I *LOVE* Organic Fabric!

I have to say that although things are incredibly busy right now, I absolutely adore working with organic fabric. First, the smell. It smells, well, like cotton. It always brings a smile to my face when I roll it out and catch the whiff of cotton aroma like I just came off of a cotton farm. Second is the feel, especially of the fleece. It is so soft and cuddly, it puts other fleece to shame. I already have plans in the future for pjs for the family next winter (hopefully i can find some time). My younger son gets bad eczema from polyester pjs, so he has always been envious of my older son's fleece sleepwear---no longer! This organic cotton fleece will be just right for him.

Jinxed myself.

So in my last entry I wrote about all the great things I was going to fix on my web site because things were "slowing down." Ha. Right after I wrote that, I had orders coming in out of the woodwork as well as a couple of wholesale orders (more on those later...). Most orders are for the new lightweight organic sleep sacks--I think I seriously underestimated demand! So, any more tweaks are on hold for the time being.

In addition to tweaking the site, I am contemplating introducing a back zipper option for the larger sleep sacks for those little escape artists out there. Also, I plan to work on introducing an organic swaddler for next fall. I had hoped to work on one earlier, but I think fall is more realistic. I have a problem with more plans than time sometimes......

back to the studio!!

Time to Upgrade

The spring crush is slowing down now and I am trying to upgrade some of the website. So over the next month you may notice a few changes. Nothing drastic like the "big" overhaul in January (or was it February? I tried to block it out...), but some tweaks, new pics, etc. that will make shopping a bit easier. My first order of business was to take care of that wreck that was the organic page. I threw it together in a hurry because I had customers waiting to order. I streamlined it, fixed some photos, and made it easier to shop for your organic sleep sacks. In case you haven't checked out, the organic sleep sacks come in infant sizes and toddler sizes and three weights: one for summer, one for spring or fall, and one for winter. You can peruse at : www.ceeweebaby.com/organic.html.

Next came my yard. The drought really took its toll last summer on a lot of my plants and shrubs, so I have been trying to prune and remove what I can. My herb garden is going gangbusters though! Look at all the great lavender I trimmed:



And how did I accomplish this with a 5 yo and a 3 1/2 yo boy running underfoot? Simple. Dirt. I emptied out the long forgotten sandbox and filled it with topsoil. Apparently, dirt is way 'neater' than sand. And much, much messier. But, if it lets me work outside and enjoy the sounds of them playing, so be it. I stopped at allowing them to pour buckets of water in their dirt box, however. I now have a great supply of organic lavender to make dryer bags. I use these in the dryer when I 'fluff' the sleep sacks prior to shipment. Enjoy spring!