New Purse and Names!!!

We have added yet another purse to our Little Bits collection! It is becoming more and more difficult to think of new bag names, so we are switching to something new so we can continue to add more and more purses, totes and bags to our collection. We have renamed the existing bags and will name all new bags after special women in our lives. This new bag is The Matilda, named after my wonderful mother-in-law. We renamed the following too...
Girly Bit...The Aubrey (after my youngest niece)
Tote A Bit...The Shelbey (after my oldest niece)
Carry A Bit...The Kirsten (after it's creator!)
Mommy Bit Mini Purse...The Tracey (after my sister in law)

The website is a work in progress as we transfer the names over, and we have more in the works too, we're very into bags right now!!!

Burp Bit

The new Burp Bits are rolling out, check out this cute one...

Give a Little Bit

We are hosting a Little Bits giveaway over on my homeschooling blog. Check it out here and leave a comment over there to enter to win!

The Baby Tooth Bit

It's here, and I am so excited, this one pictured is for my son, thanks mom! Isn't the new Baby Tooth Bit cute! Read more about it here.

Meet the Boo Boo Bit...

The Boo Boo Bit has arrived, click here for more info!

Consignment Sale Success!

We had a busy and wonderful weekend selling Bits together at the MUMC consignment sale. It is a lot of work, but I love being able to spend that much time side by side with my great mom! And, to make it even better, my husband's family participated also, so I got to spend tons of time with them too! Here are some shots from our weekend...

My beautiful Mommy...
My wonderful in-laws selling "Sweet Bits"
This was our table of mainly new products. My mom has been quite busy and has all of these new Bits! None are on the website yet, but if you want any of them, you can email her to order and she will email you with prices and specifics. I will be working soon to get it all up on the website! Pictured below...girls dresses, pacifier clips, tooth fairy pillow, patchwork blankees, infant gowns, adorable girly bags, the Boo Boo Bit, women's small tote bags, burp cloths, and blankees with puppy/kitty/or bear heads. Lots of fun new stuff, we need to name it all too!
The sale was a big success, and we got to meet tons of great new people! We look forward to the sale again in September!

Congratulations

The winners of the prizes from Valerie's February giveaway will be receiving their Bits in the mail soon! Here's the Bits they chose, aren't they cute!

Winner # 1...Tiny Bit & Itty Bitty Ball

Winner # 2...Spit A Bit Gift Set

Consignment Sale

I (Carisa) will be in town for the MUMC consignment sale! The dates are Fri and Sat March 14-15, 2008. I am excited to be there with my mom, Sandi, and my mother in law, Matilda...selling Little Bits! Look for us there and come check out our new products! We will have tons of premade items for immediate sale and you will be able to see fabric samples and place custom orders with us!

The following new items will be there:
Belts
Carry A Bit
Boo Boo Bit (no weblink yet, it's making it's 1st appearance at the sale!)

As well as the other popular Bits!

Check this out...

One of my online friends, Valerie from the homeschooling blog Little Blots of Faith is promoting Little Bits! Check out this great blog post she wrote! You can even enter to win her contest!

An Update on Sandi

My mom is recovering well, although she is still in a lot of pain. The hand surgery went well, but there is still a pin in her hand (it will be taken out) that is very uncomfy. She is sewing some, and is anxious to get back to it more. Thank you for your prayers for her as she recovers.

Kirsten enjoyed helping her complete many Christmas orders last week and we also have a few new products ready to launch soon! The website will showcase these items soon...

Finishing Up

As the date approaches, my mom has been very busy completing orders. Her hand surgery is this Friday, Dec. 7, please keep her in your prayers. The Mommy Bit Diaper Bag has been a big seller this month, here is another one she made, our first with a monogram!

We will be continuing to sell Bibs after Sandi's surgery, and will let you know when she is back to sewing, we are estimating about a month off.

New Bib Fabrics

Kirsten has been busy again and we now have tons more bib fabrics! Check out the website to see them all. Here is a sneak peek of a few of my favorites! Remember Headbits can also be made out of bib fabric!

Mommy Bit Gift Set

My mom has been really busy lately and is emailing me some great photos of beautiful stuff she has been making! Here is her latest, a Mommy Bit gift set, featuring ALL of our Mommy Bit items!

Diaper Bag

My mom sent me this photo today of a Mommy Bit Diaper Bag she made for someone. I just love it!

Christmas Orders

My mom, Sandi, the amazing woman who sews all of the Bits, is in need of prayer. She has many physical problems and is really battling with her hand right now. She has finally scheduled surgery which will probably take her away from sewing for quite some time. Her surgery is scheduled for Dec 7. She will be sewing up until then, so be sure to get any Christmas gift orders in asap so she will have time to get them done. After Dec 7, it is highly unlikely anything will be sewed in time for Christmas. We will have some pre-made stock for sale and Kirsten will continue to sew bibs. Please say a prayer for my mom to heal completely, she really needs that hand working well!

Sleepy Bit

Look at this awesome Sleepy Bit pillow! My mom just emailed me this photo and I fell in love, isn't it adorable! It was purchased as a gift for someone, I can only imagine the smile it will bring to Kendall's face! Click here for information about monogramming.

Girly Bit

My mom emailed me this photo today and I just thought it was adorable. What a great gift for a little girl, that's what this one is...for little Julia! Click here to see more info on the Girly Bit.

New Bib Fabrics!

We got many new bib fabrics, here's just a few...we are literally adding more almost every day now!!! Kirsten is sewing like crazy!!! Be sure to check the website, we have many more on the way soon! Here is the direct link to the fabric options page for bibs.

Gift Sets

Here's some photos of a few of the gift sets we have made! Gift sets make the perfect gift for someone! Be sure to visit our Gift Ideas page too, to see price comparisons and suggestions!

The Crusin' Bit

The Cruisin' Bit car seat cover is here! Be sure to visit the website to read more about the awesome new product!

Consignment Sale...

The consignment sale was a huge success, we sold tons of Bits and met so many great people!!! We had a great time and are already excited about the next sale in March! I want to thank my mother in law~ Matilda, my mom~ Sandi and Kirsten for all of their hard work the past two days to make this sale such a huge success! We sold tons of products and had fun showing off the new stuff!

They even got a little goofy, trying on bibs for me...

I came home after the sale and finally got to take the product photos to get the new items up on the website! Car seat covers, monogramming, Girly Bits, Mommy Bits and more coming soon!

Consignment Sale

Little Bits will be selling this weekend, Sept. 14-15 at the Matthews United Methodist Consignment Sale!! We will have tons of products with us, including several new Girly Bits, Mommy Bit Mini-Purses, bibs, and of course blankees! Kirsten and I will also be there selling with my mom! We hope to see you there!

The new Girly Bit

Wow, it has been awhile since I have posted, so sorry! I am swamped in ministry and personal life right now. I have barely begun to dive into the website to-do list. So a photo on the blog will have to do for now! Here is the newly designed Girly Bit, also showing it with the embroidery option.

A few photos

Here's a few shots from the Open House. We had a blast all week getting ready for this and enjoyed the evening! Thanks for the support!

The bibs!

The gift sets we had made, most are sold now! This is the newly redesigned Mommy Bit Mini Purse!

The basket of Tiny Bits, notice the monogrammed blankee on the top!

The "ribbon wall" ...

The new Host-A-Bit bag... (which got taken filled with goodies to sell from the Open House, thanks Stacey!)

In the works

We have several things going on behind the scenes right now, and it might take awhile to get them all rolling but I thought I would share a few with you!

~Sandi has created her first test of a car seat cover...Nancy (and daughter Cameron) will be letting us know how she likes it! It is for a Britax Marathon, we are creating one for a Britax Roundabout next (I will be the lucky recipient of that one!!!) Pictures will come soon!
~Monogramming is available, I just have to get it up to the website. We are offering monogramming for $8, for a one line name or a 3 initial monogram. Examples will be on the website soon!
~The Girly Bit has been redesigned and we LOVE it! We sold the sample to our first person at the Open House! Thanks Lisa! Photos coming soon, the price is $12.00. These can be monogrammed and are adorable, we also recommend a matching HeadBit for the perfect gift for any little girl!
~We have redesigned the Mommy Bit Mini Purse a bit. It now has longer handles and is a bit taller. I will post a new photo soon!
~We have a new "hosting" option, the Host-A-Bit bag! Instead of setting up a basket at one location, the bag (monogrammed with the Little Bits logo) can be carried anywhere you want to sell Little Bits! You can "host" whichever Bits you want, contact Sandi for more info. Details will be on the website soon, as well as photos of the bag!
~Some changes are going to be made to the fabrics pages soon, as we simplify what we offer for bags, bibs, and HeadBits. We also have new Minky fabrics to add!

Much, Much more to come, that's a bit of a preview!!!

Preparing for the Open House

We are busy sewing and making some neat things to have ready at the open house this Thursday, TOMORROW! We are really excited and having a lot of fun. We have many gift sets ready, mainly centered around the Mini Purse Mommy Bit, which is my new favorite thing. I can't wait for someone else I know to have a baby so I can give it as a gift!!! We also have many Tiny Bits ready, many HeadBits, some Cuddle Bits, a few Big Bits, and tons of bibs! We bought brand new fabric yesterday too so will have all new choices available that aren't even on the web yet! We are excited to see everyone who can make it!

Open House Details...

In case you aren't on our emailing list, here is our recent Email invite sent out...


Hello everyone! Thank you for your continuing support of Little Bits, we continue to grow and are in awe of the way God is working through this! We would like to invite you to our Open House (drop in), as we would love to see you! We will have some Open House ONLY specials, see flyer below for details. We hope to see you there!

At the Open House you will also learn about our newest addition (not even on the website yet), monogramming! Sandi can now put your child's name on just about anything with her awesome new machine! We will have samples and pricing info available at the Open House.

If you are unable to attend the Open House, be sure to visit the website to see the many new things we have!

Here are some direct links to make things easier to find...
By, Kirsten... http://www.cccphilly.com/LittleBitsbyKirsten.HTML
Pre-Made... http://www.cccphilly.com/LittleBitsPreMade.HTML
Gift Ideas... http://www.cccphilly.com/LittleBitsGiftIdeas.HTML
Sleepy Bit... http://www.cccphilly.com/LittleBitsTheSleepyBit.HTML
Spit-A-Bit... http://www.cccphilly.com/LittleBitsTheSpit-a-Bit.HTML
Messy Bit Toddler... http://www.cccphilly.com/LittleBitsTheMessyBitBib.HTML
New fabrics and sale info... http://www.cccphilly.com/LittleBitsFabricsALL.HTML
Hosting a Basket of Bits... http://www.cccphilly.com/LittleBitsVolunteer.HTML
Our blog... http://www.littlebitsblog.blogspot.com/

God Bless,
Carisa & Sandi

For directions to Sandi's house http://www.mapquest.com/
10246 Foxhall Dr. Charlotte 28210

PS- you will notice some errors on the flyer below, please forgive me, my computer hard drive crashed and I lost everything and do not have time to recreate this. Thankfully I had emailed this draft to my mom the afternoon before the crash, so even though it has some errors, and is not *final* I wanted to send it anyway!
The one thing that was on the final copy is our Open House door prize...we will be entering everyone who makes a purchase or places an order at the Open House into a drawing for a $30.00 Little Bits gift certificate!!! We hope to see you there, if you have any questions prior to the event, feel free to email Sandi, sandilittlebits@gmail.com

-if the flyer won't load larger for you when you click on it, email Sandi and we will send you a large copy!


The small print...
-Discounts only apply during the open house hours, for people who are present.
-Sleepy Bit pillows ordered at the open house will be made later and need to be picked up when complete, they will not be made at the open house.
-We will notify the winner of the drawing via email on Friday July 13.
-Headbits will be available at the open house (premade), or you may special order one at the $5 price (one per person at the discounted price). Headbits will be going up in price (to $7) soon, so get yours now!!!
-We recommend not bringing young children unless they are coming to design their own Bit. However if you need to bring children, that is fine.
-We will have MANY bibs (mostly Messy Bit size) premade, including most of the designs shown on the "by, Kirsten" page, as well as many other fabrics.
-Bib stock up prices are only available in the quantities listed, regular prices for bibs can be found on the website.

Open House

We are hosting our first ever Open House at Sandi's blankee factory (her house) on Thursday July 12, 2007 from 6-9pm. Details to come...mark your calendar!!! I (Carisa) will be in town along with Kirsten, we hope to see you there!

A Big Mess!!!

This Messy Bit Toddler has passed the test and is officially for sale! Daniel's mommy ordered 6 bibs after trying out the test bib for us!! We are very excited to offer this bib to everyone now!

Here is a photo showing the comparison in size of all 3 of the bibs we offer. My son, Kyler who is 13 months still uses the Messy Bit original and it works great for him. I am sure we will need to move up to the toddler size soon though!

Bibs, Bibs, Bibs

It has been Bib central in my house lately!!! Kirsten has been sewing away and is really enjoying it! My mom is even sending her bib fabrics to us to make! These are great bibs, perfect for gifts and perfect for all babies and toddlers. We have the toddler size bib done and it has been tested and approved by our friend Daniel who is almost 2 and is very angry with us since he can't pull this bib off!!! I will have a photo up soon and information about it for purchase. My mom joked that we should name it the "Angry Baby Bit" :).

If you are from Charlotte and interested in purchasing bibs but don't want to pay shipping from Philly (although it is really not much at all), Kirsten and I will be home the week of July 9 and will have all of her bibs with us to sell!