piper and chloe

piper and chloe was a lot of fun to set up for! and because the hosting party did all the work I was able to stay home and relax! oh how I wish it were true, I actually took the weekend and this whole week to get ready for the next show this Saturday at Wheeler farm at 10-3. I'm not limited to what products I can sell this time so come and see me, bring your QTies and have a good time!

Well, I've been really busy the past month! I made a prom dress, hosted a baby shower, & I'm getting ready for the piper and chloe show case! The show case is this weekend & I'm nearly complete, down to the last moments of course! Then I have the May day festival on the 16th and a fun utah kids carnival in June! For these shows I'm mainly clearanceing out the old so I can make some new stuff. I created 3 new costumes for the piper and chloe show and created my first diaper cake for the baby shower. Make sure you attend the booths so you can save! ;)

Little QTies will be at the spring showcase...

Come see Little QTies at the piper and chloe spring showcase! More info on vendors here!

New dress costume designs not posted on the web & save big on show specials!

Help small US businesses...

Save Small Business From the CPSIA

A Proposal From the handmadetoyalliance. org:

In 2007, large toy manufacturers who outsource their production to China and other developing countries violated the public's trust. They were selling toys containing dangerously high lead content, unsafe small parts, and chemicals that made kids sick.


The United States Congress rightly recognized that the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) lacked the authority and staffing to prevent dangerous toys from being imported into the US. So, they passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) in August 2008. Among other things, the CPSIA bans lead and phthalates in children's products, mandates third party testing and certification, and requires manufacturers of all goods for children under the age of 12, to permanently label each item with a date and batch number.


All of these changes will be fairly easy for large, multinational companies to comply with. Large manufacturers who make thousands of units of each item have very little incremental cost to pay for testing and updating their systems to include batch labels. Small businesses however, will likely be driven out of business by the costs of mandatory testing, to the tune of as much as $4,000 or more per item. And the few larger manufacturers who still employ workers in the United States face increased costs to comply with the CPSIA, even though American-made toys had nothing to do with the toy safety problems of 2007.


Anyone who produces or sells any of the following new or used items will be required to comply with the law: toys, books, clothing, art, educational supplies, materials for the learning disabled, bicycles, and more. Any uncertified item intended for children under the age of 12 will be considered contraband after February 10, 2009. It will be illegal to sell or give these items away to charities, and the government will require their destruction or permanent disposal, resulting in millions of tons of unnecessary waste, and placing an enormous strain on our landfills.


There is a clear disconnect between the sweeping nature of this law, and the narrow range of products that were problematic in 2007. The CPSIA applies standards that were put in place in reaction to the sale of toys contaminated with lead paint and toxic plastics. Rather than focus on these materials, this law places a guilty until proven innocent mentality on all children's product producers by imposing mandatory testing and certification, and in the process will kill an entire industry.


Thriving small businesses are crucial to the financial health of our nation.
Let's amend the CPSIA so that all businesses large and small are able to comply and survive!

Please visit these links to help save small US businesses!

Sign our Petition
http://www. ipetitions. com/petition/handmadetoys/

Vote for our Idea to modify the CPSIA on change. org
http://www. change. org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia

Write to your United States Congress Person and Senator to request changes in the CPSIA to save handmade toys.
Use our sample letter or write your own-
http://www. handmadetoyalliance. org/how-you-can-help

Toymakers & Toy-related Businesses:
Join the Handmade Toy Alliance
http://www. handmadetoyalliance. org

Everyone:
Join our CPSIA information group
http://cpsia-central. ning. com/

Couple of negative product reviews...

First the new polmolive ego+ we bought it and we thought our dish washer had broken it was so bad, huge residue all over! Went out and bought cascade complete before we decided we needed a new dishwasher and wha la! beautiful sparkly clean dishes!

Second... I bought some feather wings off ebay, the shipping was outrages 3 times the actual cost, but I thought the wings were beautiful and be worth the cost, I bought two because I'm doing a costume photoshoot with my tutu's and I received them, they were HORRIBLE!! one halos that came with them was way to small to fit on anyones head and the other broke, you could see the inside cardboard everywhere, feathers missing and when you bent them to shape the cardboard ripped. The day I got them I looked at the return policy and there wasn't one in place, so I very kindly left a message asking for a refund. He denied me a refund a said he would exchange them. Well I bought two and both were in the same condition. So I left negative feedback, which I felt was factual and I didn't slander him as a seller, his response to my negative feedback is: "Seller Beware. After used Buyer wanted refunds. watch out."

and this: "All sales are final. They are good quality.Unreanable buyer. DON"T BUY AGAIN"

I don't know maybe I'm acting like a baby but he totally lied and I paid $50 for two pair of really crappy wings! THE EXACT WINGS I found later at savers for only $8 that was a smack in the face! So here's my revenge: Don't buy from ebay seller socoboa, they charge outrageous shipping charges and the product was very poor quality, not to mention him lying about me as a buyer. 

As a retailer my expectation was the there would be no questions asked, I've accepted returns on a couple items, because I want to retain my customers. so now what was $50 to him might have just lost him thousands of dollars because of one very unhappy customer. Now I encourage you to pass it on! :)

Delivery of products...

I've recently have been dealing with some issues regarding delivery of a costume... Remember the beautiful pink and brown fairy costume with custom made wings? Well the buyer never received it. And instead of contacting me directly she did a paypal reversal. Because there was proof of delivery the payment wasn't reversed. Now they're trying a bank reversal, and because I took care of everything on my end with paypal they are taking care of everything and in the end will pay for it if needed... THANK YOU PAYPAL for protecting both ends. (maybe all those fees I pay are paying off)

Now with that being said. I strive to do the best when providing customer service, I like to think I go above and beyond with most of you. If she would have contacted me we could have worked something out. Maybe she had the wrong address listed with paypal? She could have checked with that address. Or maybe I could have made her another costume at my cost. I am always willing to work with you if something went wrong even if it's not my fault. So from now on anything over $50 will be sent out with a signature required. $50 may not sound like much to some of you, but for a little company that is only making enough to pay for the credit card bills it incurred and uses extra money to buy more products it's a lot to have someone do a card reversal because they didn't receive it.

Delivery of products...

I've recently have been dealing with some issues regarding delivery of a costume... Remember the beautiful pink and brown fairy costume with custom made wings? Well the buyer never received it. And instead of contacting me directly she did a paypal reversal. Because there was proof of delivery the payment wasn't reversed. Now they're trying a bank reversal, and because I took care of everything on my end with paypal they are taking care of everything and in the end will pay for it if needed... THANK YOU PAYPAL for protecting both ends. (maybe all those fees I pay are paying off)

Now with that being said. I strive to do the best when providing customer service, I like to think I go above and beyond with most of you. If she would have contacted me we could have worked something out. Maybe she had the wrong address listed with paypal? She could have checked with that address. Or maybe I could have made her another costume at my cost. I am always willing to work with you if something went wrong even if it's not my fault. So from now on anything over $50 will be sent out with a signature required. $50 may not sound like much to some of you, but for a little company that is only making enough to pay for the credit card bills it incurred and uses extra money to buy more products it's a lot to have someone do a card reversal because they didn't receive it.