WE'VE MOVED

First, thank you to Blogger for providing us with a platform to learn from. We have spent the last year learning and now feel it's time to begin combining our blogs. All posts from this site have been integrated into our Word Press blog connected to our store. We hope that you will make this transition with us as we continue to make our move.

Sincerely,

Pamela Kramer

Bird on a wire by Debbie Lawrence

This holiday season we have had the pleasure of working with Debbie Lawrence author of Bird on a wire and owner of Lagniappe Marketing. She was working hard on her holiday gift guide and gave us a tweet on Twitter. We are very pleased with her version of 2008 favorite things holiday gift guide and her Big Give contest. Join in the fun! She's giving out prizes until December 8th. Debbie provides many services. We invite you to visit her blog and find out for yourself all the ways she can help you and your business.

What Are We Most Thankful For?

5 Minutes for Mom asks What are you most thankful for this Thanksgiving? As a WAHM I have a lot to be thankful for! It's been a year full of ups and downs and lots of learning along the way. I'm going to combine this with the Thursday Thirteen Meme - here we go!

1.) I'm thankful for my children who gave me the idea for Happy Panda and they have continued to be enthusiastic and supportive. I really need that.
2.) I'm thankful to have a husband who provides for our family in a way that allows me to stay at home with our children while pursuing my small business ventures.
3.) I'm thankful for Mom sites like 5 Minutes for Mom, Classy Mommy, Mamanista, Shake The Salt and Baby Swags. These ladies aren't just reviewers for my company. I've developed relationships with these women and have supported their efforts just as they have mine.
4.) I'm thankful to Brian Germain and Matthew Johnson my lead graphic designers. These guys have taken what is inside my head and made it possible for your baby and toddler to wear.
6.) I'm thankful for Blogger and Wordpress for giving me a user friendly platform to learn about blogging for personal and business. A BIG thank you to Jarret Cade for all his free lance tech support.
7.) I'm thankful for PayPal. Yes, really! They have allowed me to do business in a much easier way. It's a one stop shop for me and I can collect and pay out with ease.
8.) I'm thankful to diaper cakewalk who with a bit of collaboration allowed us the spring board for developing our diaper cakes.
9.) I'm thankful to my Q who is very crafty and she helps me come up with many designs for our cakes and graphics.
10.) I'm thankful to my US manufacturers who have worked with me this year and given me the ability to stay Made in the USA.
11.) I'm thankful to social media applications like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook for allowing me more networking power.
12.) I'm thankful to those creators of memes! Ones like Wordless Wednesday and Thursday Thirteens that allow me an outlet to share my business and life with others, it's been great.
13.) Finally I'm thankful to my customers! They have given me great feedback over the last year. They have provided me with photos of their little ones to post on our Happy Pandas page and I'm proud to display them. My hope is that my customers will come back for Black Friday.
Thanks to all of you visiting, it's been a great year and as you can see I have a lot to be thankful for.

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MOM MADE | Wishpot

In order to provide those of us with a better way to spread the Mom Made Pledge I created this handy widget! I hope that those of you that would like to help promote Mom products and stores will use this widget! I will add to it as more moms come forward and post at Thoughtfully Simple.com.