Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Blue Raven Shower Caps Won't Last Much Longer

Unfortunately, Blue Raven, LLC, the company who makes the funky shower caps we carry on our site is going out of business. It is owned by a couple of ladies, one of which is a family friend. Her name is Sandra Monteparo. I grew up across the street from her grandparents in Schenectady, New York.

Sandra and the other owner both have very demanding and successful "day jobs" and she told me not long ago that while they loved Blue Raven, they just didn't have the time to devote to it. So they are selling off their inventory and then they are going to call it quits.

I think I bought up the last remaining inventory they had in the country and it is now getting drastically low. By my last count, I only have 7 Love caps and 3 Daisy caps. Once they are gone, Blue Raven shower caps will be no more.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Welcome

We are going to use this blog to introduce new products, ask questions and hopefully get feedback from you about the site, the products we offer on the site or anything else you wish to talk about.

There are so many things going on right now it's hard to keep everything straight.

Let's see --

  • First and foremost, this is a joyful time for us as we welcome a brand new addition to our family. Our first grandchild, a little girl, Brynlea Kyle, was born on April 17. She is beautiful and such a good baby. So far she seems to have her daddy's disposition which is very calm and low key.
  • We are also working with a company to develop a new web site which we feel will make finding our products easier. We have had several comments from customers that they liked the products we featured, but couldn't find where to buy them. So we are trying to make navigating the site a lot easier. Because of that the site won't be ready for a couple of months.
  • Next, we are in process of adding more products to our existing site:
  • We have already added a new line of scented candles from the same company we buy our highly successful candle warmers from. It's called Jaime Clair. They have so many wonderful scents to choose from, you should check them out on http://www.dogwoodsquare.com/jamie-clair-candles/.
  • We have added a completely new line of products this year in honor of our new little granddaughter -- Products for Babies and Children. So far you will find some wonderful gifts set from a company called Baby Aspen who is a sister company to Kate Aspen from whom we get many of our wedding favors. You can see these gift sets on http://www.dogwoodsquare.com/store-categories-Baby-Aspen_3016914.html. We are also working with a company called Halo Innovations, Inc. They make wonderful sleep sacks wearable blankets, swaddle blankets, and layettes sets which all carry the First Candle/SIDS Alliance gold seal for product safety for newborns and babies. We have our stock in, but we just haven't had the time to add these products to the site yet. We have also just signed an agreement with Unisar BebeSounds which is a company that makes all types of gadgits like baby movement sensors, flexible digital thermometers, 1-second lighted ear thermometers, battery operated nasal aspirators, continuous fever monitors and many other neat products to give parents peace of mind when taking care of babies and children. Our stock of these products won't be in for about 2 weeks.
  • We have not forgotten the gardeners and have made a new arrangement to sell some wonderful products from Potting Shed Creations, Ltd. Just in time for Mothers' Day we will have "Blooms from the Heart", mini "Gardens-in-a-Pail", "Pocket Gardens" kits, several varieties of "Garden-in-a-Bag".

If you have any suggestions of new and unique products which you would like to see us carry, please comment.

Please visit our site often to see our new products and selections. If you have forgotten our address, we are at http://www.dogwoodsquare.com.

Till next time....Della