july giveaway: winners!

We hope you had enjoyed taking those photos of your babe in The Dream Bag. We sure enjoyed going thru all the submissions, they are all too cute! Nevertheless, we can only pick two, so here goes:

>> Xinyi (6mth), mummy Rachel

>> Javier (3mth), mummy Babara

Congratulations babes! We will be emailing you the 25% eVoucher discount code. Thank you all who had submitted your babes' photos & comments, we will be emailing you the 15% eVoucher discount code.

As usual, if you don't see our mails in your inbox in the next few days, do check your spam/junk mail folder.

Next up: August Giveaway. More details next week.

foldable skull

This play hut is simply great for space tight Singapore. It is lightweight and portable, when your kid has finished playing in it, just rooooll up and store! Made with durable Sensaten, Skullcave is available at Our Children's Gorilla, HERE.

ultimate diaper bag

This diaper bag, Baby Travel, is way too cool~ a diaper bag that converts into a comfortable travel cot, without having to empty the bag first. Baby Travel consists of four large storage compartments that include one equipped with isothermal covers for baby bottles and meals.

When Baby Travel is opened, the compartments are situated around the cot giving mum easy access to all her baby's essentials. Use the travel cot for naps when on the road or as changing station without having to locate that obscure nursing room.

Get this ingenious diaper bag at Delta Baby, more information HERE.

it's the moonfest

Get little fingers busy with two workshops to welcome our Moonfest.

Worshop 1: Chinese mask painting

Enjoy hands-on experience of painting Chinese mask and learn about the colours used and their symbolism in Chinese mask. 

Workshop 2: Lantern making

Every child loves a lantern. This workshop will have your kids squealing with delight when they learn how to create their own lanterns step-by-step using basic materials.

Venue: Singapore Esplanade

Recommended for children above 6 yrs old

More details on tix price/dates/time at SISTIC, HERE and HERE.

meeting of the parents

Event: singapore parenting congress 2008

Date: 16 - 17 August 2008

Tickets at SISTIC

Learn how to manage parent-child conflicts, discover parenting strategies that work, pick up pointers to stay connected with your teenage child. All these, spread across a series of seminars available in 4 languages - English, Tamil, Chinese and Malay. The seminars are for educators and parents with teenage children.

Be an empowered and confident parent. Organised by Mediacorp Radio, more information HERE.

water babies

How about your baby’s very own private swimming pool that comes with temperature sensor? Forget about over crowded public pool, baby unfriendly changing room and the inconvenience of lugging all of baby’s stuff just for a mere 30mins dip. Now you can have a dip with baby anytime of the day right at the comfort of your own home. It’s doesn’t take up much space and can be deflated easily.

Baby Swimming Pool is suitable for babies 0-24 months old. Setting up the baby pool takes no hassel and can be done in no more than 5 mins. The pool set comes with a neck float, 80 height by 90 diameter (CM) pool, heat sensor attached on the pool (If water temperature rises above 38 degrees celcius, sensor will turn Red), water host (for draining water out).

 
The advantages of the pool is it creates bonding with your baby, helps baby brain and growth development. (Personally, we think this is also great for dipping baby when the stubborn fever refuse to go away.)

For more details and purchase, you can visit HERE.

WOW DEAL!

Get $5 discount on the listed price. Quote ‘lollipops’ when placing your order.

Do remember to leave your comments here after you have tried out the pool.

pretty clippies

We came across these lovelies while browsing some online boutique’s catalogue. They were so pretty that we couldn't resist asking for permission to stock them in our boutique. The good news is.... YES. These pretty clippies are already on their way to our sunny shore. 

These clips are uniquely designed and handmade by Jennifer Mccabe residing in Hudson Valley, NY. All buttons are stitched and all felt flowers are cut by the designer herself.

Bookmark lollipops days for updates on their arrival.

july giveaway

Love your Dream Bags and thinking of adding 1 or 2 more bags? Or your Dream babe has outgrown the current one? For the month of July, itsy bitsy ME! is giving away 25% discount eVouchers for The Dream Bag to two very lucky winners. All other entrants will be entitled to 15% discount. Discounts are valid for purchase of any Dream Bag of your choice.

How to enter:

Email a picture of your babe in their Dream Bag to info@itsybitsyme.biz with your babe’s name, age and your name accompanied by a short comment/feedback on your experience of using The Dream Bag. Simple.

2 winners will be randomly selected.

Closing date:

25 July 2008, 6pm

Results:

29 July 2008. Results will be posted in lollipops days. Winners will be notified by email.

baking mamas

Searching for that unique gift for your best friend’s new baby? Check out Whims & Fancies yummilicious diaper cakes, lovingly ‘baked’ by two mamas. Forget about hastily-packed hampers or last-minute over the shelf gift. Whims & Fancies’ diaper cakes are unique, delicious-looking and made with heaps of love.

Recipe? Lots of diapers, handful of baby items and cups of creative juice! So the next time you need to send a gift, ring the mamas. You order it, they bake it!

a feast for the feet

See Kai Run, a funky range of shoes for pre and new walkers, is specifically made for the developing foot. See Kai Run shoes are hand-crafted from supple sheepskin with padded collars and a breathable leather lining. Soles are constructed from extremely flexible rubber, allowing new walkers lots of freedom to move while protecting their feet on all kinds of terrain. To top it off, See Kai Run shoes are easy to get on and off with velcro closures that ensure great fit!

These hip shoes will be available at our online boutique soon. Keep a look out for updates of their arrival in Lollipops Days!

send in the animals

If your child hasn’t had enough of giraffes and hippos yet, here’s another addition for the nursery. Animal Parade, the latest adorable style from The Dream Bag is now available in Singapore. Comes in sizes 6/18m and 18/36m for both 0.5tog and 1.0tog, this adorable design of animal friends on mint green is perfect for little boys.

For those who had been checking on the availability of this design, simply submit your order to info@itsybitsyme.biz. We also welcome bulk purchase of The Dream Bag, send us an email with subject title ‘Bulk Purchase’ and we’ll be glad to forward you more details. 

If you have a business dealing in children/nursery products and are interested to stock The Dream Bag, please drop us an email at trade@thedreambag.com.sg with subject title ‘Trade’. 

our first day out

Date: 5 - 8 Jun 2008

Venue: Singapore Expo

Our very first consumer show! Though we only got one third of the booth space, we had a really exciting 4day. The first day was rather slow and we feared that we may have to lug all our goods back at the end of the 4th day. But how wrong were we! Our cute BabyLegs was almost SOLD OUT on the 3rd day, we were already taking pre-orders on the 2nd day for the more popular styles which were mostly sold out by then. We didn't bring much stocks for The Dream Bag, just a few sample pieces as we weren't expecting such good response for our adorable sleeping bags too! So we had to offer pre-orders service as well for The Dream Bag.

A number of our regulars came over to say ‘hi’. After all the emails & PMs, we had finally met.... for the first time. It was really nice to see everyone, we can now put a face to the nicks/email addresses. We also met some very nice first time customers (hopefully will also become our regulars) who’re very patience with us while we made out their pre-order list or when we gave out the wrong change.

Overall, it was a very fun and fruitful first day-out for itsy bitsy ME! Above are a few snap shots of our humble booth space. We know it is not impressive BUT we promise we will make it better next year. 

We would like to thank: 

• Maryann from The Studio Loft for sharing the booth space with us and giving us tips on how to go about doing up our one-third space area.
  
• Hann Yang from WINKtoLEARN for being such a nice neighbor and his generosity in offering us his carrier bags for our goods when we FORGOT (yep, u read correctly) to bring our own, oh... and the drinks too.
  
• Dear old sis for helping out, I wouldn't be able to manage without her.
  
• My son for helping to distribute our printed DMs.
  

Well, till next year....

>> advertising/submission <<

Do you offer a product or service that parents in Singapore must know about? Lollipop Days is most happy to accept product/website submissions for review, from both local and international merchants. Entries about your product/website on Lollipop Days are complimentary but we would appreciate if you are able to offer goodies in the form of discounts or giveaways to our readers.

Please email us at info@itsybitsyme.biz with your contact and product information and we’ll let you know whether or not it's the right fit for our blog. For button ads, please email us with subject title ‘Button Ad’ for more details on rates.

We also offer occasional co-op ad space in our local parenting magazines, drop us an email and we will get back to you on rates.

>> about us <<

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