1 more sleep! Time for a colouring frenzy.

I'll be taking a short holiday away from the web shop over the Christmas break. You can still shop at beyond pink and blue during this time, but your order will not be posted until late next week (before the new year). I'll still be answering the phone and checking emails. As well as the social networks we are on.... so basically what I normally do, just a bit more relaxed. hehehe

Please print out the colouring page below (you'll need to save it to your computer first).

2 more sleeps = 10% off store wide

Simply enter code at checkout to get 10% deducted from your shopping cart. Valid for 1 day only.
Go shopping!

3 more sleeps = Anorak kids magazine

Once your order has been placed, we will send your free mag out to you. Valid for 1 day only. Anorak Sub. here.

4 more sleeps = Party time yet?

Shop in the party invitations section, add 2 packs to your cart and at checkout use the code & $9 will be deducted from your cart total. Valid for 1 day only.

5 more sleeps = Rattle & Squeak

For 1 day only, head to the Specials section for already reduced noise makers.

6 more sleeps = Double your reward points today!

I know I did this one earlier in the count, but hey, it's a good one, so I'm doing it again. You should be happy!
Make sure you are logged in to your account, to earn those points. Points will be rewarded after payment is made.
Let's go shopping!

7 more sleeps = a gift of book plates

There are 3 different Poppies For Grace book plate sets. They're great for naming your books. Get your coloured pencils out and add lots of colour instead of leaving them black and white.
Simply spend $50 or more today and we'll include a set in your order as a gift.
Order total must be $50 or over after points are deducted and does not include postage.
Let's go shopping!

8 more sleeps = It's Endangered Species!

What a great way to introduce a new product range to bpab!
Endangered Species bath 3D puzzles and colouring packs are ultra cool for kids AND the environment. Why?

• The colouring mat and posters are made using stone paper, which does not use wood pulp or bleach and is completely biodegradable.
• 100% hyper-allergenic soap crayons and bubble bath (which is made from pure natural ingredients from approved sources).
• You learn about endangered animals of the world with every set.
• All contents are made from eco-friendly materials and are not tested on animals.
  
• Even the packaging is made from 100% recycled PET so you can be sure you are doing the best for the environment.

10% off offer is for today only. Find them on our specials page.

9 more sleeps = we heart board games

Get the family together (or just some bored kids!) and sit around the table and play some board games. They're already reduced for your shopping pleasure! Today only.

10 more sleeps = A gift of paints

Shop today at beyond pink and blue and if your order totals to $40 or more, I'll give you a lovely box of gouache paints from Djeco!
Total is after shopping points are deducted and does not include the cost of postage. There is classic or girl paints available and I will choose the one that suits your order.

11 more sleeps = pretend food is yummy!

Shop at our food section. Yep, we have one! Lots of tasty treats for everyone.
You will need to take 3 food products through checkout. Once I have your order, I will refund the cost of the cheapest food item to you. If you purchase 6, you'll get 2 items refunded, and so on.
Great play stuff for the kids kitchen or pretend picnics. (Trust me!)

12 more sleeps = 10% off everything in your shopping cart!

Valid for 1 day only. Use the code at checkout to redeem. Does not include postage.
Let's shop!

13 more sleeps = Time to decorate for christmas

Go against the grain and delight the kids with these fun decorating packs.
With your help, you'll have some colourful things to hang, place at the Christmas table, label or just throw around the room! Everyone will be happy and laughing. Isn't that what it's all about?
Head over to the specials page, today only, to take $5 off these products.

14 more sleeps = How about I give you a gift voucher?

Today when you shop at beyond pink and blue, I'll be gifting gift vouchers to you! You need to spend at least $50 to get a $10 voucher. So if your total is $203, I'll give you a $40 voucher! (I don't count postage in your total.)
The vouchers are to be spent during January 2011.
Gift vouchers will be emailed to you once your order has been posted.

15 more sleeps = let's do an activity (tin) or 2

Oh, these activity tins are super awesome! Just think - a cool tin with something fun to do inside it. A great present for the older kidlets. Dumpling Dynasty and Vintage Ladybird. 1 day only.

16 more sleeps = Daisy Lane swap card starter set

1 day only. Shop here for the pack.

The perfect gift to inspire the collector in her! Soon her and her friends will be swapping like mad to get the complete set of Daisy Lane swap cards. They're so cute and innocent. The set comes with the album and 1x pack of swap cards to get her going. (We sell the card packs individually too.)

17 more sleeps & 300th post!

Redeem code at checkout. Open to Aust. & NZ customers. 1 day only.
Let's go shopping!

Well look at that! 300 posts. It would have happened earlier this year, had I not taken a break from blogging, selling etc. to get bpab up to date. I won't be giving anything away this time, as I'm already doing 24 days of it. Maybe when I reach 400 posts? We'll see.
Thanks for reading thus far and for leaving your comments - soooo appreciated! I feel I'm not just talking to myself, you know what I mean?
Anyway, please say hello and offer your opinions and suggestions for bpab.
Love Mon xx

18 more sleeps = Hopscotch nail polish love!

19 more sleeps = who loves you, Dandelion baby?

Give your littlest one some bamboo or organic cotton love this Christmas with the delightful Dandelion range of toys, teethers and rattles. So soft in colours and feel. 20% has already been taken off for your shopping pleasure! Head over to the Specials section, today only. No codes.

20 more sleeps = Djeco stickers a plenty!

We LOVE Djeco stickers! So many in one pack (over 100) and lots of places to stick them all! (On the kitchen wall, your mum's favourite vase, on your mouth, on a card, on someone's back....)
Simply select the 3 packs you desire and at checkout, enter the code and tah dah! You get 1 of the packs for free. Only for today though.

21 more sleeps = double reward points!

Simply make a purchase today and log onto your account to automatically earn 10c for every $1 spent. Valid for 1 day only.
Rainbow note book in picture above by Sukie.

22 more sleeps = pre-loved clothing happiness!

Valid for 1 day. Enter the code at checkout and we'll take off 30%.
Shop pre-loved baby, boys and girls.

23 more sleeps = Belle & Boo badges!

Valid for 1 day only. Eg: Spend $60 = 3 Belle & Boo badges.

Our pick of awesome gifts this Christmas

Cotcotte hen pull along Cosy crinkle book
Toadstool rattle Forest stacking blocks Rainbow animals
Bear bamboo zoo hand puppet Baby's first organic doll
Squish the yellow odd duck Wild animal lift out puzzle Turtle natural wooden teether

Princess daisy jewellery box set Astro blue space hopper Monsters collage kit
Bubbles before bed to do book Purple flower felt crown Splat floating ring toss bath toy
Fish xylophone Blue robots & trains messenger bag Pirate & his treasure puzzle
Animal stickers Birthday party tea set
White flower felt ball Construction set with tools 101pce Spin me a rainbow puzzle game

Magnetic battle ship game Baking kit in a tin Watercolour nail polish
IOU vouchers Origami aeroplanes
Red french knitting doll kit Hug badge Tricks & magic activity tin
Space man craft kit Anorak kids mag yearly subscription Daisy lane swap cards
Gift vouchers Bella felted wool doll Green crochet kids backpack

24 more sleeps - mee a bee bag deal!

Happy December!
Today we start our count down to Christmas and this year I'll be offering a special deal every day. Offers are valid for that day only, so don't be thinking too hard about it.

Our first one is ready for you, just click on the picture and it will take you to bag heaven. Hooray!
(Enter code meeabee at checkout to redeem offer.)

Let's swap!

Do you remember these cute swap cards from when you were a bit younger?
Maybe your mum would!
A young Australian artist, Sue Adams, illustrated these cute kids in the 1960's. They became very popular as greeting cards, stationary and swap cards.
Allison from Lark tracked down the original images and has brought Daisy Lane to life for the next generation to enjoy.
We've very excited to be stocking Daisy Lane swap cards and storage albums. There will be more card series coming out in the future too.

SERIES 1:

The sweetness of Belle & Boo

We're now stocking a little bit of Belle & Boo. Happy days!
In case you are not already a fan, Belle is a little girl and Boo is her bunny friend. Mandy Sutcliffe illustrates their adventures. She's based in the UK.

We have cute badges sold individually, there's sure to be one that takes your fancy.
We think they'd make swell party favours, so you can buy a mix of 6 in our Let's Party section too.
Belle & Boo's first story book "Bubbles before bed" is also full of activities related to getting ready for bed time.

We are back open! Yay!!

Valid until midnight 30th November 2010. Regular postage will be used to post all parcels.

Missed me??
Finally beyond pink and blue has had the much needed overhaul and the e-store is back baby!
Still filling the virtual shelves with new cool products.... there is lots of it!

Take a look around and please use the free postage code LAUNCH at checkout.
If you live near by, I'll be throwing in a special gift with your purchase instead of the free postage.

Music Monday: No more monkeys jumping on the bed

My girls love singing this song at the moment. Usually doing the hand actions.
I think it's time for a dance though!

Make this: Friendship bracelet

Remember making bracelets for your friends at school?
Let's teach the little ones (or slightly older ones, who would enjoy it even more).
Head over to Scrumdilly-do! for their tutorial. Awesome!

Clearing the virtual shelves!

We soooo need the space and there are some OLD favourites that really need homes, so our sale is one not to be missed! We have 'slashed' our prices big time on most products.
Having a great sale comes with some conditions though.
Here they are:
* No coupon codes are to be used (they won't work anyway...)
* No laybys please (we really need things to physically leave our mini warehouse!)
* No refunds or returns (so choose wisely)

The sale will continue until stock is gone (or I wear myself out).

I know you may be puzzled with the sudden change of sale tactic, seeings I just recently started the 'brands awareness' sale. Things were not going very well and instead of riding it through, I decided that it was in every one's best interest that I stop mucking around and just do what needs to be done! I know you appreciate this.

There are some things in the works at the moment, but will not be saying anything more about it all until I've worked it all out. But we are re-jigging beyond pink and blue and focusing on particular parts of childhood, instead of spreading ourselves over the whole deal. I hope you get what I mean and will continue to support our little business.
Mon x

(Go shopping!)

Hug-a-bub baby carriers are now on SALE!

"At hug-a-bub® we are advocates of “attachment parenting”. Attachment parenting is a high touch, responsive style of baby care that brings out the best in both baby and parents. It is a style of baby care that parents would naturally practice if they followed their own intuition." Suzanne (designer of the Hug-a-bub) is a mother of 3, a child birth educator and a Doula (birthing support attendant), who has had the privilege of working closely with hundreds of pregnant women, mothers and midwives from whom she has learned much from over the last 14 years.

Get your own Hug-a-bub wrap now for discounted price until Thursday morning.

Little Beehive on sale!!

Welcome to the Little Beehive, home of young Australian illustrator, Bee. Her cards and invitations are designed and printed in Melbourne.

On sale until Monday morning.

Nature's Child on sale

"To honour the beauty and wonder of pregnancy, birth, babies and childhood. To do this in a way that cherishes our natural instincts, our natural environment and it's resources." Jannine Barron (owner). Organic made and owned in Australia.

Limited stock available, we only have breast pads left (which are rather soft and brilliant to use again and again!), on sale until Saturday morning.

smallprints on Sale!

Sydney mum and Art Director, Alex McCarthy decided to take on a challenge from family and friends to design stylish invitations and announcements.... then smallprints was born.

Grab yourself some great invites for your next party..... for 2 days only! (Ends Thursday morning.)

bpab petal tutu skirts on Sale!

Our very own in-house label! Monica will sew and craft for you... all very colourful and most fun!

A very tiny amount on Sale from our house brand, the colourful and fun petal tutu skirts!
Reduced until Tuesday morning.

Yunginz & Agoo special offer!

No need to click the picture, because all the details are right here:

We stock Yunginz shoes at beyond pink and blue and from now until end of Winter*, when you purchase a pair of shoes** you will receive a FREE pair of Agoo Leg/Arm Warmers (valued at $14.99ea)!
Agoo leg/arm warmers are made from natural bamboo and come in lots of designs.

Warm up Winter for your kids by taking advantage of this fantastic offer and at the same time support 2 great Australian owned businesses run by mums just like you!

Conditions:
*Offer ends 31st August 2010, or while stock lasts.
**minimum footwear purchase value = $49.95
We will include a pair of warmers with your shoe order.

Hussh! clothing on SALE until Sunday

Hussh! clothing was handmade by a couple of mums in Melbourne, who I used to see at the Suzuki Night market years ago. I fell in love with their designs and bright colours. The business was sold and this is the last of the original label.

Now on sale at great discounted prices, until Sunday morning.

Boon makes bath time a pleasure!

We are very happy to welcome boon into our store. The first part of their range is dedicated to BATH TIME fun and organisation! Hooray I hear you say.
Well it's very welcomed around our home anyway.

The colours are bright, there are no holes in any of the toys (so they will not fill up with water and get all black inside and go mouldy), the floating toys, like the ring toss game and the water bugs shown above, are different and are good for all ages to play with.
The Odd Ducks are quirky as they're shapes are unique... even to each other. There are 4 to collect.
Lastly, keeping toys and bathing accessories (like bubble bath and shampoo) will be a joy to store, thanks to the frog pod (pictured) and bug pod. Their body is a scoop which detaches from the stand. You scoop up all the toys in the bath and let the water drain away through the holes in the body. Then attach to the stand again. There is a tray behind the head for accessories too.
Big bonus of boon products are that they do not contain BpA!

Makes you want to play in the bath again doesn't it? That's where I'm typing this from!

Yunginz shoes on sale!

The Yunginz™ brand came to fruition in 2007 when Jenny Celebrin got frustrated with not being able to purchase trendy shoes in small sizes for her daughter. All the decent fashionable shoes seemed to only be available from a size 12 and upwards so the challenge was on! Teaming up with Yolanda La Gorcé - another mum (also good friend and designer extraordinaire!) Jenny and Yolanda combined their marketing and design skills and Yunginz™ was born.

On sale Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday only. (this week.... like, now!)

Time for a kooky sale!

Heads up!
All these brands will be hosting their own mini sale at beyond pink and blue from Monday 19th April. Duration for each sale will be approx. 2 - 3 days or shorter if stock sells out.
We will be letting a few brands go, so the prices may be very low!
We've also randomly generated a list of all the brands, so it will be a surprise as to when a particular brand will have their sale.... that's the kooky part.

So now is the chance to get familiar with the brands (so you are ready for when their sale days pop up). Head over to our shop pages and look for the brands drop down menu on the left hand side, for all our brands.
We will update here when a new brand starts their sale days.......... it's gonna be a busy few months!

Edible peanut butter play dough!

Handy for kids who eat the play dough while they play with it!
Visit Instructables for the instructions. It has peanut butter and honey in it, so careful who you give the play dough to (allergies).
There is even a chocolate one there too!
Be sure to read the comments, as they go into suggestions to get around ingredient problems.

Happy Easter to you!

Free ecard personalized with Smilebox

Little Beehive is cute as a button!

Bee's illustrations are so retro, yet so fresh.... I have become smitten with her label!
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Little Beehive products are carbon neutral.

There are some cards (like the birdy one above), a couple of baby shower invitation packs (eeek! So adorable!) and a great creative activity like the animal friends colour-in card kit (below). Keep them for yourself or give each picture away once coloured in.