Why can't children make our life easier?

Maybe the true meaning of the word child is this:

an individual that "belongs" to you (either by birth or adoption) that will on occasion drive you insane, make you want to pull your hair out, beat your head against a wall, scream, kick, cry, and sometimes make you pack up all of their toys.

The only other thing would be that it would also have to read:

an individual that "belongs" to you (either by birth or adoption) that will on occasion make you smile, giggle, laugh, cry, and will give you hugs and kisses for no reason whatsoever!

Why can't we always have meaning #2?

I guess simply because what is good if there is no bad? Maybe all of the little things that are tender and sweet are that because we know what's on the flip side of the coin.

I think though that your children should not be allowed to all be meaning #1 on the same day - spread it out a bit please :) Give your poor parents a break :)

We love you why make it hard on us all at the same time :)

------------- One Completely Exhausted, Had Enough Mommy

Company Logo

So the parent company is JaJoC (pronounced - Jay-Joe-See) and I finally got a logo for it :)

What do you think?

I got the label scan ...

So I designed the label for the Easy to Bum Diaper Service and here is what they are going to look like (they are folded in 1/2 just under the words Diaper Service). What do you think of it?

Things for Mom

So a customer has asked me to make her some mom pads - which I was happy to do - and so I think I might stick them back into the store. I use to sell them years ago, but I wasn't all that happy with the pattern so I've redone them (there are 3 different pads to choose from), and I think it might be time to put them back in.

So there will be a Mini, Regular & Night, they are made with bamboo french terry (the night also has a layer of zorb in it), and they are backed by pul.

Eventually I'll get some pictures taken and I'll post them to the website - I'll let you know when they are up.

Oh pricing - Mini's are $5.50, Regular's are $6 and Night's are $8

Have a great Thursday :)


PS ------- I just had a girl drop off 90 baby slings that I've got to finish (she serges them and puts the tag on) so be on the look out for new slings up on the website - once my baby sitter gets here in 22 minutes (not like I'm counting or anything) THEN I'm going down to the studio and I can finish them up (I just got a new batch of sling rings last week and they've been calling to me to make them into ring slings for days now - time to give in)

Have I Bitten Off TOO MUCH??

So as life goes on and the company grows our expansion has be wondering have I bitten off more than I can chew? My days start earlier and earlier, they are ending later and later, and in between although I'm getting lots done I'm wondering if I'm missing the bigger picture! I don't think I am, just someday's it's good to sit down and take a look at the bigger picture.

Bigger Picture:

I want more people to use cloth diapers on their kids for what reasons?

1. It's healthier for their kids
2. It will save them money (the service likely won't save them much but it shouldn't cost them anymore!)
3. It's better for the environment (honestly this isn't as important to me as the first two but it does help - I recycle so why wouldn't I use cloth!)

Am I doing all of this for the right reasons? When I started the company it was for those reasons is it still? I don't want to "sell out" and just be another company that doesn't care about anything but the bottom line.

I want to be known as a company that cares about what it makes, about their customers, and about the next generation (as well as our planet!)

So does my expanding the company help these things - YES I am certain that I can reach more people if I have a store front that is closer to Toronto. Does doing a diaper service help this - YES I think that more people will use cloth diapers who wouldn't if someone else isn't there to clean them!

So all in all YES I'm doing a good thing, and I'm still on course - I haven't sold out (in fact my dh is always after me to up my prices but I stand firm - I want cloth diapering to be affordable and I'm standing firm to that if nothing else :)

Enjoy your Wednesday - I just took a pizza (home made from scratch) out of the oven and boy does it smell good :)

Gotta run :)

Life as Wee Grow

So we've (my husband and I) decided a few months ago that we were going to grow Wee Ones into a nationwide company and not just the small local company it currently is. There is nothing wrong with it the size it is but I've always wanted to grow it into a larger company - this was just ahead of my timetable (being that I figured I was going to have to do it slowly and "by myself"). Anyways so the first step was to start to branch out into the other provinces - show wise. So next weekend we're going to Halifax for the big baby show there .............

Anyways so that's not all we've decided to do . . . . ......

We're moving the company into a warehouse / industrial space here in the near future, and we're starting a cloth diaper service that services the Durham Region.

Wow I know it's a lot to take on all at one time but I think that it's necessary in order for the little company that started on a singer sewing machine in a spare bedroom to bloom and blossom into something grand and extraordinary!

So Easy to Bum is the diaper service and we're (cross your fingers) going to start delivering the diapers in September. Our service diapers are also available to buy on the Wee Ones website here. You get 12 diapers (10 size large) for $72.00!!! These are awesome fitteds but I've been able to keep the costs really low on them as I make so many of them I buy these particular fabrics in huge bulk, and when you're making so many of them at one time the amount of time it takes to make each diaper is lower considerably!

Here they are!