The Tassel Necklace

Turquoise Tassel Necklace

Pink Mother of Pearl Tassel Necklace

Hydrangea Blue Mother of Pearl Tassel Necklace 

Natural Orange Tassel Necklace

It's about time the ladies had something to coordinate with men and their bowties! Right?? RIGHT! I created my own spin on the ever so popular tassel necklace and I'm trilled how they turned out. Seriously. I'm in love with the colorful beads and brightly color tassels. I throw a classic spin on the mix by adding some pearls.

Happy 4th Birthday, Chesapeake Tides!!!

Chesapeake Tides is 4 years old today!!! You know what that means?!! 

SALE SALE SALE

20% off $10 or more

code: HPYBDY4

sale ends 4/1

Holiday Sale!!

Sale includes everything in the shop, including monogram add ons!!

ORIOLES MAGIC!!!

As a Marylander, I'm pretty darn excited and so proud of those O's this season!

To celebrate, I'm running a special promo!

From now until the 10th of October, use promo code MAGIC to receive 40% off $30 or more! 

Check out the store today!! 

Summer Sale: 15% off

Use code SUMMERSALE now until May 20th to receive 15% off on $25 or more in the Etsy shop! 

Summer Sale: Nautical Prints

Nautical Prints are on sale...just in time for summer time!! Sport these ties this summer for the perfect nautical look!

Summer Sale: Bags

Cosmetic Bags only $10!

Perfect for a cell phone, wallet, and any little stuff, to throw in your beach bag just in time for Summer!

Summer Sale: Spots!

Just in time for Summertime! Spotted Bow Ties only $25

Brown Paper Packages Tied with String

I seem to update my packaging a lot. Why, you may ask?! Well it's because I'm always thinking of new ideas to ship out my bow ties to make them even more unique then they already are. It's the first thing the customer sees before opening their tie. It needs to be eye catching but also not distract from the tie too.

Growing up on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, steaming up crabs would be something that would happen throughout the summer. To help protect the picnic table before slamming away on the shells of the crab to get to the yummy/juicy meat, my family would always cover it with brown paper; covering the table would also come in handy through the cleaning up process.

My inspiration for my new packaging comes from my life style of being raised on steamed crabs.  Brown wrapping paper with natural bakers twine, sometimes we would use this twine to wrap chicken necks to catch crabs the old fashion way of getting them right from our piers.

I bought this adorable dachshund tape dispenser from Target and I can't get over how cute it is! Definitely reminds me of my little Pablo that my mother is taking care back home in Maryland.

Twine. 

I can't get enough of it! 

I'm really loving this packaging and the inspiration behind it too! 

Stay hooked, the best is yet to come! 

Out with Spring. In with Summer....or so it feels!

Growing up in Maryland, we had all four seasons; it would get cool in the Fall, freezing in the winter, nice in the spring, and super hot and humid in the summer. I looked forward to each season; especially when it was super hot in the summer, I just wanted winter and in the winter I just wanted summer to roll around.
Now living in Southern California, we didn't have much of a winter at all! It went straight to summer to summer basically. Truth, we did have a couple "cooler" days but they just didn't compare to he Maryland winters. In January, no lie, for a solid week it was in the 90s and 80s. As all my friends and family back home were super jealous of the sun I was getting, I was super jealous of the snow they were getting.
As we roll into April, can you believe we're half way through it already?!, and rock into May, I can't wait to see what the real Summer holds in store for me. I have yet to live in a Southern California summer so it shall be interesting! (I do predict lots and lots of trips to the beach!)

Huntington Beach, CA

With Spring rolling out and Summer rolling in, I can't wait to share something that I've been working on with everyone the past couple of months. They are still in the beginning stages, you know testing out what materials I want to use and not use, but they are looking pretty "nautical" if I do say so myself! 

Here's a little sneak peak!! 

I hope everyone is enjoying Springtime and starting to plan their Summer 2014! 

Easter sale!!

Easter is about a week away so why not run a little last minute sale to get your bow ties and hair bows just in time for the joyous day!!

Get your orders in by the 14 to guarantee delivery by Easter! 

Happy Maryland Day, Y'all!!!

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Started from the Bottom

As 2013 ends & 2014 begins, I cannot wait to start expanding my business to succeed and grow.

I can’t wait to share more with you as new things happen in my life!

Chesapeake Tides Weddings

In early 2013, came a real turning point with Chesapeake Tides; I received my first wedding order! I couldn't believe it! I think it was either in January or February that I had an anonymous guest(yes, I call everyone guests now that I've been working at Disney) message me on Etsy about creating black watch plaid bow ties for wedding that would be in March.
Well that escalated really fast and the wedding orders were coming in like crazy! I have never been so happy that someone would choose to come to me to ask for bow ties for the groomsmen in their wedding. Throughout the year, I have continued to make bow ties for numerous of other brides to be and I can't wait to continue to as 2013 ends and we start a new year of 2014(it's going to be a good one, I can tell!)

My very first wedding order!!

This was a very special order for me because I actually got to meet the bride!! We were running a little sorter on time and she lived pretty close to where I was living in Maryland so we decided that we would meet up and she would hand deliver the fabric herself. Really really loved how these turned out!

Aren't the colors just lovely? 

Really enjoyed receiving this photo of the bride and her father!

(navy blue gingham)

Photography by: Misty Anderson Photography

& of course the Maryland Flag bow ties stole my little Maryland heart. 

Photo credit: Taylor Lord Photography

Navy & White Polka Dot Bow Ties

These bow ties were for the groomsmen of one of my friends from when I went to SCAD. I've loved all the wedding orders that I have done but this one was definitely my favorite. The navy polka dots and being able to create them for a friend! 

I cannot wait to continue to create bow ties for a couples special day in the years to come!!

Throwback Thursday to Chesapeake Tides

In March of 2012 I had this crazy idea to start creating bow ties and sell them on Etsy. Before than, the last time I had ever sewed was back in my Sophomore year of high school when I took my first ever sewing class. I had asked for a sewing machine that year for christmas and started to sew a little bit more. I created tote bags made out of the most ridiculous fabric, fabric purses that were just well…interesting, and pajama shorts that I still have to this day and love them to death. Let's just say my taste in fabrics and clothing choices has changed a lot since then.(thank goodness!)
When I first started creating the ties I picked out the seersuckers and ginghams, ya know something classic that would go with everything and any type of man would possibly want. Well, I learned really fast that gingham doesn't really do that well BUT the light blue seersucker did! A few months later is when I discovered Spoonflower; it had a wide variety of very very unique fabrics and I fell in love. I didn't even know about the option that I could create my own until the Fall of 2012!

Here are some of the photos that were taken of the ties that I actually made into a small book for a photo class that I was taking at the time.

The light blue seersucker that was a total hit!

Purple Gingham

Navy Blue Gingham

Red Gingham

Nautical Signal Flags

Maryland Blue Crab

Yellow Gingham

I was pretty proud of all of them! 

I love how my business has grown so much over the almost 2 years and I can't wait to see what else lies in store for Chesapeake Tides in the years to come!

Nautical Winter

My friend/neighbor/basically little sister called me up asking if she and her friends could have a photo shoot in my front yard and also if they could use one of my bow ties for the shoot, how could I say no? They used this one for the shoot!

So while they were photographing away I decided to get my camera out and photograph as well!