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Re-usable Nappy Week
Along with my very supportive husband, I just ran an afternoon tea for Re-usable Nappy Week. I put up a couple of posters and DH told the pregnant women he works with, plus I put it out on a forum and...
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Collaboration - How Exciting!
It's really exciting, I'm involved with a group of WAHMs who are starting a collaboration. And it's not just nappy WAHMs, we're mixing it up a bit to get new ideas.The first one will be in December for...
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More sets!
I love getting the chance to do sets and do something a bit different. The tiger one has a fringe left along the sides to look like a fluffy tiger face. The Dad actually likes his T-shirt - all the...
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What is success?
I've been open a bit over a year now, and I've been reflecting on what my goals were and whether I've achieved them. Trying to decide what is success?Financial - I haven't broken even, there were a lot...
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Real life store.
Well it took a while, but out of the blue I got a message from the IRL store saying that they'd sold my nappies and did I want to send some more :) They requested more gender neutral ones, which I...
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Aaargh, it's almost December!
December 1st is when we are opening the collaborative store, so I need to get a move on!These are the fairy wings and skirt to go with the painting, the wings are double sided and it's a frilly skirt...
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WAHMtique is here!
Well it took a bit longer due to an unexpected trip, but WAHMtique is here!It is a boutique collaboration of store owners from WAHMania. We're working with different people to create sets, so there are...
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Irony
Yes, it's been a long time.I put a lot of effort into advertising the store last year, and with a(nother!) non-sleeping baby it was a hard grind. It didn't cause fights with my husband and he was...
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Step 1
So what's the plan?First, I'm not stressing about trying to guess what people will like and completing a lot of nappies. So I'm doing all the fiddly bits and getting them ready to put together, but...
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2nd Collection
AustralianaThere's a lovely fabric shop about 5 hours down the road that specialises in Aboriginal prints. They are all done by Aboriginal artists who have the choice of an up front payment or they can...
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Minkee!
So I've done a lot of the rearranging and getting things up, I think there are still some descriptions to write and things like the maxi-wraps to put up. I have also got the minkee organised, as well...
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Survey
So now I have most of the re-organisation done and I have a survey up. It's interesting seeing people's responses so far, looks like the side snap design I gave up on the started again then put aside...
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Just because she's gorgeous!
These are of my little girl in the reverse dyed set I made for her. The nappy has a heart tie-dye design, and the same fabric was used to reverse applique the shirt (it seemed appropriate).
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Frustrating
Don't you hate it when you get all enthusiastic and ready to work and then can't? FIL is extremely ill and has been given weeks to live so we will be spending a lot of time visiting interstate. Don't...
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The Creative Process
I've been thinking a lot about this lately, especially designing the new side snaps, but I thought I'd use a non-nappy example.Step 1: The ProblemIt has been driving us mad for months that Widget will...
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Very Clever
This is such an astute use of SEO and the internet I've got to tell everyone about it! Huggalugs leg huggers are running a promotion where you get free leg warmers if you comment about them in a blog...
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The fruits of creativity.
I wrote an earlier post about the creative process, here's the doll I talked about for Widget. I was originally going to put a gathered bag underneath the skirt, but she decided she just wanted a doll....
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Survey part 1
So some of the basic results from the survey:Most respondents have all sorts of nappies, then pockets are the most popular.Again most have all sorts of closure, then front snaps. I'm surprised that...
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Survey Part II
Wow a long time between posts, but it will all be busy now. I've been distracted by a very ill family member so the business has been on the back burner.A wrap up of some of the individual comments and...
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Side Snap Odyssey Part 1
I thought this might be interesting for anyone who is thinking about designing something to sell. This won't necessarily translate into other areas, but it will give you an idea of the fiddling that...
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