new beginning

It has been a wonderful 1.5 years for us at City Square Mall. Though it is sad for us to close our boutique, Moms’ Cottage, at City Square Mall, it is a move we had to make as we restructure our core business. We organized our final ‘Move Out Sale’ from 24 to 27 May 2012. A lot of you came to bid farewell and help us clear quite a bit of stocks, thank you for the love.

It was a big step for us to open a brick and mortar boutique 1.5 years ago and through it, we have learned a lot. From stock taking, budgeting, marketing, customer service to dealing with difficult requests... experiences that we will not have gained if we had remained an exclusive online store. But the biggest gain is we have made some wonderful friends who came into our life as fans of the products we stock. Your over-whelming support is what that has kept us going during this difficult retail time. You know who you are :)

On this page, we would also like to thank our part time helper Yulin. When Yulin first came for interview, we had doubt that she will even last 1 month, after all she’s only 18 (right?) and still in Polytechnic. But she proved us wrong and stick to us for the next 1.5 years. With the same determination that she has in learning the Korean language, she make an effort to learn all our product information, memorize our various on-going promotions, offer her best service and also give us feedback on customers comments. Even when Yulin’s school workload increases, she still offer to help us out on weekends so that our partner can have a break. In a time that committed retail staff are hard to find, Yulin is a blessing to us. Yulin will be starting her internship in September, we wish her success in her selected career path. We will miss you girl.

Our Moms’ Cottage facebook page will still be kept active with products and promotion updates. We are still reachable through facebook. Visit itsy bitsy ME! fans page for social responsible apparel and After Organic (here) for eco-friendly lifestyle products.

Thank you for walking with us as we continue our journey to embrace environmental sustainability. Till we settle in our next retail location, stay connected with us online.

Wordless Wednesday??

And so I just came to know about the term ‘Wordless Wednesday’ among the blogging community. I did a quick search on the WWW and this came up on Wiki Answers: “On Wednesdays all over the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it on their blog. Hence the ‘wordless’ title. The idea is that the photo itself says so much that it doesn’t need any description.”. hmmm... good for me since writing is not really what I do best. So here’s my first entry to resuscitate my blog after 3 years, my not-so Wordless Wednesday post.

This fish flies.

Showing off their balloon catch.

smooch smooch

It’s the sweetest month of the year. We brought the kids to The Studio Loft for the Valentine’s Day theme studio sitting as planned. We had a really wonderful time. The kids were in great mood, no tantrums, no tears. We can’t resist sharing one of the sweetest shot here, framed in Shabby Princess’s beautiful February desktop, designed by Nicole, fonts by Shabby Princess, a very talented scrapbooking designer.

If you like the February desktop featured on this post, it is available for free download here. While you are there, visit Shabby Princess Shoppe for some of their very inspiring digital scrapbooking kits.

Happy scraping.

new parents pillowcases by Wrybaby

All parents know how exhausting it is to do the night feeds and how it is easy to play the “No, it’s your turn!” with your partner. Wrybaby’s New Parent Pillowcases are a way to get round it and avoid late-night misunderstandings with our reversible pillowcase set. This way, it’s clear, it’s funny and it’ll be less of a drag to get up in the middle of the night!

This makes a wonderful and unique gift for new parents or for a baby shower. Come take a look at Maternity Exchange for this and more gift ideas! Maternity Exchange is the first maternity rental store where you have the choice of renting or purchasing your maternity or nursing wear. And the best part? You won’t have to pay through-the-roof prices for them.

WOW DEAL!

Maternity Exchange is offering all Lollipop Days readers a 15% off the Wrybaby Pillowcases (U.P $49.90)# and 10% off their maternity and nursing wear range. * Quote ‘Lollipop Days’ or ‘itsy bitsy ME!’ to claim the discount.

Maternity Exchange is located at 

6, Raffles Boulevard, #03-108, Marina Square. Tel: (65) 6100-EXCH (6100-3924)

# Wry Baby Pillowcases promotion is only available in store and offer is valid till 31 March 2009.

*Terms and conditions apply.
Not valid for rental packages and ala carte rentals and purchasing after renting.
MEV Basic Range and offer items.
Not valid with other promotions
MX has the right to amend the conditions when necessary, with or without notice to the customer.

it’s Spring time

Spring is here... well... not exactly... it is the time of the year when most Chinese will be busy cleaning up their homes, splurging on new clothes and goodies for family members. We call it the “Chun Jie”, literally translate to Spring Festival which is actually the Chinese New Year.

Just for the fun of it, we decided to bring our little imps to The Studio Loft’s Chinese New Year Walk-in promotion. Well, as it turns out, my girl was not exactly in a ‘strike a pose’ mood though Charlene was a very patience photographer. But we will not give up, the kids will be back for The Studio Loft’s Valentine Day’s promotion.

Here’s wishing you a very happy and prosperous Chinese New Year...mooooooooo........

christmas giveaway #6: winner

symum’s cutie pie said...
How nice if I could keep my legs warm in this pair of christmas colors babylegs, I definitely would become the most gorgeous princess of my block! Hmmn maybe I could even go to ski in them in my upcoming trip to show off! =)

Cheers
symum's cutie pie

December 24, 2008 10:58 PM

Congratulations to symum’s cutie pie! Please email us at info@itsybitsyme.biz with your name, contact no. and address by Sat, 27 Dec, to claim your prize. Winner is selected using random.org

We apologize for the late update. We would like to thank all who had participated in our first Christmas Giveaway, we had a great time reading all your comments. Do drop by often to see what unique and innovative baby products we find on the net that will make your parenting days full of lollipop sweetness.

Here’s wishing you a merry, merry Christmas and a new year filled with love and happiness.