The Serene Dream Shop Updates

New Site!

2011-05-03T15:44:00.001-04:00

WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE!!!
Alot of work between me and a great friend went in to building a brand new website for The Serene Dream Shop. It looks AWESOME! You HAVE to check it
out
www.theserenedreamshop.com

We are SO excited! Hope you love it just as much.
There are Custom AND Instock Cloth Diapers
Cloth Wipes
All of our Tarts and Buttons in our wonderful scents to choose from!
New tart burners
Lots of new soaps (and oldies)
Body Scrubs,
Bath Fizzies,
Bath Salts

So in honor of all of this, of course we have to have a sale!

Use code BLOG20 during checkout to save 20% on your order.**since this is a brand new site, we apologize for any kinks that might comealong. Please let us know if you see something that we might have missed or need to address so it can be taken care of right away.
Thank you again for all of your support!!!!
www.theserenedreamshop.com

August...

2010-08-06T11:49:00.002-04:00

August tart of the month: Banana Colada.
Still discounts throughout the site. A few instock Serenity baby cloth diaper covers and wipes available.

I will be taking a few custom diaper orders, if interested please contact me!

Here is a small stash of covers I made for a customer that did a fabric send in. Super cute!

Save 25% NOW on Everything!

2010-05-21T09:44:00.000-04:00

SALE! use code VOTE at checkout to save 25% on your order! This is valid through May 28th!This sale is in honor of my little girl that is in a photo contest, while you are on my site please check out all the info on the front page and vote :)
Thanks!!
www.theserenedreamshop.com

My Daughter

2010-05-18T10:11:00.002-04:00

Little off topic post today. I entered my children into a contest to be on the cover of "Parents" magazine. Well my 5 year old daughter, Tiler got chosen as one of the weekly reader finalists. She now is in the running to be a semi finalist and that is where you come in. She needs votes, you can vote every single day until May 23rd. The link is below. As of this morning she was in 17th place!!!!! http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/292049

Mothers Day Giveaway Winner!

2010-05-09T10:40:00.001-04:00

CONGRATULATIONS TO ROBIN H. for winning the Tart Burner and Tart Basket for the Mothers Day Giveaway!
Thank you for everyone that had entered

Newborn Serenity Baby Diaper Covers

2010-05-03T16:15:00.003-04:00

I had the privilege of making Serenity Baby cloth diapers for identical twin girls. They are not due until September so I will have to wait a little while longer to see them modeling the diapers. Cant wait. The diapers are sooo cute!

I am starting to get into making diaper pail liners too

Mother's Day Giveaway

2010-04-22T11:35:00.003-04:00

Click on the Banner above to enter in to win this basket from The Serene Dream Shop!

Includes Soy Tart Basket. Includes basket, 10 tealight candles, 10 full size soy tarts, and 1 tart burner.

New Scents just added

2010-04-15T10:42:00.001-04:00

Just added some awesome new scents!
They are available for Tart/Buttons and Bath/Body

Citrus and Teakwood:Sparkling citrus and exotic teakwood shine through in this new Yankee Candle fragrance. Grapefruit & orange notes blend perfectly with hints of earthy woods

Coconut Lime Verbana:A citrus bouquet of lime, kumquat, grapefruit, lemon, with a soft floral undertone of jasmine, on a background of musk and sandalwood

Tropical Mango:Wonderful aroma of tropical mangos

Open to taking suggestions on other new scents to offer on our site.

**Use code BLOG at checkout to save 10% on your order**

Forever

2010-04-09T16:35:00.003-04:00

Yes I know, its been forever since I posted on here last. I have been getting things more organized so I can try to have more time to do social things online for my business' sake.
I will be listing some new scents later today for tarts and bath/body, will post those when I get those all together. In the meantime I have a Serenity Baby cloth diaper covers in every size Newborn to Extra large.
Also have new discontinued scents for tarts. lots of yummy scents that will no longer be available once sold out.
Stay tuned for more...

Boutique Diaper/Bow/Shirt Sets

2008-07-04T11:46:00.000-04:00

Introducing Boutique Diaper/Bow/Shirt Sets!!

All Bows and Shirts are made by Joy from Belle Bowtique. They are paired with either a Serenity Baby or Dreamboat Diaper Cover.

Sizes range from 12 months to 2T. These are so cute and perfect for this summer!
We even set up a limited amount of custom spots.
Everything can be found under DIAPERS
www.theserenedreamshop.com

Lots of Pics

2008-07-02T10:43:00.006-04:00

I am pretty much caught up on all my orders, so there is no update there.
I am in the process of making a snap diaper as well as some diapers to go with a SUPER cute collab I am doing with a fellow WAHM. I can't wait to reveal those as soon as they are done :)

Here is what I have accomplished as of late. There is a few pics missing, but you get the general idea. Ive been busy making some super cute diapers!!!! :)

Lots of Pics

2008-06-03T18:23:00.003-04:00

Here is a bunch of diapers I have been working on this past couple of weeks. the ones with snaps were my testers (dreamboat diapers). very excited to finally have some of those out in rotation now. have had some great feedback on them.
Working on a bunch of more orders now, will have more pics soon :)

What I have been working on.

2008-05-21T09:53:00.004-04:00

All caught up on orders and now I am working on snap diapers. I am sooo close to finalizing it. I got the Dreamboat pattern down pat, its the Serenity Baby one I am not happy with yet. At least my youngest is getting a nice little stash out of it :)
Here is what I have been working on lately:

Serenity Baby Pocket Diapers.

Planets and Popcicles. I love the popcicles print. This was the last diaper I was able to get from this print. I will be ordering more. Perfect for summer!

Serenity Baby

Halloween- Pocket Diapers

Cherries on Black and Pretty Cow- Covers.

I am in love with the cow print one. That is gone as well, the place where I got it from is backordered, so I am patiently waiting to get more.

Serenity Baby Crabs on Blue pocket diaper

Dreamboat Diapers AIOs. These are size small. SO tiny. Love it!

Dreamboat Diapers- newborn covers. Its crazy how tiny these are. A baby is really going to fit into them? Even my chunker at 9lbs was able to wear newborn for a second. He grew way too fast for me to really enjoy that size.

Butter Yellow, Seaspray, Sage

Covers and Wipes

2008-05-14T15:14:00.002-04:00

Got a super cute order done today. 2 dreamboat diaper covers. It was the first time I have made the pink camo one, so that was very exciting. I SO wish my daughter was still in diapers. both of these prints would have been made for her.

flannel/flannel wipes

Flannel/Velour wipes. These are my favorite wipes. They are so soft and GREAT for big messes. I have many in my stash

OT: Check out this site!!

2008-05-12T11:40:00.001-04:00

Here is a link that I would love for you to check out. Aside from this site being set up by my cousin and his wife, its a great cause!
Spread the word!
http://www.supportliteracyinamerica.org/Site/NLNMain.html

Sale and General News!

2008-05-09T13:57:00.000-04:00

SALE- May brings another year under my belt, so even though I am a few days late starting this, I am going to have a sale. Use code BIRTHDAY to save 15% on your order. This is valid through next Friday, May 16th
www.theserenedreamshop.com/store

Tart Buttons- Just added a bunch. Lots a yummy scents to choose from!

Scent of the month: Freesia- Bath and Body works type. Love this scent!

Discontinued Tarts added. These are all marked down to .50!! These are scents that I am moving out. Some are very limited. Will email you if a problem arises.

Diapers- ALL customs are OPEN. Currently customs are 1-2 week turnaround. That is subject to change if I get a lot of orders. Be on the lookout for Snap diapers. I am trying to perfect it all now. I am not sure if I still be asking for custom testers or making instock and marking them down to tester prices.

Wipes- I will be adding some instock wipes to the site within the next day or so.2 layers of flannel. Nice and big (8x8), serged edges. I have boys/girls/gnIf you want first dibs, drop me an email and ask for pics. Haven't decided quite yet if I am selling them individually or in a bundle of 6

Diapers made recently

2008-04-25T21:11:00.005-04:00

It has been a LONG time since I have posted in this blog. I have every intention of posting pics of diapers every time I get done making them, but I never make it that far.
Here is pics of some covers I just got done making. They are Serenity Baby with PUL inners. I just started making covers like this. Super trim and have had a good response to them so far!

and here is a Dreamboat Pocket Diaper in Olive Green PUL. Black suedecloth inner.

Last of my Orders

2007-12-23T17:02:00.001-05:00

The first pic is 2 size Large Dreamboat pocket diapers. This was the first time I made a diaper out of both of these prints. They are very cute!
I don't even know if I have enough of the dino fabric to make another diaper though cause I had messed up on the first one so I had to recut it out.

2 size small Dreamboat Covers. These are so tiny, awwww :)
I really like the color combo I did with the Neon Green PUL. Its a Royal Blue. Its so neat!

I am technically done with my orders with the exception of a handful of pocket diapers I need to work in with a layaway plan. I am going to finish those up after the holidays. Its way to hectic right now

XL Pocket Diapers

2007-11-20T14:37:00.000-05:00

Here is 7 pocket diapers that I finished up. Got 10 more to go.
I think they turned out super cute. I didn't get a good pic of the airplane diaper (last pic). It has 2 airplanes on the butt. Only 1 on the butt was requested, but got 2 on there.
I can not wait to do the rest to see how they turn out.

Working on:
#444
#445
Email Order-doll diapers, tarts

2 AIOs Finished

2007-11-13T14:57:00.000-05:00

Got 2 medium AIOs done today, turned out super cute :)

I am still working on the 17 pocket diapers. got all the outers and about 3/4 of the inners cut. Now I need to start sewing the pocket area and adding the touchtape to the outers. Slower process than what I expected, but I am coming along. It is a layaway in progress so there is not a HUGE HUGE rush yet :)

I am gearing up for a BIG Black Friday sale, keep your eye out for details. Its a sale you won't want to miss!

Orders and Epilepsy Donations so far!

2007-11-11T11:42:00.001-05:00

Things have been going a bit slow around here. My 3 kids and my husband have been sick all week. Very tiring thats for sure!
I am all caught up on orders besides the 2 AIOs and 17 pocket diapers. Will be working some more on those this coming week.

There has been some great success so far for the donation towards the Epilepsy Foundation.
I am taking 10% of all sales from both sites (www.theserenedreamshop.com and www.hyenacart.com/theserenedreamshop) and donating it.
As of last night we are up to $24
This is VERY exciting. Thank You SO much :)

Craft Show and Working On!

2007-11-04T20:19:00.000-05:00

The craft show was a success for both me and Melissa from www.michiganeggconnection.com .
We had alot of fun. It was finally nice to meet her after "meeting" online almost 4 years ago.
I do however have alot of inventory leftover. I guess I overdid it a bit. Its been a couple years since I did a show, so I couldn't remember how much of everything I needed. All well, more to share with you :)
I will be stocking my hyena cart on November 11th at 9am EST. I have uploaded alot tonight, but it will take me a good chunk of time to get all the Soy tarts listed.

Orders done:
#434
#435

Working on:
#436- 2 AIOs
Email Order/layaway- 17 pocket diapers

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month!

2007-11-01T11:27:00.001-04:00

10% of all sales through the month of November will be donated to the Epilepsy Foundation!
There is many ways to manage epilepsy, but there is currently no cure!

This foundation is near and dear to us because our daughter was diagnosed with Epilepsy when she was 16 months old.

Here is our daughter's story. (This is also posted on the front of my website)

When our daughter was 13 months old she got quite sick. High fever,no energy,lack of appetite,vomiting. On the 2nd day of battling this she had a eye doctor appt. While she was sitting in my lap I felt her get very stiff. I turned her around and she was turning purple. I quickly ran up to the counter where a not so nice lady was on the telephone. I said loudly that something was wrong with my daughter and she put her finger up as a way of telling me to hold on just a minute. You could clearly see that there was something wrong with my daughter. After getting louder and louder and also crying at this point other employees came running up front and took her from me and laid her on the desk. They surrounded her and would not let me see what was going on. At this time I had never witnessed a seizure. After a few minutes she stopped seizing. They let me carry her to a back room and explained to me what was going on. She was sleeping at this point. That is a normal thing for someone to do afterwards. Our pediatrician was right down the road so they were nice enough to squeeze us in so they could take a look at her. In the end they just told us that it was a febrile seizure cause she was sick and that she would probably never have another one. For peace of mind they sent us to the lab at the hospital to get her blood drawn to see if there was indeed an underlying issue. I no longer got her our to our vehicle from getting her blood drawn and she had another one. This time I was by myself and freaking out. I raced home and called the doctor and told me to take her to the hospital immediately. My husband was out of town on business so I had to track him down. Went to the ER and sat there while they ran tests. She was so miserable there. Shortly before they were just going to send us home, she has another one. They admitted her after that. After 3 days in the hospital, a ton of tests later they diagnosed her with Rotavirus and sent us home. Again we were told that she would more than likely never have seizures. 3 months went by, she was 16 months old now and she was still perfect, one morning we get up and start our routine and she just fell over and started seizing. We called 911 and they took her to the hospital where she got admitted again. After even more tests they could not give us any answers and diagnosed her with epilepsy. They gave us medication that she has to take everyday and sent us on our way. After that it was such a roller coaster. Every 6 weeks give or take she would have more seizures. When she would seize she would always have 3 in a day. Many more trips to the hospital, more tests they still had no answers so they put her on a 2nd medication. Her last seizure was on October 29th, 2006. So she has been seizure free for 1 year now. She has to go 2 years completely seizure free before she can be off her medication. We will start in April 2008 by weaning her off 1 medication, then in October 2008 as long as everything is ok, we will start weaning her off her other medication. She is now 3 1/2 months away from being 3 years old. It is so nice to see her grow and develop right on track considering everything she has been through in such a short time.

Diaper Hunt Time!!

2007-10-31T19:19:00.001-04:00

It’s that time again! We are proud to announce our sponsorship of the sixth semi-annual Great Cloth Diaper Hunt™!
How does the GCDH work? It’s simple! You register at http://www.diaperdecisions.com/pages/greatclothdiaperhunt.php on or after October 15, 2007. Then you visit all the participating sponsor sites and hunt for the Diaper Decisions™ diaper, to earn entries to the 65 random prize drawings, including Two Grand Prizes and one Ultimate Grand Prize!For more details about this great event, please visit the Rules and FAQ pages at http://www.diaperdecisions.com/pages/greatclothdiaperhunt.php .

See you at the hunt!

Craft Show

2007-10-24T10:01:00.000-04:00

There is a craft fair coming up on Nov. 3rd that I will be participating in. I am actually teaming up with a online friend of mine that also has an online business http://www.michiganeggconnection.com/ This will be the first time we have met even though she lives only a couple hours away and we have "known" each other for a few years now. So I am super excited!H The only problem I am having is coming up with time to work on the extra products to bring with me since most of my business is custom orders. So far I have 93 wipes. Didnt realize that I had made that many. Maybe I will make 7 more to make it an even 100. I have a handful of lip balms. I ran out of some supplies but am expecting that today in the mail so I will be making more. I am going to make a large batch of both salt and sugar scrubs. But I wont make those until a couple days before the show! Plus I will be making a handful of Bath fizzies. With everything I have been working on and just daily life I havent had a chance to make any diapers, so I wont even attempt to rush around to get a few done. Not really worth it. Ohhh maybe I will bring some bath salts. That would be fun! Those are pretty quick to make up! Ohhhh I almost forgot to add in, I have been working super hard on advertising and a neat way of doing it is joining these "groups" where you send out a good amount of samples and they turn around and sell them in groups. nice way to get your name out there. I SO hope it pays off in the end. Its ALOT of work and its costly. There are MANY WAHMs that participate so its a neat way to see all that is out there. I know there is alot of ladies that I have never heard of
http://www.thelittleblackboxes.com/
www.hyenacart.com/thespottedbox

Finally was able to add a couple pics. This is just some of the wipes. So watch out, whatever doesnt sell at the fair I will be stocking on my Hyena Cart.

Last of my orders.....Kinda

2007-10-20T10:39:00.001-04:00

Little late on posting pics. Had a busy day yesterday.
Here is the last 2 orders I finished up.

Medium Dreamboat Cover-Jesus Loves Me. This is the last of that print!

Small Serenity Baby Cover- Groovy Flowers

2 Dreamboat Diapers AIOs

Pink/Purple Tie Dye

Strawberry Shortcake on Blue

After looking at Bennett's (my son) stash I realized that he is lacking some diapers. So my plan is I am going to make hopefully at least 3-5 pocket diapers for him, then I am going to start on a large order of 16 XL pocket diapers. I can't wait to work on that order. Some SUPER cute fabric! I will definitely be posting pics when I am in progress with that order.

2 more DONE!

2007-10-18T11:29:00.000-04:00

Here are 2 more diapers that I finished up yesterday.
The first one is a Small "Groovy Flowers" and the second one is Medium "Retro Flowers". Both are super cute. Its been a while since I had to make both of these prints. Nice change :)
Now I wish I would have made them for my daughter before she got out of diapers.

**Currently working on:
Jesus Loves me cover- got about 5 mins left of work to do
Strawberry Shortcake AIO- finishing today
Pink and Purple Tie Dye AIO- finishing today

Diaper Orders

2007-10-17T16:49:00.000-04:00

I can finally post some pics. The first time I tried there was an error page coming up.
Well below are a few diapers that I have completed the last couple days. I have 1 more that I just finished that I have to take a pic of.

*Small* Pumpkins and Candy

This is all 1 order

Purple/Blue Skulls

Purple Tonal

Paint Splatters.

Turkeys

Happy Birthday

Candy Corn

Santa

Orders I am currently working on:

Retro Flowers Cover

Groovy Flowers- just finished up

Jesus Loves me cover

Strawberry Shortcake AIO

Pink and Purple Tie Dye AIO

All 4 of these diapers has about 15-20 mins left of work before they are done, so it shouldn't be too much longer before they are going out.

Will post more pics when done :)

Testing

2007-10-13T20:28:00.000-04:00

Just testing this out. This is my first blog that is setup like this.
Hope it works :)
If it does, this is where you will be able to see pics and updates of what I am currently working on and items that I will be having in the future!