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About a handmade wooden toy...about 5 thin rectangles of wood with ribbons weaved between them, does anyone .. My friend had this toy when she was younger, and I always wanted one.... Its probably hand made from a craft show. Its approximately 5 small flat rectangles of wood laid out in a line with two ribbons weaved in and out between the blocks. When you hold them uo, they stay attached, but if you hold it by the second block down, the top block tumbles down the row of blocks to the bottom, and the second block that yuour holding on to then becomes the top block. Its a very neat toy! Im wondering has anyone ever heard of seen, or own this toy? Do you know what it is called, or a place (preferably a website) that i can find it? Or does anyon know any history about the toy or helpful hints to help me find it? Thank you for your time! this means alot to me to find this information!!!

Do you know what these antique wooden toys or dolls are? I have several of these wooden dolls that are definitely not handmade because they are too perfect. They are very old and look like they were painted with enamel. Photos here: http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w151/bbotchuck/woodtoys002.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w151/bbotchuck/woodtoys003.jpg

PayPal for a Small Business? My neighbor makes wooden toys/games for children, and I am helping him set up a website so that he can sell online. He is wanting to use Paypal so that he can accept payments directly from the website, and I was wondering exactly how I would go about setting this up? Does he need a merchant's account? He isn't going to be selling a whole lot since all the toys are handmade, so I was wondering if he would even need a merchants account or if there was some other way to go about putting a Paypal link on the page? Also, does this cost anything to set up and use? Any info would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

need help with ideas for buisness name? Hi I am looking at starting up a buisness to sell handmade babies and childrens items like wooden toys, blooks material comfortors, dolls, change mats etc and am having trouble coming up with a name/logo, would love some input my name is keisha so if that helps i would like something cute and quirky. Thanks

Do you think that the gov. should provide $$ means to provide testing of home based products sold? I thought this was interesting I am sorry for the detail, but I received this in an e-mail, and I find it hard to believe that we can accept this. I am pasting a post that I just wrote on my blog about the > > URGENT! Please Read and Act!!! > > Okay People...I do not write this lightly. I am begging you > to read this post, research the links, and act now! > > About a week ago I received an email posted on a homeschool > loop I am on about the new Consumer Product Safety > Improvement Act. This act was signed into law last August > and will be in effect on Feb. 10th of this year. Rebecca > Wilson from Hope Chest Legacy, a homeschool vendor who will > closing down her business as a result of this Act says > explains it better than I can: > > "This law may have been intentioned to protect > American children from lead and high PCB levels, but what it > will actually do is cause havoc in American homes and in our > economy. It is a VERY badly written law, vague and open > ended in many ways. Although written with China made > products in mind, it is open for ANY item sold in the USA > regardless of where the item was manufactured. > > This law requires that ANY item that comes in contact with > a child who is 12 years old and under, to be tested at a > government approved testing facility and have a > 'certification' placed on the item. Sounds simple > enough, but the fallout is much more intense. > > The cost of having a single wood block tested is $150. To > have a wooden baby's teething rattle tested would be > $4000. Even books, DVDs, clothing, handmade toys or > blankets, children's clothing, the bags items are packed > in and sold in, etc come under this new law. ANYTHING that > comes into contact with a child under 12 years of age is > required to be tested and certified." > > I honestly figured this was hype when I received the first > email and blew it off. Until I received the email from > Rebecca Wilson. I adore her products and the fact that this > was hitting so close to home had me concerned. So I started > researching... > > Check out this post on a forum from a woman named Kathleen > Fasenella who has been to Washington D.C. in attempt to > fight this. She says: > > "Dear Friends > There is a grave crisis in the industry. I don't post > here much so if you don't know me, I don't blame you > for thinking I'm a kook, alarmist, extremist or > conspiracy theorist. What I'm going to tell you is all > too true. In a nutshell, as of 2/10/2009, it will be illegal > to sell most products intended for children 12 and younger > unless you undergo expensive product testing to certify your > products as safe. There are no exemptions or exceptions. > This includes wahm or grandmas making items for bazaars, > craft shows, etsy, ebay, or just person to person sales. As > of February 10, 2009 (National Bankruptcy Day) anything > without a General Conformity Certificate is legally > considered Banned Hazardous Material." > > Let me break this down...ANYONE WHO SELLS PRODUCTS, NEW OR > USED, THAT ARE INTENDED FOR CHILDREN AGES 12 AND UNDER WILL > BE REQUIRED TO HAVE ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS UNDERGO EXPENSIVE > TESTING...I'm talking toys, clothes, BOOKS, > CURRICULUM...Even selling used toys/books to your friends > WILL BECOME ILLEGAL without having them tested. > > This means no more selling children's products on Ebay > or Etsy. > > I received an email that said Amazon has ALREADY contacted > their vendors to let them know they will not sell > children's items without the testing. I contacted an > amazon.com rep this morning who verified that vendors had > been notified that they would need to comply with this act! > But she obviously didn't understand that in order to > comply with the act, anyone who wanted to sell their used > copy of Goodnight Moon for $2 on amazon.com that was > published pre-2009 would first need to have it tested for > $500+. She gave me the fax and address for their legal dept. > for further questions. > > Children's Consignment Stores will have to close. > GOODWILL HAS ALREADY DECIDED THEY WILL NO LONGER CARRY > CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS AND SOME OF THEM ARE CLOSING. > > Do you realize how this will effect the homeschool > community? Almost every company that I buy homeschool books, > curriculum, and products from are a mom and pop organization > that will not be able to afford this kind of testing. We > will no longer be allowed to sell used products for our > children online and will be breaking the law if we do it in > person. How many homeschool moms do you know earn extra > income by making hairbows, blankets, and toys? They would no > longer be able to do that. > > My husband and I have been in contact with HSLDA > (Homeschool Legal Defense Association) and they just found > out about this YESTERDAY! They are looking into it as I > type. > > HOMESCHOOLERS, MOMS AND DADS

Has anybody heard of the "Blue Cat Toy Company"? I bought a wooden badge of a boy chicken (it is 3am and I can't spell the word). It is made by the Blue Cat Toy Company, Handmade in England. I want to sell it on EBay, but would prefer to know about the company first. I only paid 50p for it so there is no potential goldmine waiting for me. I am just curious.

Do these sound like nice presents for my daughters for Christmas? I've been buying for my daughter for Christmas as my husband decided he knew what our son who isn't born yet would want. Our daughters are 6 and 2. For the 2 year old: Leapfrog learning centre and games, some clothes as she's grown out of some, a wooden railway set, a play work bench, some hand made toys like a teddy bear and a few handmade dolls. We have also gotten her a trike which is her big present. For the 6 year old: A new guitar (My husband's old one) , lots of second hand books, some clothes, a new journal for her to write in, new set of drawing pencils. She is also getting a DSi with some games as her big present. For our son (I'm pregnant with) we have gotten: clothes, baseball gloves (they used to belong to my husband and his father, we got them mended), some homemade stuffed toys and he's also getting my husband's first guitar in his room. The guitar is almost 40 years old as the guitar belonged to my husband's older brother originally. Are these nice presents or too much?

Yard sale pricing..does this sound good? We have an extremely heavy antique wooden framed mirror..we paid $75 at a Good Will type place years and years ago and no longer have anywhere to put it. I'm thinking about asking $45 but going no lower than $35 because it is still in excellent condition. For clothes I'm thinking 50 cents unless it's something heavy or was really expensive...baby clothes 3 for $1 unless it's the same situation...I have a 10cup coffeemaker does $10 seem reasonable? Thighmaster for $5? And I have this back massager from HoMedics I was thinking $10? There's also some handmade jewelry that I made with Austrian crystal beads and various other beads like Tiger's Eye and Snowflake Obsidian. Some are bracelet earring sets and I was thinking maybe $10 for the sets and $5 for the single bracelets? I've also got a bunch of still wrapped toys from McD's (my mom works there) I think a quarter is good right?

Do these sound like nice presents for my daughters for Christmas? I've been buying for my daughter for Christmas as my husband decided he knew what our son who isn't born yet would want. Our daughters are 6 and 2. For the 2 year old: Leapfrog learning centre and games, some clothes as she's grown out of some, a wooden railway set, a play work bench, some hand made toys like a teddy bear and a few handmade dolls. We have also gotten her a trike which is her big present. For the 6 year old: A new guitar (My husband's old one) , lots of second hand books, some clothes, a new journal for her to write in, new set of drawing pencils. She is also getting a DSi with some games as her big present. For our son (I'm pregnant with) we have gotten: clothes, baseball gloves (they used to belong to my husband and his father, we got them mended), some homemade stuffed toys and he's also getting my husband's first guitar in his room. The guitar is almost 40 years old as the guitar belonged to my husband's older brother originally. Are these nice presents or too much? We saved money all year long to give the kids a nice christmas. My 6 year old loves reading, does like toys. She's obsessed with Shakespeare. She's getting second hand ones because she prefers them as she doesn't feel bad if it gets bend slightly unlike if it was brand new