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).

Tonight I was just curious about what the most popular baby names of 2011 was, yeah, I know, “don’t I have better things to do with my time?” Do you really want me to answer that? I have a million and one things I can/should be doing, but this just sounded like more fun! LOL.

Well, I came across this neat website called www.babynamesgarden.com and it literally has everything about the most interesting names, to the strangest, most popular, etc. Plus, meanings of names and so much more. You should all check it out. I have now become a fan. I guess if I ever needed any baby names, I know where I can go! Ha Ha…

Here is a list of the TOP NAMES of TODAY:

Top Names Today

Aaron  Abigail  Adam  Addison  Aiden  Alexander  Alyssa  Amanda  Andrew  Anna  Anthony  Asher  Ava  Benjamin  Brianna  Brooke  Caleb  Chase  Chelsea  Chloe  Christian  Christopher  Connor  Daniel  David  Declan  Edward  Elijah  Elizabeth  Ella  Emily  Emma  Erin  Ethan  Finn  Gabriel  Gavin  Grace  Hannah  Isaac  Isabella  Isaiah  Jack  Jacob  James  Jason  Jayden  Jennifer  Jessica  Jonathan  Jordan  Joseph  Joshua  Josiah  Julia  Justin  Kai  Kayla  Kaylee  Kevin  Kian  Kiera  Landon  Lauren  Liam  Lily  Lucas  Lucy  Luke  Madison  Matthew  Megan  Mia  Michael  Natalie  Nathan  Nevaeh  Nicholas  Nicole  Noah  Oliver  Olivia  Rachel  Rebecca  Riley  Ruby  Ryan  Samantha  Samuel  Sarah  Sean  Sophia  Stephanie  Taylor  Teagan  Tyler  Vanessa  Victoria  William  Zachary 
 

To all those having babies in the near future, come research some names on this site. They have quite a collection of different names. Good luck!

Additionally, remember, a percentage of our sales from our online baby boutique, www.startingoutsmall.com this month is going to help cancer reserach, so shop and help at the same time!  Our TRUMPETE SOCK SETS are on a huge sale, only $18 for a set of 6, plus our popular snackTAXI reusable sandwich and snack bags are OVER 25% off, limited time offer, so hurry and check them out!

Ciao for now!

Rebecca
www.startingoutsmall.com (baby gifts & accessories)