The best part about owning a baby business

One of my favorite parts of owning a baby business is meeting my customers. Since most of our orders are web-based, it is always such a nice treat to have a mom or dad come in and try on their new sling in person. This great couple came today with their very adorable 6 month old, Gabrial. I have actually made a lot of friends here in Boulder this way. And it is nice to be around babies again since my baby is not quite a baby anymore.

Our newest sling-Henna!

How gorgeous is this sling? These are just my beautiful friends modeling. Click here to see it on our site.

Pregnancy and Newborn

Since we were recently in Pregnancy and Newborn Magazine, they also featured us on their website! It is mostly about our water slings. To read the glowing review, click here.

Doll Slings!

How cute is this? The Domestic Diva reviewed our doll slings. Isn't this little boy so adorable with his Elmo?

I *love* the doll slings because they teach children how to nurture just like their mothers. It also gives them a sense of importance when a new sibling comes, easing the transition.

Here are some of my favorites of my little boy (Elijah) and some of our wonderful customers. Look at how Elijah is beaming in the first picture. He really is proud that he is caring for his velveteen bunny, just like mama cared for him. He wears his doll sling all the time.

We have weighted baby dolls for mothers to practice on, and it is so funny when he puts one in his doll sling! It literally pulls him down to the ground, it is so heavy.

I wonder how constantly being surrounded by slings and babies in slings will affect him later in life...it is his entire reality, especially since he is at work with me two full days a week. He seems to love it so far. And I find he is extremely nurturing to younger babies, holding and petting them, getting them toys and hugging them when they cry. Babywearing works!

To shop our doll slings, click here.

I'm a Swanky mom!

Me? A swanky mom? I looked up the definition, just to be sure this award was justified. Here's what I found:

Swank: imposingly fashionable and elegant

Here is a true testement to how swanky I really am:
This is what I looked like when I first started karma baby. I worked in my pj's all day with the baby in the sling! Not so swanky then, but maybe I am a little swanky now;)

Anyways, to read the little piece on why I actually am a swanky mom, click here.

Another great review by Celebrity Baby Blog!

Hey, it is the summer for fabulous reviews. Ours slings have really gotten so much great press in the last few months, we are so happy! I am actually an avid reader of the blog, I love to read about all the celebrity mamas. Now, if only Gwen Stefani would wear one of our slings in public, that would really make my day:) Mila Jovovich actually just ordered four of our slings, so we'll have to wait for those pictures!
Click here to read our review on celebritybabyblog.com

Mommies With Style loves us

Mommies With Style, the leading baby product review site, gave us a glowing review! It makes me so happy to hear how much a new mom loves her new sling and how it helps with mothering so much. My very favorite thing in the world, however, is to actually see photos of my happy customers. That is why I obsess over my customer photo page and update it weekly.

Click here to see our Happy Customers photos page, it is so cute. And...if you really love your Karma Baby Sling, please send us your photos!

Thebabywearer.com Spotlights Karma Baby!

Check out the little interview the wonderful mamas at Thebabywear.com did on us. It is a little more insight into the workings of a small, mom-run baby sling business.

Click here to read the interview!

A meeting of Babywearing Store Owners

Last night Darien of Zolowear came into town so we all got together for dinner. Babywearing is one of the only industries , I think, where competitors often get together as friends. We are all moms, after all. It was a lovely dinner.

From left: Zoe (the inspiration for Zolowear), Darian (owner of Zolowear), her son Clark, Karen (of Eesti Slings) with Gracie, Carole of Sakura Bloom with Riley, Angela and Satori of Attachedtobaby.com, and finally Elijah and I.

Grace, Satori, and Elijah happily coloring.

Darian and Zoe, wrapped up in a Karma Baby "Bella" sling for warmth.

Under the table and dreaming...

Elijah and Satori playing on the rocks together.

The ladies watching the kids play.

Angela and Satori playing (don't you love Satori's little bikini?)

Fabric, beautiful fabric...

Yes, my very favorite part of the job is the fabric. Fabric can be so incredibly beautiful. The colors, the art, the way it falls and moves. Yeah, I am a sucker for gorgeous baby sling fabric. This is the Eyes of the World sling fabric, our very best seller (its organic too!).

New Infant Pillows/Diapers and Wipees cases!

Karma Baby Totes

Introducing Karma Baby Sling's newest product! I just love these little totes. Made from a variety of our fabulous fabrics, these little purses hold 4-5 diapers plus a soft wipes case (wipes included). Stick it in the pouch under your baby's head as an infant pillow and go or slip it around your wrist to use as a tote! What a great invention:)

Coming out soon, keep a lookout for them!

Yea! Pregnancy and Newborn Magazine!

Check out Karma Baby Slings in this month's (June, 2007) issue of Pregnancy and Newborn. They requested a water sling from us a couple months ago, and they actually used it. We are on page 112, the "Good mom gear" page.

Sew Mama Sew Interview

This great sewing blog just featured me on their site. I like the interview, I feel like the writer really understood everything. Anyways, read it for yourself!

Interview - Stacey, Karma Baby

June 4th, 2007

From Kristin: As part of our continuing series of interviews with sewing women who inspire us, Beth has written this splendid profile of Stacey of Karma Baby. I first “met” Stacey on the Mothering discussion boards. Not only did she seem to have a great thing going with her baby carrier company, but she was incredibly helpful to other moms starting out in small business. I hope you enjoy her story.

Stacey started Karma Baby in 2005 right after her son Elijah was born. Elijah recently turned two and Karma Baby slings are now sold worldwide...

Click here to read the entire interview...

Dog slings

Andrew did an awesome photo shoot for us on the Pearl street mall. We are going to start selling dog slings soon. (Not really, but good idea, pass it on to your dog loving friends!)

2 New Fabrics!

First off, I want to say our new photographer rocks! I was worried that we would not find someone as good as our last photographer in Atlanta, but look at these new photos! They are great! Andrew took these photos in about 10 minutes flat, and got some really great ones. I can not wait until we actually go out with other models. Our next shoot will be at the Pearl Street mall in Boulder, Colorado. I think we will get even better photos so keep checking back for updates. I am sure you are all a little tired of seeing me as the model over and over again.

I am totally in love with these two new prints. I love picking out fabrics, it is really one of the best parts of my job.

Can you believe this is the same exact print as Starry Night? It is gorgeous, just gorgeous in these soft pinks with a splash of black. This sling ended up being even better than I could imagine. Plus, it is not too pink, so you can use it for a little boy, too.

I know, some of you may say, "another toile?" Do we really need another classic toile sling? The answer is yes! This type of print is perfect for babies. I remember picking out things for Elijah, and I always just loved the toile diaper bags, slings, blankets, etc... I really feel like you can't have too many choices in this classic print. Check out Dreamland, Playland, Sweet Ema, and the newest addition, Wonderland.

The wonderful women of Karma Baby Slings

Just wanted you all to meet the latest additions to Karma Baby. I feel so lucky to work with such great women.

Kristie is our fantastic shipping manager.
Edited to say: I just noticed the picture on the wall behind Kristie. It is actually a picture of me, and it looks like I am looking down on her. I wonder if she feels like I am "watching" her all day, lol.

Here is Nikki, our fabulous full time-on site seamstress, carrying our star model in the original Karma Baby Sling. This kid is almost 2 1/2 and still fits in cradle style into one of our pouches!-and, look at how well this pouch has held up after years of use. His dad picked out this fabric-I had nothing to do with it, I swear!

Another photo shoot...

This time, we had to do an impromptu shoot in our backyard, so I handed my seamstress the camera and told her to her to get shooting. Elijah, almost 2 1/2 now, has totally fallen back in love with the sling. He loves for me to carry him in it where ever we go. So while we prefer to have little babies for our photos, he is my sweet little model and I can not help but use him for our photos. Isn't it fun to compare these photos to the first ones we took when he was 7 months old (look at the Whimsy fabric on the Karma Baby Sling site, that is him). This is a great new organic sling that is only offered through Mommasbaby.com