Hi Earth Loving Folks,
Here are this weeks specials. Scroll to the bottom of the page once you are in our shop. Limited stock - enjoy 
Sevi
Hi Earth Loving Folks,
As I had posted a few weeks ago, the United States Energy & Commerce Congressional Committee is discussing a draft bill they have entitled “The FDA Globalization Act of 2008″.
I just got word that Debbie May at Wholesale Supplies Plus has generously funded a survey within our industry regarding how the FDA Globalization Act will affect us all.
Debbie as many of us are, concerned with this draft bill as it pertains to small businesses producing cosmetics such as lotions, lip balm, bath salts, shower gel, moisturizing soaps, etc.
If this bill becomes a law, as it is currently drafted, and you are producing cosmetics you will be required to:
· Annually register your company with the FDA.
· Pay a fee of $2,000 per year.
· Register all ingredients in each of your individual formulas.
· Document good manufacturing practices.
· Report all adverse reactions.
On September 24th, Debbie will be making her first trip to Washington DC, where she will be meeting with several people including Senator George Voinovich, Senator Sherrod Brown and Congresswoman Betty Sutton.
Debbie needs a little help from us all, please visit the following link to the survey and answer the 10 questions she has set up. The answers cannot be anonymous for apparent reasons. The information submitted need to be legitimate for it to work. Debbie will be submitting additional support materials with the survey, so if you need your voice heard heard, act now!
Thank you Debbie, for taking the fight to where it really counts. I will fill the survey right after this post!
Be well,
Sevi
Hi Earth Loving Folks,
It is 9.11 and I am having issues with being able to focus on work. So, perhaps if I can get my thoughts out, I can get back to your orders.
In short, my thoughts are wondering to the day. The day where I feel that the world as we know it changed. Much can be said and has been said, but I feel that as people the very core that makes us human was damaged this very day. Damaged in a way it has never been seen or felt. The underhanded and inhumane act has left me a little broken. I admit this freely and with very much regret.
How do I make this deep hurt and distrust go away? Perhaps with time, being with my new baby girl, creating things that make people feel happy, surround myself with lovely souls, focusing on my family and so on.
I know that I need to figure it out and fix some things that are slightly off their rail so that I can be a good teacher to my little baby. She does not need to inherit my wounds - our wounds. But perhaps, that in itself is inevitable. Still, there is an optimist in me that says - there is a way, just keep swimming until you see the shore line.
Ok, so be it. I will keep swimming no matter what in order to make things gentler. For my baby girl, for all of our children.
We are all in this together. All. Together…
With much love,
Sevi
Published on: September 11, 2008 at 10:48 am
Here is something fun that will get your creative juices flowing. We are having a mini “me and my sevi” photo contest - take your cameras out, bring your favorite sevi product with you and snap a picture of yourself holding it in interesting places…vacation spots, airplane bathroom, subway car…
We adore (clean) creativity, so let your inner child come out to play.
First prize: $50.00 sevi gift certificate
Second Prize: $30.00 sevi gift certificate
Third Place: $15.00 sevi gift certificate
4th & 5th Place: Honorable Mention & a free lip balm!
All winners and honorable mentions will be posted on our blog and website. So, are you ready….set..go!
Sevi
Hi Everyone,
Here are the 10 fastest blog signers that won free full sized hair care products from us. Unfortunately, the 10th place winner has not responded to our e-mails, hence we are moving the 11th person into his/her place. Amy, you are in luck
1. Carol K.
2. E. Fraser, TN
3. Pamela D., GA
4. B. Messina, TN
5. Lauren P, MI
6. Cara B., ON
7. A.A., WA
8. J. Walters, MI
9. Jo, VA
10. Amy M.
We got a special sale coming up soon, so keep your eyes open. Thank you all!
Be well,
Sevi
Hi Earth Loving Folks,
We are all packed up and ready for our first family vacation (with the baby girl). It has been a very long time since I had a week off. I am not too sure how I will handle it, but when I get back I should have shed all my aches and pains, mostly from a marathon of an all natural birthing experience in March. Yup, things like that have a way of holding on to you.
Our long over due newsletter went out last night with a little time sensitive giveaway, plus a discount. The first 10 people to sign up for our blog would get a free full sized haircare product. We got the first person signing up 3 minutes after the newsletter, so we got the first 10 all filled up. Thank you all!
You will all receive e-mails from Ashley with the details soon.
For our loving customers - please note that while I am away, Ashley will hold the fort, though I tried to leave things stocked up we may run out of some products. If that happens she will e-mail you.
Thank you all for allowing us to continue on strong and when I get back, I promise to come back feeling like an 18 year old!
Until next week - be well everyone!
Sevi
Hi Eco-Lovers!
Here is your chance to tell us what you like in a natural perfume. If you have comments, feel free to post it here, I will be sure to read them all.
Be well,
Sevi
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Hi Everyone,
You have asked for snippets from my life, well here is the first installment. And it is about diapers. Sorry all, it has been a very hot topic for me, hence why it is on top of my list of things to talk about.
This is a long one, bear with me.
If you told me that I would be scrutinize over diaper materials, organicness (is that even a word!) of a diaper yada yada, I would have said that you had lost it. If you mentioned that I’d be washing cloth diapers, I’d probably laugh hysterically and in between breaths have something witty to dress the laughter in.
Okay, so now that we have clarified that I was blissfully oblivious to the diapering subject, I will move on.
Before Special Kay, as we referred to her way back when, arrived, I did all my research. Hours of reading, gazillions of bookmarks flowing out of my folders and pdfs of my favorites, I bought what I thought was my happy medium. I knew I was NOT, I repeat, N.O.T going to be washing anything that had p(oo) in it! Clickedy click and I ordered tons of Gdiapers.
Lovely, the boxes arrived and I was in colorful diaper heaven. The premise of these diapers are that, it comes with plastic liner which snaps into a colorful cloth outer and cotton insert fit snugly into the plastic liners. You can flush inserts that have poo and compost the pp. How great is that?
Now, all I needed was the baby.
40 months later, Special Kay landed. Gdiapers flying around in the house, car, out of bags. Here we are trying to get the hang of a new baby, how ever Special K she may be, wondering if we will ever sleep again and then we realized that no matter what we did, Gdiapers just did not want to get with the program. Program being containing the poo inside the diaper. No matter what we tried we had major blowouts.
Did our Special K have some magical poo that transported through diapers? We ended up doing laundry everyday to wash her soiled clothing, bedding, baby blankets, our sheets…well, you get the idea. I sat there calculating and then realized that I was still using tons of water and energy just to keep things clean, clean things that would get soiled 10 more times that day. It was apparent that my happy medium had turned into a no medium at all. I have to add, I really really really wanted Gdiapers to work. It simply would not for us.
I was confused and sort of in a diaper panic. I wanted to be earth friendly and use a product that would be healthy for my baby girl. I found 7th Generation. Nice diapers, but the idea of disposing them still did not sit right by me.
Clickedy click. I found cloth diapers that looked cute, so I bought one to test drive it. The diaper arrived and though I can put together the most complicated gizmos together, I actually looked for instruction for this one piece cloth diaper. Oh the irony!
It took me about 2 months to get comfortable with cloth diapers and I ended up testing a lot of brands. I was soon speaking the diaper lingo well and when I spoke hubby needed a dictionary to figure out what I was saying. AIOs, hybrid AIOs, fitted, prefolds, pockets, flat…
I felt good and once again I felt I was in charge of my own diaper destiny.
Once the washing and drying dilemma was solved, I reached for my cloth diapers more and more. Now we are on cloth diapers with diaper covers and we use soakers for night time quite often. I have opted to get a hand cranked gizmo called Wonderwash, which we refer to as the “bubble” to wash and rinse the cloth wonders.
Once they are clean, I wash them once again in the washer with hot water. Then I hang them outside and let the hot sun work its magic. Hubby was not too happy with the hand cranked “bubble” thingymagig, so I am in charge of the handle and the crank. He was a little unsure of the maneuvering capabilities of cloth diapers at first, but finally he has mastered the art and babe no longer looks like a 5 year old has diapered her.
Are there any perks you ask? Well, babe has never had a diaper rash, we save money by not buying gel filled disposables and the biggest one - Mother Earth does not have to deal with our…how do you say…crap! Yeah, these are the kind of perks I can live with.
For real, did I write this long about diapers? Unreal! My life has morphed into something I barely recognize now. Kids, they do change your life. For good. And for the better.
Before I sign off, feel free to let me know your happy medium and/or questions. Also, I promise to keep the next blog post shorter and about anything but diapering.
Happy Diapering,
Sevi
Our company was featured in the stylish and sleek Pet Elite’s Fall 08 issue. Here it is:
sevi's pet elite magazine interview
Well, she is new at the game, but is trying real hard to learn the ropes and one day soon give us a hand. Here she is busy trying to recycle our recycled paper cover.
Oh fun days. I know I am going to miss them when I am old and gray.
Be well,
Sevi