Where does the time go?

With my husband finally having so time at home, I have some time to work. While he is taking our daughter out on runs with him I am working on new designs and our website. Since I don't know when everything will be finished with the website and ready for launch I have set up shop in http://www.etsy.com/. The store name on Etsy is, of course, Baby Battle Rattle. I will post products there until further notice, and as always if you want to do a special order we are more than happy to accommodate. Below are some new pictures of things I've been working on!

The top picture is the USMC monogram washcloth, the middle picture is of our Big Squares USMC stroller blanket, and the last picture is our Army ACU boys hooded bath towel. (And yes, I had my USMC baby girl pose in the boys Army bath towel.)

Army & Navy & Marines...Oh my!

This past week I went to a local fabric store. I had intended to find some cute fabric to make my daughter a dress when I discovered that this store sells MARPAT, ACU, and the Navy's new cammies material by the spool! I'm so excited that I'll be able to start working on designs for ALL the branches little bundles and not just my fellow Marine babies.

I finished our first "official" order for a boys Marine desert/blue stripe stroller blanket last week as well. A great friend of my husband and mine ordered a stroller blanket for his friends son. I am so happy that I can start getting some of our products out there to people. If any of you have something that you would like to order I will be happy to personally get it out to you and work with you. You can email us at babybattlerattle@yahoo.com. Our product list so far is as follows:

(A boys USMC desert/blue stripe stroller blanket and the front/back of my daughters binkey sling)

*girls USMC desert or woodland/pink stripes stroller or receiving blanket

*girls Army ACU/pink stroller or receiving blanket

*boys USMC desert or woodland/blue stroller or receiving blanket

*boys Army ACU/blue stroller or receiving blanket

*girls Navy cammies/pink stroller or receiving blanket

*boys Navy cammies/blue stroller or receiving blanket

*girls USMC, Army, or Navy pink washcloth & hooded bath towel

*boys USMC, Army or Navy blue washcloth & hooded bath towel

*girls & boys personalized binkey sling

WOW...it looks like so much more now that I've typed it all out! Things are still moving along and we just ordered our first batch of business cards. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend and was able to enjoy it with their families, and for those of you with loved ones who are deployed they (and you) are in our prayers!

Not so small...

When I started thinking about turning my one small keep-me-busy-while-the-husbands-deployed craft into an actual business I thought I would start out with just a few products. I figured I'd start out with the blankets, bath towels, and maybe bibs. Now that I've started the process I've got 11 products on my list and it's growing daily!

I've sent some ideas to my brother-in-law who is a graphic designer about what I want the logo to look like and the type of graphics I want on the website. I'm so excited to see what he comes up with for me and to finish building the website so you all can start to enjoy my products too. If there are things that anyone wants to see in the store when it gets up and running, please let me know and I'll do my best to make it happen!

Work and Play

I spent most of the night working on fabrics for Baby Battle Rattle. While I was working my husband was laying down with our daughter next to me and playing with her. Well I guess they were all worn out from the day, within 5 minutes they were both sound asleep and covered up with her blanket. As I was working I got more and more inspired with other product ideas!

I am so excited to be designing the website and working on the logo design. I think I have found a fabrics company to supply the MARPAT, ACU, and other military fabrics but with the blizzard that has hit the East coast this week (and last!) it's put things go on hold until they can dig out. I've decided that for those who would like, they can mail in their own cammies for have their blankets made with or they can us the fabric I provide. Stay tuned for more updates on our progress!

Webpage design

I spent a long time looking at different web hosting sites last night. For someone who isn't too familiar with web design, code or anything that falls in between this was a lot of work for me! I have narrowed it down to two web hosts and web design programs. I am so excited to start working on getting the web page for the store up and running. I have so many decisions to start making about how I want the website to look and how to set it up so it's easy for you all to navigate and shop around the site.

Since my husband and I are in the process of moving right now it will still be a few weeks before babybattlerattle.com will be up and running. I look forward to hearing what everyone thinks about our products and how they like (or dislike) the website once it is up and going! Stay tuned and I will let you all know as soon as it is launched.

The Beginning

Baby Battle Rattle began as a small idea during my husbands second deployment. We found out shortly after he left that we were expecting our first baby. In true military wife fashion I wanted to stay as busy as possible while he was gone. I decided that I would make our new little bundle of joy a blanket out of Daddy's old uniform. Little did I know that this project would spark the interest of so many friends and family! After I finished the blanket I posted pictures of my handy-work on facebook. I had so many people asking "Where did you buy that" and "I want one!" that I decided I would start a business.





Baby Battle Rattle will have blankets, towels, washcloths, burp cloths, pacifier clips, and robes all for Military Brats. They can be personalized or monogrammed and will be available in a variety of colors and styles. I am so excited to be starting this company and cannot wait to share these products with the rest of those military babies out there! I will keep you all posted as I go through the process of starting up this new company.

Our daughter Madison napping on the blanket that launched the idea for Baby Battle Rattle.