Wednesday, December 3, 2008

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..."

Well, the madness has officially begun. The carols are on high rotation in the stores, the lay-by's are piling up, the car parks are full and Santa's roaming the shopping centres, leaving a trail of tears and giddy destruction in his wake...

Welcome to Christmas 2008.

Have you made your list? And checked it twice?

Take the stress out of Christmas shopping this year and avoid the chaos at the shops by cruising and perusing The Bedbug online manchester store for all of your children's manchester gift ideas.

We have a selection of gifts for all ages, from stocking stuffers, to coveted character and designer bedroom features.



"Joy to the world"

In the spirit of Christmas, we would like to give you a present!

10% OFF STOREWIDE - just use coupon code XMAS08 at the checkout (valid until 22/12/2008, excludes postage)

FREE GIFT WITH EVERY ORDER

Christmas Delivery - Orders taken until 4pm on Monday 22/12/2008 for Christmas delivery by Express Post (please check you are in Express Post Next Day Delivery network to avoid disappointment - see Australia Post for details)


"Do you hear what I hear?"

The word on the street is that we are stacked with new summer stock, just in time for Christmas!

Check out new designs in Spiderman, Crusty Demons, Hot Wheels, Barbie, Go Diego Go, Bob the Builder, Cars and Disney Princess.

Looking for some hot weather gear? Look no further than our fantastic range of beach and hooded towels, great for the beach, bath or pool this summer!

We also have stock of the following gorgeous Treehouse designs: Princess Tiara, Pretty Petal, Jolly Lorry, Rumble Tumble and So Long Sailor.


Thank you to all for your support this year, it has been a busy one! We're looking forward to a wonderful year in 2009 and wish you and your families a wonderful Christmas and holiday period, and a safe and Happy New Year!


Tania & Cylie

P.S. Oh, and for those of you already planning your New Year's resolutions, here's mine - just one this year in the hope of actually keeping it . . . I resolve to blog more often (than twice in a year!).

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Leap of faith!


Ebay Shop closure


Some of you may have heard of the happenings over at ebay at the moment, with fee increases and restricted payment methods being the order of the day. The end result for you as a customer is increased prices, less bargains to be found and less options for payment; namely PayPal or cash on pickup.

At The Bedbug, our promise to you is to offer genuine first quality children's manchester at discounted prices in a flexible shopping environment. In order to continue to deliver on this promise, we have made the decision to close our ebay store and trade solely from our online store www.thebedbug.com.au.

We are in the process of setting up a clearance section on the site where you can grab overstocked or discontinued items at bargain basement prices. We will also hold intermittent clearance sales on ebay - sign up to our mailing list to be advised of where and when!

Until next time, sweet dreams!

Tania

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Happy New Year!

I know, I know, it's all a bit late, but, well, life went and got busy on me.

Christmas came and went, Santa came and went, the tree actually came down before the end of January (one New Year's Resolution has been kept at least!)... unlike last year when my big bug kept begging me to take it down before his birthday - in April...

We scooted off to a gorgeous little fishing village for a relaxing family holiday with friends, one of whom managed to drag me off to every fabric related store within an hour's proximity! Needless to say I have renewed my acquaintance with my sewing machine, have a stash of gorgeous fabrics, and a list of over 20 projects on my wishlist!

Speaking of fabrics, my esteemed Bedbug partner Cylie (not content with renewing my personal fabric addiction!) has stepped out and set up an offshoot of The Bedbug, The Fabricbug! Featuring all of your favourite licensed characters, The Fabricbug offers 100% cottons, polycottons, thermal lined fabric, remnant packs, ready-to-quilt packs and Softies for Sanctuary - gorgeous handcrafted softies with profit donated to Adra - Women's Refuges. Check out The Fabricbug here.

With all of that, it has been a busy January so far for The Bedbug crew. Finally school holidays are nearly through and I for one am looking forward to everything returning to normal. Kind of.

We as a family are looking at a different kind of normal this year, with our big bug off to school for the first time! I don't think the little bug and I quite know what we are in for... apart from having to be terribly organised (I don't think I appreciated how easy I had it with kinder!), I am hoping for some more solid blocks of time to work on the bedbug and the aforementioned sewing projects, without all of the usual running around. Only time will tell.

With the onset of school, the big bug has upgraded his room, with the addition of bunks and of course, big bug bedding... The choice was a Transformers design, with the little bug selecting Spiderman as his hero of choice for the transition from cot to big bed later this year (yes, I am still in denial...).

Quick Treehouse update: we have new stock arriving in the next week, so if you are looking to upgrade your little bug's bedroom with some gorgeous designs, stay tuned...

In the meantime, enjoy these last few days of holidays and to all of those bugs (and parents) making the step to "big school" this year, good luck, Ill be thinking of you!

Tania

www.thebedbug.com.au