Friday, January 23, 2009

I ♥ Cloth Diapers and CPSIA Promotion

Up for grabs currently are a couple of Valentine's Day print One-Size-Fits-Most (OSFM) diaper covers and a couple of pocket all-in-ones with plushy, soft, suedecloth linings, as shown in these prints:
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Also, announcing the CPSIA promotion. If you have not heard of the CPSIA legislature prior to this, please go to the above link and read up on it. While NONE of us want toys to be unsafe, we do not agree with a broad enforcement the way this law is written. This law would require EVERY manufacturer of a product designed for children under 12 to submit every item they make to costly end unit testing for lead and pthalates. As we all know, fabrics and textiles don't have lead in them, nor do they have pthalates. But to the enforcers of this law, it doesn't matter. Those of us who stay home with our children and sew diapers in our spare time do not have the funds to submit every single item we create to end unit testing, nor can we afford the fines that can be opposed if we are caught selling such items after the 10th of February. So, some of us on the Etsy Cloth Diapers Street Team are offering specials to try and clear inventory before the 10th. Some of those specials include:

Here is a list of participating shops:

Purple Ducks: 25% off all diapers
Dutch Baby Dudz: 50% off everything
Lil' Bees: Selected Items 10-30% off
Treebottom Wool: 25% off everything
Bare Bottoms Boutique: Selected Items on Sale (planning on closing shop)
Simply Sunny: 10% off, low flat-rate shipping
Laina's Laundry: Discounts & free shipping
Bundles of Joy: Free Shipping + Free Gifts with purchase
Simply Sanity Creations: Free Shipping + Free Gift with purchase
Wild Onez Diaperz: 50% off everything, possibly closing shop
Our Lady of the Snows: New Lower Prices

Also coming soon: Doll MT's (assuming that CPSIA gets rewritten) such as this one, with velcro closures to prevent entanglement

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Customs In Progress

Received 2 packages yesterday, 6 prefolds from Princesajj, and 12 prefolds from RobinMCI. I am starting on the 6 first, simply because that is the first pkg I opened. She asked for gender neutral colors, since even though her first is a girl, she is currently carrying #2, who is a boy. SO here we go all cut out and ready to sew...



More updates as necessary