GIVEAWAY: 700 likers, 500 orders, 100 blog posts

Posted on February 2, 2012 by beansproutbubba

Wow so many milestones within a week, this calls for a celebration!

Thank you all for all your support through the past 3 years of business.

A big thank you to my dear Husband for putting up with business stock at home, for organising to mail a large proportion of parcels in 2011, and for generally being supportive of my endeavours.

I’m a one-woman show. Every single order out of the 500 has been prepared and packed with my hands.

Those 100 blog posts? Fun to write! and I love sharing about how to use cloth nappies to newbies, more nappy tips and how to troubleshoot many common modern cloth nappy problems. Highlights of blogging was a guest post on newborn cloth nappies at The Crunchy Mum (BubHub resident cloth nappy blogger) last year. It has been an honour to serve your modern cloth nappy needs since 2009.

To celebrate, I’m giving away 3 different prizes. 5 lucky people who comment below this blog post will win one of these prizes (1 prize per winner only).

Main Prizes (Comment to participate)

1 prize x Pack of any 2 nappies* of your choice in stock at Bean Sprout Bubba (rrp up to $74)
1 prize x One Chrome Nappy Sprayer (rrp $60)
3 prizes x $20 voucher to spend on anything at Bean Sprout Bubba (rrp $20 each), expires 30 April 2012

Special prize for 1 lucky customer (Comment to participate)

1 x $50 Bean Sprout Bubba voucher, expires 30 April 2012

This prize is only open to any registered Bean Sprout Bubba customer who has ever made a purchase up to 1 February 2012 (online, at my home or at nappy parties). Please mention approximately when you made your purchase in your comment. Yes, you need to comment, sorry no automatic entries.

How to participate

Simple, just comment below this blog post.

I have comments moderated to keep spammers away, so your comment might take time to appear until they are approved (don’t panic!).

I will comment ‘No more comments’ at around 1-2pm WST on Monday 6 Feb, make a list of names, and draw by random.org on Monday 6 Feb sometime in the afternoon, announcing the winners soon after on this blog.

Remember, you must comment under this blog post to participate (no automatic entry for this giveaway)

Increase your chances!

How? Three ways:

Share this post on FB/twitter/anywhere (1 extra entry for the main prizes per platform) and mention it in your comment.
Make a purchase of $20 or more at Bean Sprout Bubba from 2 February 2012 (5 extra entries for the main prizes) and then mention in your comment about what you did to gain extra entries.
If you have been a past customer (purchases totalling $20 or more), please mention it in the comments to claim your 5 extra entries for the main prize.

Customer Special prize will be open to all past customers who comment (please mention it in the comment, one entry per person)

That’s about it I guess. I reserve the right to amend the conditions of this competition if I have omitted or forgotten something

Thanks again for your support, may 2012 be our biggest year yet!

PS: don’t forget to comment on the ex-demo nappy post if you want a chance to purchase it.

*Pack of any 2 nappies is also equivalent to:
- 1 pack of Booroi prefolds size 1, OR
- 2 packs of Booroi prefolds size 2, OR
- 3 PUL nappy covers, OR
- 6 bamboo trifold inserts + 1 wetbag
Other combinations can be negotiated, I have brands including ecoBumba, itti bitti, Baby Beehinds, pikapu and more in stock

Comment away!

Ex-demo ecoBumba nappy: Sale by random.org

Posted on January 29, 2012 by beansproutbubba

Remember this nappy from yesterday’s Australia Day Market blog post?

ecoBumba one size fits most nappy on display

This nappy worked very hard on Australia Day and needs a new home.

This ecoBumba nappy looks a bit distorted due to the pegging on the display! Rest assured that the nappy is symmetrical in real life.

It has been…
- patted,
- snapped and unsnapped,
- stuffed and unstuffed,
- examined on the inside and outside
…by many who came by to see my range of ecoBumba nappies at the Bean Sprout Bubba market stall.

It is made with soft luxurious Aqua Paisley minkee on the outside, laminated with PUL underneath the minkee, a stay dry layer of microsuede on the inside, and 2 long squishy bamboo absorbant inserts equalling 10-12 layers of absorbancy. Great for day or night time use for average wetters.

Fits approximately 3-16kg.

Nappy Photos

Here are some stock photos of nappies made with this fabric (note that the snaps in the stock photos are brown: the nappy for sale has orange snaps throughout)

The aqua colour is much brighter in real life, plus the light brown areas are actually bright orange! Snaps are all orange on the nappy to be sold.

I will take some pics of the actual nappy when I get back, and replace the stock photos when I update this post later.

Details of the sale

This nappy will be sold for $27 (ex-demo, RRP $34) and will be marked as a seconds item with permanent marker on the inner of the front tabs, and/or the tags cut off. The nappy has never been washed or worn, but has been handled by many hands at the Australia Day Market and has been pegged up on display for about 6 hours.

The 2 long inserts will be included with the nappy in this sale.

Sale by Random.org Instructions

Please comment below this post to express your interest in purchasing this nappy by random.org (one comment = one entry). To increase your chances of purchasing this nappy, you may share with your friends and ask for referrals (one referral = one extra entry for you).
Please make sure to link your email to your comment so that I can make contact with you.
Some time on Thursday 9 February, I will draw a number via random.org and announce on this blog and on Facebook, and email the winner.

Winning buyer is to make contact within 12 hours, and then payment is to be made within 24 hours (unless other arrangements have been made known and I agree). I will put up a link to purchase this nappy to help expedite the payment and address collection process.

On the unlikely event that these conditions are not met I will redraw, with the same contact and payment conditions applying to the subsequent winner.

Purchase of this nappy can be combined with other quality items at the Bean Sprout Bubba online store to save postage. Free local pickup is available in Bunbury WA.

PS: GIVEAWAY: 700 likers, 500 orders, 100 blog posts is also now on, to be drawn on 6 February (Monday). Click on the link to comment and participate! GIVEAWAY: 700 likers, 500 orders, 100 blog posts

Australia Day Market 2012

Posted on January 27, 2012 by beansproutbubba

I had a great day at the market at Bicentennial Square Bunbury on Australia Day yesterday. With the forecasted heat wave (41ºC!) and having to set up from 10-11am, I was a bit nervous in the lead up to the market.

While setting up (next door to the Tourist Information Centre), Dame Edna came by to assist me in promoting my stall…

On the table I had a few bags of Rockin Green Laundry Detergent, various wetbags on special, cloth wipes and packs of inserts.

On the market table, wetbags, laundry detergent, wipes and insert packs

The blue lacy throw was crocheted in the summer of 2006, and the crochet bowl for the wipes was made a couple of months ago.

ecoBumba nappies were pegged up like bunting, and more ecoBumba nappies were displayed on hangers, though next time I would also include the inserts on the hanger somehow.

There was the little table with a box of free Rockin Green samples, plus business cards, Nutcases soapnuts and modern cloth nappy literature.

I also brought along the three nappies that will be up for sale at WAHM Delights: the brown giraffe twin ecoBumba nappy set and the brightly coloured Blue Sunset Waves ecoBumba nappy. Only managed a side view though.

There was a good response to the nappies, particularly the cute little giraffe.

The market started at 1pm, with mainly tourists and day-trippers browsing the market stalls. At about 6pm the day cooled off, and the crowds descended, in preparation for the fireworks show at 8.30pm. I think there were more people visiting the stall in the last 3 hours than the first 4-5 hours, no thanks to the heat.

I had a better view this year of the Fireworks compared to the Australia Day markets I did in the past two years. No trees or neighbouring stalls to block the view!

Thank you to all who came past, especially previous clients (you know who you are ). It was also great to meet several like-minded clothie mums who knew modern cloth, I’m looking forward to meeting up with you again soon.

Thanks also goes to my 10+ friends who rocked up after the fireworks ended, and helped me to pack up in record time.

Stay tuned for an ex-demo nappy sale by random.org comments on this blog!

This nappy worked very hard to educate the masses about modern cloth nappies on Australia Day, and needs a new home. Sale by random.org sometime this weekend or early next week, details and photos to come.

ecoBumba new pocket opening

Posted on January 25, 2012 by beansproutbubba

Back in late 2009, I received an order for a minkee nappy in the Bubba J pocket nappy pattern. It fit the intended bubba very well, except that the double elastic pocket opening tended to gape and the insert could sometimes be exposed. I find this is a problem more so in minkee nappies due to the bulk of the minkee not allowing the back elastic to recoil as much.

I took this mumma’s comment about pocket opening on board and soon found myself experimenting with different pocket opening styles.

It took me about a year on and off to find a suitable method to tweak this pocket opening. Finally I looked up and used a welt pocket in my trusty sewing reference book, but it was still not quite it.

Enter the modified welt pocket.

ecoBumba new pocket opening - welt pocket

It looks pretty much like a single lip welt pocket, but with a flap inside the opening to help hold the insert within the nappy.

I wanted a pocket opening that

- held in the pocket insert at the back
- looked neater than a double elastic opening
- had the potential to convert the nappy into an AI2 (more on this later)
- was wider for bigger hands to stuff and unstuff the nappy
- I didn’t really like the idea of a front pocket opening with a baby boy.

This modified welt pocket opening makes it easier for big hands to stuff/unstuff the nappy

This pocket ticks all the points and is perfect, I feel the love!

Remember this nappy?

This was the first nappy with the final prototype pocket style

This was the first nappy with the final prototype modified welt pocket style

This was one of the first nappies I made since coming out of maternity leave in mid-2010, for my little sunny boy. I tested the new pocket opening on this nappy and loved the neat fit of the single back elastic and the BIG pocket opening unrestricted by elastic like the previous version.

Construction-wise, it has added a bit of sewing time, but the results are worth it.

Overall fit is similar to the original pocket opening version.

They are available right now for $30* each (launch special* – usually $31-34 each), including two long inserts that give 10-12 layers of super thirsty bamboo absorbancy for day or night.

ecoBumba Nappies going to Market (there's more underneath the top layer)

I will be taking some of these nappies to the Australia Day market in Bunbury tomorrow, if you’re local and wish to see them in real life, please drop by between 1-9pm (though I will be set up quite a bit earlier).

*Launch special ends 31 Jan 2012.

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