Elevyn – Mothers for Fair Trade

Elevyn is a fabulous little site where you can buy hand made pretties directly from the people who made them – it’s a gateway for underprivileged or disadvantaged peoples to get their products to you directly with no middleman – meaning more $ to support their causes.

If you’re looking for a gift or something unique, Elevyn is the place to go!

And until 30th of May 2010, Elevyn is holding a Mothers for Fair Trade event.

Send a picture with your mom or child to info@elevyn.com   and include a message for ll mothers out there (please include name, occupation and location)

Your messages and photos will be posted to the Elevyn website and you’ll also stand to win prizes – the prize from Tiny Tapir will be a RM200 voucher for every 20 entries (chosen by Elevyn) – so get cracking and spread the word about Elevyn!

Link To : Mothers for Fair Trade event

The Business of Being Born

There will be a screening of Ricky Lake’s documentary The Business of Being Born on the 4th Oct 2009 at the Royal Selangor’s Visitor Centre.

Tickets are RM10 each and proceeds will be donated to Women’s Aid Organisation.

If you haven’t yet seen this documentary, it’s definitely worth checking out.

Event Details :

Sunday, 04 October 2009

10:30 – 17:30

Royal Selangor Visitor Centre Theatrette

4 Jalan Usahawan 6, Setapak Jaya

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Call Alicia’s HP – 0123313318

Mooncup Testimonial

From another happy Tiny Tapir Mooncup user :

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“I’ve been using pads ever since I started having my period. However, I was always looking for an alternative. The pads made me itch, and sometimes if I walked around a lot, I’d get rashes, and this would be very painful and uncomfortable for me. Also, everytime I sat on a chair or lay down on a couch or bed I would worry about staining the furniture and not be very comfortable as I would try to maintain a single position that wouldn’t risk me leaking on the furniture.

I wanted to try tampons, but I read a lot about infections caused by the tampons, so I was afraid.

Then one day, my sister-in-law told me about menstrual cups. I read about them and did some research, and against my fears I decided to try.

At first I was afraid of putting it on as I couldn’t imagine putting anything that big into my privates, but I tried anyway.

Lo and behold, it was the best thing that had ever happened to me! I could walk around comfortably without feeling self conscious. I could sit and lie down and roll around as I please without worrying about leaving bloodstains on any furniture.

I’ve never felt so free!

Menstrual cups are definitely one of the best things I’ve discovered in my life. It is something that I would most definitely recommend to any women I know.”

From Teha, via email

Saffa Cloth Pads & Pantyliners Restocked

Local favorites, the great value Saffa Medium Cloth Pads & Pantyliners are restocked..

Tiny Tapir’s version of the Saffa pads have double Poly KAM snaps in order to give you the option of having a more snug fit during use (the loosest fit is great for using to package up the pad after use too).

Mediums are RM16 each

Pantyliners are RM10 each

Lovingly Made in Malaysia

Review on Cloth pads

Paris over at Mywomenstuff came over to Tiny Tapir Baby in Ampang Park about 2 weeks ago to get her crash course in Menstrual Cloth Pads (and crash course it was because we were both short on time!).

She was brave enough to try a couple, and she’s written a pretty thorough review on her blog here

(this was not a paid or sponsored review)

Do hop on over to have a read, and see whether you can be persuaded to try it too :)

Saffa Pads & Pantyliners are Restocked

The always popular Saffa pads and Pantyliners are now restocked in the full range of fabrics.

Come check them out!

A great way to try cloth pads – at a price of RM8 for the pantyliner and RM13 for the medium pad, the prices can’t be beat.

And best of all, Saffa Pads and Pantyliners are Made in Malaysia!

Purse Pleasers

There’s no denying it. I have a big bag.

I have tried just about every purse organizer out there. Purseket, handmade ones from Etsy, Pursesitters, Gin & Jacqui ones etc…  None of them ever worked for me. Too big or too small, mostly way too floppy.

Maybe my bag is just too big… but in the end my bag would be messier because the soft, floppy purse ‘organizers’ would just flop over, things would fall out and it was just akin to having a lot of extra pockets in my bag where I would forget what was where. So you know, there would be me frantically digging in my bag trying to remember which pocket had what thing in it.  And then after using whatever it is I was looking for, I’d be in a rush so I’d just throw it back in my bag any old way.

Which just meant I would be reorganizing my bag every single night otherwise it would just be a big disorganized mess again.

Finally I saw the Purse Pleaser.

At first I was pretty resistent – after all, it’s akin to putting a big plastic thing in my bag – wouldn’t it make it heavier, would it really help… But after suffering still from a big messy bag, I gave up and ordered one from the US to try.

And now… what bliss.  After 1 months of using it, I can’t imagine going back to how my purse was before.

Behold… close to perfection :

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There’s lovely very obvious compartments for everything – space enough for my daily planner, Beauregard (my very cute monkey cup warmer), my RuMe Mini, a Rooshopper, my wallet, dental floss, post it notes, band aids (I admit it, I’m pretty clutzy), lip gloss, pens and everything else.  My (very way too many) keys sit in a pouch on top of everything.

It’s so much easier for me to take things out of and put things back in my bag and easy to see whether I’ve left anything out when I’m rushing out the door in the morning. yay!

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Big bonus – it’s easy for me to change out bags over weekends, just lift out the entire tray and put it in my weekend bag.

The purse pleaser is the perfect size for the medium roototes, but for some variations, here it is being used in a medium and small sized bag.

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In every set you will get the parts to make up the Small, Medium and Large settings.  I don’t notice that it has added a lot of weight to my bag at all, but as most people can attest my bag pre-purse pleaser often felt like it was filled with rocks anyway with all the papers inside it.  Now I suppose at least all my rocks are organized!

Because I love my pursepleaser so much and Joanna over at Paperdoll really wanted one too  (I love you Joanna, but seriously, I could not let go my ONLY purse pleaser and go back to having a disorganized bag! :P lol) Tiny Tapir has got in a small order of these for your instant gratification. When we say small, we mean it, as in less than 10 are left after handing out various ones to friends and for reviews!

You can check out the purse pleaser in person over at Paperdoll in Tropicana Mall, or at the Bungalow@Damai. Of course you can also buy it online at Tiny Tapir for RM150.

(Seriously you should make the trek to Paperdoll her dresses and corsets are to die for, and such great value!)

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Purse Pleaser Testimonials :

Paris over at Mywomenstuff

Ee Laine (via email) : “I’m loving the purse pleaser! Never has my bag been so neat and organized! I gave the other set to my sis and she loves it too.”

Breastfeeding Seminar at the Bungalow@Damai

Held at the comfortable and airy Bungalow@Damai near KLCC in Kuala Lumpur (9 Lorong Damai 9, off Jalan Damai, parallel to Jalan Ampang).

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Both mama and papa should attend.

Next seminar with available slots will be on Sat. 11th July 2009 – 2pm to 6pm (9th May Seminar is fully booked)

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Teething Bling – pretty AND functional

Teething Bling are exactly the kind of product we love at Tiny Tapir. Not only do they satisfy our style requirements (gotta look good girls!), they’re also completely functional.

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When we saw Pauline, our visiting Tapir friend from Canada at the Diaper Swap Meet last month she was wearing a really pretty donut around her neck which I thought was one of those stone pendants you see in the weekend markets.  Her cute curly haired daughter just could not leave the pendant alone and was constantly playing with it and holding it in her hand.  I complimented Pauline on the pendant and she told me not only was it not stone – it was a teething toy!! Continue reading