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.

My plan worked out, and I couldn't be more happy!!!

So I've been hinting that there is some great and wonderful new development on the diaper front, and it's time to tell you what it is.  But, like any good story, I'm going to have to just tell you a couple of things first.  Hahaha...

First off, when I started making cloth diapers, I had SIX sizes.  LOL  Seriously, it was a huge pain, but I wanted the diapers to fit as well as disposables do...but as I'm sure anyone who has ever bought sposies knows, babies don't stay in one size of diaper long...sometimes they skip entire sizes.  And keeping track of six sizes was a nightmare.
So I whittled it down to four sizes.  (Small, Medium, Large, Toddler.)  Which is still what I have listed in my etsy shop right now.  The sizes are precise, and fit the weights I have listed PERFECTLY.  From the start, what mattered to me, more than anything, was that the diapers fit properly so Baby is comfortable.  When they fit the way they should, they keep the wet and mess INSIDE the diaper.  Like they're supposed to.  I can honestly say, I couldn't be more happy with the 3rd generation of diapers.  (Love them!!)

But.  People don't want to buy four sizes.  Everyone else offers OS diapers that they claim fit a NB to a potty learning toddler.  I call bullshit!!  I've yet to personally purchase a cloth diaper that ACTUALLY fits up to the weight they say it fits to.  The general rule seems to be, if it fits a baby, it's NOT going to fit your toddler...no matter what they tell you!!  

But guess what??  I found a way.  :D  Yes, this is the big news...

What I've done is once again, is whittled my selection down to two sizes.
One for newborns (Small), which will cover from birth to 16 lbs.  
And, a ONE SIZE diaper that will fit 16-45+ lbs.

I know it sounds crazy.  I know it does.  But with the self-made pattern I use, it really does make a one size diaper that properly fits the bum of a baby, and the bum of an older toddler.  Not only that, the leg opening is perfect for children in that weight range, and with three sets of snaps down the front, you can lower the rise up to 3 inches!!

16 lb. little prince in PeepOoie OS cloth diaper

I've been working on this little number for about a month, since my son decided that he thought it would be funny to try on one of his little sister's diapers.  I was shocked when it fit him because he's 45 lbs.  So I put it on his twin sister who is 34 lbs.  It fit.  And it fits our little one who is 24 lbs.  It got me to thinking.
A very slight adjustment to the pattern, and TADA!!  A perfect OS diaper.

My 24 lb. little stinker

So.......what does this mean for YOU??  Let me tell you.

Starting tonight at 7pm, all Medium and Large diapers in my etsy shop will be on sale for $20 plus shipping, to make room in my bins for this enormous stack of OS diapers I have ready to sew.
The Med. and Lg. diapers are all perfectly made, and fit better than any diapers I've ever found in my life, but what people want are OS diapers, not sized diapers, and the ones I will be offering at my next listing will be fantastic.

I'll see you at 7pm!!

**Stay tuned...I'll be publishing my website in the next week, and you'll be able to see the whole range of wear in this OS diaper.**

Some People Collect Stamps. I Collect Fabric.

As you can see, I attempted to organize my fabric on the shelf I've been waiting for my husband to bring in.  (I gave up...I brought it in myself.)

I really have nothing more to say about this, other than I love fabric, and ChillyPhotoBomb.  LOL

GIVEAWAY!! (Custom Cloth Diaper and Insert!)

So, I'm not the patient type...I like things done in a reasonable amount of time, and I think that although I would have liked to get to 125 "likes" on my Facebook page before putting up this post, I'm sick of waiting.
Aren't you?!  I say CLOSE ENOUGH.  

The giveaway I will be putting on will take place when I reach 150 "likes" on my Facebook page.

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 24 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.

~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.

Anyway, I hope that covers it!!  If I come up with anything more, I'll add it before the giveaway takes place.  :)  (Sorry for the legal jargon at the bottom, there.)