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What we're all about...
The
benefits of babywearing are well documented. By providing
hand-made and affordable baby
carriers (and other mom & baby related items), we're helping other
parents and caregivers
provide those benefits for the
children in their charge. This solution to the baby's need for
closeness, goes hand in hand
with the adult's need to multi-task
in today's fast paced world. Whether it be caring for multiple children,
walking the dog,
doing the dishes, or simply enjoying
an afternoon at a ball game, our products allow moms and dads,
grandparents, and babysitters
alike to nurture their little ones
in close comfort and style.
We also strive to
create a "greener" planet by offering cloth diapers and other re-usable
items, as well as
recycling and re-purposing fabrics
when possible. Every little bit we can do for the environment helps.
Our
product
line currently includes hand-made
baby carriers including the Ring sling, Mei
tai, Pouch, and Wrap. These are ALL available in a wide array of fabrics
and colors. We also
offer Rice Sacks for pregnancy and
labor, cloth menstrual pads, nursing pads, hand-made Changing Pads, a
variety of diaper
bags, Cloth Diapers and a selection
of recycled, knit and crocheted wool soaker options. Musical Baby Toys,
manipulative
blankets, and discovery (i-spy) bags
to entertain you child and Soft Minkee baby blankets have also joined
our collection.
We also have accessory items for
moms including jewelry, gloves, scarves, belt and wrist bags. We hope to be expanding to
add other helpful items
for motherhood, so check back with
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Our Family
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Business Philosophy
The objective of our
business is to provide high quality, hand crafted products for mothers
& babies and
reliable service for our customers. We hope
you will enjoy visiting our web site and using our products as much as
we enjoy
providing them for you.
The Company
Jennifer has been sewing
for many years (since she was a child, helping her mother) for herself,
family, friends
and colleagues who have many times suggested
doing it professionally and starting a business. After considering it
for awhile,
her interest in starting her own business
grew until she finally reached that goal, while on maternity leave with
her first
child. The design for the her first hand-made
carrier, the Cozy Cuddler Baby Sling was an original idea, born of
necessity,
since she couldn't find a practical, yet
comfortable commercially made carrier. The design combines both comfort
and ease.
By making her own Baby Carriers (and then
other products) the vision has become reality. Each piece, is lovingly
hand-made
by Jenn in the attic of her Victorian style
home for distribution to you.
Designer/Creator
Jennifer (Brooks) Rice is a
mommy of four, who enjoys sewing, crocheting, knitting and playing
with her daughter
(Lorynne) and sons (Nolyn, Loghyn and Korbyn) all of
whom can be seen on our Home Page, modeling our various baby carriers.
She and her husband (Bob) live
in the Poconos (PA), near ESU with their, cats (the inspiration for
our shop
title "The Cat's Meow"), a mini doxie
(Abbie), and of course, the kids. Jennifer is the sole designer and
creator for the
original merchandise sold at this site. Her
other hobbies include antiquing, motorcycling, rollerskating and
teaching (elementary
general music).
*Please note: the sewing area is in the walk up attic of the house, totally separated from the rest of the house by not only being on a totally different floor, but also by an insulated door at the bottom of the steps and another door at the entrance to the sewing room. The pets do not have access to this area in any way, and all items are packaged before being brought down into the main part of the house briefly, before making their way to the hands of our postal carrier.
Product Testers/Models
Lorynne
is the daughter of Designer/Creator Jennifer
Rice. She enjoys singing, band (clarinet), and
playing
with our pets. Nolyn is Jennifer's oldest son. He enjoys music, boy scouts and our cats. Loghyn is Jennifer's middle boy, he currently enjoys climbing and biking, cub scouts and all things food related. Korbyn is Jennifer's youngest. He enjoys school, playing video games and outdoor play. Lorynne,
Nolyn, Loghyn and Korbyn personally test each new product
design, by putting it through an extensive series of tests, including
the
spit-up test, the sleeping test, the weight
test, the wiggle test, the durability test, the functionality test and
the comfort
test. When not testing products, their job at
The Cat's Meow is modeling various items, including diapers, baby
carriers and face masks.
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