Thursday, October 8, 2009

A guest blog!


Just a quicky post this morning ... For those of you on the east side of Melbourne considering buying some eco friendly toys for your little ones for Christmas this weekend is your lucky weekend! Melinda, the owner of Eco Toys, has been invited to participate in the Casey cloth nappy expo. Entry is free so head down to Cranbourne and check out the beautiful toys Melinda has and save yourself postage costs!
Melinda kindly asked me if I would write a post for her blog about modern cloth nappies! Just follow the linky lew to view, I think it turned out rather well.
Whilst you are browsing the Eco Toys website sign up to their newsletter as there will be a competition very soon that may or may not involve winning a cloth nappy or two amongst other gorgeous eco treasures ;)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

To market, to market ......

Alipants attended our second market on Sunday and what a busy day we had. The Minilala's showcase certainly caught the eye of most of the people that passed us by. I had quite a few people enquire if the Minlala's were covers for disposables ... and were quite startled to discover that they were in fact nappies! I had a lot of thrilled older ladies patting the nappies, I am sure that they wished MCNs were available back when terry cloth nappies were their only option. Lost of fliers were distributed and hopefully a few people were converted to the cloth side!
One of the most pleasing things for me on Sunday was that I received a lot of compliments on how professional my stall looks ... many thanks to my uber talented graphics designer Kate from One Tree Hill Design. I must apologise for the poor quality of the pictures of my stall, I had packed my rather fancy camera in the morning but somehow it never made its way into my car (I intensely dislike daylight savings, I struggle to adjust .. always have .. always will and it was rather cruel for daylight savings to begin on a market day) so my only other option was my phone which as you can clearly see does not take the best photos in the world *sigh*. Forgive me please .......

I was suprised by how many cloth users came up to say hello and drool over the Minilala's. I also had the priviledge of meeting the twin girls that are featured in the "Think outside the square" MCN advocacy brochure that the Australian Nappy Network have and their lovely mother Kate. I was really thrilled to meet them, I know that it kind of makes me cloth nappy nerd .... but so be it!
On the website front ..... Kate and I are working really hard on the website and it should be launched by the end of the month. I know that it seems like ages away but it will be worth the wait I promise.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

THEY ARE HERE

Sorry for shouting but I am excited! Take a deep breath everyone ... MiniLala's have arrived at Alipants and they are so pretty I am completely worn out just from patting them. I have taken a quick photo of them in their temporary home ..... I know they will find a loving and caring home with you :) (sorry Carli my photography skills simply do not do these nappies justice).The awesome suitcase they are sitting in was a fantastic find in the back of my mum's wardrobe; really it is the best kind of suitcase ... pretty and free!!

I know that you are all eager to see these beauties for yourselves and there are several ways that you can make that happen. You can email me to book a consultation in the comfort of your own home (I will even bake a few sweet treats) OR you can find me at the Kids in Mind Market this Sunday in beautiful Gisborne. This is a new market (this Sunday is the first in fact) and you will find both new, pre-loved items for children and of course Alipants. And if that is not enough of an incentive the Kids in Mind market is adjacent to the ever popular Gisborne Olde time craft market which has about 220 fabulous stalls including our friends Eco Toys. Gisborne is a 40 minute drive from Melbourne on the Calder freeway and boasts some mighty fine cafes and even has a pub with a large indoor play area for the kids. The weatherman is predicting a lovely sunny spring day this Sunday, so bring the family for a lovely day out.