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So I’m not a fan of cold weather or winter time but do love the 2 new birthday outfits design that were inspired by the season.  POLKA DOT SNOWFLAKES are two coordinating birthday outfits (one in blues and one in a pink & red color combo) that were created for a long time customer who wanted custom birthday outfits for her twin girls.  The skirt sets turned out so cute, how could I not add them to the liliputians boutique for other birthday girls too?!?  Get them while you can, as they are both available in very limited editions.

Both have an appliqué shirt with a smallish polka dot number (choose from 1-8) and the same number of appliqué snowflakes.  No two are alike you know!  The shirts obviously come in light pink or light blue and your choice of long or short sleeves.

Both sets also have the cute snowflake print skirt with polka dot contrast hem with ribbon and ric rac trims.  Again, choose from red/pink or blues.

Several smiling faces have joined the liliputians happy customers.  And as always, seeing these happy boys and girls makes me love my job even more.  Here’s a preview, or go to the gallery to see them full scale - a 1st birthday girl in a liliputians polka dot number shirt, a Finnish boy in his gnome shirt, a 3rd birthday girl in her birthday roses pants set, a 5th birthday girl in her retro birthday kids pants set, sisters in their special tutus, and another 3rd birthday girl in her birthday roses skirt set that was the inspiration for her entire birthday party decor. Fabulous!

Has anyone heard of H.R. 4040 or the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008?  Well this is legislation with a noble intention that was just not properly thought out before enacted.  The creative livelihoods of thousands of cottage-industry entrepreneurs (small businesses like liliputians) are threatened with extinction when the CPSIA goes into effect on February 9, 2009.

Everyone will pay the price.  Small businesses and manufacturers will be forced out of business since unable to afford expensive and burdensome testing requirements on their products.  (I’d be more than happy to have each of liliputians design tested, if it wasn’t so cost prohibitive. It is the COST involved in testing that will shut us down, it isn’t that anyone refuses to have their work tested.)  Retailers of children’s goods, both online and brick and mortar, will be hurt if not also put out of business (the law is retroactive and applies to existing inventory that will now be deemed hazardous goods if not tested by 3rd party government certified lab).  And ultimately the consumer will have little choice of products (many favorite brands will cease to exist or no longer be sold in the US such as wooden toys made by German toy manufacturer Selecta) and the cost of redundant 3rd party testing will be passed onto to the consumer in the pricing of products.

As a mother, I strongly support testing to ensure safe products for children, but the law written as it is does no benefit to anyone. Ultimately I feel children will be no safer and ironically the only toy manufacturers most likely left will be the ones that imported the offending toxic toys.  Only they will be able to afford 3rd party unit testing for all of their products.   Keep in mind that this affects ALL products -toys, clothing, furniture, household goods, books, art supplies, etc., etc.- made for use by children under the age of 12.  Say good bye to made-to-order, handmade children’s clothing in America.

Thanks for taking the time to let me help spread the word.  Please help so February 10 isn’t really National Bankruptcy Day!

The act itself:
http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/faq/faq.html
easy form letter to write your representatives:
http://capwiz.com/americanapparel/issues/alert/?alertid=12274476

sign the petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/economicimpactsofCPSIA/index.html
write the cpsc:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/newleg.aspx

Sites focusing on this legislation and its ramifications:
http://nationalbankruptcyday.com/
http://www.fashion-incubator.com
http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/
http://cpsia-central.ning.com/

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia
3 you-tube videos from Rick Woldenberg, Educational Toy Company CEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUlY6zOMPqQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlMh7MJiodY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk0Vr0yDrXc

It’s liliputians 3rd birthday. Yes, our little web site was launched out of liliput in November of 2005. As a “thank you” to our growing customer base (we have the BEST customers!) we are having a BIG sale. Everything on the liliputians web site is on sale. YES, you heard right. EVERYTHING is 20% OFF with our coupon code “3BDAY“. Just enter it at check-out and a 20% discount will be applied to your order total.

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Several new holiday inspired tutus (as well as some special non holiday ones too) have been added to the liliputians boutique and they are all so perfect. The hardest thing will be deciding which tutu is perfect for your little sugar plum fairy.

Which tutu is for you? Is it the Christmas Bow Tutu in Red & Green, The Ho Ho Ho Tutu in white, the Jingle Bell Tutu in red & green, and the Snowball Tutu in Red & White?

And then there are our fun new tutus for everyday. We are loving the Tutu of Bows in Pink and Brown as well as the Personalized Tutu in Hot Pink with that touch of bling. And thinking ahead of spring and Easter, the Little Bunny Tutu hops into the liliputians boutique.

Several new birthday themed shirts and birthday outfits have been added to the liliputians boutique. And this time they are for BOYS! First are some fun birthday shirts . . . great on their own, or better yet mixed and matched for brothers to wear so they look similar but each have something unique. How about a Flaming Birthday Number Shirt? Or a Flaming Race Car Number Shirt? So cool they’re HOT!

Then there is the fire breathing Birthday Dinosaur Dragon Shirt complete with flaming cupcake candles compliments of big lizard (a la Godzilla). And last but not least, is the perfect treasure of a shirt for your little swashbuckler, the Birthday Pirate Shirt. Arrrr I’m (insert the number of your choice) . . .

And the last two shirts even have matching pants if you prefer a more put together outfit. Check out the birthday dinosaur dragon outfit with it’s fun appliqued pants complete with contrast cuff. And then there is the pirate birthday outfit with its appliqued pirate jeans complete with treasure map, pirate swords and even a pirate ship on the Seven Seas.

We just can’t get enough cupcakes here at liliputians . . . and apparently neither can our customers! So we just have to keep serving up new designs with the tasty sweet treats.

Perfect for fall, winter and spring are our funky applique dotty cupcake jeans. These fun bellbottoms have an inset triangle of cupcake fabric accented by pink and brown polka dot ribbons on each leg. Cupcake appliques decorate the knees and bum and a pink and brown polka dot belt adds the perfect finishing touch. The hard part is deciding which shirt in the liliputians boutique to pair with them!

And the newest cupcake shirt is simple and sweet. A chocolate cupcake applique decorates the front of a plain white shirt. Pink lamé frosting and a cherry on top make it perfectly scrumptious! Swarovski crystals accent the design giving it some bling. Wow!

We are so enamored with the new-for-fall, hot-selling, super-cute Red Riding Hood inspired shirts, skirts, pants, outfits & even barrettes in the liliputians boutique that the collection was added to again. This time it’s with two fun hair clips.
First there is a super sweet hair clippy of Miss Red. Looks great worn solo or pair it with that Big Ole Bad Guy the Wolf. Both are petite in size, stay put all day long (thanks to the grip strip), don’t get tangled in little girls (or big girls too!) since ribbon wrapped inside and out, and are handmade and unique in style with the amazingly detailed hand painted wood buttons (securely sewn on of course for serious durability). What more can I say . . . other than they’re going fast and get yours today!

Two new outfits (one skirt set and one pants set) have been added to the liliputians boutique. Both start with a sweet applique pink shirt of a brown deer complete with a lavender velvet bow; the perfect forest friend for your little girl. This simple and sweet motif complete with button eyes and nose.

Then pair it with matching pants or skirt or both! Both have Rolling hills and a forest of corduroy prints decorating their bottom hems. A closer look reveals the little deer in the forest, a sweet little hand painted wooden button. Both with easy, comfy fit with an elastic waistband.

We’re ready for Halloween here at liliputians with a cornucopia of unique designs for little boys and girls.

There are Halloween shirts such as the Candy Face Cutie, Green Monster Shirt, Halloween Candy Necklace Shirt, Halloween Jack O’ Lantern Face Shirt, Halloween Parade Shirt, Halloween Pirate Shirt, and Halloween Sugar Skulls Shirt.

For a more complete Halloween look, there are several Halloween outfits to choose from. Check out the Halloween Faces Pant Set, Halloween Parade Skirt Set, Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Skirt Set, Halloween Candy Pant Set and the Halloween Candy Skirt Set.

And don’t forget the fun Halloween Tutu in Orange and Black, Halloween Tutu in Orange with Black Dots and the Ladybug Tutu

And last but not least, the liliputians Halloween Smiling Cat or Pumpkin barrettes.