New product posts

Yikes!!!!
It took me what 1hour go successfully load pictures and text to my site for literally 2 items and their offshoot items. My bum is so sore from sitting on this hard chair!
In the meantime my husband is trying to get work done and the kids are all over the place. There are toys in every nook and crevice of this place. Plus, 1 bathroom accident which led to a shower for my little guy, 1 diaper change for my littler guy and a million times of stopping and reminding the kids what to or not to do.
My husband is not to happy with my timing since he has to work from home today and rather I don't take this, or any other, opportunity to "work" as I'm sure he would call it. Although, I also believed this is how he felt when I was an elementary school teacher too!
Alas, I am done uploading and announced 1 new item so here it is for you to see. Later, today another announcement-about a product!

"babygirl" cleaning products review challenge.

I am looking for 3 volunteers to test out and review "babygirl glam your glass" cleaner. Each person will be given a 4 oz. in exchange for a video or written review posted within 4 days to our pages. The "best review" (most cleaver and direct)will be chosen by the number of votes. If anyone who votes for you also buy...s a "babygirl product" then you both receive free "heart your hands" hand soap by "babygirl."

New Product Line up

Today we have 'babygirl' cleaning products that are made in Florida, are organic and work fabulously! Yes, I use them in my own home. They are replacing my Method cleansers. Method is wonderful yes, but babygirl is all natural and simple products- not mostly natural.
Give them a try! I will be looking for a few testers to use and review - user reviews will be going up on this blog, facebook and twitter. The more people you enlist to this site the more people will see your reviews. Always a plus, right! In days I will be putting up more information on how to register to review some of our new 'babygirl' products.

Go Pouch

I had a custom pouch to make for M. She picked the fabric (from swatches of my supply), elastic and size. It was so much fun to create! I love making custom orders!!!! I added a reclaimed button and it was perfect. But, of course why make 1 when I can make 2. and so I did. Same size, same fabric, used elastic for the closure of both the only difference was a red strip that wraps around one and the buttons are not the same. I was so proud of the second one I made, I just had to show it to M. She saw it, she touched it, she held it, she bought it!
It will be easy to add a similar red stripe to the original pouch she ordered. I will probably change the button too (my new obsession). Definitely made my day to a customer happy with what she ordered and the extra one I made. Thanks M!

Paper or plastic- neither please!

Since our county and especially our city is trying to rid itself of paper and plastic single use bags I have decided to also ditch them at LBBP. I use paper bags- not plastic but now that they are really going to push this through I need to do my part. So if you have your item(s) shipped or pick it up I will not be using paper or plastic. I am want to make simple eco felt or left over cotton fabric bags stamped with my logo. Just trying find someone to make my logo in stamp formation. But, I've been through this before to no avail so I might just have to settle for my business name instead.

Hard to believe

It is something that I have thought about now and then. I tried to get a hold of in the fall but that wasn't going to happen. Finally, it is coming true! My store is getting ...cloth diapers! I know, an eco baby store without cloth diapers- right? But, since we are all eco din our own way mine happened to be with diapers that naturally biodegrade in a quicker fashion, made from natural products not derivatives (Nature Babycare). Of course, since everyone is green in their own way some people like having a cloth diaper. So, I needed to make a move. I had spoken with a company from Washington back in the fall at the ABC expo. They recently contacted me as a follow up. For there we worked on a deal to have the cloth diapers sold at my store. I am very excited! 2 forms of diapers to offer. Makes me happy.

I am also expanding my site to include a mommy section in May. The mommy section will have our pouches, which are becoming popular. I think women like the idea of being able to get their pouches custom made (fabric design choice and how it seals) and still be affordable. They are fun to make and leave me with lots of room for creativity. Since mommies also do the heavy lifting, I have found, via my husband, a wonderful company that makes natural cleaning products. I heart their products!
They are fantastic! No icky smell, no harsh chemicals and they actually work. Made by a mommy who knows and cares about our future and our kids future.

It's time I started introducing a few new products, a new website layout and a catalog of goods. I am so happy to be able to keep moving in a forward motion. May should be packed with these new items/layout and a few other surprises.

Sell sheets are in!!!

I am so excited my sell sheets are in for our newly designed Naturally: Diaper Disaster Kits!! Hehehehe! They look so professional- thanks to kewingcreative- but I guess they are professional. It is a real product that I am really trying to sell. Now what?
Who do I send these to (I haven't made a list)?
In an envelope or as a mailer?
Nervous even though the store owners can't see me.
I have postcards too- made at a different time- to inundate them even more.
I need to put together a plan ASAP and then execute it.
65 sell sheets (wholesale flyers)- that means 60 shops in the US. Trying to stay on the west coast with some outliers in my more popular selling states.
That is the beginning of a plan right- make sell sheets, target area for sell sheets, mail, send follow up postcard and email. Right, right, right.
End with an ad in local baby magazines for the product.
Beautiful, that my plan.
Now, get a list, get eco envelope and get going!

Eco commentary

Who decides what your level of your eco activism is in your home and community? There is always going to be someone who is more green, more vigilant, more vocal. That is great- they lead the movement and help teach us new and exciting ways to slowly and permanently incorporate changes into our lives. They are the people that recycle and rehab old objects into useful new pieces. Thank you Ed Bagely Jr. and Larry Hagman for sharing with us, along with countless others.
That said, the person/people who determine your level of eco participation is you and yours. Making grandiose changes with principles that are new to you will doubtfully make an everlasting impression on your home. Making small changes create a large impact. Being eco friendly is not "Keeping up with the Jones'" but we all need to do something.
What our house does?
My home has some negatives that keep us from being as eco-friendly as I want. Namely, it's a rental. But, that being said we do have some perks. Here in the Bay Area we have a recycling program in place so my busy boys are growing up with the concept. The first memories of recycling in my community come from the 4th grade. It's been awhile-and again something we are lucky to have. Additionally, we compost- due to a community program we learned how to compost and have the area to do so in our side yard. My husband loves to garden so we plant one every spring. This is something I am proud to share with our children- even though I prefer to pick the veggies and nothing else-it is a family piece of our household.
Then the other changes- solar powered security light, replacing bulbs with CFL's, trying to replace batteries with rechargeable ones, turning off lights and televisions when not in use, unplugging the toaster and coffeemaker when not in use, reusing items (including fabrics that would have been thrown away for my business products), using cleaning products that are natural, buying items that have reduced packaging, buying eco friendly products, using cold water for our most of our washing, using an HE washer with He eco detergent, buying as much local and organic foods as we can afford. There is more but you get the drift, in our case our household can handle this, I enjoy this. To other people we are doing too much or too little. But, for us we know we are making changes 1 at a time that over time just evolve into our lifestyle. Then we make another adjustment. We live in comfort with our 'greenness' Small changes, plus more small changes will make a difference, and it will teach our children. Don't let others tell you your level of eco- you decide it- you live with it. The point is to have some sort of positive eco output in your home/ life. Make a plan.
Up next in our plan is getting a rain/ gray water barrel to help reduce the water output for our garden. (It takes our house a long time for the water to warm up for showers and baths- that would go in the barrel too!)
What's in your plan? I would love to know what your household does to be 'green' or what is next in your plan. It is definitely a new time of change, one in which we all need to participate at some level. 1 small change makes a big difference. 1 small change, 1 big difference in the world and a good feeling in spirit/soul/responsibility wherever you feel it. Be proud!