WAHM Delights – 29 Jan 2012

Posted on January 23, 2012 by beansproutbubba

Remember this blog post that gave a sneak peek of a very special nappy? Here’s the final reveal!

Bean Sprout Bubba will be participating in the next WAHM Delights Online Market Night on Facebook on 29 January 2012 (Saturday) with three ecoBumba nappies.

These are my items for sale. You can click on the links to go straight to the ‘WAHM Delights’ Market Night Facebook page

1. ecoBumba Giraffe Twin set – 2 OSFM Minkee Pocket nappies, one full minky giraffe and one giraffe applique on brown minkee.

Nappy 1 of 2: Giraffe Applique minkee nappy

Nappy 2 of 2: ecoBumba BOUTIQUE - Minkee - Giraffe Print

2. ecoBumba Deluxe Blue Sunset Waves -

ecoBumba OSFM Blue Sunset Waves

Products will go “live” at 8.30pm EDST on 29th January 2012.

State Start Time List:
8.30pm VIC, NSW, TAS
8.00pm SA
7.30pm QLD
7.00 NT
5.30pm WA

How to Purchase – my WAHM Delights items

For Bean Sprout Bubba items, you need to write “SOLD” as a comment under the product photo. When you have been declared the winning buyer, please click through to the ‘Winning Buyer” link under the photo to check out your item. This helps speed up the payment and postage process as the shopping cart handles all transactions and collects your personal details.

How to Purchase – other WAHM Delights market items (as outlined by Vivi@Alexis Taylor)

To purchase a product you need to write “SOLD” as a comment underneath that product photo. To speed up the payment and postage of your items you may also like to leave your email address as a comment for the business owner to contact you. We do understand though that for privacy reasons purchasers may not feel comfortable doing this, in which case you will need to contact the business via the email they provide.

While you are welcome to purchase as many items as you like, please be aware that postage cannot be combined for products purchased from different WAHMs. This is because we come from all over Australia and will be organising postage separately.

Stay tuned for another market update for WAHM Market FB market night (31 Jan 2012)!

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

Unplanned nappy sewing break

Posted on April 19, 2011 by beansproutbubba

It’s been a while since I last posted. To think that one of my New Year’s Resolutions for the year was to blog at least once a week!

NY resolution FAIL!

I took an unplanned hiatus from actively managing Bean Sprout Bubba over the last few months since January. The last event I actively prepared for was the City of Bunbury Australia Day Fireworks Extravaganza Markets at the Bunbury foreshore.
Since then the store has been on maintenance mode with no active sewing (I packed and sent orders and met a few local clients), even through the March 2011 Nappy Hunt, due to a couple of ongoing ‘projects’ and a bout of sinusitis in early March.

Big and small siblings - baby and preshcooler

Two of my three little ones

Abi started Kindy this year, we’re homeschooling so it took nearly a whole term to get the hang of things.
I spent numerous nights researching homeschool subject options and now I’m more certain of the direction we’re heading with school, all set for the next 2-3 years up to Year 1 for Abi and even for Bri! I sure hope the time spent pre-planning for the girls’ education will be paid off in the next few months and years so that I can concentrate on Bean Sprout Bubba.

Pre-Mathematics Pattern blocks Activities

Arranging pattern blocks as a pre-mathematics activity

Little Calvin has grown a LOT as well in the past 3 months. From an extremely sleepy beginning when he was born, he is now a happy, alert, shrieking, active 9kg baby boy at 6 months old.

He loves staring at his left hand all the time

Suffice to say his sudden progress to alertness has taken some adjustment not just for me, but for the girls as well.
They have been very patient with me as we take turns to entertain the happy little guy as the girls and I run around the house doing minimal errands to reasonably keep house.

The youngest two children, baby and toddler

Calvin with Bri

I have so much to tell you about this year, and would like to introduce a couple of awesome people I have met and clicked with during the last 3 months.
I have plans on hold for new Bubba J and ecoBumba products. I hope I can attain at least 50% of my grand plans this year, and carry out the rest in the year to come.

Minky fabric with PUL backing for Bubba J and ecoBumba nappies in 2011

With that I’ll leave you to it. And I promise to blog a bit more than the past three months!

A couple of ecoBumba customs…

Posted on July 17, 2010 by beansproutbubba

…and a Bubba J custom order too!
All happened to be ordered or completed at the height of our 10-day winter flu saga.

Sewing was therapy during that very trying ‘cabin-fever’ time.

Bubba J - custom sewn nappies for a client in Narrogin WA

These Bubba J nappies now have a home in Narrogin WA

picture of 21 ecobumba nappies going to a home in Australind WA

These ecoBumba nappies will go home to Australind WA very soon

picture of minky ecobumba custom order for Woombye QLD client

Four little bundles of ecoBumba fluffiness one their way home to Woombye QLD

Which bundle would you love to take home?
Sometimes I’m very tempted to keep them all

We’re all feeling much better now, thanks for all your sickie and pamper-mummy tips and support on the Bean Sprout Bubba Facebook page.
I’m just now catching up with spring promo deadlines, the End of Financial Year paperwork and other necessary evils of running a fledgling business.

In case you were wondering, I’m happy to take simple custom orders for ecoBumba or Bubba J right up to around early August for mid-September delivery, to give me time to prepare for Little C’s arrival in early October (Baby #3).
The store will still be open for you to choose from the current range, and I will still be sewing but for in stock nappies.

In the mean time, stay as warm and as dry as possible, it’s been a rather cold winter this year.
I’ll be back with more pictures, nappy info, hints and tips, there’s so much to share, so little time!

Bec

Bean Sprout Bubba

Modern cloth nappy tips and life as a WAHM

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