Business
Much Less Employed
I’m not Completely Unemployed but am much less employed until the fallout from the CPSIA settles.
We just don’t want to invest the amount of money needed to replace all our button stock with lead-free buttons. And it is not clear if we must retest each button even if we do replace all of [...]
Mystery Man: Fluff Chance
I don’t claim to understand the economics of the fashion industry and its retailers. I tend to par down the fashion shows to one or two designers for closer scrutiny.
Oh, I keep trying to educate myself and part of that education is to read, read, read. I read books and blogs, [...]
Hand/Eye Magazine
Here’s a new-to-me great thing:
Hand/Eye Magazine
Tremendous Treasure Inside Old Sewing Machines?
Psssst, Hey there Mister, wanna buy a used machine???
Check it out: we could be rich! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7999168.stm
LOL
Style Lines Aside: This Marfy’s for Me!
I’ve ordered my first Marfy and I’m excited. The catalog came from Nancy Erickson and I just couldn’t stop looking at this pattern.
Few patterns call to me as this one has. You’d think from that last statement that the pattern stash wouldn’t be as large as it is but I have, [...]
Amend The CPSIA Rally April 1-Stream It!!!
The Amend the CPSIA Rally is in Washington DC tomorrow at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in room HVC201. Get help and directions here.
You can stream the rally live from 10 to 12 Eastern Time. Sign up here before hand! The Rally Speaker List has gotten better and better. You’ll love [...]
$4bn Lost to the Economy So Far: Pass me that Stimulus
Don’t believe that CPSIA has cost us $4 billion? Check this out: Economic Impact of the CPSIA And that’s just the amounts PlumPrivy knows about.
And on the Democrat front: The party is blaming Nancy Nord, acting Chair of the Consumer Protection Agency for the problems with this legislation. That is the [...]
Rally Apr 1 in Washington DC
It is totally odd that there is so little concern over, or attention paid, to the law that has driven so many out of business and cost the economy billions in lost inventory, sales and jobs. I mean, given the billions for stimulus, the down economy and all. It’s just plain Weird!
I’ve only [...]
Unbelievable! US Treasury in the Dark…Reeeeallly?
You all know I’ve been good, staying “hid in the hills” as my friend Georgene at The Sewing Divas says, trying to keep my head below the (soon to be copper) bullets in the political world and avoiding confrontations with others who might market to the Montessori niche by keeping what I do out of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )CPSIA Compliance, Courtesy, Confusion and Compassion
Down the path to third party testing, confusion about implementation and finally shouting…. This man’s plan of action makes perfect sense to me Top Dealer To Challenge CPSC Lead Content Rule
Background
There’s a law now that bans selling anything that contains lead or phthalates when it will be used by children under 12 [...]
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