This past summer, I was reading an article in the 201 Magazine (Bergen County, NJ monthly magazine) and was very impressed by one girl’s ambition and desire to keep her father’s memory alive and raise money for an important cause.

A young girl, Phoebe, just 16, came up with an idea to sell bright, vibrant colored nail polish to raise money for cancer research. When she was only 11 years old, her father was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. He was always inventing one thing or another and always had a smile until the end. He had laughter and never gave up. To honor her father and “follow” in his path of inventor, she created a line of nail polishes that do not have the harmful chemicals that many have and created a great name COLOR ME CURED. I just felt since October which was last month just passed and it was Cancer Awareness month, I wanted to mention this great site and let those who are interested know about it and how the money you spend on this site will help fund cancer research and goes directly to Sloan Kettering in NYC. My daughter, who happens to have just turned 11 this past summer really liked her story too (as well as nail polish).

Take a look at this site. She has some great products. Happy shopping!

Regards,

Rebecca Barkai/CEO
StartingOutSmall, LLC.

www.startingoutsmall,com (baby gifts & accessories)

Thank you to everyone who made purchases this past month in October! A portion of the sales will go to help stop breast cancer. We appreciate your purchases and in turn helping to find a cure soon.

We have some great sale items this week, come check them out! With these prices, they won’t last long.

These TWO great sweater sets by TRUMPETTE (YES, the famous sock sets) are fabulously priced at only $44.95 for a three piece set, adorable striped pants, a sweater with either a giraffe or an elephant on the front that wraps around to the back and a cuddly little hat…REGULARLY priced at 59.95.

Our fabulous WET BAGS in our newest design “Enchanted Forest” is so practical and well made. You can use it for wet bathing suits, soiled cloth diapers or to put toiletries in, whatever you decide, it is easy to store things, neat and so easy to zip and unzip. At only $18.99 it is a bargain! Match it with an Enchanted Forest Burp cloth set or pacifier clip and you are good to go as a great gift!

Many of our items are great to make a “one of a kind” baby gift basket, we do this, just email us with what you want, how much you want to spend and we can ship out as soon as possible. Take a look at our most recent TESTIMONIAL from a customer who received our gift basket and was so impressed, she said, she and her hubby thought it was from a posh Soho, NY boutique, we were thrilled she was so happy!  We love to make custom made baskets, so email with your inquiries.  We also have many great items under $20 which are great for baby shower gifts, so stop and shop.

We are approaching our two year anniversary!, We cannot believe it has already been two years soon…we will be implementing some new products and changing a few things on the website, so stay tuned. Thank you to all of you who have supported our “stay-at home MOM” run online boutique. We take great pride in our customer service, our fast shipping and great products. We strive to please and make sure everyone is happy. Please tell all your friends and family about StartingOutSmall…

Kind Regards,

Rebecca Barkai/CEO

StartingOutSmall, LLC.

www.startingoutsmall.com

A percentage of sales this month is going towards cancer research, so each sale we make, is helping out others, please come and check out our baby gifts and accessories. We ship usually next day, but we are a family owned and operated business (stay at home Mom with three kids) so if I can’t do it next day, it will definitely be within two-three days maximum.

We have some great new products and some best sellers such as the snackTAXI reusable sandwich and snack bags, Pacimals (but we are completely sold out, so stay tuned for new ones coming soon hopefully), minky burp cloth sets, diaper diddies and our plush gift sets. Oh, our Trumpette sock sets are still on sale for only $18 a set plus we have lowered our shipping costs and, as always FREE SHIPPING over $75.00.

Our Kuff-Its by the Buti Bag Company are currently on sale for a great price, only $12 to “extend” your pants or simply add a flair to your pants, both in girl & boy styles.

There is a new fun way to enhance your kids’ pants with kuff-its iron-on pant cuffs! Put them on to add some length or just to add some cuteness. 

Kuffs are currently available in 6 great styles of fabulous cotton prints and solids.

You just need an iron and scissors with no sewing at all!

Currently, they are adjustable and generously sized to fit kids’ pants from 0-5T;

PLEASE NOTE: Kuff-its are PERMANENT once applied with a proprietary industrial strength heat-fusible bonding tape! This is not your regular, run-of-the mill sewing store hem tape. It’s specifically made to bond our fabrics to yours and not come off (but you gotta follow our instructions closely to get a good fuse)!

Recommended for woven material pants, such as twill khakis and jeans; not recommended to apply on knits as knits can stretch and loosen the iron-on adhesive over time.

100% Cotton shell. Machine wash/dry or dry clean.

Until next time, ciao and have a great rest of the week!

Rebecca/CEO

StartingOutSmall, LLC.

www.startingoutsmall.com

info@startingoutsmall.com (We love to receive email requests, questions or comments).

What a day! I am so thrilled that Gilad Shalit’s prayers have been answered! I can’t even imagine being in captivity with such monsters (Hamas), for even five minutes, let alone over five years!

I don’t usually write politics, because truthfully, I am not into politics, but this has been a story of a very young Israeli soldier taken into captivity when he was only 19 years old, never allowed to have a single visitor, had only one interview in all those years and the “hopes” he may have been released in 2009, only to be dashed…how could he really believe it would happen again after that? I totally feel it was “forced” that interview to make it seem like he was being treated very well. Come on, between you and me, do you actually expect any of us to believe that they were treating him very well? He looks terrible! Plus, the heartache his parents and family and friends endured during those long months, years, etc.  Many 19 year olds today have barely left home and have no idea what they want to do with their life and Gilad had so many more “BIG” things to be worrying about at his young age. Anyway, I said I was not going to discuss much, but it is so hard.  After reading and watching videos of Gilad’s release, interview with Egyptian TV, etc. there are so many thoughts flooding my brain… How could his FIRST interview be done prior to even seeing his family? How dare they ask him questions like “Do you plan to help the 4,000 remaining Palestinian’s left in Israeli prisons to be freed?” IS THAT A JOKE? They put him in captivity and now he should help release them? It is incredible the gal this reporter had to even ask! It is so obvious it was all to make Egypt look good. No question it was wonderful they intervened, but take the credit a little later, like after he has the chance to see sunlight for the first time in close to 5 1/2 years, or hug his Mom and Dad…

Gilad, we love you! We are so happy for your release! We hope you can find peace after all that you have been through and we wish for you a long, happy life with a family of your own someday…take it one step at a time…we are all thrilled about your freedom and just sorry that all those prisoners needed to be released when we know in our hearts that they will just kill and hurt again, though we would like to believe they were rehabilitated while they spent their time in the jails, but we know that is just wishful thinking…they are NOT like us, the Jewish people and the Israeli’s in particular have never KILLED for nothing, we do it to protect ourselves, always have, throughout all of Jewish history! We would never take a life, unless it was deemed necessary and extremist groups such as Hamas, Jihad, etc. do not understand that! They get thrills out of killing Jews and Israeli’s…it is sickening…I hope you get what you deserve!

Let’s celebrate your freedom, Gilad Shalit and hope for a future with peace between all nations and finally a sense of calm for all of Israel.

May this new year bring renewed hope, peace, health and all good things for the nation of Israel and all nations of the world!