babysparewear is exhibiting once again at baby & tween celebration los angeles this year. it is always a fun show for us since we get to meet some of our favorite moms face-to-face! we will be offering some great deals at the expo to thank our local customers for their support. we want to take this time to also thank our online supporters who are unable to attend.
Enjoy an exclusive 20% off discount on your next purchase at www.babysparewear.com use promo code: babyla at checkout. valid until 4.27.09. now is the time to stock up on our chic and simple spare outfit kits for your little one or for your next baby shower! we appreciate your continued support.
in case you missed the l.a. morning news yesterday... the baby planners are at it again! and this time, featuring babysparewear on TV! check out ellie & melissa's picks for best holiday travel products for children! click here to watch the video.
we would like to say thank you for your continued support with a special offer for you. save an extra 20% on any purchase of $25 or more, PLUS for this weekend only get FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $25, too (usually free on orders above $75!
use code: THANKS at checkout. valid now and only until monday, december 1st. hurry for best selection! now is a great time to try our ecochic line or grab some spare sale items...they're going fast!
check out the ultimate gift guide from peekaboo picks. our organic peace kit is the #1 gift on the fashion & accessories list. take a look for a special savings discount promo code! and as always, thank you for the continued support for ours and other mom-owned businesses!
for more info visit www.peekaboopicks.com
Baby Bites Brooklyn is Brooklyn's only social and educational program for moms and moms-to-be. A franchise of Baby Bites New York, this helpful group provides expectant, new, and not-so-new Brooklyn moms a forum where they can connect, share, learn and grow. We were recently contacted by the Baby Bites Brooklyn as a "must-have product for new moms" to be featured at one of their events. Thanks to Chana Balk and her fabulous mom network for the support and interest in the babysparewear brand. We look forward to working with you again soon! Visit www.babybitesnyc.com/brooklyn for more information.
we all know the challenges of leaving the house with little ones. packing the diaper bag, gathering the gear, feeding, changing, etc. it's enough to make you want to stay
home... well, babble.com freelance writer nicole feliciano (also, of momtrends.blogspot.com) has compiled a helpful list of products that reduce parents' common to-go frustrations. guess who made the babble list. check out #16.
we are thrilled to announce babysparewear's first international distribution agreement in the netherlands. headed by the savvy Mastos R. Aerdts, the pearl bodyfashion group will represent and distribute the babysparewear brand in the netherlands, belgium and luxembourg. pearl bodyfashion shares our vision of simple and functional style across the maternity, lingerie and baby markets. we welcome this exciting opportunity to share the babysparewear vision globally. we thank mastos for seeing the global potential of our brand and look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship.
we were recently surprised by the ladies at swell pregnancy guide when told we were a company highlighted on the swell list, a list which features innovative pregnancy and baby products. we were flattered to see a photo of our pistachio tie-dye babysparewear kit on their spread of "products you can't have a baby without!" (check out page 25 of the 2008-2009 los angeles edition) thanks, hillary...we think you're swell, too! the guide is not only a local directory for expecting women and new moms, but also includes informative articles and coupons, too. the swell guide is currently published in los angeles and las vegas but will soon also be published in eight other cities. visit www.swellpregnancyguide.com for the online guide and for information on how to get your local copy.
thought i'd post photos of our space at our l.a. mart showroom rosalie and friends, suite #750. like our products, our display is simple and to the point and shows off our babysparewear offerings: from our ecochic organic line to our 3-piece fashion fix kits to our 2-piece mini makeover and toddlersparewear kits to our stand-alone spare travel bags—all concisely within a vertical 4 x 8 space.
our display can be viewed from the front window which is pretty awesome. and we were assigned a display area which faces a collection of best-selling elvis presley licensed products. how can you go wrong hangin' with the king, right?
(besides the fact that my late brother was a life-long elvis fan, so we consider that a hunka hunka burnin' luck...)
also, check out the newly & glamorously redesigned main lobby of the l.a. mart®/l.a. mart design center. this last january 2008, the center "commemorated it's 50th year as one of los angeles' mid-century icons" and the building continues to show it's commitment to the design industries with its fresh perspective on the modern lifestyle.
we are pleased to announce another exciting expansion of babysparewear's sales efforts. we have signed with the L.A. Mart gift showroom of 26 years, rosalie and friends! the impressive 4000 square foot showroom is run by dynamic duo: rosalie and daughter robin, two industry professionals who quickly made us feel right at home! their showroom represents a multitude of top branded merchandise in all categories, from toys to books to candy to gardening supplies. this is especially exciting to us since this expands our brand's exposure to new industries with rosalie and friends' client base of gift shops, hotels, zoos, museums—all perfect venues for babysparewear travel kits. and if that isn't cool enough, the showroom is supported by an amazing team of 15 road reps! we are excited to be in such capable hands.
if you are a gift store buyer on the west coast, visit www.rosalieandfriends.com for more information on viewing our line in los angeles.
introducing two new earth-friendly styles in our ecochic by babysparewear line.
peace and love: even more essential than the spare outfit...
our organic kits are available now. 100% certified organic cotton jersey outfit and organic canvas zippered travel case, too. non-toxic low impact dyes, water-based graphics and 100% recycled paper hang-tag, too. eco-friendly spare outfits are good for mom, baby and the earth...
the wait for our organic kits is almost over...we promise. look for our three new styles on our web site next week.
photography by gretchen easton photography
monsieur minouchet
we would like to welcome monsieur minouchet as our newest international retail partner. this up and coming belgium-based retailer offers a mission that is pure and simple: kids clothes & other funny, useful, beautiful stuff! we love the feeling this photo on their website evokes. makes me smile every time. we are flattered to be in the store owner's high regard. minouchet's owner and buyer extraordinaire catherine dupont was lovely to work with even if it was only over fax and email... catherine, we wish you tremendous success.
as promised, here is a sneak peek of our ecochic™ by babysparewear recycle symbol kit. our 100% organic cotton line will include a screen printed long sleeve tee and pant as modeled by our toe-gripping fit model logan. both super-soft garments will be packaged in a coordinating reuseable organic canvas travel case. our three new eco kits available later this month will offer three hopeful messages for a better tomorrow: spare the planet, spare peace and spare love.
and for those very patient stores on our organic waiting list, we promise we will have actual product photos really soon! just finalizing some details... you will not be disappointed.
so another bit of exciting news to share: babysparewear has made the sweet pea baby planners favorites list! this is quite an honor to receive from a savvy business dedicated to finding and providing references for only the best must-have
baby products to their extensive list of expecting clients in colorado. thank you!
founder april beach is a pretty motivated entrepreneur. in addition to starting a baby planning business, she took it a step further and helped start the national baby planners association. april is now the vice president and director of manufacturer relations for the association with over 15 members and growing! baby planners are merging all over the country and the association is receiving requests every week for new businesses to join. right on, april! but wait, there's more. april is also launching an online boutique in july. as a consultant, she will only be selling goods which are hard to find, exceptional and not offered by local retail partners. look for more details soon.
a lot going on here at babysparewear... we are pretty close to showing our ecochic™ line, sooo excited about that. see, our hang tags are almost done, too. we have quite a list of interested retailers and can't wait to get these babies into the stores! we are very pleased with how these eco kits have come together. stay tuned.
also, not sure if it is the work of all of our amazing online reviewers (thanks again, ladies.) or this fine blog we have added (as if), but our online store has been quite busy since march. we are talking an increase of over 100% the sales figures of previous months. so we are finally starting to feel that snowball effect...or at least a light drizzle. and, need we say we appreciate the word of mouth from our customers tremendously. we are finding that the majority of our gift recipients return to buy gifts as well. clearly, the best testament to our products by far. keep 'em coming, and we'll keep gift wrapping!
our fashion fix kits in the baby animal graphics style are doing quite well, so we have begun yet another production run of these kits which we customize only with water-based silk screens and low impact dyes. production always means lots of driving: to the cutter, the sewing house, the dye house and the inevitable visit to downtown l.a. for elastic, labels and trims. not to mention buying textiles and coordinating with our bag factory in texas. the up side is our little network of people we love working with: from our amazing garment cutter (fabulous argentinian gentlemen with over 30 years experience) who always makes time for us, to our sewing house run by two lovely ladies for over 25 years—simply the best. and of course, the icing on the cake: working with our moms (hi, mami!). tatiana's mom does our book keeping and my mom handles order fulfillment and keeps inventory.
and, we are getting ready for our first major photo shoot with a talented children's photographer here in los angeles gretchen easton photography with real live models through a casting group and a killer location (thanks to the bergs). did i mention we are also in the process of upgrading our website software and server? (thanks for all the help david & john.) oh, and we have a new international retail partner and affiliations with other fantastic businesses. more on that later. we are busy busy busy. i would not have it any other way.
blogging mom melissa of now what baby recently contacted us to do a review of babysparewear. now we get many such inquiries weekly, but i thought it was quite innovative of this young mom to kick it up a notch with video reviews and slideshows. yep, reviews that allow her readers to see the product being reviewed...in action. luckily melissa has a willing participant: her adorable three-year-old son conner. and we also got a little bonus on our review, melissa's friend's beauty of a baby: daughter jaden! (wearing our custom sky blue outfit) she is all of 8 weeks old. so sweet... 
thanks, melissa. i think you are brilliant. now i get some fun shots of our outfits to blog about. so right back at'cha! hope you and conner enjoy your toddlersparewear kit in tangerine. happy potty-training!
from a personal perspective, i am always impressed with women who find a way to incorporate their specific interests and talents with motherhood. it is important for us moms to continue to grow as individuals and maintain that healthy balance between mom and "me." and as the kids grow, i see how inspiring it is for our children to see their mothers from a different perspective, too. bravo, melissa and all you other mom bloggers out there. keep up the good work.
we are thrilled to say that our new organic line is finally underway. at just about a year in the making, it has been a labor of love for us... as we strongly believe that as manufacturers we have a responsibility to do our part for the planet. we have taken great care in selecting only the best-quality fabrics with SKAL and Global Organic Trade Certification. as you might already know, certified organic cotton is grown without pesticides or chemicals under international standards for sustainable textile production. this means gentler fabrics for baby’s soft skin while reducing pesticide use, preventing soil erosion and protecting water quality to help spare the planet. our ecochic™ spare outfit kit will include an organic cotton long sleeve tee and pant in a beautiful quality organic canvas travel case. we wanted our organic kits to be more than just another organic basics line, so our kits will feature custom-designed silk screens with our three symbols of hope for a better tomorrow: spare love, spare peace and spare the planet. we are currently evaluating specific charities with which to tie each specific kit theme. in addition to certified organic cottons of the finest quality, this eco-friendly line will feature low-impact dyes, non-chemical, water-based silk screens (as always) and sustainable reuseable packaging. and we are proud to say that our products are still made in the usa. we are excited to share this new line with you. stay tuned for a sneak peek later this week. and please remember to spare your mother [earth].
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