the gang in the morning for Sunday church services!

Soon Halloween 2015 will just be a memory and we will move on to the Thanksgiving celebration. I love Thanksgiving! The evening before the holiday is busy, busy, busy! I like to set my holiday table and also prepare some of the dishes the night before so as to relieve some of the stress getting everything ready for the Thanksgiving meal. So by the time I turn in for the night on Wednesday the cheesy mashed potatoes, Swiss cheese vegetable medley, sweet potato casserole, and pumpkin and pecan pies have all been made and just need to be warmed prior to serving. In the early morning on Thanksgiving Day the turkey is placed in the roaster oven on the counter so there will be plenty of oven space to cook the side dishes before our feast. Also, in the morning the sage herb dressing is made and put in a slow cooker on a low setting for the day. Salad and dinner rolls are prepared just prior to serving. Besides the family togetherness on Thanksgiving Day, I especially love the aromas flowing from the kitchen into the family room while I sip coffee and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! My heart is full of thanks!

Halloween Rush On Us!

Shop Halloween at Zoey's Attic Personalized Gifts

Only 10 more days until Halloween! Are you ready? Zoey's Attic Personalized Gifts has the most adorable Halloween shirts and gifts. There are the sweetest tees and bodysuits with leg warmer sets for baby's First Halloween, fun shirts for big brother and big sister including pregnancy announcement tees, and precious Pumpkin maternity tops for moms to be. You will even find the cutest, spookiest trick or treat bags for your little ones. Some Halloween totes feature glow in the dark designs and there are even bags made for Safety First with reflective vinyl designs! Order your Halloween shirts and gifts through October 24th with REGULAR shipping and the rush is on us for Halloween Delivery! 

My Addiction

Don't get excited, it's not what you think. But I do have a confession to make and here it is... I am a chocoholic, cake-aholic, ice cream-aholic, candy-aholic. There, I've admitted my weaknesses! I have an addiction to all things sweet! I'd rather have a cupcake and coffee for breakfast than cereal and orange juice. I'd prefer a bowl (or two!) of chocolate ice cream for lunch rather than a salad. I'd love nothing more than a scrumptious Milky Way candy bar and bowl of M&Ms for dinner instead of steak, potato, and vegetable. Since I have now acknowledged my penchant for sweets, I suppose I'll share with you my all-time favorites list:

1.) Favorite all-time candy is Snickers Candy Bar.

Photo courtesy of Snickers.com

2.) Favorite Ice Cream is Edy's Original Rocky Road.

Photo courtesy of Edys.com

3.) Favorite cake is Betty Crocker Devil's Food with chocolate icing.

Photo courtesy of
BettyCrocker.com

4.) Favorite Cookie is Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie.

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verybestbaking.com

Well, there you have it! Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! So now you might have figured out that Halloween is one of my most very favorite days of the year! Just think, all that candy and it's even free! Halloween evening will come and go and as usual I will stuff myself with candy. I've never been able to stop after just one or two pieces.... voila, I'm addicted!

Halloween is next month and before I am overcome with a sugar high I need to focus on our costumes! Zoey's Attic can help with adorable shirts and bodysuits for baby's first Halloween. They also have the cutest trick or treat bags with designs to match your costume and some glow in the dark too! There are even candy bags with your joke printed on them so you can look at the bag if you forget the punchline! Now that's clever! Can't wait for candy day! Happy Halloween!

Next Up...Thanksgiving!

Baby's First Thanksgiving Bodysuit and Leg Warmer Sets

It's here! So excited that Halloween Day has finally arrived! It's going to be so cold tonight trick or treating, but oh so much fun! But, truth be told, I'm already thinking about the next big holiday! Yes, I do have a very, very favorite holiday and it's Thanksgiving Day! Each year in the U.S., the annual day of thanks is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. This year it falls on November 27th. So why is Thanksgiving Day my favorite holiday? There are so many reasons, but first and foremost for me, it is the least stressful holiday of all! It's so simple...just decorate the house with some colorful autumn centerpieces and pumpkins, and then cook a delicious turkey dinner for family and friends! That's it! No worry about dyeing eggs and the annual Easter Egg Hunt, no worry about completing all the Christmas shopping and wrapping all the presents, no worry about getting the holiday cards addressed and mailed, no worry about baking the Christmas cookies and candies, no worries about everything else that goes along with celebrating the other major holidays! Turkey Day is the easiest and most relaxing holiday of all! The preparations begin the evening before when the sage turkey dressing is made along with a few side dishes that can be refrigerated and baked just prior to serving time. Thanksgiving Day is an early rise with basting and roasting the turkey beginning at daybreak.  I especially love the smell of the roasting turkey as I sip my coffee and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with my family. Everyone is still clad in their PJs and it's really a lazy and relaxing beginning to our day of thanks. Late morning the kiddos start to get ready for the much anticipated arrival of family and friends and they love wearing custom Thanksgiving shirts.  Zoey's Attic has sweet and funny Thanksgiving tshirts for everyone in the family including Thanksgiving maternity tops (thankful I don't need one this year!). If it's your baby's first Thanksgiving,  Zoey even has the most precious first Thanksgiving shirts and first Thanksgiving bodysuits with little leg warmers for your littlest turkey. The older kiddos love the personalized Turkey Day sibling sets too. Shopping Zoey's Attic for Thanksgiving shirts is so easy and everyone in the family feels extra special on this day of thanks. These adorable Thanksgiving shirts also make for the best photo ops ever! Giving thanks for another Halloween Day and looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving Day!

Thanksgiving Shirts from Zoey's Attic

A Little Treat From Zoey

Don't you love to see the smiles on the kiddos' faces when they receive a personalized gift with their very own name on it? It's pure joy to watch their excitement! Another exciting time for the kids is just around the corner. Yes, Halloween is next week! This holiday has always been a personal favorite since I was a little girl. Possibly because I'm a chocoholic and there's no better day for someone like me than Halloween! Can you imagine how extra special it would be to have a personalized Halloween trick or treat bag to match your costume? Well no problem, Zoey's Attic can make a custom Halloween trick or treat bag just for you! You'll need to order it by the end of tomorrow, though, so it can be on your doorstep in time for the big day! Oh, and here's a little Halloween present for you from Zoey's Attic... 15% off your Halloween trick or treat bags! Just choose your bag(s) at our Zoey's Attic Personalized Gifts online shop and use coupon code TREAT14 at checkout for your discount. Wishing all our friends a safe and Happy Halloween!

Personalized Halloween Trick or Treat Bags

Halloween Traditions

Do you celebrate Halloween?  If so, what are your traditions? When I was a young trick or treater we always had a party at school. We dressed in our costumes and the room mothers planned fun games and served special Halloween snacks. We even went home with a trick or treat bag full of goodies! After school Mom always made a big pot of chili for dinner and as soon as it was dark we headed out for a fun night of trick or treating. Dad always accompanied us, waiting patiently on the sidewalk, as we knocked at it seems every door in the neighborhood! Back then you had to tell a joke to receive a treat, so for weeks before the big day we practiced our trick so we could get a treat! Mom stayed home to answer the door and give out our treats to the multitude of trick or treaters canvassing our neighborhood. When our bags were full and we were worn out, we would gather around a bonfire with our neighbors and some family too.  We roasted hot dogs, made s'mores, and munched on our treats. Nowadays, times have changed and we don't have many trick or treaters knocking on our door.  Several area schools and churches host an annual Trunk or Treat event. Everyone meets on the parking lot and the children go from car to car to tell their joke and earn their treat.  Parents distribute the candy treats from the trunk of the car or flatbed of a pickup truck. Some towns organize a Halloween party at the local community center with haunted houses, games and snacks for their trick or treaters. And some families we know even spend a scary Halloween evening at Six Flags Fright Fest! What are your plans for Halloween 2014?

Halloween Fun!

There's A First Time For Everything

Personalized First Holiday Shirts and Bodysuits from Zoey's Attic

When a baby is born it is the beginning of so many firsts...first smile, first tooth, first word, first step. This list of firsts goes on and on as we meander through life. Being a bystander to the excitement and wonderment of a child's first accomplishment is truly a parent's delight! And of course, there are so many other firsts throughout a person's lifetime such as the first birthday, first day of school, or first date to mention only a few. One of my favorite baby shower or new birth gifts is a collection of holiday shirts or bodysuits made especially for that special little someone. It's so much fun to dress a new baby in a personalized holiday outfit. Personally, I prefer giving clothing items as a new baby gift (rather than a baby shower gift) because you can better assess the sizing and need for long or short sleeves based on the baby's birth weight and time of year of his or her arrival. An assortment of personalized holiday apparel to include a first Valentine's Day, first Halloween, first Thanksgiving, or first Christmas makes the best gift ever! Zoey's Attic offers the most adorable holiday designs and each can be tweaked with your personal name, quote, colors, or really anything you would desire. And if you celebrate a lesser known holiday, Zoey can create a custom shirt or bodysuit for that too!

Personalized First Holiday Shirts and Bodysuits from Zoey's Attic

Shop Early & Save!

Back to School Tees

Celebrate the Independence Day weekend with Zoey's Attic! In case you missed it on our Facebook page...  we LOVE all our friends and Zoey's Attic is offering a special Fourth of July coupon code this weekend just for you! Get 15% off your purchased items from Zoey's Attic Personalized Gifts! The code to use at checkout is FIREWORKS and it will expire at 11:59 p.m. CST on Sunday, July 6, 2014. Be sure to check out all our fun Back to School shirts! And why not get a head start on your Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas shopping too? Happy 4th and Happy Shopping!

Holidays at Zoey's Attic

Zoey's Attic Coupon Code

In case you missed it on our Facebook page... Zoey's Attic is offering a coupon code this weekend for 15% off your purchased items from Zoey's Attic Personalized Gifts. The code to use at checkout is FALL15 and it will expire at 11:59 p.m. CST on Sunday, October 13th. Be sure to check out all our fun Halloween shirts and trick or treat tote bags and other adorable designs for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas! Happy Shopping!

Trick or Treat!

Trick or Treat Bags

 

My mom always told me that the older I got the faster time would pass by.  So that explains it!  Where has September gone?  My goodness we're already into the third week and it just seems like Labor Day (September 2nd!) was yesterday. At any rate, I need to set my sights on Halloween as it will surely creep up on me quite quickly.  Halloween has always been one of my very favorite holidays.  Most likely because I'm a candyholic (not just a chocoholic, but a candyholic!). Yes, I love ALL candy.. always have and I suppose always will! Thus the creation of these adorable candy bags for all the Halloween "loot."  When I was a kid we used a brown paper grocery bag for our treat bag (didn't have plastic grocery bags where we shopped!). Sometimes if we didn't have any of the brown bags around the house we would actually use the pillowcase straight off our bed pillow! Now these fun trick or treat bags from Zoey's Attic are perfect and can be used over and over again.  You can get a more generic style such as the initialed and personalzied pumpkin bag that can be used Halloween after Halloween or you can even request a custom design to match your kiddos costume. Can't wait for the big day! 

 

Trick or Treat Bags

Labor Day Weekend 2013 Coupon Code

In case you missed it on our Facebook page... Zoey's Attic is offering a coupon code all weekend for 15% off your purchased items from Zoey's Attic Personalized Gifts. The code to use at checkout is LABOR15 and it will expire at 11:59 p.m. CST on Monday, September 2nd. Be sure to check out all the fun and adorable designs for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas! Happy Shopping!

Spooktacular Halloween Tees and More

Halloween T-shirts, Onesies, Treat Bags

The first week of October has come to a close, and in just over three short weeks Halloween will be here! Considering that chocolate (actually any candy!) is my very favorite food this special day is very dear to me!  Besides collecting all the scrumptious candy in your very own loot bag, you may have a special announcement or maybe it's a first Halloween for the little one in your family. Whatever your needs are for this Halloween, Zoey's Attic has just the shirt, onesie, or trick or treat bag for you! From the devilish pregnancy announcement t-shirt to the itty-bitty, teeny-weeny, first Halloweeny onesie to the hip skull and cross bones sibling sets, you'll be the darling of the day!

Fun At Pumpkinland

 

Personalized childrens raglan Tshirt

One of my very favorite Fall activities is the annual visit to Pumpkinland at a farm nearby. I love watching all the kids (big and little, young and old) having so much fun flying through the air on the zipline, chasing one another through the corn maze, and petting all the animals in the petting zoo. They usually have goats, cows, chickens, and horses. The kiddos can also feed the goats! After climbing the bales of hay we finally take the wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch. Once there, we all hop off and pick the perfect pumpkin to make the perfect Jack-O-Lantern! There are so many fun photo opps during a visit to the pumpkin patch, so why not wear a customized tee for an awesome touch to the family picture?

Shiver Me Timbers, It's A Pirate Holiday!

 

Did you know September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day?  Now, how fun is that?  Way back in 1995, two friends John Baur and Mark Summers, came up with the idea for this fun holiday. Then in 2002, these fun loving pirates shared details of this parodic holiday with the syndicated columnist Dave Barry. Being the humorist he is, Dave decided to promote Talk Like A Pirate Day in his columns. This movement caught on and this year International Talk Like A Pirate Day is celebrating its 10th anniversary! So if you need an adorable tee for Talk Like A Pirate Day or just a fun way to announce a new little matey is being added to your crew, we've got you covered!  You'll love our swashbuckling designs for the little pirate lovers in your life!  All of our tshirts are completely customizable too: change colors, the wording, add a name, anything you need! We're here to help make your International Talk Like A Pirate Day the best ever!

It's A Spooktacular Secret

Halloween Pregnancy Announcement Tshirt

Do you have a surprise pregnancy announcement this Halloween?  Why not have big sister to be and big brother to be spill the beans?  Zoey's has some spooktacular shirt styles that will be sure to bring a smile to Grandma and Grandpa's faces when the kids knock on the door for trick or treat!  Happy Halloween!

Halloween Pregnancy Announcement Tshirt

                                       

I'm Ready For Halloween

Baby's 1st Halloween Onesie

Baby's 1st Halloween Bib

Your baby's first Halloween is always a lot of fun!  Well, maybe not so much fun for baby, but certainly for Daddy and Mommy!  It's an exciting time trying to decide how to dress baby for such an eventful night!  Well, here's a solution for you... a onesie with matching bib announcing to the world it's my First Halloween!

Halloween Time AGAIN?!!

Help ZA fans! QUICK! I need some Halloween costume help for my kiddos. My just-turned 3 year old is very set on being "Ariel" aka a mermaid for Halloween. I could just go buy the canned costume, but I was looking for some fun ideas to make it a little more special and homemade then just the Disney out of the box Ariel. Any thoughts? All I have so far is a stuffed Flounder add on... original I know, so any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Also, my 1 year old is probably just going to get his big sister's lion costume of a few years back (too bad she wouldn't be Dorothy.. how cute would that be?!) but again, any suggestions/help would be awesome.

Tell me - what are you all doing for Halloween? What was your most favorite Halloween costume/idea?

Does anyone have any cute t-shirt ideas or slogans they'd like to see? If you submit one and I use it, I'll send you the shirt for free! Visit our Halloween Pregnancy Announcement section for inspiration!

Happy Halloween prep everyone and PLEASE send ideas STAT!!!

More Halloween Pregnancy Designs

If you haven't checked them out yet, we've added to our Halloween maternity and pregnancy announcement section. Our latest designs include two designs specifically for the mommy (or mummy) to be. The first is a playful design with an adorable little mummy (hey, mummies have feelings, too!)
Next, we have a design perfect for an easy halloween costume. I had a friend use this idea last year and I thought it was so good, I made one just for you guys.
Visit all of these designs and a few more, here. Happy Haunting all!

Little Pumpkin - Halloween Pregnancy Announcements

Looking for a cute and clever way to announce your pregnancy this Halloween? If it's your second or third or fourth or (gasp) even more - we've got a great way to let your other little pumpkins in on the action. This cute "little pumpkin has a secret" t-shirt and gifts will be perfect. The front features one little one decked out in a pumpkin costume and reveals the big pregnancy announcement on the back as well as his or her new status as a big brother or sister.

The sister design will be up later tonight, but here's a sneak peek at the big brother halloween pregnancy announcement design available for purchase now!

What do you think? Have another idea for a cute pregnancy announcement this halloween? Let us know about it by leaving a comment below!

Happy Haunting and check back for more fun ideas for the little ones this halloween!