Black Friday Must-Haves for Babies and Kids!

We make holiday shopping a breeze with our one-stop destination for high
quality toys and gifts sure to delight all the little boys and girls on your list.
This year must-have gifts are dollhouses, playsets, pedal toys, rockers, and
play furniture from Alex Toys, Baby Aspen, KidKraft, Box-O-Mania, Rockabye,
and Airflow. We also offer award-winning developmental toys from eeBee's
Adventures, Melissa & Doug, Educo and more! 

Playing dress with our capes, crowns, and aprons will let their imaginations
soar. Little fashionistas find our adorable fleece ponchos, tutus and posh
pettiskirts totally twirl worthy. Kids are collectors and they love having
their own space for their goods. Dabbawalla bags are super cute and made
from child-safe durable neoprene; perfect for storing their loot and towing
their lunch. Personalized gifts add a special note to the season too. Engraved
sterling silver bracelets, lunch boxes and plates are unique gifts you'll treasure
forever.

We promise you'll find an array of unique gifts that are perfect for Christmas
and Chanukah. Enter code HOLIDAY10 to receive 15% off your entire order!

Shop Ju Ju Beane Boutique today to guarantee delivery in time
for the holidays!

Box-O-Mania Comes to Ju Ju Beane Boutique!

Box-O-Mania is a unique toy company that puts a modern twist on the traditional cardboard box - the inspiration behind imaginative play and creative learning without complicated instructions and power charges. Inspired by this timeless toy, Box-O-Mania play boxes and specially-designed reusable stickers provide kids with the creative space in which they can use their fantasy through a variety of themes: a fire station, a beauty salon, a home, a clubhouse and more.

Made of lightweight, yet sturdy corrugated plastic, Box-O-Mania play boxes offer more than twelve square feet of interior space for up to three children; they are easy to assemble, convenient to transport and store away. Most of all, they are fun!

Between November 24-30, each of these four amazing designs are just $85 per kit!

Shop Ju Ju Beane Boutique for must-have holiday gifts!

Free Shipping & 10% Back on Your Holiday Shopping!

We make holiday shopping a breeze with our one-stop destination for high quality toys and gifts sure to delight all the little boys and girls on your list. We proudly feature playsets, pedal toys, rockers, dollhouses, train sets, and play furniture from Alex Toys, Baby Aspen, KidKraft, Educo, Melissa & Doug, North American Bear Co, Rockabye, Airflow, and Woody Click. You'll also find an array of unique gifts that are perfect for Christmas and Chanukah.

Playing dress with our capes, crowns, and aprons will let their imaginations soar. Little fashionistas find our adorable fleece ponchos, tutus and posh pettiskirts totally twirl worthy. Kids are collectors and they love having their own space for their goods. Dabbawalla bags are super cute and made from child-safe durable neoprene; perfect for storing their loot and towing their lunch. Personalized gifts add a special note to the season too. Engraved sterling silver bracelets, lunch boxes and plates are unique gifts you'll treasure forever.

As always, you'll receive free shipping (excluding some freight items) on orders of $99 or more; plus, a gift card totaling 10% of your order! Enter code HOLIDAY09 at checkout to receive this savings. Shop Ju Ju Beane Boutique today to guarantee delivery in time for Christmas!

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

Since most everything featured in our boutique is hand-crafted or produced by small businesses, we feel compelled to share some information about the soon-to-be-enacted Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). This Act was passed in August of this year and, among other things, bans lead and phthalates in toys and other items and mandates third-party testing and certification.

Keeping our children safe should be a priority. However, in the governments rush to pass this legislation they forgot all about the small toy manufacturers, independent artisans, and crafters who cannot afford to invest thousands in product testing. Since the actual Act is bogged down with legalese, here's are some tangible examples (borrowed from the Handmade Toy Alliance) of the impacts:

*A toymaker who makes wooden cars in his garage in Maine cannot afford the $4,000 fee per toy that testing labs are charging to assure compliance with the CPSIA.
*A work at home mom in Minnesota who makes dolls to sell at craft fairs must choose either to violate the law or cease operations.
*A small toy retailer in Vermont who imports wooden toys from Europe, which has long had stringent toy safety standards, must now pay for testing on every toy they import.
*And even the handful of larger toy makers who still employ workers in the United States face increased costs to comply with the CPSIA, even though American-made toys had nothing to do with the toy safety problems of 2007.

The problem is the way the legislation was written, it will be next to impossible for independents and small businesses to survive. Even larger US companies who employ local workers and have not once had any sort of safety issue will no longer be able to sell their goods. Without investing tens of thousands of dollars into third-party testing and labeling these products will be illegal as of February 10, 2009 and it will be a felony to sell them.

Who and what does this impact? Why should we care?

* Since most of the products intended for February delivery are either already made and on the way here or are in the process of being made and few to none of the inputs were tested beforehand, all of these items will end up in bonded warehouses or landfills because it is illegal to sell them even as seconds.
* Retailers will not be granted credit for inventory if it does not possess certifications. The end result is there will be a whole lot less product on store shelves. Since there won’t be much to pick from and costs are higher, consumers can expect to pay much higher prices. Prices will be rock bottom on February 9th, but overnight, prices will dramatically increase.
* The anticipated losses go into the hundreds of millions of dollars. This is not an exaggeration. According to 2002 U.S. Census Data (the last year for which data is available) just considering small U.S. clothing manufacturers; their contribution to the economy is over 900 million dollars annually. Small manufacturers with fewer than 20 employees comprise 68% of total apparel manufacturing in the U.S. This of course does not include toy manufacturers or the untold numbers of stores that will go out of business too; adding to our current financial crisis.

Testing is a must. But the legislation needs to be rewritten. If the testing is mandatory for all, then there needs to be affordable alternatives for small businesses. (See some of the proposed changes here: http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/Home/our-proposal-to-modify-the-cpsia)

Please join us in speaking out against the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) as it is currently written. Together with your help, all of us who love handmade toys, clothing and other uniquely crafted products can bring about the changes necessary to ensure that all businesses can survive under these new mandates. Learn more about the CPSIA or help by visiting the following:

• Review this position paper and sign this petition from the Handmade Toy Alliance
• Review this position paper and sign this petition from the Children's Apparel Industry
• Get this information to the new administration via Change.org…the top 10 ideas are going to be presented to the Obama Administration on Inauguration Day.

Free Shipping with the Ju Ju Beane Boutique!

Do your holiday shopping with the Ju Ju Beane Boutique and receive free shipping on all your purchases! Use code Holiday08 to receive this savings! Join our mailing list before midnight 11/25/08 and receive a $25 gift certificate on purchases of $100-$249 and a $50 gift certificate on purchases greater than $250. Some restrictions and rules apply.

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Visit our Toy Shop for this year's best toys for babies, toddlers and older children including train sets, plush toys, and dollhouses of every size and variety! We specialize in high-quality child-safe toys from North American Bear Co., Kidkraft, Alex Toys, Educo and Melissa & Doug. New parents and grandparents will love our selections of hip baby gear and stylish jewelry and keepsakes.

Shop the Ju Ju Beane Boutique for everyone on your list!

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