Little Bug Is Turning Three!!

So my littlest child is turning three on November 26th, 2013.  To celebrate her birthday, I am offering a one day, super awesome promotion:

BUY TWO

GET ONE FREE!!

Just so everyone knows everything you need to know, I'm going to post the "fine print" below.

B2G1 Little Bug Promo

CLICK HERE TO GO TO MY ETSY SHOP!!

1. Only diapers premade and for sale in my Etsy shop, are included in this offer.
2. The FREE diaper must be equal or lesser value than the two diapers you're paying full price for.
3. You pay shipping on the first 2 diapers.  The FREE diaper is also FREE from additional shipping charges.
4. ALL diapers come with 1 insert, even your FREE one.
5. The cost of shipping the 3 diapers will come from the amount you paid for shipping on the first 2 diapers.  
6. If you pay more than necessary for the cost of shipping your three diapers, I will refund the overage immediately after shipping.
7. This offer is a first come, first serve opportunity.
8. You pay for all items up front, and as soon as I see your order show up in my email, I will refund the amount of one diaper and shipping for that item immediately.  *There's really no other way for me to do this offer, otherwise.*
9. If you have any questions, please contact me through my Facebook business page.
   Click HERE to be taken to PeepOoie Cloth Diapers' Facebook page!

What's New With PeepOoie? Oh, I'll tell you!

So there have been some big changes from the PeepOoie frontlines.  LOL  First off, I got my website up and running.  It's great, and you can find it here:

Click picture to go to my website!

It's super exciting to finally have that going.  As it turns out, designing a website isn't my first skill...

Also, PeepOoie Cloth Diapers is also now on Twitter.  Come on and follow me!

Click photo to find me on Twitter.

And of course I have my facebook page.

Click picture to find me on Facebook!!

On top of finally getting all of these things together, I'm also moving my sewing room from the Batcave, upstairs back into the light!  Truth is, my kids have a lot of toys, and we're making my office into a playroom in the basement so it's not just a sea of toys throughout the entire downstairs.

I'm bringing back organization to our lives that has been a bit lacking for the last...five + years...

So now I'm sewing at the kitchen table, and honestly I feel like a lot more sewing is being done this way.  I'm not having to get up and leave the room to check on them playing, like I did downstairs.  Now they can be back at the table with me while I work.  I missed it!

I'm excited to finally have so many ways for people to find my business online.  There will be a few more steps being taken toward my goal, in the not too distant future.  It's just all great stuff!

Now that I've got you all caught up, I'll get back to sewing those little cute diapers I have stacked on my table!!

Lots of love to all of you,
Katie.

GAH! I went missing for a while...LOL

I didn't really.  I certainly live a full life.  I can't say I don't.  Between the kids and this business and summer coming to a way-too-fast end...ugh!!  I've been trying to make the most of it.

"Special Cousins" visit

I had a friend come to visit from Quebec that I have only ever spoken to on Facebook, or on the phone.  We've been "friends" for a long time now (she's in my premature twins group), but have never met face-to-face before.  She came for a couple of days with her twinnies that are about the same age as mine.  They loved running through the field with my kids.  <3  I loved that my kids got to play with other twins for the first time ever.  And you can see my little one was doing a pretty good job of keeping up too!  LOL

I have also (for some crazy reason) signed myself up for some "secret santa" type sewing things...

Mug rug.
Definition:  thorn in your side...never ending nightmare.  (Joking...kind of.)

Please don't judge me on my sewing abilities on this...

Now I have to make a pincushion...never made one before...will probably suck equally to this mug rug.  LMAO

Ugh.  I have to laugh about it.  Or cry.  Laughing is more productive, though.

This week I'm working on some pumpkin diapers, and a few surprise diapers, and a couple diapers I am going to auction off.  My twins went back to school, so with only one little one at home, I have a little more free time to get things accomplished.

I'm looking forward to publishing my website...wish I had someone who was a professional at that who could check it out first, but whatever!  It will be whatever it turns out to be, I guess.  Can't waste time sweating the small stuff.  :)

Anyway, that's what I've been doing while I have been neglecting yet another blog.  LOL

Giveaway Winners...Yeah, I'm A Little Behind...

So the winner of the custom diaper is Lindsay Gallen.  :)  Congratulations Lindsay!!!!!!!

I also had a surprise giveaway for a set of "cloth baby wipes" (see below).

There is also a video of this on YouTube, to show that it was all legit.

And that was that.  Congratulations Patricia!!  I'm sure I'll be doing some more random giveaways in the future, but not for a while...I need to get my shop filled up, and have a ton of other little projects that I need to get out of the way before I can add any more custom orders to my list.

Just wanted to update everyone on what went on.  xo

~Katie.

150 "likes" GIVEAWAY!!!

So it's happened...I finally got 150 "likes" on my FB page.  I guess you know what time it is...

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE GIVEAWAY

WOO HOO!  Everybody loves a giveaway!!!

What will I be giving away?  ONE custom CLOTH DIAPER, with one insert.  (You will be given a choice of inner and outer fabrics to choose from, when you win.)

Winner must pay shipping costs (which are listed below).

Canada, $8.
US., $10
Overseas, $14

Please know that I am still paying a portion of that shipping out of pocket.  Canada post is extremely expensive, and yet is still the cheapest for me to use.

RULES:

~ONE prize will be given away, which includes ONE custom diaper, and ONE insert.  (I will email the winner with their options for outer and inner fabrics.  All other "options" will be made by me, using the same thought I use when I make any of my diapers.)

~Shipping cost MUST be payed (via PayPal) within 72 hours of being notified of winning, or lose out on their prize.  If this happens, the giveaway will take place again, for the same prize.

~Kindness counts.  If you have no interest in winning a cloth diaper, and couldn't use it if you won, please don't enter.  There are lots of people who would love the chance to win this prize.  (I post this only because I know my page was shared on a giveaway site in the past, and although I also love "freebies", I wouldn't take something I'm never going to use, just because I can.  I'll leave it for someone who can actually make use of it.)

~I will be using Rafflecopter for my giveaway, so you must "like" my page to enter. You can earn more chances to win by doing other assorted things...like commenting below this giveaway post on my blog.  (As in this one...the one you're reading right now.) You can find the giveaway HERE.

~My giveaway is in NO WAY endorsed, promoted by, overseen by, or in affiliation with Facebook in any way.  Anyone entering will agree to free Facebook from any type of obligation in regards to this giveaway.

**Thank you to all who enter.  This giveaway will end in one week, August 21st, 2013.  The winner will be notified no later than 24 hours after the draw.  Shipping costs must be paid within 72 hours of being notified of winning, or the winner will forfeit their prize.  This keeps me from having to track down the winner and hound them for shipping costs.

Update for this week.

So, here's an update for what's been going on around PeepOoie Headquarters this week.

I'm late listing my items.  Shocker of the day, I'm sure.  Yes, this is how it's going to be while my kids are home for summer holidays.  I feel like I should stop setting deadlines for myself, but honestly if I didn't make them, it'd be days later that I got the new items listed.  Just being honest.  Don't fret...they go back to school in a few weeks, and my diapers will be listed on time again.  Until then, please bare with me...my kids come first.  :)  Like they should.

I listed four small diapers this week, and I also have several more partially done.  But this week I wanted to finish up listing the cut/pinned small diapers I had sitting here waiting to be made.  Next week I will begin listing my OS diapers.  I'm excited!!  

I can't wait to get my website up and running so you can see the pictures of the little ones modelling my OS diapers.  They are just TOO cute!!!!!

Here are the diapers I just listed:

Find this one of a kind diaper by clicking this link!

There are TWO of these dapper diapers!!  Click this link!

(One) star-snapped dapper diaper for your handsome little man!!

Now that I have some room on my sewing table, I can get those OS diapers sewn up, and have them ready for next Tuesday.

On another not, we're a hair away from having 150 "likes" on my Facebook page.  When I reach that number, I WILL be giving away one custom diaper, plus an insert.  (you pay shipping.)
I think it's important that those of you who have taken the time to like my FB page, read my blog, and check out my etsy page, get something back.  And seriously, who doesn't like something free???

I appreciate it when you "share" my page, and the more "likes" I get, the more I'll give away.  So keep up the good work!!

Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog.  xoxo
~Katie.

It Takes Me A Long Time To List Things...

It does.  And I fully admit that.  But there's a reason.  Well...there are three, actually.  And as much as this business means the world to me, it means nothing compared to these kids.  They are growing up way too fast, and summer is almost over.  We have to enjoy every second we have together.

Checking out a grasshopper.

I want my kids to remember the time we spent together doing things like catching bugs and running through the long grass behind the building next door.  I want them to remember our walks and our talks and feeling like they are the center of the universe.  Because this doesn't last forever.  Before we know it, these kids grow up and move away, and life doesn't let them be the center of the universe anymore.

"Ooie" loves snails.

 When we're outside, together, running in that field like a bunch of weirdos, I get to see them be free.  No one in the world is going to tell me that making diapers in a certain time-frame is as important as these kids.  And it's fine with me if this business comes second, after them.

Because I have my whole life to do this.  I only have a few more years before my kids are too busy to be with me all the time, and I'm going to make the most of them.

xoxo
~Katie.