Tote and Tee

Hello Friends!

I just wanted to announce a big change here at Tote and Tee.  Eek, a change! I am a little nervous but also VERY excited!  Starting this Wednesday, all the items you see on the website now will no longer be available at all times.  On Wednesday morning when you come to the website, you will see only 4 featured items on the front page.  Those 4 items will be the only things available for the week.  Every Wednesday morning there will be new items.

I am excited to bring a new feel to the site and be able to rotate my items for sale more often.  I plan to have lots of new things to offer, some old favorites and fun accessories! I even have some themed weeks and guest sellers coming in the future.  It is my hope that the new format will keep things fresh and fun for you and me too! I love Tote and Tee and wanted to find a way to make it work for me but still keep it going.  I am a busy mom and since I do 95% of the work myself still, I needed to come up with a plan to limit the products I make but still have it be a fun place for you to shop!

With these changes, I am also limiting the amount of special orders that I take.  I am going to offer “custom” or special requests once a month as one of the featured items.  I will always give a weeks notice before I put a “custom” up as a listing.  This will give you time to figure out what upcoming events you may need a tee for.

I am hoping that the changes will be fun for you too and I will strive to keep Tote and Tee a cool place to shop.

And don’t forgot, if there is something listed on the website that you have had your eye on…please get it now! The changes go into effect on Wednesay morning of this week.

Thanks and please email with any questions, suggestions, thoughts and hugs!

Your tee shirt making friend,

Amy

www.toteandtee.com

Hi! I am here to share with you my favorite new thing. Twitter. Have you heard of it? If you haven’t then you are probably looking at me(your screen) funny. If you have, maybe you already know how cool it is!

Twitter is hmm, how do you explain it. Basically you sign up for an account there and you start following people you are interested in. You will see everything the people that you follow say and everyone that follows you, will see what you say. The fun thing about this is you only get 140 characters per “tweet” so it’s a quick way to do a little chit chat.

I have found that it’s a great way to socialize while I am still busy doing work. I work from home and don’t have much interaction with anyone other than oh my hubby, kids, grandma, UPS man…you get the drift. I can’t remember when I signed up but in that short time(some months) I have managed to find over 1000 amazing people to follow! Everyone from fellow business owners, old friends, bloggers, PR folks and I am even following Shaq and Lance Armstrong!

One amazing group of women that I am jazzed to be connected with now through Twitter are the following list…they all own online Children’s stores and you can find them on Twitter! If you are on Twitter or just signed up, you might want to check out this fabu group of ladies and follow them. If you aren’t on Twitter, you should click around on the website links and maybe you will discover a new store or 2 to shop at!

@MyPreciousKid - www.mypreciouskid.com

@lovebugclothing – www.lovebugclothing.com 20% off 1st order with code FIRST

@bizziemommy – www.lalababyboutique.com

@tresfun – www.littleedesigns.etsy.com

@SuperMomz – www.supermomz.com

@mumby – www.mabel.ca

@fabrichound – www.sweetgirlboutique.com

@funfelt – www.funfelt.com

@twinklingtees – www.twinklingtees.com

@Babology – www.babology.com

@Momdot – www.bambinaballerina.com

@vusova – www.vusova.etsy.com

@katjapresnal – www.skimbaco.com

@jaybirddesigns – www.jaybird-designs.com & www.mypinkzebraboutique.com

@princesstimetoy – www.princesstimetoys.com

@isewcute – isewcute.etsy.com

@divineclothing – www.divinelittleduds.com

@alexcaseybaby – www.alexcaseybaby.com

@emihill – www.georgietees.com

@pitterpatte – www.pitterpattercreations.com

@polkadotpatch – www.polkadotpatch.com

@bfmwear – www.bfmwear.com

@SweetDreamsDes – www.sweet-dreams-designs.net

@babyfabulous – www.babyfabulous.com

@katjapresnal – www.skimbaco.com

@hippostoes – www.hippostoes.com

@PMKU - www.happypandababy.com

@jussar – www.jusshardesigns.com

@monkeytoeshoes – www.monkey-toes.com

@oopdoo – www.oopdoohug.com

@momfluential – www.francie-pants.com

@fundoodies123 – www.fundoodies.com

@bamdesigns – www.bamdesigns.etsy.com

@marinasmom – www.myprincesscloset.com

@loveseptember – www.loveseptember.etsy.com

@zadyball – www.zadyball.com

@OnTray2Go – www.ontray2go.com

@glamajama – www.glamajama.com

@ashleeallen – www.nonnyandboo.com

@moomettesgram – www.moomettesmagnificents.com

@thatrobguy – www.thatbabydvd.com

@blessednest – www.blessednest.com

@africanABC – www.africanabc.com

I started this list awhile ago and have made many new connections since then. If you are a “Children’s Store owner that Twitters” just leave a comment here or DM me on Twitter and I will add you! (If we are BFF’s and I didn’t add your twitter name, don’t feel bad…I am lacking a few brain cells for now while I get through the holiday rush, just let me know!)

Oh, and if you want to find me and follow my ramblings you can do that at http://www.twitter.com/toteandtee

Getting ready for our Halloween party today so I am not getting much work done but I had to share a little love I got today over at Mom Generations.

Tote and Tee is featured as the Kid Find of the Day today.  Woohoo!  While you are over there, check out other things on their site.  I LOVE Mom Generations because it’s run by a family of AMAZING women! A team of 2 sisters and their mom, how cool is that?

Ok, I am back to do my Halloween preps today.  We are having a Halloween party tomorrow and I still have lots to do! I love Halloween!  Oh and I have a little distraction over here today…you have to see her!

In my 5 years of doing this business I have connected with so many amazing ladies. I recently reconnected with one over on Facebook and was just tickled when I saw her write up about my Naughty and Nice tees!

Jump on over to the HipMelon Babywear blog to read what Chey had to say!

I love this part:

“This year however, she has gotten innovative in her quest to keep up with the demand for these super fabulous t’s and she has had them professionally printed, saving her time, and YOU…Money!!”

Yes, as you know I like to help save money/have big sales as often as possible!

While you are over checking out their blog, be sure to check out their webstore HipMelon. They have an amazing selection of eye pleasing baby slings!

This is my favorite pattern:

The shirts are all finished, thought I would share the collection of thread that I used this week.

I just added a fun sibling set for Halloween. Stripes for boys and dots for girls. I can get these out really quick so you can you them for all of October.

We have Halloween Dots for girls and Halloween Stripes for boys.

Oh, and don’t forget to grab some black/white stripe tights or knee socks to go with your Halloween attire. They are going fast…already!

Any clues on what the kiddos are going to be for Halloween yet? I need to start chatting with my girls about it. Before Abby was born, I would pride myself on making all of April’s costumes myself. Well, 2nd child comes along and that all went out the door! If you know any cool sites with Halloween costumes, leave a comment so I can go take a peek!

When you have a store front on the web, it’s necessary to have a look that just grabs people.  Something different and fun.  I am lucky to have THE best graphics gal in town(ok, all the way across the country from me) helping me to keep my site looking super duper pretty! I just wanted to give a little shout out today to Traci of Leeziebee Custom Graphics for the amazing work she does.

You can find a sampling of some of the graphics she has done recently on her portfolio page.  I highly recommend her if you need a new look on the web…or heck, anywhere you need a pretty graphic.

If you use Traci for anything, be sure to tell me so I can ohhh and ahhh with you at your new pretty look!

We are having a super yummy giveaway over at Tres Fun this week and it’s just too gosh darn good not to share with you!

We were lucky enough to get samples of these delicious cookies from Platine Cookies, they are really GOOD! Go peek over at Tres Fun and enter the contest!

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