Fishnoodles is now Bright Star Baby

Fishnoodles online store is getting a name change! Fishnoodles diapers and covers will be sold at our new store, Bright Star Baby. In addition, we will be introducing a wonderful new diaper in 2011 under the Bright Star label.

Why the name change?
When we opened "Fishnoodles" in 2008, the idea behind the name was fun and playful - a leaping, laughing fish made out of bowtie and rotini noodles. It made for a cute logo and our customers loved it. We wanted to stand out from the cloth diaper crowd of bums, bugs, and bees...and that we did.

There were some unintended consequences though. Pretty soon we started getting restaurant supply catalogs - clearly someone was data mining the business registrations - and it was amusing to imagine the hot dog roaster or neon "open" sign in our home kitchen. Then came the calls. Calls about health insurance for our wait staff and credit card processing services for our restaurant. Calls about our menu and specials. And then finally -- the shipment of fabric that was coded as a shipment of noodles and shipped to us on a special truck certified for food handling. It was time for serious consideration of a new name.

Want to hear how we came up with the new name, and what it means to us? Please click on this link to subscribe to Bright Star Baby and hear the rest of the story...note that you will have to activate the subscription. We'd simply switch everyone on the Fishnoodles mailing list over to Bright Star Baby but spam prevention does not allow us to add subscribers, you have to add yourself and verify that you meant to join. Thanks!

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Black Friday at Fishnoodles

The day after Thanksgiving in the US, "Black Friday" is a day of shopping discounts. In keeping with this tradition, Fishnoodles will be offering some specials on Friday, November 26th.

At Fishnoodles on Hyena Cart:
At 11:45 eastern time, over 60 items will become available, on a first come basis. These are seconds offered at a great discount. As usual, when I pull items out of my seconds bin, I often can no longer find the flaw...but since I saw something off at some point, a second it is! To keep people from immediately reselling these as first quality, the tag is marked with an orange dot.

At Fishnoodles Online Store:
Starting at 9:00 am eastern time and continuing throughout the day, use code BLKFRD for free shipping on diaper covers and all in one diapers.

On December 1st we will be announcing exciting new developments for our store...

Ready to Play?

Fishnoodles is a sponsor of the November 2010 Great Cloth Diaper Hunt!

The hunt starts on the 1st (yes, that's this Monday) so get ready!! Win prizes for finding hidden icons.

If you've never played before, it's a lot of fun. It works like this: you visit a list of natural parenting online stores. Each store has a diaper icon hidden somewhere in the store. When you find each icon and click it, you are automatically entered to win a variety of prizes. Plus, over at the Diaper Decisions FB fan page there will be daily giveaways throughout November.

If you need help, there is a forum where you can chat with other Hunters and the store owners can give hints.

We will offer a storewide discount for Hunters but you have to be registered for the Hunt to get the discount code. (Note: you don't actually have to find any icons to use the discount). Register here: http://www.diaperdecisions.com/pages/gcdhreg.php

Happy Hunting!

Our #1 Winner

The winner of last spring's new prints poll is in! The moms on our mailing list far and away chose this as their favorite print. So here we go - a sweet pink diaper with lots of little multi-color hearts. It's called "Love Me" and we sure hope you love it too.

Did I just say "last spring"? Yup, it takes about 6 months to go from idea to fabric to diaper. And that's with doing it all here in the USA. This super cute bamboo all in one is now in stock at www.fishnoodles.com, link: Solo Flyer AIO.

It's the last day

...for 1 cent shipping on diaper covers. Ends midnight, October 15th.

Thanks to everyone who has taken part!

I invite and encourage you to leave a review of your purchase(s) at www.fishnoodles.com - if you go to the relevant product listing and scroll to the bottom, there is a place to add your opinion.

While I don't think it's ethical to offer discounts or prizes for reviews, I do read every review and consider any suggestions carefully. It is my goal and passion to make the best products possible.

Next week (or so): a new print!

Printapalooza

Last chance: 1 cent shipping sale on diaper covers. Just one week left on this promo! A lot of folks have been taking advantage and it's an excellent deal especially for our overseas friends. I'd like to give a shout out to our Croatian families!

And now without further ado, let me introduce our new prints.


First up, we have Teal Ooga Booga. These are quite limited, so if they oversell you might be getting a refund instead of a diaper. But no fear, more Oogas to come in the weeks and months ahead.

Turning on the girly charm, we have pretty Pink Batik



and lively Jazz Garden.


And finally, no matter if your boy is rugged or refined, he'll look sharp in Nantucket Plaid.


Wondering if maybe you've seen these prints somewhere before? If you were on the fishnoodles blog/mailing list a few months back, you probably have. These are the prints selected by YOU, dear fans! And wasn't there one more? Yes. It's coming...we'll leave you in suspense!

New soft, natural colors

As promised, new colors are in store at fishnoodles or our hyena cart, whichever is your shopping preference. We have this week:

Mint Chocolate,


Ivy Leaf,


and Lemon Balm.


1 cent cover shipping continues, with new additions of Snappers in Ivy Leaf and Lemon Balm. Hope you enjoy these!