Our Holiday Gift Shop is officially Open

Isn't it funny how immediately after Halloween all the Holiday stuff is out? Our Gift shop is officially open! I know we are about one week late! lol but there you will find quick ships, affordable and adorable items for Baby, Girls, Boys, Tweens and even some Moms, so please go and take a peak! We have lots of items that are available for personalization, to make that gift even more special! I've also uploaded this year's Holiday Schedule for your convenience so you know exactly when your goodies will depart.

I also wanted to let you know that I've been working with my close friend Therese from Farmhousefive creating more dollies this year, if you remember last year, we created "MyFaceDollies" and it was a hit during the Holidays, because making dolls to resemble your child in collaboration from two different people in different states can be costly and time consuming, we've decided to create a limited line of one of a kind dolls in batches so we can quick ship the dolls to the recipients without the long turn around time we used to have, we have uploaded the new dolls in the website at a great price and ready to ship, if you are interested in getting one of these cuties, remember they are all one of a kind, so once one is gone, she's gone for good. Therese is huge fan of the Liddle Kiddle dolls from the 60's so we have created a group of dolls inspired by them that turned out super cute!

Thanks as always for reading all my rambling, your attention is very much appreciated! There's one Giveaway coming soon so stay tunned!

Where have you been?

**Sight** where did I go, you ask? I have been nowhere, I have been here, working, on many, many things. October was a bit of a crazy month for us, you see, Claire's birthday is on the 30th, and we always make a Halloween birthday party, maybe one day she will get tired of it like I've heard people say, but so far, this is what she wants. This meant that not only did I have to organize a party here, I also had to make costumes for the girls. Natalie went through several ideas, this was extremely frustrating, from Punky Brewster {I let her watch the episodes on YouTube, along with other oldies like Alf, Rainbow Brite and Jem} to Coraline, to Silvermist, from the Tinkerbell movie. This last one, she kept. Claire on the other hand, was very simple, she said she wanted to be a witch from day one, and this is what she stuck with, she was SO excited to be a witch. If you're interested, I'll add a few links at the end with info on where I got all the "ingredients" for their outfits. I'll tell you right now, Etsy was my number one source. So, we had the party, over 30 kids came, then trick or treat, well, you get the idea, my whole month revolved around this one day, so, that's where I've been :) Here is a cute picture of the two cuties:

Witch Hat {MommasInsanity} Witch Socks {Mommarunswithsissors} Witch Outfit {Fabrics from Hancock Fabrics} Fairy Tiara {Joann}Fairy Dress {fabrics and trims from Hancock Fabrics} Wings {Walgreens} Makeup {PinkQuartzMinerals} and both pair of shoes from Payless Shoes the Halloween Bag Claire is using was purchased years ago at Bath and Body Works.

WINNER!!!

Hi all!

I can't thank you all enough for participating in the drawing of the Mei Tai carrier!!! I just finished tallying up and entering all the data using Random.org and we totally have a winner!!!

The winner for tonight's Mei Tai Carrier is Farmhousefive!!! Congrats Therese!! I hope your niece totally loves her carrier!

To view the entries and drawing by Random.org, click here

Again, thank you all for participating and being to wonderful, stay tuned for the next giveaway!

WIN a Boutique Mei Tai Carrier by Natitys!!

September 24th Giveaway!!

Win this Brand New Natitys Design Baby Carrier! Visit our website, browse around, and tell us about your favorite item, you can post it as a reply to our blog {make sure you are logged in or place your email addy so we can contact you if you win}

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Contest Rules:

• This giveaway is open to US and Canada residents
• Void where prohibited
• You are entering to win the pictured carrier
• Your information is never, ever sold or shared
• Winner will be picked using www.random.org
  
• All entries should come before midnight, September 24th. 2009
• Winner will be announced on or before October 1st, we will post the winner information in our website, and also send the info to the email address provided.

Good Luck!!

Free Strap Covers Weekend!

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

We hope you have a safe and fun Holiday!

To celebrate, we are offering, this weekend only, free Strap Covers when you purchase any car seat cover or stroller liner!
A $15.00 value! Just adding more to the savings!

We're Back!

Hi everyone! After a desperately needed vacation, I am happy to say we are back! Our shop is no open as usual and you can come in and get your goodies :)
We had a great time in our vacation, we went to Florida to my Parent's house, did the Disney thing, shopping and the best part, we celebrated Natalie's 8th Birthday Party there! I have some ideas to share with you!
Natalie is REALLY into books, one of her favorite collections is The English Roses by Madonna. She requested her Birthday party to be themed by the books. I looked online, almost restlessly for ideas, favors, anything that was Th English Roses related, and, not to under credit the retailers, but the only things I found were a hand full of over-priced clothes.
So, I had to get a bit creative, maybe not make the party about the characters per say, but about the roses and the colors. There were many things I wish I had more time to work on and made differently, but the party turned out gorgeous.
For example, I'm lucky enough to have Cake Makers in my family {MY Mom, and my Aunt} and together they made the beautiful cake, with polka dots and a bow. To make it fit better with the theme, I used this BEYOND Gorgeous Birthday Bird I bought from The Sugar Elf {talk about amazing, this birde is just amazing} and I also added some fabric mini roses I bought at the craft store, just placed them around the cake plate. We also had Cupcakes that were decorated in pink and green, it tied the whole thing together and it looked great.
The Pinata we bought from the local Party Store, it was an IceCream cone, they also have pinatas that you can decorate yourselves, if I had the time {I was totally out of time}, I would have used one of those and painted a rose to stick to the portion where you glue in your own image.
Do you see the breth-taking Gazebo? That's the gazebo my Dad built with very little help in his back yard, he totally designed it. built it, painted it... it is AMAZING, well, In addition to balloons, I bought some innexpensive lanterns in pastel colors, you can get them at your local box store or your local party store. You can add flare to them with ribbon on the top or you can get really creative and glue flowers or applique to them! I also found, inexpensive as well, honeycomb decorations, the ones I got where white balls, also can be decorated with ribbon.
Goodie bags were just the plain, clear ones you buy anywhere, and this is why, I have spent SO much money on goodie bags before, I even hand made and had sewn some felt ones one year {they are the reason the words "Goodie Bags" are no longer allowed in my house} and they always end up in the trash, so, what's the point? Anyways, clear bags, lots of candy, some fake jewelry and innexpnsive toys, and they were all happy.
For the prizes {when the kids play pin the tail on the donkey... or pin th dot on the ladybug in our case, another party store find} we gave the boys some really cool wallets my Mom makes and sells at her shop, and for the girls, I ordered from my good friend Tammy at XOXOTOVA these gorgeous Fall Doll Clips I had a horrible time giving away because I wanted to keep them all {LOL}.
And for the girl's outfits, they wanted to wear T-shirts and jeans, so I purchased white T-shirts from the box store, and hand painted them myself, after painting them, we "bedazzled" them as well, turned out pretty cool. And Tammy made {exclusively for my girls, but I know if you ask her, she will sell you some} the beautiful hair bands, they fit perfectly with the theme and the outfits!
I hope these ideas are useful for you! Thanks everyone for reading! Now I'm off to work!

Summer Vacation Closing and SALE

It's that time of the year again! Natitys will be closed from 8/15/09 {My Birthday!} through 9/2/09. We will be working on orders as normal until August 8th, all orders placed after the8th will require a 3-6 week wait time. For your inconvenience, we will be offering a 20% off coupon code that will be posted in our website, good from 8/9 to 9/1.

Boutique Custom Nap Mats are in!

Just in time for Back to School season! With so many uses, Nap Mats are a must have accessory to have for any child. Use them for sleep overs, child care, school and more!

Features:

• Will fit over KinderMat {tm} nap mats: measuring about 22" x 47" with enough room to slide the mat inside.
  
• Fully padded and lined: to add comfort and stable construction for your child.
  
• Velcro {tm} closures: Easy open and close for better cleaning, all you do is slip the mat on and off through the velcro {tm} closures for washing.
• Easy carrying design: they have 2 handles for your little one to carry as a suitcase, and also 2 tie around straps with velcro {tm} closures so your little one can easily open and close it plus light, compact design.
• Choose from any of our fabric combination, first fabric for the cover and second fabric for the handles and ties. {Minky fabric cannot be used for the straps and handles}
  
• Choose to purchase the cover only or the cover and the KinderMat {tm} together. {We carry the "Earth Friendly" KinderMat tm design}
  

CPSIA Awareness goes to Hollywood!

We are really exited to share with you the following information:

Oviedo, FL (June 2009) - Style Cafe Moms, an online leader in celebrity gifting, announces the presentation of a CPSIA Awareness Basket to Angelina Jolie, Tori Spelling and Julia Roberts.

Style Café Moms has put together these baskets with help from our clients, most of whom are work at home moms and all of whom will be affected by the CPSIA Law. This law, although originated to protect our children, is creating financial devastation (and even bankruptcy) to businesses whose products pose no threat to children and never have. The law is written very poorly. It’s too vague, too broad, and too retroactive-so come 2/10 it is unlawful for retailers to have inventory on their shelves that they can’t provide certificates for, causing them thousands of dollars in lost inventory that the day before was legal to sell (T-shirts, onesies, hairclips, socks, baby slings, etc.) Everything you can think of that you and your children enjoy, potentially will no longer be available, unless each product is lead tested by a third party lab approved by CPSC. Not such a big dea l you think, each test is an excess of $300+. And the test must be done for every production run, color variation, and repeated again on the same product when produced again costing businesses thousands of dollars, when the product may only take them a few hundred dollars a year itself. Fortunately this law has been stayed for one year and does not pose an immediate threat to these businesses but in a year we are hoping that a few celebrities can lend their voice or even just a letter to let congress know that such a law would put many work at home mothers out of business and stop the development of great products such as the ones included in this gift basket. We do hope you review the basket contents and would love to hear from you regarding any feedback you may have about the enclosed products. We strongly support the work at home mom community & we feel their products should be recognized to encourage their growth.

Style Café Moms is well known for delivering delicious gift baskets to celebrities as well as offering public relations services for women-owned businesses, including product placement, business promotion, brand awareness and general marketing.

Launched in 2007, Style Café Moms has grown to send approximately six gift baskets per month to celebrity recipients, helping propel the exposure of many small product developers and vendors who otherwise had limited outreach for marketing.

The CPSIA Awareness Baskets included sought after new products from the following businesses and up and coming designers:

Curious Workmanship: Designs and makes hand-crocheted items of quality and distinction for kitchen, bath, and baby.

Natity’s Design : Custom-made infant car seat covers, toddler seat covers, nursing covers, stroller liners and shopping cart covers.

Curly Q Cuties: Use our interactive monster maker to quickly create your own unique stuffed monster.

Twinkling Tees : Trendy clothing for babies, girls, women, boys, and even moms-to-be.

Quiqlite, Inc.: The world’s only hands free 100% concealed light source for your uniform shirt pocket.

Kota Couture: Cool clothing and accessories for kids and infants

Cutzie Patutzie Shoppe: Tutus, dresses, bows, headbands, and custom clothing

Baby Hipwear: BabyHipWear is the only clothing company in the wo rld that caters to the needs of children with hip dysplasia. They provide clothing options for the 'hip' kids that have to wear casts, harnesses and braces 24/7 for months at a time to correct the condition.

Memento: personalized gifts and custom embroidery for gifts such as clothing, bags, aprons, and blankets

Lucky Gabi: Tutus and girls clothing

Gocks Frocks: Custom handmade clothing and20accessories for kids, mom, and home.

Menacing Pickle: custom made jackets for kids that want to stand out from their friends

Monkey Baby Clothes: "Fun Fashion" for boys and girls that make them feel special, comfortable and inspired by all life has to offer them

Hipee Baby: Some of the most unique gifts out there, including diaper cakes and tie-dyed onesies.

Crafty Baby: We specialize in unique, handcrafted items for babies, toddlers and children. Great for baby showers, birthdays, nap time, or play time.

Cuckoo Boo: One of a kind handmade children’s apparel, hair accessories, badge clips, pacifier clips, magnets, and crayon rolls.

Rejoice! Body Care: Handmade, all natural home, body, and spa products

Baby Cheeks (The Trendy Tot): One-of-a-kind, hip clothing for your little one that you won't find in malls or superstores

Star Bright Baby: We make Teething Giraffes using 100% pre-washed cotton and they are stuffed using Eco-friendly Fiberfill. The stuffing is 100% renewable and plant-based, as well as hypo-allergenic.

Style Cafe Moms strives to deliver unique and creative marketing venues which have allowed businesses to receive extraordinary product distribution, publicity and media buzz. Product submissions are accepted throughout the year for celebrity basket inclusion, and interested businesses are encouraged to visit the website at http://www.stylecafemoms.com for more information. As well, everyone is invited to join the Style Cafe Moms community and delve into the celebrity, fashion and business information that is available.

We are hosting a Giveaway!

Happy 4th of July! Ahh, the birthday of this great nation! What will you be doing this Holiday? We are staying low-key, can't do much with a man in a cast on his leg, but we will probably have friends over and sparkles, not too sure.

Here at Natitys, we have teamed up with our friends from A Giveaway Everyday Blog to host our LAST giveaway this summer so don't miss your chance to win a Custom Stroller liner! Know all the details by clicking here.

Whatever you do, and wherever you are, I hope you have a safe and memorable 4th of July, we have so many things to celebrate as a Nation!

New fabrics are in!!

New fabrics are in! And there's more coming soon! From Vintage Inspired fabrics to lots of animal prints, you will love these new ones!! As we did for our older versions, we have teamed them up with coordinating prints and minky for your convenience. Come take a look at our new fabrics in our Fabric Collections page!

First Row: Amelie White, Hot Pink Minky, Black Minky, Light Pink Minky, Aqua Minky
Second Row: Amelie Black, Amelie Grey, Olive Minky, Black-Grey Dots, Pink Dots


First Row: Animal Zoo Pink, Hot Pink Minky, Red Minky, Light pink minky, orange minky.
Second Row: Animal Zoo Blue, Olive minky, Blue Minky, Celery Dots, Pink Dots


First Row: Feeling Groovy Purple, Brown Minky, Purple MInky, Aqua Minky
Second Row: Feeling Groovy Aqua, Olive Minky, Navy Minky, Celery Dots, Groovy Guitars


First Row: Juicy Jungle, Hot Pink Minky, Purple Minky, Light Pink Minky, Pink Dots
Second Row: Juicy Jungle Blue, Olive Minky, Blue MInky, Celery Dots



First Row: Spotted Owls Green, Hot Pink Minky, Black Minky, Pink Minky, Aqua Minky, Orange Minky.
Second Row: Spotted Owls Blue, Spotted Owls Cream, Olive Minky, Brown Minky, Black-Grey Dots, Pink Dots


First Row: Funky Owls, Hot Pink Minky, Orange Minky, Black Minky, Aqua Minky
Second Row: Woodland, Purple Minky, Olive Minky, Aqua White Dots


First Row: Zoology Black, Black-Grey Dots, Orange MInky, Black Minky, Olive Minky
Second Row: Zoology Brown, Aqua Minky, Celery Dots, Aqua White Dots, Brown Minky.

Summer News and Sale!

Hi all! I hope everyone is having a great summer vacation! So far, I have been really busy, unfortunately, the kids, are bored out of their minds. We had all these plans for the summer that have now gone down the drain since my husband's injury. So, since going out of town is probably out of the question {we'll know a bit more once his cast comes off next month but so far, we stay put} we decided to "redo" Natalie's room, and for Claire, since she just got a new room makeover a few months ago, we will be working on school stuff. Natalie went back and fourth on what kind of decor she wanted, this was very painful. So, the new plan, is to decorate the room with everything she likes, "Natalie's world" per say {lol} and we are starting with her bedding, after looking at about 50 bedding sets online {I know, I know, what am I doing looking at that stuff online if I can make it for her, read the rest of the story} she decides she wants ME to make her one, with "cool fabrics" ... well, after looking at HUNDREDS of "cool fabrics", we decided to go with a quilt, nothing very fancy, just a regular patchwork quilt with cute fabrics. OK, went through my fabrics, found quite a few we could use, narrowed it down to around 11 prints ... started cutting, and then it hit me, Natalie can sew straight lines! So, she did, I had her put together the pieces in rows, and then I sewed all the rows together... over 200 pieces of fabrics and about 4 hours later, we had the top of her quilt! Tomorrow, after all my "work projects" we will be working on the batting and the backing. I'm so proud of her, I think this is going to be a great and inexpensive way for us to spend our time this summer, at least for a few weeks! lol

Now for the sale, if you did not know, there us a coupon currently for all my readers, good until the end of next month, 20% off your entire purchase, use code LESC when you check out, and if you are purchasing multiple items, we are offering a "multiple order discount" {up to 30% off on select items} click here for details. In addition to these, we have added to our site once again our great diaper clutches, perfect for the summer! The regular price is a steal $16.99, but this week you can purchase them for $14.99. Sale ends July 5th.

I will continue to add pictures of the projects for Natalie's bedroom as we go and thanks so much for reading!

Happy Father's Day!

Well, until I decided to actually write and put in words my thoughts on Father's Day, I had not realized how incredibly fortunate I have been. I know a lot of people do think they have the best Dad in the whole world, I'm one of them. There's many reasons why so many of us believe this, mine is really simple, love.
My Dad, is truly one of the most fascinating people I have ever met, and this is not just because he's my Dad, and you'll see why. He was born in the 40's, just one of 2 children, they lived in a very rural area in Puerto Rico. It seemed he had it laid all his life laid out to what he wanted it to be, he married to his childhood sweetheart and he was serving in the Army until something very unexpected happened, his wife sadly and suddenly passed away from a very rare and undetected disease. This was just one of a series of events that taught him to live life at it's fullest, and this is exactly what he did, aside from the Army, he also worked in a bank, ran the first movie theater in our town, worked in cruises, moved to a tour guide in the Caribbean Islands, started working in hotels, and this is where he met my Mom, fell in love, married, had us kids and took us all along for the ride. One thing that has always impressed me about my Dad, is really the amount of dreams he has reached, he has done more than what a normal person, in one lifetime can accomplish, really!
We grew up moving almost every year from country to country, in hotels all over the place, the Hotel was our home, the staff was our family. {We have "cousins" all over the world}. We grew up very differently from most people, and from most our "blood" family, we didn't get to share much with our real cousins, aunts and uncles. But somehow, he made it all work, I think this is the reason why we are so tight as a family now.
My Dad has taught me many, many things, of course, but if I could narrow, I will always cherish and hope I can teach my own kids is, life is truly amazing if you let it be, you should always follow your dreams, even if your dreams take you thousands of miles away from your comfort zone, keep an open mind and an open heart to things that may come your way, and always remember, we are all loaned on this world, at any moment, you or your loved ones might not be here anymore, so we should never put yourself in the position of regret.
On this day, I say"I love you, Daddy" a little sweeter than ever, I think about him {wishing I could be closer to go to that BBQ he's probably preparing in his new Gazebo}, think about my Paul, who's a little bit like him {they share the same birthday, how about that? Happy Father's Day, honey}.
And Lastly, I'd like to send a huge hug to my dear friend Therese, who lost her father recently, I'm thinking of you and your family, I know your Dad is in your heart every day and especially today.
Lots of love to all and have a wonderful, loving Father's Day. Thanks for reading! xoxo Eloisa