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!

Craft ADD: Machine Embroidery

Posted on January 16, 2012 by beansproutbubba

Craft ADD will feature every time I dip into my everlasting list of projects and hobbies!

I have been dabbling in machine embroidery for my own personal enjoyment for a couple of years now in stops and starts, and have accumulated quite a library of designs on my computer.

Let me show you my first embroidered nappy cut done in December 2009 for Christmas.

See the white bits peeking out from the top portion of the design? That’s not supposed to happen, I was just a newbie at the time and had no idea what I was doing (this is a tension problem).

After some initial hiccups with the machine, fast forward to 2011/2012. It has been smooth sailing doing machine embroidery in the past year after lots of trial and error, working around the children, current sewing load and everything else.

So, just to mix things up a little at Bean Sprout Bubba, I thought it would be fun to do a few simple embroidered minkee nappies for the two online markets I’m participating in at the end of the month. These are only a couple out of the several embroideries that have been done lately, mostly for my children.

WAHM Delights market sneak peek - a very brown minky applique on an ecoBumba OSFM nappy cut

The embroideries would add on $5-12 on top of the nappies RRP, depending on the stitch density of the design (average $8-10 per design) and base material used.

Another Sneak Peek - Bubba J Medium pocket nappy cut. Undecided whether to hold on to this or make them for the market

I will still stock a few handmade no-frills DELUXE and BOUTIQUE nappies at the online markets, they are such bright little nappies on their own with gorgeous prints that they don’t need any further embellishment IMO

Should I list one of these? ecoBumba DELUXE - Poly PUL - Red Polka Dots

Or one of these? ecoBumba DELUXE - Poly PUL - Green Sealife

To tell you the truth, pretty as they are, I’m actually not really a fan of embroidery on nappies, because embroidery makes so many pin-holes in the fabric that it makes the nappy quite fragile, and may not be able to stand up to repeated nappy washing. If you read the laundry instructions, embroidery is actually a handwash-only feature just like minkee and bamboo fabric is supposed to be.

However, with proper care, any embroidered and embellished nappy can be maintained in tip top condition.

So what do you think? Are embellished nappies your ideal kind of nappy, are they totally necessary/unnecessary? Any other thoughts?

Dinosaurus!

Posted on January 13, 2012 by beansproutbubba

I had this super cute dinosaur fabric hoarded for about a year now, and finally whipped something up from it in early December. Paired with brown minky, the effect is too cute.

I’ve never done cotton panel nappies before. Using cotton on the outside of a brown minky nappy made me nervous (flashback to customers finding leaks when I did cotton outer nappies when I first started!), but the effect is cute enough that I would consider making more.

I find I need time and practice to get into the groove of making something new. I’m never comfortable with asking for money for a new technique I simply picked up in 1-2 hours, unless it turned out perfect!

As it were, I had some practice runs with another different nappy cut (to be revealed in due time), before making up this dino nappy. This nappy was almost perfect, but for the fact that the dinos were blind! Now I know what to do next time.

Back of Dino Cotton Panel ecoBumba nappy

See why I called this the 'Blind Dino' nappy?

Sorry about the camera angle, the panel looks like it’s sewn on crooked but I can assure you it was straight in real life!

After hanging on to it for a few weeks, debating whether to keep this one or make another for my Little C-boy, the nappy was claimed by its new owner in Perth.

Isn’t he a cutie?

Photos used with permission: livingserenely.blogspot.com

How to: Cloth Nappy a Newborn

Posted on October 15, 2011 by beansproutbubba

Since this blog started, I have had a few queries concerning how to use cloth nappies in newborns, what tips I have for newborns and so forth. Having cloth-nappied 2 daughters from their newborn age, I sat down and outlined an article for cloth nappying a newborn with lots of tips to share.

The draft then sat in my to-write list for over a year, life happened, and one more baby arrived, this time a little boy!

Curly Purly Soaker Worn over a Baby Beehinds OS fitted bamboo nappy 3-4weeks old

This is newborn daughter #2 in a Curly Purly Soaker handknit by me, worn over a Baby Beehinds OS bamboo fitted nappy.

Then a few weeks ago, Serene @ The Crunchy Mum blog made contact and asked if I could guest post about newborn nappies. This is how that 1-year-old draft turned into a two-part series on Newborn cloth nappies at The Crunchy Mum blog. Talk about procrastination!

Click on the following links to go straight to the guest posts at The Crunchy Mum

Part 1: Things to consider when deciding to cloth nappy a newborn (guest posted: 14 October 2011)
Part 2: Nappy options for newborns (guest posted: 20 October 2011)

PS: I have set aside some nappy recommendations for newborns at the Bean Sprout Bubba online nappy store. If a product listed under the ‘Newborn’ section has many size options, choose the smallest size for a newborn.

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