Month: January 2009

Hey everyone, great news!! The CPSIA has suspended the requirements for one year! We don’t have to test until then AND they are re working the law. My heart is full of joy right now, not just because of the suspension but also because of the roar that people can cause. We were heard. We…

I just thought I’d share a few pictures of ‘behind the scenes’ here at Bamboletta workshop aka our house..                      Are you impressed or what?!? This is what I usually photograph my dolls against when I’m taking pics of them for Etsy. Fancy.                      Those are all odd socks. Laundry gets embarrassing here. And Devon…

I thought I’d write a little update on where Bamboletta stands on the CPSIA issue. It’s all so confusing and overwhelming to be honest. I just want to make sure that I can ship dolls across the border without any hassle. So, this is what I’ve come up with so far. Although there were recommendations…

  Lucy  (well, my friend Heather) will be reporting back every Monday telling us about her journey to Guatemala. Lucy is on her way there to help Project Somos set up their village for orphaned and abandoned children. For more information about this wonderful project, please see here! It’s been 9 days since we left…

My sister told me my last post sounded like a total sales job.  I love sisterly honesty. I get a few days a week to work , solo, downstairs in my workroom(s). I am so engrossed in what I do that I often forget to eat. I wish that the forgetting to eat would help…

I hear this expression from moms (and grannies, and aunties) at least once during almost every custom order I fill. Then there are the emails after the doll has arrived with ‘but, I secretly want to just keep it for me – I don’t know if I can give it to her/him’. These emails always…