Our wood gift boxes make awesome Easter Basket goodies

I have a lot of wooden egg boxes, did you know that? My friends do and this time of year, they come looking for them for their children’s Easter Baskets.

Want some?

I am an entrepreneur who will sell you just about anything, so this year, we’re selling the boxes solo. The boxes are 6 x 5 x 2 and fit all sorts of goodies — from art supplies to candy. And, they make a lovely, crafty keepsake for your little Pollitos.

You can order the boxes by the dozen or half-dozen for a dollar each. Cheep Cheep Cheep Pio Pio Pio!

Easter is April 4, if you didn’t already know. We’re selling them via our newsletter, or by e-mail, if you send me a note at mamahen @ lospollitosdicen dot biz.

Order by March 24 to ensure the package arrives on time.

And now, look at this fabulousness in his Los Pollitos Dicen Pachanga t-shirt. He’s a half-Cubanito who is one whole lot of adorable.

Do you think perhaps Flaco is having a tough Valentine’s 2010?

Nah, he’s just funny as all hell and that is why I adore him in a Bossy Big Sister/Baby Brother way.

We’re uploading Valentine’s, love and besitos designs for Chichi&Flaco. You can get free standard shipping on some items now through Feb. 10. Code: FEBSALE.

This tee shirt design strays from our happy happy joy joy kind of attitude at C&F, but hell, we’re willing to veer a little. Anything for a laugh and a sale, you know? (We’ve limited the sale to 10, by the way.)

Please be sure to check out our other new designs. And, we even added a Do You Mofongo? tee for the Puerto Ricans to go with Do you Fufu? design  for the Cubans.

So, are you going to have a great San Valentin, or are you buying one of these tees?

We are expanding in a creative and recession-proof way: Print-on-demand.

We have added our Los Pollitos Dicen designs to note cards, baby shower invitations, stationery, mugs, t-shirts, stickers and U.S. postage stamps…and we’re not even finished yet. A lot more to come.

Let us know what you think, and if you have something you’d like for us to create, please let us know.

I am out of my mind with joy over the note cards, shower invites and thank you notes.

The site on Zazzle is www.zazzle.com/piopiopio.

Gracias!

From the Hen House under the tag of Shameless Hawking, I share with you the Latino Family’s Holiday Gift Guide. It’s got a little something, something for all your little chickens, loved ones, amigos, and that co-worker whose name you drew in the office Secret Santa, too.

Of course, the guide is listing Los Pollitos Dicen and ChíChí&Flaco, but so much more too, all produced with the flavor of cultura and created by enterprising and smart Latinos across the country, each of whom get you, my little salsa-dancing, jalapeno-loving friends.

You will find, great hand-painted holiday ornaments from CasaQ, bilingual CDs and DVDs for kids, awesome silk scarves and ties with Latin flair, and a personal favorite of mine, the awesome tostonera, the Tostobueno!

The gift guide is the brainchild of Monica, owner of Latin Baby, an online boutique. Monica also runs the Latin Baby Book Club and the blog, Mi Cielito Lindo. Monica does a great job, always, of bringing together Latin-owned businesses and resources from across the country.

So, again, click here for the guide.

For our part, here are the Pollitos World Wide Headquarters, we will be offering deep discounts to newsletter subscribers. You can sign up here. Also, we’ve dropped the prices on several ChíChí&Flaco designs through the holidays.

Come on, you know you want to wear a Cada Loco Con Su Tema tee, right?

Sometimes, it is too quiet over on the Pollitos Fan Page. I wonder, what are all these pretty people doing? Who are these people? Some names I recognize from orders, some are my relatives (of course!) and some are friends…Others, I have no idea. But I know this: The people on our Fan Page are the prettiest people…Yes, just like those guys down there in the Google Friend Connect box.


So, because I need to catch up with all the other Mommy Bloggers and do more giveaways and because I’d like to meet more of these Fans and thank them for the support, we’re doing a giveaway on the Fan Page this week. 


What do you get for saying, hola? A newborn Upa onesie, the perfect newborn gift. Be the hit of the baby shower, teach your English-only speaking friends a new word, put your Pollito in one of our Pollitos. 


Just come over and say hello!

Hey, amigos. Happy Monday.

My voice-over career has started.

I had the pleasure of doing the audio recording of the sweet new book, “Before you were here, Mi Amor”  by Samantha R. Vamos. The free download is available on the awesome site, Cody’s Cuentos, which offers Spanish podcasts of traditional children’s stories. Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe.

To read more about the book and its author, Samantha, please visit Cody’s Cuentos and see what Eleena has written.

You also can find worksheets based on the book at Samantha’s website. Note she has a new book coming out next year, “The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred.” I have no doubt it will be fabulous.

I have to say that I loved doing the recording of this delicious and beautiful book. And, if I could make a living reading, I certainly would. Special thanks to my friend, Bob, who created the recording in his studio. Just another good reason to live in Music City — where everyone has a recording studio in the basement.

Enjoy!

And, thanks to Eleena and Samantha for entrusting me this job.
Anytime, amigas.