Newborn covers

Tiny little covers stocking this Friday the 2nd, noon at Bitty Fluff congo. Prints are retro owls, turtle friends, sea life, and watercolor splash. Also pool blue solid.

With these stocked, once again, I find myself waiting on fabric... I have 5 prints and 9 solid colors coming to me in the next several weeks. As soon as I have the new fabric in hand, we'll get it made into new goodies. I actually have over a dozen prints on order but I know some of them will take a good while longer before they are ready.

For instance, the sea life print that has been so popular - according to my records, I ordered the fabric last November. From ordering to printing, laminating, and finally shipping to me it took 6 months! This is why I can't simply re-order a print that sells out. The only thing I can do is keep offering new prints as soon as I get them in.

The upshot: if you see something you like, better snatch it up quick ;-)

The new fluff of summer

Fresh in the store, we have three new prints and one solid, in all styles.

As I was photographing all the new diapers and covers I realized they all have one thing in common - water! Seems like every year around this time I start thinking about pools, beaches, seashores... I didn't do it consciously, I swear, but here we have:


a watercolor splash print in a rainbow of hues;


turtle friends, with turtles, frogs and laughing fishies;


sea life, a print of all sorts of fish and sea turtles;

and finally,

pool!

As it so happens, this summer I got to go on the trip of a lifetime to a small town in the French Alps, nestled against a turquoise blue mountain lake. The water was brisk but I did swim in it--for a few seconds!

Hoping your summer is turning out to be relaxed and fun.

Print covers are in

New print covers are up in the store! I wasn't sure I could get all the pics ready, including inside views, but I wanted you to have them available before I leave. There are pink giraffes and retro owls in both front and side snap, as well as pure white (solid color) in both styles.

As with the solid color covers, the prints have the front facings with the print in toward the baby. Some people prefer it that way for softness -- plus with the side snap cover it gives you a handy prefold holder.

Other mamas would rather have the entire inside with the laminate in toward the baby.

What you do think for the next round of covers? Please post over on the facebook page and let me know your views.

Prints on Friday

Print Solo Flyer AI2s should be ready to go this Friday! The prints are the popular orange, brown, and turquoise retro owls ~


And the equally popular retro giraffes, here in a pink, plum and lime colorway ~


(I don't have a pretty picture of the giraffes yet).

In addition, we will have some Solo Flyer diapers in pure white with white snaps in size Medium only.

The new Solo Flyers will be live in-store at 3pm Friday June 4th only at www.fishnoodles.com -- not at the Hyena Cart store. There is no "preview" feature, so these prints will not show up in the store until I make them visible at 3pm eastern. Since you know about it, you can be there first.

Why not Hyena Cart? Well, as it so happens, next week my sis, aunt, and I are heading off on a girls-only trip that we started planning 3 years ago! The last time we did this was about 15 years ago...ooh, feels old to say that! My dear husband will be at home to mind the kids and the store. Isn't he nice? To make things easier for him, I will be closing the Hyena Cart store for much of June and putting everything on the .com store only. That way DH only has one cart and one set of inventory to manage.

We are now working on diaper covers in the above owls and giraffe prints, as well as pure white (good for special occasions, religious celebrations, and when you want something that won't show under light summer clothes). I hope to get them stocked toward the end of next week. I really want to bring these to you as soon as I can...but I can't miss my flight! If we don't make it timing-wise, we will have these and other print covers and diapers stocked in late June.

Big Cover Promo

Ever thought about trying a fishnoodles diaper cover? Starting Sunday May 23, we'll give you $3 toward trying a cover with code tryone. This is only at www.fishnoodles.com (not Hyena Cart).

If you already have the love, then use code coverluv to buy 3 and get 1 FREE.

This is limited to current stock, so don't wait too long. Get your orders in and tell your friends - ends Saturday May 29th. We probably won't have another promo this year. If we do, it will be in August.

The fabric situation

This is just a post to update and inform everyone, since mamas are wondering when will I ever have some other prints and colors stocked. You are right - there has been a real backlog in new fishnoodles due to fabric supply issues that are out of my control. I've mentioned this before but you might find it interesting to hear a bit more detail.

The main diaper fabric company that supplied most diaper businesses, Fabrite, went out of business last January. They made an excellent quality waterproof outer fabric, known as PUL. Many diaper businesses, mine included, relied on their fabric even though they kept raising prices pretty dramatically, because the quality was so good.

Unfortunately they kept their business situation quiet until March, at which point orders had already been delayed several months. At that point the cloth diapering business community found out that Fabrite was no longer in business - and that our orders had not been processed. A pretty lousy way to treat your loyal customers, to say the least. This is the reason that for months now I've been saying I'm waiting on new fabrics. If I had any idea that orders weren't actually being filled, I would have made other arrangements a long time ago.

We spent several weeks in late March and early April diligently identifying new fabric suppliers, requesting samples, testing samples, and finally placing orders with the best. Naturally, these fabric suppliers have been swamped with new orders in the last few weeks and existing customers are being served first.

We have hundreds of yards of PUL ordered, and waterproof diaper fabric is generally custom-made with a 4-6 week lead time. The first few prints are just now ready to ship, and then there will be time cutting and sewing.

We will be stocking many more solid colors and prints - I just can't say exactly when. I think within the next month the situation will be resolved. This whole thing has been very frustrating to me, and frustrating to you too, I'm sure. I thank you for your patience and for staying on the fishnoodles mailing list. I can't wait to bring you new diaper and cover choices!

Front snap covers in 5 colorways

Front snaps are here! Front snap covers now stocked at fishnoodles.com and at fishnoodles Hyena Cart (Friday 5/7 noon).

Here are the Snapper colorways...
Violet & Teal


Soft Poppy Sky


Nautical


Misty Mountain


Caribbean


In other news, I've joined the Revolution...Congo, that is, and am stocking there starting tonight!