Act fast! We've got savings galore on assorted discontinued inventory. We're talking designer burp cloths for $3, bibs for $5.50, mini blankets for $9 and changing mats for $15! Seriously.
Pop on over to our new blog, www.themodernbabyco.typepad.com, for our latest giveaways!
With the launch of our new website this week we will also have a new blog address. If you are a current subscriber, please be sure to update our feed in order to keep up with our posts!
Get crafty with The Modern Baby Co. fabric bundles. We are happy to offer bundles of our coordinating designer fabric scraps in assorted shapes and sizes. Each bundle weighs one half pound and is equal to approximately 1.25 yards. For only $5 a bundle,the possibilities are endless. Visit www.themodernbabyco.etsy.com for details.
We are overjoyed, relieved, and feeling quite giddy over the fact that a one year stay has been granted for the CPSIA. In other words, the children's industry has one additional year to prepare for lead and phthalate testing. As stated before, we are not against testing, we would actually love to comply, we just need the law mandated to be realistic.
We added a handful of discontinued, (and thus discounted), products to www.themodernbabyco.etsy.com.
Lots of good deals recently listed in our Etsy shop...
Our ABC & Tangerine Dots pillow made it into the January 2009 issue of Pregnancy and Newborn Magazine. Thanks again to the editors over at P&N!
With the relaunch of our company over the next couple of weeks, you will notice a number of changes. Along with the expansion of our product line, beautiful new photography, and an amazing, user friendly website, we have opted to decrease our print selection. We will continue to offer a very generous assortment, maintaing our best sellers and personal favorites. Our new Etsy shop, www.themodernbabyco.etsy.com, will serve as a hot spot for our discontinued products, sales, and experimental test runs. We will be adding products over the course of the week, so please do keep checking back.
I know so many people that love Face Book and thought it might be fun to start a group, so I want to extend an invitation to join Growing up modern with The Modern Baby Co.. I hope to use this as another way to meet customers and introduce new products and giveaways. I would also love to see photos of your little ones sporting our gear. I hope you will join!
We have had such a phenomenal year, full of expansion, surprises, and many, many, many opportunities to learn. We look forward to 2009 with high hopes for our new company, The Modern Baby Co. LLC, new and improved product lines and new relationships.
While it's pretty late in the game, Ohdeedoh is hosting a contest for The Best Kid's design Blog, and of course we would love your support. Voting ends Monday December 29th (yeah, that's tomorrow...). It means a bit of extra press for us, and well, we love extra press!
From our family to yours, Merry Christmas.
... Jesseca ...
I spent the majority of last week in our photography studio shooting the last bit of images for our new website, which is now scheduled to launch in January. While I am quite anxious to share the fruits of my labor, I must restrain myself. However, I figure that a little peek won't do any harm. I just love how our wall art displays, particularly when grouped together....more to come very soon.
If you are not familiar with the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), you need to be. While I truly believe that the individuals who drafted and passed this legislation only had good intentions in mind, the consequences will be catastrophic for individuals, families, small and big businesses, consumers, and the economy as a whole. Not only will it effect all of us on a financial level, but it threatens the imagination and creativity that is vital to the children's industry.
While you can be assured that Quilt Baby: The Modern Baby Co. LLC™ will be in compliance with the new legislation, we hope that you will do your part to insure that this law is amended so that we are not forced to surround our children with big box toys, clothing, and bedding.
We urge you to take a few minutes to read the excerpt below from Cool Mom Picks, this post on Mom-101, this Etsy open letter, to send out emails, letters to congress, post on your blogs, please sign this petition, visit Change.org and log your support- if it gets enough votes, it will be shown to President Obama in January.
Per Cool Mom Picks:
We're all for strengthening the safety standards of mass-produced toys, clothes, and accessories made in China, and banning toxins like phthalates and lead. But this year, congress passed the ill-conceived Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act, a law which goes into effect in two months and will absolutely decimate the small toy manufacturers, independent artisans, and crafters who have already earned the public trust. The very same ones that we often feature here and in our yearly special edition gift guides.
With this act going into effect February 10 2009 so many people we love will be affected: Moms who sew beautiful handmade waldorf dolls out of home, artists who have spent decades hand-carving trucks and cars out of natural woods, that guy at the craft show who sold you the cute handmade puzzle--even larger US companies who employ local workers and have not once had any sort of safety issue will no longer be able to sell their goods. Not without investing tens of thousands of dollars into third-party testing and labeling, just to prove that toys that never had a single toxic chemical in them still don't have a single toxic chemical in them.
How to Get Involved -- it only takes 5 minutes of your time!
-Find your congress personand senators and write a letter like the sample here.
Particularly if they serve on the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection or theHouse Committee on Small Business.
-Send an email directly to the CPSC or contact chairperson Nancy Nord at 301-504-7923
-Vote for amending the law on Change.org, digg style: With enough votes it will be presented to President Obama in January!
-Place the Save Handmade! button on your blog or website to help spread the word to everyone you know who cares about protecting the little guy and preserving beautiful items made with love for our children.
From our family to yours,
Jesseca
My two year old is so cool. Photo taken by Daddy.
Martha Stewart's website is crammed full of practical gift ideas, recipes, and decorations. There is still plenty of time to create something special, (and affordable)...
