Archive for April, 2009
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Come shop at Kai Kids in person Thursday April 23!
If you live in and around Toronto, please come join us tomorrow at the Temple Sinai Nursery School’s 7th Annual Boutique Night in north Toronto.
We at Kai Kids will be there, offline, with our plethora of ethically-made, eco-friendly products for babies and toddlers, plus there will be many other companies selling women’s and children’s clothing, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Business, New Products, Sales and Specials, Shopping Shows by Nancy
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Great green reads for little minds
To celebrate Earth Day today, I thought I’d share some excellent children’s books our family has read lately so you can try to make every day Earth Day in your household (we all know how little ones like to hear a story over and over again…).
One day earlier this spring I escaped for a bit [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Green Living, Parenting by Nancy
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Guest blogging this week on CanadianFamily.ca
It’s only Tuesday, but it’s already been a busy week for Kai Kids. First we were featured in the Toronto Star’s Sunday edition, which brought us lots of online traffic and kept us busy shipping parcels off to new customers, yippee!
Plus, I was invited to be the guest blogger over at Canadian Family’s blog for [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Business, Green Living, Parenting, Press by Nancy
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Follow me on Twitter!
The past few months I’ve been exploring social media online and having a lot of fun with it, not to mention learning a lot! And I’ve found that there are a lot of smart, funny mompreneurs out there to connect with. In fact, many of our Kai Kids suppliers are also blogging, tweeting and posting [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Business, Miscellaneous by Nancy
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
7 Days Without Plastic
Check out The Toronto Star today for an excellent, personal piece by reporter Francine Kopun on trying to get through a typical family’s week without plastic. It sounds like a real challenge. Depressing really, to think of how reliant we’ve become on the stuff, and just how impossible it is to completely avoid it!
Kopun tries [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Business, Green Living, Non-toxic, Press by Nancy
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Kindervibe loves our Greentainers!
A while back I sent one of my favourite Kai Kids products off to the ladies at Babyvibe and Kindervibe in BC (great newsletters for parents featuring tips and amazing new products, even if you aren’t lucky enough to live on the Best, er, West coast). One of the moms behind the scenes, Nancy, has [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Green Living, Press by Nancy
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Weekly Green Tip: Paperless Banking
Sometimes its the little things, our unconscious daily habits, that can really add up and make a difference to our environmental footprint. We can’t all afford to install solar panels on our roof, switch to tankless water heaters or drive a hybrid, but the cumulative effect of many small steps can have an impact.
Take banking. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Green Living, Tips by Nancy
Monday, April 6th, 2009
New Product Alert: Credo Organic Mesh Produce Bags
Another hot new eco product, another way to reduce and reuse! I’m thrilled to have found these brand new reusable organic cotton mesh produce bags for our family’s grocery shopping needs and for our Kai Kids online store! They really fit all of our criteria (and we are picky!):
eco-friendly: reusable and so you can cut [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Business, Green Living, New Products by Nancy
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Green Baby/Toddler Gear Sale Tomorrow
Don’t forget that tomorrow (Sat. April 4) is our big Kai Kids Spring Sale in Toronto! We hope you can make it to check out our new earth-friendly products for families and take advantage of some special one-day only sales:
BornFree baby bottles: 20% off
Klean Kanteen water bottles: $2 off each bottle
Babysoy: 20% off
Jessica Scott eco [...]
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
New Green Baby Registry at kaikids.com!
For a year now we’ve wanted to add a gift registry to our online store, Kai Kids, so that our green-minded parents/customers could register for some of our amazing natural and organic products for new baby showers, birthdays, Christmas etc.
It’s been a long time in the works but I’m happy to announce it’s finally here! [...]
