Hey Guys! I just wanted to announce that we are doing a little contest/Give-A-Way for our hair bow bowtique. It is part of a movement to get the word out about a law that is going into act on Feb 10th and will have a HUGE affect on all children's boutique items! The very basic sum up of this new law (Consumer Protection Safety Improvement Act) is that after February 10th all items that are marketed and sold for children 12 and under will have to have lead level testing done on it. So what this means for us as a small business is that we will have to have lead testing done on all of our ribbons, clips, elastic, etc will have to have a 3rd party lab do a lead level test on it. What is even more frustrating is that we also then have to have another test on each completed product line to make sure the complete bow does not have too high of a lead level. We also have to have the products re-tested each time we get a new shipment in. Mind you we carry over 130 DIFFERENT ribbon color alone!!! So we would have THOUSANDS of dollars in lead testing just to have to re-do it all once we re-order our products! Not Possible! So as you can tell, I like many other children's boutique manufacturers are really not sure what to do. Also this new lead level testing doesn't just affect large toy companies (like the legislative people who signed it expected it to). It affect children's clothes, toys, books, school supplies, furniture, bedding, cloth diapers, HAIR BOWS, burp clothes, doll clothes, etc. Basically anything that is made for kids 12 and under. As you can see this affect many small business owner like myself that make things to sell online, at craft shows, or local boutiques. The sad part is that many of these items (such as books and cloth diapers) carry no lead at all anyways but yet they are putting many hard working stay-at-home moms and dads out of business! Isn't the entrepreneurial spirit what America was founded on? So what the federal government is doing...intentional or not...is putting all the small businesses that produce children's items out of business, only to leave the big companies who can afford all these new tests.
So after my little rant.....the Give-A-Way!
Another producer of children's boutique items has started a little give-a-way on her blog to get the word out about CPSIA and what it will do to stay-a-home moms like ourselves. You can visit her blog here http://www.whimsicalwalney.com/wp/ to play along. I am pretty sure that she will be adding other boutique item give-a-ways as the week goes on. All you will need to do is check out her blog and then afterwards stop by my website http://www.sugarsweetbowtique.com/ to pick out your favorite hair bows. Leave a comment on her blog saying which bows are your favorite and then a random person will be chosen to receive the group of Valentine's bows I have pictured above! Also just wanted to let everyone know that we have decided to extend our New Years Sale until Monday, January 26th. Stop by for some GREAT deals and to see some super cute Valentine's Day Bows!
So after my little rant.....the Give-A-Way!
Another producer of children's boutique items has started a little give-a-way on her blog to get the word out about CPSIA and what it will do to stay-a-home moms like ourselves. You can visit her blog here http://www.whimsicalwalney.com/wp/ to play along. I am pretty sure that she will be adding other boutique item give-a-ways as the week goes on. All you will need to do is check out her blog and then afterwards stop by my website http://www.sugarsweetbowtique.com/ to pick out your favorite hair bows. Leave a comment on her blog saying which bows are your favorite and then a random person will be chosen to receive the group of Valentine's bows I have pictured above! Also just wanted to let everyone know that we have decided to extend our New Years Sale until Monday, January 26th. Stop by for some GREAT deals and to see some super cute Valentine's Day Bows!
2 comments:
I just wanted to say that, I too think that this is ridiculus. First of all while working at the health department (going on 2yrs) we have had maybe a hand full of families effected by lead. The source of the lead levels in these families have been from lead paint that was used on the house or from renovations that have stired up the lead dust. Lead dust IS the number one cause of lead poisioning, not clothing, hair bows, or even toys with lead paint. I just find this law so crazy...especially now that I think about small businesses. It is almost as if someone who knew nothing of lead poisioning wrote this bill. I hope that you can find a way to work with this and still make some income for your family. And I agree with your rant!
Congress passes legislation against hair bows! Do they know what they are doing?
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