# 8 Karen Eileen Designs

I met Karen from Karen Eileen Designs about 3 years ago when I was just starting a little thing called Eli's Lids.
She is whimsical, positive and a breath of fresh air!
You know, the kind of person who finds really cool stuff at vintage shops and has an eye for the uber-cool-not-so-mainstream-but-should-be art.
Her blog is great and packed with fun, silly, sweet, vintage, inspiring pictures.
Karen also has the sweetest baby line. Each design has a vintage inspired picture and is embellished with swarovski crystals!!
I have my eye on this little ditty--->>
One of our lucky readers will with their choice of Karen Eileen Designs!!
Here's how...
Main entry (mandatory): Click on over to the Karen Eileen Designs shop then come back to this post and leave a comment telling us the design you like best.
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In addition to the main entry you can get loads of extra entries if you
~Follow Karen's blog or let me know you already do (3 entries)
~Subscribe to Karen Eileen Designs RSS feed or let me know you already do (2 entries)
~Follow Karen on twitter here! Or let me know you already do. Leave your Twitter ID in the comment. (2 entries)
~Tweet about the giveaway, can be done daily. Copy and paste this for the tweet: "Enter to win a vintage inspired baby or toddler tee from the @elislids Birthday Bash here http://bit.ly/Ab09y hosted by @kareneileen" If you don't have twitter you can FB for this one. (3 entries per day)
~Add the "Eli's Lids Giveaway" button in our sidebar to your blog or let me know you already did (2 entries per blog)
~Follow the Eli's Lids blog (2 entries)
~Become a fan of Eli's Lids on Facebook or let me know you already are (2 entries)
~Subscribe to the Eli's Lids RSS Feed or let me know you already do (1 entry)
~Follow Eli's Lids on Twitter, leave your Twitter ID in the comment or let me know you already do (1 entry)
For every extra entry, be sure to leave a separate comment on this post! i.e. If you add our giveaway button to your blog leave 2 separate comments.
***Giveaway open one week! Ends Saturday September 26th 9:00pm PST***
And we'll be seeing a lot more from Karen Eileen Designs...
Tell us a bit about your family…
I have been married for almost 22 years. We have two sons: Chase; 15 and Michael ;21. We live near the beach in Southern Calif, but are considering a move to Colorado to fulfill a dream of land and small farm – as long as there is a great town to shop at eat at too!

You have such great style. Where do you shop?
Thank you for saying that. That is one of the things I love about getting older….you wear what you want. I LOVE Anthropologie. That is probably my fave. From household to clothing…books…all they need is a coffee shop and I would never go anyplace else. I also love thrifting. It helps to satisfy that shopping urge when the budget is tight. Another favorite place is the library. I love books. I can never have enough. The best thing is checking out stacks of home, gardening and cookbooks.
Why did you start Karen Eileen Designs?
I was inspired by all of the horrible messages that I saw on young women’s tees. I thought, “why doesn’t someone make cool tees with positive things? Eventually my love for all things adorable evolved my business into baby and toddler designs.

Anything new one the horizon for Karen Eileen Designs? Yes. I hope to launch my new website next month. It has been in the making for a long time. I will sell my baby line, along with tees for women, maternity, jewelry and apothecary. I am also very excited to be featuring one of my favorite artist’s work: Kerry Judd.

What inspires you?

That changes all the time. Sometimes it is gardening, sometimes I can be looking through a magazine. One of the things that inspires the “business” side of me is to meet and know other women who are doing what they love for a living’ making a difference in the world with their own passions and creativity.

Don't forget to enter all our current Birthday Bash giveaways...
...vintage inspired baby or toddler tee from Karen Eileen Designs here!! Ends 9/26
... a Kids' Keepsake Journal here. Ends 9/21
... custom hand hand stamped initial necklace from Kristen's Custom Creations here! Ends 9/22 See the full list of giveaways coming the next 2 months here!