Ladybug Release

Now is the time to start thinking of ways to attract ladybugs to your garden. Remember the most important way to keep ladybugs in your garden is to make sure they have plenty of food! By planning which types of flowers and herbs to grow in your garden you can be sure your ladybugs have enough to eat.

Some of the flowers and herbs that attract ladybugs include, fennel, dill, cilantro, caraway, angelica, tansy, wild carrot, yarrow, cosmos, scented geraniums, tulips, lilies and dandelions.

If you still have difficulty attracting ladybugs you can always purchase a few to start your garden. A great source is Ladies in Red. Make sure to properly release the ladybugs to keep them around for a long time.


Join Nancy Chirdon President of the Delaware Herb Growers Association for a Ladybug Release at 11:15 during the Bug and Bud Festival. Learn fun facts about ladybugs, how to release them and then have fun introducing the ladybugs to their new home!
Be sure to check out all of LadyBug Shop's New Ladybug Garden decor, including a Ladybug Water Sprinkler, Ladybug Goofy Garden Pot Feet, and more!

Ladybug Coloring Contest Winners

Thank you for all of the wonderful ladybug drawings. There were so many Ladybug Coloring Contest entries we couldn't choose just one! So here are our Top 10 favorite Ladybug Pictures:

Samantha Age 3 from North Carolina

Amanda Age 6 from Delaware

Lili Age 10 from Georgia

Rebekah Age 10 from Iowa

Amelia Age 8 from Indiana

Courtlynne Age 9 from Nevada

Lara Age 8 from Indiana

Allison Age 7 from Delaware

Amanda Age 11 from Iowa

Lillian Age 8 from Delaware


Each of these children will receive a free Ladybug Doodle Bug Drawing Pad. Start looking for it in the mail if you are one of the lucky ladybug participants featured above. Delaware residents must come into the shop to pick up their Doodle Bug Drawing Pad. Thank you very much for each persons wonderful effort! We had so much fun and hope you had just as much fun creating these wonderful pieces of ladybug artwork.

Happy Spring!

Just in time for spring new ladybug and turtle apparel for kids!

The Infant Ladybug Shirt features glittered ladybugs and the text "Cute as a bug!" The Pink Youth Ladybug Shirt features sparkling ladybugs and the text, "Ladies Rule!" The Aqua Youth Ladybug Shirt features glittered ladybug hearts and a smiling ladybug with the text "Cute as a bug!"

The Infant Sea Turtle Shirt is a royal blue shirt with smiling, swimming sea turtles and the text, "Ready to Go!" My favorite new shirt is the Youth Sea Turtle Shirt. The buttercream yellow shirt features swimming sea turtles on the front and the text, "Sea you..." On the back of the shirt is the back of the sea turtles and the text, "on the beach!"

Remember today is the last day to purchase ladybug flags on sale, turtle jewelry at special low prices and the Advice from a Ladybug Sweatshirt for only $19.99.

Ladybug Diaper Cakes

For the past couple months I have had phone calls and customers coming into the store asking for ideas for their "Ladybug Diaper Cake." At first I thought ladybug what? But this is by far one of the best ideas for a baby shower. You can use it as a centerpiece for the Ladybug Themed Baby Shower, then afterwards the mother can use all of the diapers. Creative-Baby-Shower-Ideas.com has quite a number of really great ideas for Ladybug Diaper Cakes and Butterfly Diaper Cakes. The Pink Ladybug Diaper Cake pictured on the left is made by Stork Baby Gift Baskets and starts at $69.95 plus shipping. But if you are the least bit crafty you can make this adorable Ladybug Diaper Cake yourself by using items from our Mary Meyer Collection as well as a host of other ladybug items Just for Baby.

Visit Best Baby Shower Ideas to view step by step instructions on how to make your own Ladybug Diaper Cake. While you are there look at How to Make Sock Roses using Ladybug Socks.

New Sugar Booger Items by Ore Designs

New to LadyBug Shop is a collection of items just for toddlers! The collection from Sugar Booger features a new Ladybug Sippy Cup, Ladybug Divided Suction Plate, Ladybug Bath Tub Toy Bag, Ladybug Closet Divider, Ladybug Lunch Sack and Kiddie Ladybug Apron. Each quality item features a European style ladybug on modern flowers. The Ladybug Divided Suction Plate, one of my favorite items, is perfect for toddlers who like to throw their plates! This versatile ladybug plate "sucks" to the table and high chairs.

Other new items just added include the Ladybug Ankle Socks, Sea Turtle Socks, Black Ladybug Socks, Ladybug Tiny Tote by Stephen Joseph, and the beautiful new Embroidered Ladybug Apron.

Stop in the LadyBug Shop in Downtown Milford Wednesday - Friday from 10AM-6PM and Saturday 10AM-2PM to see all of the wonderful new items!

New Ladybug and Four Leaf Clover Jewelry

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day is a new line of Ladybug and Four Leaf Clover Jewelry, including a Ladybug and Four Leaf Clover Bracelet, Ladybug and Four Leaf Clover Necklace and the Ladybug and Four Leaf Clover Earrings. These double lucky symbols are sure to bring you good luck this St. Patrick's Day! Other fun Ladybug and Clover items include the Twice the Lucky Ladybug Pin, Ladybug on Clover Flag and Double Lucky Stone.



The Double Lucky Ladybug and Four Leaf Clover Stone come with a card that reads, "A ladybug brings luck for happiness and good fortune too. The four leaf clover brings extra luck in all the things you do. With two lucky symbols to carry around each day, it's certain that good fortune will always come your way."