celebrate stylish sleep!

we just had to share this great review our our baby star inserts on the cariboo bassinet...what the stuff toy review gave the combination four stars!

www.wtstoyreview.com/Cariboo%20Folding%20Bassinet%20with%20Baby%20Star%20Insert.htm

giveaway winner

our big winner of the holiday giveaways is julie from texas! congratulations julie and enjoy your cariboo bassinet and baby star insert. we just had to share her note of excitement...

That’s wonderful. As I do not know the gender yet, can you send the unisex insert? Funny, I just ordered a number of gifts from your year-end sale! I love BABY STAR!!!

Thanks, Julie

year-end sale @ baby star !!!

www.babystar.com

print pattern salutes baby star

ok, we are self-professed design geeks. we are nuts for any and all textile design, we drool over stationary design and all letterpress, we are crazy for fun trinkets, neat magnets, cool embellishments and all things artsy. all of these passions make us love, respect and admire the talent behind the blog print pattern. she shops and shoots the most fabulous-amazing-spectacular-brilliant (we could go on and on and on) of design that is out there. so we are so proud and honored that she chose to feature baby star...

printpattern.blogspot.com/2008/12/kids-design-babystar.html

printpattern.blogspot.com/

baby planners love the baby star giveaway

our lives are so busy these days! with email, texting, cell phones, work phones, home phones, facebook, blogs...and that is just a what we check when we wake in the morning before we feed the cat and wake the kids. oh my, it makes for a lot to do. then put your pregnancy in the mix...so in your spare time you are learning every thing there is to know about pregnancy and newborns in 9 months, planning your nursery, picking colors, shopping, planning, waiting, hoping and wishing. with all that...we love the emerging business of baby planners. they are experts on all, phenomenal resources and full of interesting tid-bits...like finding amazing contests where you can enter to win an amazing bassinet from cariboo and beautiful insert from baby star. when planning your nursery, call upon www.ebabyplanner.com to help you out.

ebabyplanner.blogspot.com/2008/12/baby-star-holiday-giveaway.html

hooded towel winner

Leslie from Valrico, FLA is our proud winner of the hooded towel...

"Oh thank you so much....it is for a boy. Thanks again and Happy Holidays! Leslie"

just a few of our favorite things...

baby star was listed as one of conner's favorite things for 2008...

"Affordable, beautiful, and modern children's bedding and supplies. I'd still kill to own one of their crib sets."

www.sevendogsandababy.com/2008/11/connors-favorite-things.html

www.sevendogsandababy.com

giveaway with www.the-giveaway.com

we love giveaways! so it was love at first sight when we found www.the-giveaway.com. pitter-pat, pitter-pat. sign up to win one of our brand new metallic totes...

www.the-giveaway.com/2008/12/baby-star-rock-tote-giveaway.html

www.the-giveaway.com

love letter = baby star hooded towels are a favorite

baby ashlee luvs baby star! special thanks to new mom cassandra for sending this sweet photo of ashlee all cozy in our hooded towel...

consumer products safety improvement act

rest assured baby star is in compliance with the new consumer product safety improvement act (CPSIA). although this law is well intended, the testing requirements are cumbersome and will be challenging for small and independent manufacturers and artisans. please support creativity and small businesses by reaching out to you local congressman on the unfairness of this legislation...

www.etsy.com/storque/craftivism/handmade-childrens-items-unintended-consequences-consumer-pr-3056/

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let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

portland was blanketed by a beautiful snow storm yesterday! we are suiting up for some more fun in our winter wonderland today (schools are closed for the day city-wide). the sun is out and we are heading out to build a snowman...and we are signing our favorite holiday songs...

Let It Snow : Lyrics

Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It doesn't show signs of Pauseping,
And I've bought some corn for popping,
The lights are turned way down low,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

When we finally kiss goodnight,
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight,
All the way home I'll be warm.

The fire is slowly dying,
And, my dear, we're still good-bying,
But as long as you love me so,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

do good = music for a cure

win cool stuff for a cool cause! visit www.whatshotfortots.com and click on the "you could win this" button to see an exceptionally cool selection of stuff for babies, tots and moms that benefits Music for a Cure. baby star teamed up with cariboo and donated a bassinet and insert. martin of marblehead, MA was the lucky winner and also a very good do-gooder. here is more about the benefit...

We are pleased to announce our 2nd Annual Holiday Giving Project, this year benefiting
Music for a Cure

"Music for a Cure is a non-profit organization founded, in 2002, by a few members of Sugar Ray, in remembrance of Ryan Michael Bates who at the age of 16 lost his battle against cancer. Ryan was a huge fan of Sugar Ray and when he became ill his mother wrote into their fan club, which Julie Karges, Murphy's (bass player) wife, was in charge. Julie responded by inviting Ryan into their home studio. Sugar Ray bought Ryan a white Ernie Ball Guitar and signed it, but he was scared to play it because he didn't want to rub off the autographs. Therefore they bought him another guitar, which he never put down. From then on, Ryan and Murphy spent a great deal of time together. As a result of Ryan's illness he was unable to be physically active so he focused his attention on music.

After seeing the positive impact music had on Ryan's life we realized that there must be thousands of children just like him who could benefit in the same manner. Music is so deeply imbedded in us that we had to come up with a way in which we could share it with others in order to positively change their lives. Therefore we started Music for a Cure. The joy that the guitars, given by Sugar Ray, provided Ryan is immensurable, and it is from this proof of music's curative properties that our mission stems. Music for a Cure's mission is to bring the healing power of music to critically ill children just like Ryan by providing them with quality musical instruments, supporting music therapists and music therapy programs at local children's hospitals."

we have a winner!

OK, we luvs the holidays and we luvs doing the giveaways. so image our surprise when our first winner is from dear old portland (not planned as the winners are 100% randomly selected)! and then she works in our neighborhood...right down the street (no kidding)!. and also at the coolest and bestest animal hospital in all of the land...dove lewis! this is too cool. so here we post the excitement from michelle and also share with you the dove lewis website...

Yay!! I am too excited! Thank you!!
Yes, I have a little boy named Gideon who will be one year old on January 9th! You can drop this off at DoveLewis or I can come by and pick it up.
DoveLewis LOVES baby star too! We have three new mommies in our marketing department alone!
In the last year, we have had a huge baby BOOM at DoveLewis.

http://dovelewis.org/

sammy loves baby star!

check out sweet sammy in baby star!

shop local!

Don't miss these two great holiday sales in Portland!

Made-by-Kids Holiday Sale

Friday, Dec. 5th

from 3:30-6:30

Michelle's Studio
1801 NW Upshur Suite 260, 97209

www.michellefreedman.blogspot.com

and

Holiday Twilight Art Sale & Holiday Party

Saturday, Dec. 6th

from 5:30 - 9:30 pm

The 100th Monkey Studio

www.the100thmonkeystudio.com

retailer spotlight = personalize it!

this holiday season we are all trying to select gifts that have meaning and that are important. we love the personal touch and it comes from the heart. also, we encourage you to buy from independent retailers this holiday season and we love our friends at Personalize It! in texas. they have a special touch.

Personalize It!
1850 W Lake Houston Pkwy
Kingwood, TX 77339
(281) 361-5119

holiday giveaways!

we know you love free stuff...so this holiday season we are doing it again and giving away some fabulous goodies for baby. yell it from the roof tops, tell your best friend and ask her to tell her neighbor with the new baby, and then tell everyone at your favorite (and delicious) coffee shop, then tell all of your buddies in your mommy group and of course your aunt sue cause she loves all babies...

win FREE baby star goodies this holiday season!

www.babystar.com/holiday-giveaways.php

baby star sends you warm wishes for a festive holiday season! in the spirit of the season and to celebrate babies, baby star is giving away amazing gifts throughout the holiday season. from the essential gown and matching blanket to a bedding set, there is ample opportunity to win your favorite baby star item. you can enter now by filling out your email then simply enter two email address of your friends that you think would love to also win and we will forward the great contest on to them. cheers, baby star

december 1 kimono set and matching blanket & kimono set
december 8 hooded towel
december 15 crib bedding set
december 22 cariboo bassinet with baby star inserts