More obstacles!

A couple more days away for new listings - now the overlocker has decided to stage a strike despite me spending around 6 hours just today trying and retrying to fix it! I think I could almost be a qualified machine servicer by now!!! Have had some improvement, so all being well with some more work, (without needing to send it to the repairman, which will take days) hopefully will get another listing on about Wednesday/evening.

A bit slow!

Sorry, just a quick note to say I had planned on getting a few more pre-mades out at the end of this week, however after a recent series of unusual symptoms and sickness (are all 3rd pregnancies so sickness/exhaustion prone?!) which has required a few bail-outs by family and friends just getting through the evenings with the kiddies, I have only been able to work on finishing the previous pre-made/custom purchases in small windows of okayness!. So, some more will be coming again soon, and a few different designs also. So keep watching this space!

Christmas nappies and orders

Why is it when one thing breaks down/stops working properly, everything starts following suit? In the last couple of days, it has been my embroidery machine driving me crazy, then my good camera decided to momentarily pack it in right when I needed it (hence the dodgy and lack of pics!) and now my computer has gone on long service leave!!! So I have wasted hours trying to work with the first and last offenders, with little success so far. Computerised technology can save so much time, but I'm sure when you add up how much time you can waste when it goes wrong, you are probably really better off without it!

Anyway, a quick pic of the latest order finished(I have missed a few other pics, and they are on my other computer, sorry!)
Ok, now onto CHRISTMAS NAPPIES

Keep an eye on this space. I have decided to randomly list a couple of Christmas nappies in the next few days, and I will see how this little system will work:

For example, I will list a nappy for sale with a pic, price, an ITEM CODE and "AVAILABLE FOR SALE". If you would like to purchase the nappy, you must email me immediately, as the first to email about purchasing that ITEM CODE will become the new owner. The purchaser of the nappy will also have the opportunity to add ONE custom nappy of choice to your purchase to make the most of the $5.50 postage. You do not HAVE to order an extra nappy, you might just like the one nappy, but the opportunity is there.

Once I have posted "SOLD" on the nappy, please do not enquire about that nappy again - I will post a new post with any new nappies available. Does that actually make sense, or is it just me working out things wonderfully in my pregnancy-dazed brain??!!! Feel free to email or comment about whether you understand or not, otherwise, I will start listing in the next couple of days. I will also re-post the conditions with the for sale nappies.

Over the seas and our new family member (no, not bub yet!!)

Here is a special order, the first Bundles of Buns to venture across the seas (further than NZ!)

And slightly off the topic, here is one of our 2 new pets, Mr and Mrs (well, we think!) Nemo! Both the boys were very excited to welcome them to our home, with DS2 babbling gibberish over and over to them. They are a little shy though, so hard to catch coming out of the rock.

I am also off on a little trip at the end of the week, a women's conference. It will be the first time I have left my boys for 2 nights, so I hope they all survive ok! But I definitely will have limited access to email etc so please be aware of that. Please keep the suggestions coming with Christmas designs!

More orders and fabric

I am getting slack with posting my pics! Below are the latest two orders. The ladybug set was with metallic red thread, so pretty and sparkly (my pics aren't very good - AGAIN!). And the other Christmas nappy had small writing so hard to see in the pic, but it was to Santa offering to "take my brother. leave the gifts". I'm sure I felt that way times 3 brothers when I was growing up!

I am starting to get more bursts of energy here and there... the house is SOMEWHAT clean, SOME of the time! It's hard when we are still doing renos all the time - the latest addition has been a giant marine fish tank built into one of our walls... DHs new hobby... lets hope we don't kill as many expensive marine fish as we have goldfish... We were up to about Mr Goldie the 6th, as well as some others in the last few months! But more sewing related, I bought some nice new shelves to put all my fabrics in, as the crates were driving me crazy, digging through to find different minkees etc. So I should take a pic of my more organised sewing room - there is still a lot I want to do though, and we need to put a new floor down and paint the walls - beige is not very creativity-inducing!

I also have some more new fabrics, including apple green dot, Sunshine yellow dot, tequila sunrise gelato, and another little specialty, to be revealed when I take some pics!!! Oh and plenty of Red dot minkee for some Chrissy nappies....I'm not sure how to offer some - by pre-order, or pre-made stock - anyone got any preferences? Feel free to let me know! And if you find any cute Christmas embroideries... I like doing customs because I don't have to choose embroideries - it is so hard!

Anyway, enough rambling, here are some pics

A couple more

The first 2 orders from the second batch have gone out - the pics aren't great as I was pushing it to the last minute with both to get them to the post office on time!!

I also have a few new fabrics just arrived, and about to arrive, including Mixed Berry, Aurora, Tequila Sunrise and some yet to see... I still have about 3-4weeks worth of current orders, then will be updating the blog as to whether I will take a few more orders, or will work on some pre-made stock. I am at least starting to feel like a normal person again... and I am already HALF WAY THROUGH my pregnancy... how does that happen? Third time has gone so fast!!

Lucky last from the first batch!

And here is the order that was straggling a little behind the others waiting for some finalisations ;).

Orders from the second batch will begin going out shortly!! I am just hoping the gastro bug which has gone through 5 families of my closest family members somehow miraculously skips mine!!

Latest Orders

Ok, here are some orders from the first batch, minus another order of 6 which is awaiting some fabric to finish it off! Hopefully soon! Thank you all for your patience during my pregnancy-minded state!!!!

New spots

Thank you to everyone who has contacted me.

As there has been 2 winners who have not made contact, there is now a new spot in the first batch which goes to:

NM

And one spot in the second batch goes to:

DB

Congratulations!! Please contact me asap!! Thank you!

Winners

ETA: A REMINDER TO THE WINNERS WHO HAVE NOT YET CONTACTED ME VIA EMAIL, PLEASE DO SO ASAP! IF YOU HAVE CONTACTED ME AND HAVEN'T HEARD A RESPONSE, PLEASE EMAIL AGAIN, IT MEANS I HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL. IF YOU DON'T MAKE CONTACT YOUR SPOT WILL BE FORFEITED IN THE FAIRNESS OF THE RULES POSTED ORIGINALLY, AND BELOW. THANK YOU!

The winners of the draw are announced as below. Sorry to those who may have not entered if I didn't leave enough time - please watch the blog!!! I still have the names of those who entered but missed out, so if for some reason the winners either don't contact me or decide not to go ahead with an order, I will draw replacements, so please keep an eye out!

If you are the winner in either draw, you MUST contact me by midnight tonight, Thursday 4 September. You are NOT obliged to make an order if you decide not to go ahead, even up until the quoted order, but please let me know as soon as possible so that others can have a chance.

Those who do not make contact will forfeit their place.

Please give me time to get back to you, but I will respond by the end of today.

The winners of the first draw will need to go through the ordering process straight away, those in the second draw, I will give you the information you need, but you will not have to order until the beginning of your batch.

Winners are as follows:
* First batch, Orders to be taken straight away:

Bernetta
Kristie
Leanne L


* Second batch, Contact straight away, orders to be taken approx 18 September:

Tiana
Victoria M
Ashleigh S

Congratulations to those that won!

If your name is not announced, please STILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE BLOG for any changes or possible new spots (eg, If each person in a batch only orders 1 or 2 nappies each, I may add another person to that batch).

I look forward to hearing from the winners!

The names of the 2 draws are as follows.

I'm back!! With news!!

After a massive haul with the move (why we spread it out thinking that would be easier, I have no idea!!) and waiting to get the office set up and back online, I have finally survived!

Firstly, a huge thank you to the last of my customer orders, who have been SOOOOOOOO patient with me!!! I'm sorry it dragged out at the end!

So, my big news, other than that we are now in the new house (although yet to unpack most of our belongings, including the sewing machines, fabric etc!!) is the we are expecting a NEW BABY!!! We are very excited to be having number 3 and I am due late February. HENCE, I had tried to organise the finishing of orders and the move to accommodate MORNING SICKNESS (which is actually more midday to night sickness for me!), but it all happened a tiny bit earlier than planned, therefore wasn't quite finished my orders etc. I am still not 100%, although feeling better than I was, but still no energy, hence the house not being unpacked!!

This also means I need a little more time to get back into the swing of things and get sewing again!!! I have yet to decide whether to take some custom orders in the meantime before setting up the new site, or how it will work. I am guessing I need a couple more weeks to decide. But I will post news on this site as soon as I have any!

So, thank you to everyone for your patience, and to all the emails I have received about taking orders again, I'm sorry it has taken so long to update the blog!!!

Have been a little slack! I took a little time off for my birthday, yes another year older! And have been busy due to end of financial year - for my own business and my father's - which incidentally coincides with my birthday! Anyway, had a quiet day with my boys, unfortunately the weather was horrible and we couldn't think of anything much exciting to do!!

Am finally down to my last couple of orders! Will finish them off and get to the joyful task of packing up house - woo hoo!!! Ok, I'm not exactly looking forward to that! Although, thanks to our last move, I have culled a lot of stuff.... but then again, I have gained a lot too...... oh well!

A couple of orders that included new designs recently (been slack with the pics!). The top one is for boy/girl twins, how adorable!

Check out a nappy available for a charity auction!

There is a size MEDIUM very girly nappy available right now on a charity auction - check it out!! http://www.ozebaby.com.au/auctions.php?VA=1209

Sorry about missing out on the boys, next time I promise!!
And here is the pic - you can own it!

The auction is to raise money to help a very special baby girl with a very rare, life threatening genetic condition travel to San Francisco to attend a medical symposium. For full details, please check out her website at http://www.princessnicola.com/

Another update just to remind everyone that I will be having some time off (hopefully including my birthday!!) once I have finished all of the current orders over the next couple of weeks. We are then packing up the house to move early August. Once we are settled in and I have new AWESOME amount of workspace, I will be updating everyone on the blog as to where I stand with taking custom orders, or how much stock I have for the new website (new logo finished yay!! Just all the other stuff to organise now!!!)

Email mishaps!

I have recently become aware of a few missing emails!! PLEASE, if you don't receive a response from me by 24 hours, please feel free to email again! Also, sometimes best to check Junk Email for randomly diverted emails! This also applies to open batches - if you have been promised a spot in a certain date batch and haven't heard from me, please email me!

Here are a couple of new design orders in the last few days:

And a special mention for this keepsake for a precious girl who sadly passed away due to SIDS but whose memory will never be forgotten:

New Snaps standards on all Larges

No piccies today! All the most recent orders have been using designs we have already seen!

I have now decided, to help prevent the possibility of wing droop on the nappies (now that the wings aren't as wide which helped prevent it in old style), that I will now automatically put 4 snaps on each of the wing snaps instead of just 2. If you are ordering a medium and would like them added to the mediums as well, please ASK SPECIFICALLY for this during your order.

I have a BIG batch of orders in the next group, I will definitely be wading my way through those orders! But will hopefully have some good piccies to share in a few weeks time!

Some news on the personal front....

Ok, so we have just decided, in our ever so spontaneous fashion that we are going to move house!!! The aim is at this point around early August, but we have a lot to finish on the house before we move out..... so on the downside, it will probably take a bit longer than I planned to get some stock together for the new site.....

on the UPSIDE, my new workspace will be HUGE compared to what it is now (seriously, my study/office/sewing room is like a sweatshop - apalling conditions!! lol).... think a 3x3.5m room presently with a filing cabinet, tall cupboard, 2 desks, 3 machines, sewing cabinet, computer, fabric etc etc.... so, hopefully it may even make my time more efficient so I can get more done! (am I dreaming?!)

Here are some recent orders that included some more new designs:

What's in a name?

I have had a few name nappies amongst the orders lately! I love them!

Custom orders have CLOSED! I still have orders already booked until July, so I will re-evaluate during that time, and also how I go with the testing and getting stock ready will determine when I will open orders again, and for how long.

Thanks for your patience!

Absorbency vs Drying Time and Custom Orders

I would love some feedback on the absorbency of Mijee-mite nappies.... I know most people find them very absorbent, yet still quite quick drying.

What I would like to know is, would you like them more absorbent, which will increase drying time?

Is drying time important to a lot of people?

Or is absorbency more important?

PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH YOUR OPINIONS!!


CUSTOM ORDERS!!
Also, unfortunately I will have to stop taking custom orders for a period of time to make some stock and spend time on the launch of the website. Hence I will stop taking any NEW enquiries of custom orders from this WEDNESDAY 13 May. I may close the orders earlier than that, as there are only a few spots left!!!!

If you have already been booked in, or promised a place in a certain batch, these orders will STILL BE FILLED don't worry!!

I'm sorry, I just cannot keep up with the amount of enquiries and orders, and would still like to maintain a healthy relationship with my family :) I would also like to focus on the store stocking and get that happening for all those people who prefer to have fluffy posted the day after purchasing!!! Thank you all for your understanding.

Happy Mother's Day to all the gorgeous girls!

Just wanted to wish all of you loving, self sacrificing, hard working, caring, wonderful mums out there the best day!! I mean, you can truly feel that you are contributing so much to the world when you put so much thought, time and effort into investing into the future generations! Our lovely children, as trying as they can be sometimes :) only make us stronger and challenge us to try harder and better ourselves. Enjoy and take the day off!!!!!

Here are a couple of new designs....

Some more newies

Some more orders using some new designs. I didn't quite get as many orders done as I would have liked, but I am getting through them!

Monday is the start of the next batch - if I promised you were in this batch and you don't receive an email by Monday night, please email me again :) I don't mind being pestered and I wouldn't like to miss anyone!!

I am also giving a MCN talk at a local meeting this Monday, so I am hoping I go ok with that!!! I am trying to think of ways to make the talk interesting! But it is an unusual format, so I'm not sure how much I can do!

I am also sorry to announce that I cannot continue to offer the same bulk pack discount as I was. The prices of individual nappies will stay the same, but bulk discounts will not be quite what they were.... I think we all know the rising cost of all materials ... but I am trying to absorb it as much as possible :)

I'm back!

Well, I got back for the weekend actually, but I'm back in the swing today. You know the unpacking, tonnes of washing and cleaning that you need to do when you get back... And I did a major overhaul of my sewing room, which was being quickly overtaken by stray bits of cotton, fabric, cut out boosters, minkee, PUL and suede, fabric for my "secret" nappies!!, scrapbooking stuff, photography stuff, computer, filing etc etc!! And it isn't a big room, I can assure you!

Working to finish the latest batch of orders, hopefully early as it is my DS2's first birthday tomorrow and we are having a party on Saturday, so I know I will spend late into the nights stuffing goody bags, organising games, photo slide show etc!! And it would be nice to have Mother's Day off :)

Here is a special birthday nappy recently with glittery green stars:

Ok, I'm off!

Off on a little trip, that is! DH informed me the other day he decided we were going away for a few days to a conference, so I got ahead on a few orders so I could take the break. It will be fun, and we are staying on the Harbour in Sydney so we can take the boys to the aquarium etc. However, they are both terrible sleepers, very light and easily woken, and I have never had them sleep in the same room!!! Even at Christmas when we were away, I stuck one in the study off our bedroom and the other in the walk in wardrobe, both with white noise (which is also in both their rooms at home!)!! So, with especially the youngest having woken heaps and cried for hours the last few nights (sick, teething etc), and DS1 who gets in the WORST moods with not enough sleep or getting woken, it should be fun with us all together!!!

I will still have access to emails, although a little limited!

Here are a few recent orders that used different combinations, or designs I haven't used before.... I have a few more that are nearly done, just need pics, but will add when I get back...See you again later!

Hehehe, I have a secret!

about nappies that is!! I made my first draft today of a nappy I have had made in my mind for a couple of months.... one that is.... different, but I'm sure you will love!

As soon as custom orders slow down abit, and I actually get time to work on these "other nappies", they will be launched on my new website. The "other nappies" will ONLY be available by the store stocking system - a regular time each month when you can purchase the nappies that are in stock. These nappies promise to be original, and ultra special! They will not be able to be custom ordered (unless a pack is ordered, in which case one of these may be included).

Custom ordered embroidered nappies will still be available to a certain extent - I won't stock my current style embroidered nappies as a general rule in the store stockings - I think customers prefer to choose their own embroideries, colours and sizes.

I have lots of ideas, however limited time (as much as I enjoy what I do, I don't want it to take time from my family) and so it is just working as hard as I can when children are in bed, husband working etc.

IF YOU HAVE A NEW SIZE STYLE NAPPY, I WOULD LOVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THE FIT. Since making my sizes larger, I have had a small amount of feedback, but would love more, even if negative. So if you have a new style nappy, (can be differentiated by the fact that the snaps are hidden), please feel free to drop me an email, or a piccie!!

Yay! So, look forward to the coming months and all will be revealed!

WOOHOO!!! Finished!!

Ok, it was a big haul in 2 weeks, but I did it!! Mind you, I won't be able to have that many nappies on order at once again!! I'm pretty sure I have contacted everyone I need to, but if I haven't responded to you, and I mentioned that you were in the batch due THIS WEEK, please feel free to email me again! Others, I have promised in 2 weeks, will be the next batch. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE!!

So here are some pics of some recent orders, not all of them, but most of them, with a couple of ones previous to this most recent lot of orders..... enjoy!!!