Poonico

MissyOlivePants

Hey - Didn't you host a diaper party recently?  Was it through DiaperParties.com?

I'd love to hear your experience!

Poonico

I did, it was a lot of fun.  The rep was very nice and knowledgeable.  She mentioned a few things that weren't exactly on key, but nothing that mattered really (no one uses diaper pins anymore, etc).

She had a whole suitcase full of diapers.  All different styles and brands, newborn and OS.  It was really nice to introduce people to cloth with a nice variety to show them.  It did seem a bit overwhelming though to some of the guests.  I think it would have been nice to explain more the main types and then that the rest (all the brands) are just different choices - just as we have with clothing brands - mostly the same all in all.  There were a lot of questions though, so we sort of jumped right into the whole lot of them.  It was nice knowing a lot about it myself so I was able to help on the other side of the room.

I was mildly uncomfortable with the selling portion (at the end).  Not really because it was awkward - the rep handled it wonderfully - just that I'm always uneasy when money becomes involved, lol.  I did get a free wetbag (mine was grovia) for hosting.  You also earn a % of the sales.  Mine didn't tally up to be much, but that's not why I did it, so I was happy either way.  One thing to keep in mind though is the cost to run the party.  I hosted it here but had a good chunk of $ in food and drinks for people (and I kept it simple - tea, fruit, veggies and a home made dip w/ bread), which hurt since I hadn't considered that when I agreed to do the blog post for the company.  If I had, I would have asked for some help from them on that - since this was at their request.

I need to get a blog post done on it, but I'm hoping to include a video with it for the blog - since my readers weren't able to attend, of course.  I just have to wait on some things.  

All in all it was really great.  So happy to have had a chance to introduce more cloth here and meet some new moms (I didn't know any of the attendees!  They're all from a local mom group.)  I actually hope to have another party at some point.  There is interest in doing another when the weather is warmer  

MissyOlivePants

Very cool.  There's no local rep in Florida.  I think I might like something like this... but I don't have very much experience with different dipes as we mostly used a couple of fitteds or pf's with covers.   However, I do have a number of local mama's that use all different types, so I could learn from them, I guess!

MeganBrian

butting in- check out team cloth on abbyslane.com- you host the party and get a % of the sales.