My HUGE secret!

Have you signed up to join the party so you can find out my HUGE secrets?


You will wanna hurry over and RSVP for a chance to win some awesome prizes!  
The party is tonight!  *hashtag is #LovinNifty
   




Visit the EcoChick and RSVP!  See ya there!  


Happy Diapering

Vilate Thacker
vilate@niftynappy.com
http://niftynappy.com

WINNERS of the Photo contest!

So now to announce the winners of the photo contest!
I loved all the pics so much and it was hard to pick... I want to eventually have then all up on my webpage so we can see all the cute pics.
BUT I think you will see why I picked the winners I did!
I divvied it up.. I have some runners up, and then a grand prize!

So runners up:

Sarah L

Madison C

Andrea P

Brooke H

Jennifer V

Melissa P

AND the Grandprize winner is:

Heidi J

The runners up will receive a $35 GC to Nifty Nappy and Heidi wins the $75 GC!  

Congrats to all the winners!  I love to see all the cute pics since I can't use them anymore!  

Happy Diapering

Vilate Thacker
vilate@niftynappy.com
http://niftynappy.com

Have you entered yet?

Have you got your photo entries in?  Last day!  HURRY!


I am so excited!  I have a HUGE surprise and it just keeps getting bigger and better!  Can't wait to let the cat out of the bag....Watch for more details.  


Happy Diapering

Vilate Thacker
vilate@niftynappy.com
http://niftynappy.com

More time...

I have been asked for more time... so you get it!  
You now have until 6/19!
-Remember they have to be Nifty Nappy products! 

• Take wide pics.  In the end they have to be 290X910 pixels so they need to be almost panoramic! 
• email them to me: vilate@niftynappy.com 

Good luck!  :)  


Happy Diapering

Vilate Thacker
vilate@niftynappy.com
http://niftynappy.com

Photo Contest!

*** I am extending the date of the contest to June 13th!  for those that don't have my diapers and want to order some to enter!  :)  Hurry and get the orders in though!  I will work super fast and get them out to you ASAP!


I am searching for some really perfect pics of kiddos in Nifty Nappy’s!

I have some requirements though.

1. I need these photographer quality… don’t let that scare you though.  Things can be edited!
2. I need mostly panoramic photos
3. I need you to think about photo composition… we are looking for pictures of cloth diaper on cute babies and toddlers… not pics of toddlers and babies in cloth diapers.  see this blog post for tips
4. I must also be allowed to use them how I want on my webpage, blog, FB and in advertising.
5. No watermarks on them either… I will give credit when I use them.

Some things I will be looking for:

• babies in just Nifty Nappy cloth diapers or other products
• bright and fun -colors and backgrounds
• possibly some in nature
• photos with more than one baby showing off their Nifty Nappy’s
• a diaper bag full of Nifty Nappy products

Feel free to borrow your neighbors kiddos too  -the more the merrier!

I will be the one to pick the winner, and it won’t be my friends… it will be the BEST pictures I get…

Did you catch that I said PICTURES?  That is right… there maybe more than one winner too.  If I choose more than one photo.  :)

Hold on! Before you run get your camera, let’s talk prize k?

So what does the winner or winners get?

How about this:

• $75 Gift Certificate to Nifty Nappy!
• Custom t-shirt diaper (from your t-shirt)
• 20% discount on your next order

Pretty good huh?

WAIT! WAIT! a couple more things:

Contest runs now through June 6th. *now June 13th

I will announce the winner on June 7th  *now June 14th

Email entries to me at vilate@niftynappy.com

Good luck mamas!

Happy Diapering

Vilate Thacker
vilate@niftynappy.com
http://niftynappy.com

On a Roll... a crayon roll: Childish Thoughts Reviews/Giveaway

At our house Spring means the beginning of long road trips.  Do you trip?  We tend to not go very far in the winter because to get to anywhere we have to go though some pretty fierce mountain passes.  -Not good when the weather is SNOW!  So we put off a lot of our visiting with family and such until spring. 

Now how many of you have little kids?  Aren't they just a joy to travel with? 

** plug your nose and read these out loud... VERY loud!    

• Are we there yet?
• MOM!  He is touching me!!!
• I have to go potty...
• I can't find my pencils
• I have to go potty...
• I am hungry!
• She pinched me!
• I have to go potty...
• How long till we get there?  
• I have to go potty!  

This is what the first half an hour sounds like.  LOL!  I love the idea of having activities for my kids to do while we travel.  The one thing I have never been able to get behind though is CRAYONS!  

In my past experience (an I have had years of experience) crayons get dropped or pushed into the crack behind the seat.  Then when summer rolls around they melt!  Really wax melts!  So in my car crayons have been banned.

UNTIL I found Childish Thoughts on etsy!  They make the cutest crayon rolls.  

Let's talk with Childish Thoughts:

Who is the mastermind behind your products? Who is the inspiration? 

I am not sure who the mastermind was with my crayon rolls but the crayon aprons and car rolls were my original thought, or so I thought till I saw something similar in other etsy shops. LOL. My inspiration for anything I make is my son, I would say my daughter too but she is only 4 months old at the moment so she hasnt put her two sense in yet. LOL.


How long have you been selling your product? 
I started selling my items a little more than 2 years ago, crayon rolls being the first, and car rolls being the newest items.


How has your product evolved from the fist time you made it? Has it changed in design or anything?

I dont think my items have changed much, I have gotten better machines so the stitches are more solid and a lot more beautiful than before but that is about it.


What do you love most about your product?
I love the practicality of it and that children other than my own have a true pleasure in playing with them.


What makes your product stand out from the rest? *brag about it, it is ok!  

My crayon rolls come with a tote, crayons, coloring book and hold 16 crayons. AND CHEAP!!!! in price not in construction. LOL! Crayon aprons are just adorable, I mean come on you can't tell me you dont want to put your crayons in there and twirl around. I do. and then the car rolls- I had to make something more geared to the boys and my son always has to have a car or two when we go out, so we made these up and he loved it.  We are currently working on an over the door car holder, it will hold over 200 cars. A lot more than the hotwheels version and for less. AWESOME.

Brilliant huh?  I love that thought of a fun creative way for my kids to keep their crayons in the car.  Who doesn't love to color a picture on a long drive?  I know I do!  :)  

They look so fun don't they?  This is the crayon roll with matching bag... they even come with the crayons AND the coloring book!  I loved this one so much I bought 2 more for my other little girls, then I picked up a crayon roll for my son!  These are a life saver in the car, and not just in the car... a trip to the dentist... going to the sitter... shoot even just an afternoon laying on the living room floor.

We use our crayon rolls all the time.  In fact I have picked up a few more to give as gifts!  

The crayon roll by itself fits nicely in a purse of diaper bag; to later be pulled out at a restaurant, or church.  They are insanely convenient!  

So you want to buy some?  Run on over to Childish Thoughts on Etsy and pick your favorite fabric.  You can pick up one for all the kiddos in your life, or you can pick on of her other awesome products!  

Or you can try to win one here!  Childish Thoughts has been gracious enough to offer a $20 Gift Certificate to one of my lucky readers.  

• You MUST enter the mandatory entry. If you don't I will pick another winner! 

• If it says 3 entries you need to leave 3 separate comments with all pertinent information. 

• I need to be able to reach you to let you know you win...so leave your email or have it on your profile. -If I can't contact you I will pick another winner! 

• When you tweet you need to leave your tweet URL. Don't know how to do that? After you tweet click on your profile then under your tweet there is a time thingy saying how long ago you tweeted...click on it. There is your tweet, copy the URL and come back here and leave it in your comment. 

I will check the winning entry...if it isn't legit I will pick another winner! 

Mandatory entry:
Follow my blog AND visit Childish Thoughts on Etsy and tell me what you will put your $20 towards! 


Additional entries:
2 entries: follow Childish Thoughts' blog
2 entries: who doesn't love comments?  Comment on Childish Thoughts blog -let me know what post you commented on. 
3 entries: grab Childish Thoughts Etsy button

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2 entries: grab Childish Thoughts blog button


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5 entries: blog about this giveaway: link to Childish Thoughts on Etsy, Childish Thoughts blog, and my blog
0 entries: fan us on our facebook page -it is against FB policies to use this as an entry... but I would love to have you as a FAN anyway!  :)  
0 entries: fan Childish Thought on her facebook page! 
1 entry: follow me on twitter 
2 entry: follow @childishthought on twitter
2 entries: you come up with a tweet... it has to include @myniftynappy and @childishthought and a link to this giveaway. -leave URL
1 entry: tweet...this can be done 4X's a day... 2 hrs apart!  -leave URL
3 entries: post this giveaway on a forum...get 3 entries per forum -leave a link

This giveaway has ended.

Happy Diapering

Vilate Thacker
vilate@niftynappy.com
http://niftynappy.com

Spring is coming up all Woolie!: iCandi Knits review/giveaway

You all know how much I obsess over wool right?  
So did you think this event would be complete without wool diaper covers?  


I found iCandi on twitter!  I love her covers, she makes me aspire to knit! Even though I simply can't do it.  :(  


Who is the mastermind behind your products?  Who is the inspiration?

I am the only knitter and dyer for my shop ;) However, I have to give credit to the wonderful pattern that Mandie of Sheepy Time Knits has created and I am licensed under.
I would say that my inspiration comes from a lot of places, such as outdoors, the clothing fashions for kids, or even a painting sometimes. 

How long have you been selling your product?

I have been open since May of 2009 but making and using soakers for over 2.5 years now. I have been knitting for much longer than that. 

How has your product evolved from the fist time you made it?  Has it changed in design or anything?

I have recently increased the standard hip size for in-stock items, but other than that it has not needed to change. 

What do you love most about your product?  

Where do I begin? I use wool on my own kids and it is my first choice for cloth diaper covers. My favorite benefit from shorties and longies  is that they eliminate  the need for pants or shorts over your diaper. This means you will have less to buy and less work when changing diapers!
What makes your product stand out from the rest?  *brag about it, it is ok!  

Customs! I believe I have made just as many customs as I have in-stock items. My favorite has to be the longies  I embellished for a little boy's first birthday with a mario theme!   Another thing is that I hand dye my own yarn that I use for the soakers I sell in my shop. If you don't see what you are looking for in the shop I can dye you up something! Lastly, I use a lot of different colors with striping or hand dyed yarn. Sometimes it is hard to match up shirts to your wool and I try to make that easier for you by using several coordinating colors. 

  

  

What did I get from iCandi to review?  Oh, the absolute cutest pair of wool shorties!  

I have the cutest little niece ever and she has a fluffy bum...courtesy of her favorite auntie!  :)   Her mommy and daddy are huge SeaHawk fans and so I asked for a pair of shorites with ruffles on the bottom in SeaHawk colors!  

How did they turn out?  

Aren't the colors just amazing?  I love them.  They turned out the perfect colors.  They also are very well made.  I was very impressed with her skills as a knitter.  The changing from one color to another was done seamlessly and that is sometimes hard to find.  My brother-in-law even got kinda excited about them because now his little girl can flaunt SeaHawks colors on game day! 


They fit my little niece really well too.  I asked for a size 3 month and they fit her at 6 weeks, and they still fit her.  So that is a bonus!  

Quite the cutie huh?  -and those shorties aren't bad either!  


So now for the FUN part!  


Candi is offering a $20 Gift Certificate to her shop for one luck winner!  
AND then if you don't win... she is offering a 10% off discount your purchase of her Wool diaper covers.  This offer will be good for 3 weeks (5/16-6/6) 

You MUST enter the mandatory entry.  If you don't I will pick another winner! 

If it says 3 entries you need to leave 3 separate comments with all pertinent information.  

I need to be able to reach you to let you know you win...so leave your email or have it on your profile.  -If I can't contact you I will pick another winner! 

When you tweet you need to leave your tweet URL.  Don't know how to do that?  After you tweet click on your profile then under your tweet there is a time thingy saying how long ago you tweeted...click on it.  There is your tweet, copy the URL and come back here and leave it in your comment. 

I will check the winning entry...if it isn't legit I will pick another winner! 

Mandatory entry:
Follow my blog AND visit iCandi Knits and more and tell me what you will put your $20 towards! 


Additional entries:
2 entries: follow Candi's blog
2 entries: who doesn't love comments?  Comment on Candi's blog -let me know what post you commented on. 
2 entries: on her policies and sizing page find out how much it cost for a YYMN (your yarn my needles) med size pair of longies.
3 entries: grab iCandi Knits and more button


<br /> <a border="0" href="http://hyenacart.com/iCandi/"><img border="0" width="150" alt="iCandiKnits" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4401438263_1def604691_o.jpg" height="150" /></a>

5 entries: blog about this giveaway: link to iCandi Knits and more, Candi's blog, and my blog
0 entries: fan us on our facebook page -it is against FB policies to use this as an entry... but I would love to have you as a FAN anyway!  :)  
0 entries: fan iCandi on her facebook page! 1 entry: follow me on twitter 
2 entry: follow icandiknits on twitter
2 entries: you come up with a tweet... it has to include @myniftynappy, @icandiknits, #clothdiapers and a link to this giveaway. -leave URL
1 entry: tweet...this can be done 4X's a day... 2 hrs apart!  -leave URL
3 entries: post this giveaway on a forum...get 3 entries per forum -leave a link

This giveaway has ended.  Thanks! 

Happy Diapering

Vilate Thacker
vilate@niftynappy.com
http://niftynappy.com