Bella and Max

More Misha Lulu now in!

We've received our last shipment of Misha Lulu for Summer.  Yup, summer.  I know it doesn't really feel like summer yet here in the good ol' Pacific Northwest, but it should be right around the corner.  I mean, if July is around the corner.  The thing is, if you've been here for awhile you'll know that summer can fall on random days from now until July, when it will heat up and stay semi-warm until the end of August or so.  It's nice to have a few things summery for those 70 degree days we get here and there.  These are good layer-able pieces and I'm a wear a dress for a top girl when it comes to my girls, these will last a long... long time.

 

 

 

Misha Lulu

 

 

Spring orders are starting to arrive.  Spring.  It snowed last week and in typical Seattle style, it was sunny and in the high 50's as well. 

Misha Lulu is our first shipment we have coming.  I love it for the fun graphics, affordability and the the fact that you can easily layer it and use it in all seasons, which is important here because you never know what the weather will do.

Because of the economy we are streamlining our inventory to accommodate these changes.  I am working really hard to find fun, exciting things that are affordable and fashionable, yet not discount store look or quality.  This is a hard thing to do, believe it or not.  Misha Lulu fits this bill and I am excited to have this fresh, new line in stock!

I am working on getting it up on our website for pre-orders and the first delivery should arrive early next week.  Yay!  Just in time for the store move!

 

 

 

 

Babystyle filed Chapter 11?

A shoe line sent me an email so I wanted to see what stores carried it in Washington State.  I went to the store locator and Babystyle was the only store in the U.S. so I clicked the link.  This was what came up....

We're sorry but we have suspended internet sales from our site.

babystyle is sad to announce that we have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. At this time, we will no longer accept online orders. Any pending orders that have not yet shipped have been cancelled and your credit card will not be charged.

If you are interested in purchasing any of the items seen on babystyle.com you may do so, in person, at any of our remaining locations. Please understand that due to this filing we are prohibited from accepting or issuing returns, babystyle Gift Cards and babystyle Merchandise Cards at any of our remaining stores.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your patience during this difficult time.

Oh my gosh. This is bad news. 

Rock Your Baby

I don't think I've blogged about this before. With all this CPSIA stuff going on I'm getting a little worried about how this will affect our imported items, specifically the amazing European and Australian clothes we get.  One line I especially love for its affordability and design is Rock Your Baby from Sydney.  Not many stores carry it in the United States and I'm pretty sure we are the only ones in the United States that have it, at least for now.  The quality is amazing, really soft and thick and washes oh so well.  I would be so sad if we couldn't bring this in anymore.  Remember, $100.00 per component for the testing.......

                  

                             

                     

                      

Last Day to Order Holly Marie Jewelry (for holiday delivery)

Have you seen the jewelry from Holly Marie?!  We get a TON of hits and orders for it on our website.  This is one affordable, cute mom's necklace and the perfect holiday gift!  The thing is, today is the last day to order it if you want it before Christmas.

There are several different styles, but the silver name necklace with the vintage bar link chain  is the most popular.  It starts at $120.00 and each additional disc is $30.00.  You can add discs later (should you add kids!) for $40.00, but discs can no longer be ordered if you haven't previously ordered a necklace.  In other words, discs can only be added to an existing Holly Marie necklace but not ordered alone.

Each necklace is hand forged and the child's name is written in the artist's handwriting on the front with the birth date on the back.  A matching birthstone is included.  These are an amazing, subtle everyday necklace.  I love seeing our customers that have ordered them in the store come in wearing them.  Each one  is a work of art.

Look here to see the selection......

New Stock!

So I haven't blogged in a few days, things are a little hectic.

Today we are getting in shipments of Babylegs (over 100 pairs!) and a shipment of Hula Mula.  YEA!  The store is in that weird going through all of our Fall merchandise stage.  I still have a  hard time with ordering stuff as Spring / Summer starts shipping in January.  We don't even warm up here until July!

      

To Do ....

First of all, sorry for that last ugly post I had on here.  I took it down it down this morning, I couldn't stand to look at it. The website migration happened and I am working the bugs out.  Ordering should not be a problem and some people have even got free shipping because there is some ding-dong button I need to locate to disable that on orders under $100.00.  The only obvious thing is the site can look a little wonky here and there but, bah... life is too short, I'll get to it.

I need to make this short and sweet, too much to do on a Monday morning.  I am going to post again later this afternoon, I hope.

Just wanted to say we have our entire Fall Catimini orders in and (I think) Jean Bourget.  Oh my, cute, cute... cute! 

Had a visit from the amazing Knucklehads reps Gloria and Ted Friday.  They dropped off our boys shipment and the girls should be following shortly.  Ted spiffed up our air conditioner with a flower pot while Gloria showed me Spring / Summer.  I have a hard time with these lines, I want to order everything!  So stinkin' cute AND local.  LOVE that!

Catimini Going up Today (I hope)

Uh huh, oh yeah.... I did it.... three blogs in a row. 

So, my goal for today, one or two more blogs I need to post.  One about Awesome August taking place this weekend at the Village and the other (one that doesn't really need to post today) about Bella and Max and Mia. 

But the most important thing to do.... get Catimini up for pre-sale!  I am SO behind the 8 ball on this one I can't believe it!  Although, part of our online store is for ease of shopping for our local customers and to let them order their pre-sales.  I have also had the most amazing opportunity to meet some great women from all over the world (yep, world) that order from us as well.  I am not SEO optimized (I barely know what that means) and so how anyone finds us online not only baffles me, but makes me very happy.  So I want to get as many great things up as I can.

Little peek at Catimini Fall 2009 / 2009 that will go up today.....

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Jean Bourget

We've added Jean Bourget to our Pre-Orders in the last few days.  We haven't had it in the shop before, but I have personally owned it for my girls in the past and I do have to say I really love the design and quality.  It's French, comes from the same group that brings in IKKS, Catimini, Tartine et Chocolt, Chipie, Kenzo and 3 Pommes.  They have everything from the very classic to funky.... but always quality and fun design.  I would love to bring in IKKS, but I'm not quite sure how it would go over in Bothell.  I can't get half the things we have in the store up on the site and they really need to be out for the world to see.  Here are a few random pieces that we carry, the rest is on our site www.bellaandmax.com under Fall Pre-Orders. Lots more to see and love!

SALE..... SALE.... SALE

So it's that time of the year again.  We need to clear out our stock and get ready for Fall merchandise!  Yikes.  Summer just started here last week, I can't believe it.  If you stop in the shop you can enjoy markdowns of at least 20% on all our Spring / Summer clothing.  It might not be marked (I can't believe how busy I am!), but just mention you saw the blog.  If you are shopping online look under the 'sale' section of the website for markdowns.