Delays, delays, delays... AGAIN!!!

AAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Things are just not going well! So, all diapers ordered on the 18th of November will be going out today or tomorrow. They will also have with them a code of free shipping off yout next order. I apologize sincerely for these delays but there was nothing I could do to prevent what has been going on. The short story... my one and only vehicle will not start, I must rely on others to get to my one and only printer, things were so nuts that no one could pick me up, and when they finally could the printer ran out of ink, and now my mother is in the hospital with a pulmonary embolism in ICU. I wish that I can rewind to early in the week and change everything but my rewind button is broken.

Please accept my sincerest apologies for the delays,
Ange'

Why can't I be cut a break?

My car is down for the count still, I can't get to a printer, my care labels haven't be printed yet, and my poor mama is in the hospital! It is super tough to ship when you can't get labels printed OR get to the post office to do it the hard expensive way. I'm scared to death right now because my Mom is in ICU with a pulmonary embolism, aka blood clot in her lung. I want to be with her and of course I can't. Why do all of these things have to happen at once? There is no way that I can conceivably stock this week for a multitude of reasons. One of the biggest being my mother, than the shipping difficulties, and finally the printer is still down for my labels and I can't ship out diapers minus their care labels because it is against federal guidelines. WOW... the powers that be are angry with me!!! If need be I'm going to send the ones without paypal labels with my husband to the post office to be sent out on Tuesday and these that I have labels for will be picked up by the mailman. I wonder if its too late to setup pick up for tomorrow? Well, there is one huge benefit to not stocking... I am going to bust out most if not all customs this week and get them out the door!!! Shipping these will be pretty easy! I can package, hand address them, and send them with the hubby to the post office to be shipped.

BUT... all things considered I do have something big to look forward too!!! I should have these in time to put them on my next stocking of diapers!!!

Black Friday

Yippeeeee!!! To celebrate my first Black Friday as a vendor I am offerring a few specials and wonderful Christmas collaboration with a few different mamas! All premade diapers will be 10% off, custom diapers have free shipping, and two free for shipping drawings!!! The collaboration is pack with goodies... One custom Christmas Ooga Booga diaper, a pair of longies knit by Anna of Wool Baby Knits with "A Ooga Christmas" dyed by Chunky Punky, a free sample set of love spell from Ewe Need It, and an embellished tee!!!

Damn car anyways!!!

Its so hard to get anything done when you can't get anywhere! AAA comes out jumps my car, tests my system, and tells me that there is nothing wrong... No drain, alternator is fine, cables are fine, the battery itself is fine but guess what... less that 48 hours later and its totally dead again. I need to go to the post office to get shipping supplies and I can't. I need to go to the grocery store and get cat food and a few essentials and I can't. I need to go to my parent's house to get all of my shipping labels printed and I can't. I am beyond pissed right now... Can you tell??? Well, I guess is just another day in the life of the Pooligans mama. I am going to do my best to get everything shipped out today but at this point I can't make any promises. I am so sorry that all of these things have been happening and I wish that I could change things but I guess the powers that be hate me right now. Here's hoping for a better day tomorrow...

November 14th, 2009 Announcements

1) My next stocking will be Wednesday, November 18th at 6 pm!!! My stocking on Wednesday, November 25th will be an all holiday stocking inluding a semi-custom collaboration with Wool Baby Knits, Chunky Punky, and a BBC mama!!!

2) Pooligans now offers gift certificates through Paypa!!! You can purchase these from my "Our Product" page!!!

3) I have my new stock of inner fabrics arriving on Monday with some new fun stuff.

5) Thanks to overwhelming interest I will soon be offering OSFM woven fitted with snaps for $30. After the first of the year I may be introducing a OSMF nighttime fitted.

4) Because I use more costly materials I am retaining the prices at $18, $20, and $25, gone back to my original eight layer snap in insert, and am now offering a two layer hemp bamboo fleece booster as a separate addition for those who want it.

So... It's time to re-evauate how things are set up!!!

Since the time to work on only customs is quickly coming to an end its time to re-arrange how things are going to be done. So, what does this mean? From now on my customs are going to be done in very small batches while at the same time I am producing diapers for my next stocking... Say someone has ordered 4 diapers, those four diapers are going to be made and shipped before I start on the next person's order. Also, the order of completion is not based on when the custom was paid for but when they choose their fabrics and/or the SYOF arrives at my door being that I can't begin a diaper without knowing what they want or the fabrics in hand. I will continue to update as progress is made on here and on hyena cart but as a very busy mom it can be hard to be on top of updating both places and emailing as well as all of my other responsibilities; on the other hand, I answer emails quickly. Please, if you have any questions or concerns just send me a message and I will do my best to solve the problem. Being a new WAHM I am in the middle of figuring out how to be all and do all while maintaining my sanity. Thanks so much for your patience during my growth!

Well,

So, I have tons of fabric on the way, my plan for a purely holiday stocking is in the works, and I should begin my very regular stockings next week!!! All of this is very exciting. I am also going to be ordering woven labels for my diapers very soon and I am so excited to see my design in real life! Being that I am very busy paying catch up I am going to keep this brief. Thanks for stopping by!!!

The latest batch of customs...

I am hard at work on this set of diapers and they should be ready to go tomorrow but I am not going to be able to ship 'til Wednesday. Unfortunately I am stuck at home waiting for a package that requires a signature. My uck says that it will show up too late for me to ship so I am not going to gaurentee anything. I'm going to do my best to ship out tomorrow but most likely these will be on their way on Wednesday.

Customs Progress

*** Until the 1st of December I am closed to customs orders! ***
UPDAtED INFO

Recently Completed Customs

Wendy - (2, 10/10 & 5, 10/21); purple ooga and ooga stripes, pink ooga and ooga stripes, tink with black and pink stripes, blue and orange VW bugs, pink and yellow VW bugs, fairy dress up, and baby ballerinas - Done & Shipped!!!!


Laura - tools and stripes w/ red and blue snap closure & pirates and skulls w/ red and black snap closure- Done & Shipped!!!!
Meghann - purple ooga and ooga stripes - Done & Shipped!!!!
Stacy - champ and stripes & footbal camo - Done & Shipped!!!!
Allison - grass giraffes - fDone & Shipped!!!!
Dorothy - a pirates life and camo ooga - Done & Shipped!!!!

Current Customs Underway

1) Monica - Christmas Ooga w/ stripes -
2) Alixandra - Pink Ooga w/ stripes
3) Agu - word map woven w/ snaps
4) Libby - Christmas ooga, construction trucks, teal and chocolate giraffes, and tools
5) Amanda - Trains with red solid front w/ snaps and booster
6) Erika - lil' vixen NB fit, gingerbread houses and men, and snowflakes on natural
7) JoJo - 2 TD fit w/ boosters - surprise me prints!!!

***My goal is to have these completed by the first of December!!!***

SYOF Customs - waiting for fabrics

Abby - 4 OSFM Christmas gift diapers
Kelli - 5 OSFM fabric on the way
Monica - 1 OSFM fabric on the way

Undecided Customs

Molly - 1 OSFM w/ booster

Christmas Gift Customs
*** These will be done and shipped in time for Christmas***

Krystal - 4 OSFM Christmas gift diapers

Pooligans update and upcoming changes...

1) I may not be stocking again until 11/11/09, or later, due to fabric back orders with my hemp bamboo fleece. BUT, there may be surprises periodically Dependant on how much material I have in stock.

2) Because I use more costly materials I may be either increasing the price of my products to $18 for NB fit, $23 for OSFM, and $25 for TD fit diapers or retaining the prices at $15, $20, and $23 and offering the booster as a separate addition for those who want it. I did my last Trick-or-Treat stocking at $26 ppd and it seemed like interest was thwarted by the cost.

3) Because of HC shipping glitches was I going to just include the cost of shipping in the cost of the diapers to simplify the process but this too seemed to confuse people. If I decide to do this as a regular thing and you order more than one diaper I will refund the difference and if you would prefer priority shipping just contact me and we will work this out. If I go back to the way that things were before I will just refund the difference if an overcharge occurs or invoice if you are not charged shipping.

4) Beginning with my next stocking I am going to be offering a mix of TD fit, NB fit, and OSFM custom diapers.