Baby Fair, Day 1

Here's a couple of pictures of my booth at the Vancouver Island Baby Fair:







We're having a lot of fun at the Baby Fair, and I was thrilled to meet the gals who run Podlings, one of my retailers located in Courtenay - their set up is beautiful, full of natural play items and books, all of which I covet for Ruby. Be sure to check out the website of Heather Armstrong - she's in my neighbouring booth, and UrbanMommies - they have a sweet pink Vespa parked at their booth!

Hope to see you today! The show runs from 10am to 4pm at the Pearkes Recreation Centre.

The scene in my living room yesterday.

Lissa has a true calling as a gift arranger, no word of a lie. She worked magic with the five pre-wrapped gift sets that I'm unveiling at this weekend's Vancouver Island Baby Fair!



The gift bags are Canadian-made from 100% mixed-sourced recycled paper, and the raffia is made from recycled plastic too! Tucked inside each gift bag is a Rabbit Rattle card (printed in Vancouver on 100% tree-free paper with soy-based inks) and a Dress Me Up Pencil (union-made in the USA from recycled newpaper). Now that's a whole lot of eco-mindful, and natural gift giving made easy.

See you at Booth 62!

A windy autumn morning...

Starts with a lovely giveaway! (And two beautiful gals.)



SouleMama.com is one of my favourite blogs, and Amanda is sharing a giveaway of my Ra Ra Gift Set with all of her readers (and now mine!). To enter, simply visit her site and leave a comment. So Simple! And be sure to note down the 20% discount code to my online store. I'm offering the discount until Sept 30th. (For customers outside of USA + Canada, please contact me directly for the discount and to determine shipping to your country).

Happy windy day, may it blow luck your way!

Seaside Friends

One of the things I love about Twitter is all the entirely random connections people make with me, and me with them - like with my newest follower/following: Jenn Docherty. Her little seaside friends are so amazing, I had to share them with you too! This image is from Jenn's website.



Oh, Somerly! How I would like to be on the sea with you.

And the winner is!

Using the Random Number Generator, the winner of my Newest Born Gift Set + Baby Fair Tickets is Mom Most Traveled! Congrats, MMT!

CanCan (Mom Most Traveled) said... "I love the toys! I can't decide if I like the Dress Me Up Organic Rabbit Rattle or the BonBons best :) ps, I'm not in CA so if I win (WOOHOO!) you can pass the tix on to someone local."

Now, if you don't yet know about Mom Most Traveled, definitely check out her blog. I found MMT on Twitter a few months ago and thoroughly enjoy her blog and tweets. How fun is it that she entered my contest and won, all the way from Alabama!

Stay tuned for my next giveaway - tickets to the One Of A Kind Show + Sale in Vancouver! Details to come soon.

If you go into the woods today ...

[Last day for the Newest Born Giveaway. Details here!)

It's a busy morning, packing up for the Moss Street Market while also getting our family ready. Saturdays are always a rush of energy and last minute organization, no matter how many Saturdays I do the Market!

Come see us discover today's Featured Product (remember, I'm featuring a product each week until the end of Market season - a little thank you and fun for all my customers!). Hint - this week's featured product comes in two sizes and is a droolin' babe's best friend.

See you at the Market!

Having a ball with Yoyobelly!

[The Newest Born Giveaway is still on. Details here!)

One of the my first product reviews was done by Annemarie on Yoyomama, about a year and a half ago now! A lot has changed for me in that time, and for Yoyomama as well - I've refined my creations and gone out into the world with over 40 retailers carrying my line, and Yoyomama has grown as well!



Yoyobelly is part of the Yoyomama family, and dedicated to "keeping mums on-the-grow in the know" - they've just shared their enthusiasm for my Organic Cloth Balls in today's Yoyobelly Newsletter! Read the full article here, and sign up for their lovely newsletter here. And if you're a mum or parent already on the go, be sure to check out the inspiration and resources of Yoyomama too.

Thanks, Yoyobelly!

It was a dark and stormy night ...

But today is looking like it will shape up into something sunny, and I will be at the Moss St Market for all your natural baby and toddler gift giving needs! 10-2pm at the corner of Moss St & Fairfield Rd.

From now until the end of the Market Season, I'll be featuring one of my products - just for one day. Come see which squishy squashy soft toy has a special price today. Hint: it comes with a draw string bag ...



See you at the Market!

(Newest Born Gift Set Giveaway is on until Sept 12th - enter here!)

The Newest Born Giveaway!

This contest is now closed - the winner is to be announced soon! Thanks for all of your entries!

The Vancouver Island Baby Fair is only 24 days away - I'm excited to be offering a Giveaway of 2 tickets to this excellent event, paired with one of my most popular Gift Sets!


The Newest Born Gift Set + Two Baby Fair Weekend Passes

The Prize
* Two weekend passes to the Vancouver Island Baby Fair
* One Dress Me Up The Newest Born Gift Set (Organic Burp Cloth Set + Organic Receiving Blanket) in Blueberry. Oooo, ahhh!

How to Enter
* Visit my website DressMeUp.ca and, then leave a comment here on this blog stating your favourite product!

How to Enter Again!
* Post a link to my Giveaway on your blog, and then leave a second, separate comment here with your link.

Entries will close on Saturday 12 Sept, and the winner (chose by the random number generator) will be posted on Sunday the 13th! Remember that I need to be able to get in touch with you - be sure to include a valid email address when you leave your comment.

The Baby Fair is celebration of the whole family with a focus on pregnancy, birth, babies, toddlers & preschoolers, parents & grandparents! Shirley, Baby Fair co-founder, has brought together amazing info & resources, contests and services, and unique shopping opportunities - including me! You'll find me at Booth 62.

best of luck!
Tressa