Harmony Art Organic Cotton Wrap PRESALE

If you pre-order an organic cotton wrap, you will save $20! Style options for pre-order are Lime Green and Surrender; our most popular choices from the contest (scroll down to see the fabric swatches). Limited quantities of pre-orders available so order soon!

Boo Bear Buns Organic Cotton Wrap in Wintery Stripes (not a Harmony Art fabric)

It's a Contest! Win an Organic Cotton Wrap, Ring or Pouch!

We decided to turn our "help us choose fabrics" plea into a contest! One person will win an Organic Cotton pouch, ring or wrap carrier (their choice)!!

Here's how to enter: Comment on the blog post about fabrics for the wrap carrier fabric, get one entry. Comment on the post about the ring/pouch fabric, get a second entry. Join our mailing list (over on the left) and get a third entry. Post a link to this blog post, or our contest banner (clickable please) on your blog or website, and get 2 more entries. That's 5 chances per person. Contest will end April 15th. A winner will be chosen and posted on here by April 27th.

Good luck :)

To add the banner to your site, save the banner to your harddrive, upload it to your blog/website, then hyperlink it with the following address: http://slingsandsacks.blogspot.com/ or email me aimee@boobearbuns.com for an html code. (Make sure you comment with the link so we can count your entries!)

Help Us Pick New Organic Cotton Wrap Fabrics!

We also need your help deciding on fabrics for the organic cotton wraps! Do you like the fabrics below (any you really like, or really don't like) or do you prefer our striped fabrics, our current solids, or a mix?

Lime Green
Natural
Pink
Apricot

Alphabet Soup
Solstice
Surrender
Ohio

Help Us Pick New Organic Cotton Sling Fabrics!

Boo Bear Buns is expanding rapidly, and with the expansion, we are adding a consistent line of organic cotton fabrics for our baby carriers. We'd like to know which fabrics you like though! Which four of the fabrics below would you like to see in a pouch or ring sling? We will also offer 4 organic cotton solids to match the prints.

Fields of Honey

Garden

Uncomplicated (Twill, denim like fabric)

Vein

Whispering Grass

Whispering Grass BW

Stumps Speak w/ Words

Silent Stumps Speak

Sweet Jane

Eyes of the World

Let It Grow (twill, denim like fabric)

Graceland

SaS Fabric Co-op Yahoo Group

I just created a yahoo group for leftover fabric & notions from sling and diaper making. I will also offer chances to go in on wholesale orders with me, as well as pre-sales from my site. There is a database for hemp / certified organic cotton fleece that will be open for at least a couple more weeks.

The address is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaS_Fabric_Coop . Feel free to join and invite others!

Another Wrap Pre-Sale!

Bali Pink

Floral Pink & Black

Tropical Leaves Aqua

If you purchase a 5 yard long wrap in Tropical Leaves Aqua, Bali Pink or Floral Pink & Black 100% cotton knit jersey during my pre-sale, I will take $5 off the price! These will be priced at $35 regular retail so by ordering now, you will pay only $30 plus exact shipping. 5 yards is enough for most people to use for most or all carries. If you are interested, click here.

Pre-sale will end after 4 wraps are purchased, so if you want one, order soon!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Organic Cotton Wrap Pre-Sale!

Wraps are the most comfortable of baby carriers and slings for long term use and carrying heavy toddlers. Wraps distribute baby's weight across both shoulders and across your entire back. There is a learning curve when it comes to use, but after tying it once or twice, it becomes easy. I will be offering organic cotton and hemp wraps on www.slingsandsacks.com in the up coming month or two, however I have decided to have a pre-sale.

If you are interested in purchasing a 5 yard long wrap in Pistachio or Royal Blue 100% organic cotton knit, I will take $10 off the price! These will be priced at $50 regular retail so by ordering now, you will pay only $40 plus exact shipping. 5 yards is enough for most people to use for most or all carries. If you are interested, click here.

Pre-sale will end after 4 wraps are purchased, so if you want one, order soon!

Pistachio

Royal Blue

Blessed Baby Boutique opens May 8th

The Wilton WAHM Co-op is now 11 local moms strong. As I mentioned previously, we are opening a baby boutique in Wilton, Maine. May 8th is the big day! Blessed Baby Boutique will offer handmade cloth diapers (including Boo Bear Buns products), baby carriers (including my slings), Itsa Greener Clean laundry detergent, diaper bags, herbal bath & body products, new & second hand clothing, wooden toys and so much more. Services offered will include breastfeeding support, doula services, belly casting, baby wearing & cloth diapering 101, photography, personal training and yoga.

A week long celebration of motherhood is planned for the first week. On Tuesday May 8^th, bring your kids from 11-noon for Barefoot Books Story Hour. Cloth diapering 101 will be held Wednesday May 9th from noon-1. Bring your kids back Thursday May 10^th from 11-noon for Likable Recyclables Child Crafts. Friday May 11^th offers baby wearing 101 from 11-noon. Saturday May 12^th celebrate the birth of Blessed Baby from 10-noon with shower games and prizes. Stay for an open discussion from 1-3 on Modern Motherhood. Located at 346 Main Street, Blessed Baby is open Tuesday-Thursday 10-5, Friday 9-6 and Saturday 9-5. For more info, go to www.blessedbaby.org, contact me, or call 207-645-4MOM.

I have a ton of pictures but Photoshop is not working and I don't know how to resize them without it so all you get here is one, however there are more on my flickr page. If you look closely, you can see that my sister cut my hair short last week. Aiden got his first haircut too!

Real Men Wear Babies - The Latest in Spring Fashion

Dr. Sear's isn't the only man who wears babies. Check out these rugged men and their babies:

This is Dave. He's showing off his new pouch sling. You can't get more manly than black and green camo! Here you see beautiful little Bellatrix all cozy in her sling. I love the look on her face :)

Jon and Aiden modeled it for me literally minutes before I rushed it to the post office. I love custom orders, but this one was my favorite. A pocket is hidden in the seam. Perfect for a wallet and cell phone.

Thanks to Dave and Christy for sending the pictures!

Also check out these other baby wearing dads:
Babywearing: A Dad's Experience
Hyena Cart Forum: Pics of Babywearing Dad's
Dr. Sears - Father's Wearing Babies
Does this baby carrier make my manboobs look big?

Updates!

Yeah, I'm still here. I haven't been posting lately because I am building a new website! It will offer my products but will also have natural mama and baby products! It's on a temp address so you can't peek yet, but the logos give a lot away :) I have wanted to post about so many things; I made a beautiful hemp/cotton pouch sling for someone on Etsy (pics below), I have pics of Mr. Fish (aka McFish) that I wanted to post, Aiden's been playing outside more and there are many pics of that as well, my b-day cake was so cute, my new logos are awesome (pics above), and so much more! I hope to get some more pics posted at some point, although we may end up with winter pics posted in the summer!
If you check this between now and Sundayish, check out my Nursling treasury on Etsy.

Reversible Pouch Slings

Reversible pouch slings are now available in my Etsy store. I am adding more every couple days right now so check back soon.

I will also be working on www.slingsandsacks.com over the next couple weeks so I can sell directly from my site as well.

Blog Feature!

Check it out, my pink paisley sling was featured in Dragon in Knots' blog! And what good timing with tomorrow being my birthday :) Their blog features many items from other Etsy shops. Check out Dragon in Knots' Etsy store as well for a large range of arts and crafts. This one is my favorite:


If you happen to have trouble getting to any Etsy stores, please try again later. The Etsy Admins have been working hard to get the site working faster, and in doing so there have been periods of down time.

You Pick the Size Pouch Slings

These fabric swatches are from current listings in my Etsy store. All of these listings are for a pouch sling made to fit the buyer.

Barley Hemp/Cotton Blend

Earthy Stripes 100% Cotton (Picture does not do it justice)

Purple Paisley 100% Polyester

My products are in stores!

With help from their very kind store owner, Laura, Country Moose Kids is now carrying my product lines! Check them out at www.countrymoosekids.com/MadeinMaine.html. Check out their other sections as well. You can't beat a family run company that has great customer service!


This ring sling is only available from them, it's one of a kind so don't miss out!


BTY - My wholesale pricing dilemma has been dealt with and I am moving on to more creative endeavors. Those promotional materials I have been saying need to get done are finally getting my attention. At least until my fabric arrives or I start another sling ;)

Have a wonderful day! We plan on playing in the snow later :)

Diaper Pin Review Button

I have added this button for anyone who purchases a product from me. There are no listings for my products on there yet so this link brings you to an add product page. I added my Boo Bear Buns fitted diapers but it takes up to 14 days for the item to show. Please do write a review for any products you like! This button is going in the side bar as well.
Thanks,
Aimee

Custom ring sling

Here are a couple pictures of a custom sling I made today. It is a baby shower gift for someone who works at a Renaissance Faire. Her baby shower theme is pirates. This was a fun custom order, I like learning more about my customers.