December 1st, 2009 by Laurel.
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My first child was late. Two weeks late and born ten pounds, and I really, really didn’t want that to happen again. Five days before my son’s due date I went to Brooklyn Community Acupuncture to have my labor induced. It didn’t hurt. In fact, I couldn’t stop laughing. Could NOT stop laughing. I laughed uncontrollably for an hour, and went home. My “show” came out an hour later. The next day I went in for another hour long giggle fest. At home that night, my labor started, progressed and seven hours later, my son was born. All I can say is, it beat pitocin hands down. Furthermore, it was cheap. Two sessions cost me under $45. Also cheaper than the pitocin drip!
Chinese medicine is an excellent adjunct to your prenatal, labor, and postpartum care. It can help you have
a healthy pregnancy: rid you of common aches and pains including sciatica,
Sliding Scale Community Acupuncture
ease nausea and fatigue, stop heartburn, constipation, and other digestive
upsets, and help manage gestational diabetes and hypertension. Acupuncture
is extremely effective at turning breech babies, inducing labor, and
helping you work through labor pains. After your baby is born, Chinese
medicine is an excellent choice for helping over-/under-lactation,
mastitis, general energy and blood building, post-partum anemia,
post-partum depression, and many other conditions!
Brooklyn Community Acupuncture is committed to bringing accessible,
affordable acupuncture to Portland. They offer a sliding scale of $15-$35
per treatment, so that you can get treatment as often as you need to
really stay well. They are located at 1212 SE Powell Blvd. (in the same
complex as Subway Sandwich Shop), and their phone number is (503)
233-4341. They are open 7 days a week, so call them to make an
appointment!
November 27th, 2009 by Laurel.
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Lights on Broadway '09
I, myself, don’t like to go anywhere NEAR a store on the day after Thanksgiving. Even for a sale, and especially not at a big box store where one might possible trample/be trampled. A bargain is a good thing though…and so is community and supporting local businesses. That is why bella stella is sponsoring “Lights On Broadway” this year- a celebration of the fantastic variety of businesses we have right here in the hood.
Friday Dec 4- Sunday Dec 6, all toys, art supplies, crafts, kits and science projects are 20% off, at both stores. Check out the other deals offered by NE Broadway businesses at www.broadwaymerchants.com .
We always appreciate your business. Small local businesses depend on the patronage and loyalty of the neighbors, it’s no secret. As times get tight and tighter, we know that “shopping local” can seem like an extravegance. On behalf of my own and all the little neighborhood like mine, I want to thank you for doing it anyway. It’s why we open the doors in the morning, and it means the world.
November 25th, 2009 by Laurel.
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Spend this friday green, not black. By shopping locally and supporting our neighbors we can spend this friday making everything alittle greener. At both Bella Stella stores we are offering 20% off of all toys, crafts, art and sciencey things. Anything your kid can ‘do’, you get for 20% off! Have a happy and yummy holiday and we will see you on friday!
November 21st, 2009 by Laurel.
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Cleanwell Natural Hand Sanitizer
We’ve been sick. So has the whole kids school. Of course. But now I’m starting to get disturbed about the amount of disgusting, harsh, chemically alcohol handsanitizer my kid is slathering on in the course of a school day. REsponse? I bought a case of Cleanwell Natural Hand Sanitzer for her class, a few bottles for the house, and of course a ton for the store. Why Cleanwell? Well, firstly, it smells like a creamsickle, so it gets used. More importantly, though, CleanWell hand sanitizers are made with a patented formulation of essential plant oils lab proven to kill 99.99 percent of the harmful germs. CleanWell is the only hand sanitizer that is all-natural and alcohol-free. The ingredients in CleanWell are safe for kids, non-toxic, and come from rapidly renewable resources that grow abundantly worldwide. And it isn’t too spendy. We have the whole hand sanitizer line available, at both stores.
BoogieWipes
What else? BoogieWipes! Not for diaper changes (though they will work in a pinch) these guys (invented by a couple local Portland moms!) are soaked in saline and really get the crusted on boogs off. We have the big packs as well as the individual packs (send one in your kids pocket, their teacher will be glad they have something to use other than a sleeve) at both stores.
But wait! We have one more weapon in our fight against the crud. It isn’t bleacj, either. You’ve hear the stories about the towns in Southern France that avoided the plague because of all the lavender and thyme they were growing. Well, it has a lot of scientific basis. Essential oils, particularly Thyme, Oregano and Eucalyptus
White Thyme Oil
are anti-bacterial and…antiviral! Put down the Clorox. Fill a spray bottle with water, vinegar and some Thyme oil and you are in business. Put a few drops of Oregano oil in a diffuser, and not only will the room smell like youv’e been cooking some awesome Italian food, it’ll kill the crud-bugs in the air. As always, check with your doctor if you are pregnant, as essential oils are potent and can have unwanted effects for pregnant women. Good luck and drink your water. It’s ugly out there.
November 10th, 2009 by Laurel.
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Now at both Bella Stella Baby and Bella Stella Big Kids when you buy a $100.00 gift certificate we want to give you a $20.00 gift certificate as our gift to you. They say that it’s the season of giving, well a little receiving ain’t so bad either! This special is going on between now and December 1st.
October 30th, 2009 by Laurel.
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We just got in this amazing book, it’s call ‘Stencil 101′ by Ed Roth. It contains 25 reusable stencils for any kind of project that you can think of. Shirts, furniture, walls, pillowcases, anything! And did I mention how cool these stencils are? There is everything from Mexican Luchador masks, to deers, to sumo wrestlers, to turntables. It’s even got a nifty little pocket in the back to store your stencils. This book is awesome, hours of fun. Your own custom creations are boundless!
October 28th, 2009 by Laurel.
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From October 28th to November 13th Bella Stella will be collecting donations for Portlands Winter Warm-Up and YOU can help. Bring in your warm winter baby/children and maternity clothes to one of our stores and whatever we cannot take at the store you can donate to a great cause. The Winter Warm-Up is a clothes give away for Mamas’ and Kids’ alike thrown by the ICTC of Portland. The give away is happening Saturday November 14th at 2:30-4:30 at the ICTC (N.Rosa Parks Way, Portland OR 97217). There will also be lead testing available for you children and their toys (one toy per child, please). This is a great way to help a awesome cause. Hope to see you soon.
October 23rd, 2009 by Laurel.
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Cute, but not my kid. www.amymcmullen.com
I just thought I’d take a minute out to answer a very popular question at both stores. You may have noticed, there are lots and lots of photographs of beautiful children on the walls. No, they are not all our children. That would be a little much, even for a TLC show.
They are in fact, the photo’s of other peoples children, as captured by some of our favorite independent Portland children’s photographers. At the moment, we have Amy Mcmullen showing at the baby store, and Kimber Dalquist showing at the big kid store. Both are highly talented, underpriced (shh) and really fun to work with. Living in a city as rich as Portland in talent and artistry, there really is no excuse not to get your kid and family photographed as often as you ought to.
Check them out at the stores or at their websites:
www.kimberphoto.com
www.amymcmullen.com
www.kimberphoto.com
October 13th, 2009 by Laurel.
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Who wants health care? We do!
We Want Health Care!
We are holding a “Time to Deliver” Call party to push for health care reform. On Tuesday, October 20th, OFA volunteers will be at both bella stella locations to help us call constituents around the country and ask them to call on their representatives to support reform.
If you’ve never called congress, now is the time. We’ll walk you through it, keep an eye on the kids, bring the snacks, and if you make the call, we will give you 20% off your purchase at either store.
Our goal? 100 calls to help get 100,000 calls to Congress placed or committed to in a single day. It’s an ambitious goal, but the stakes couldn’t be higher — and if we hit it, we cannot be ignored.
October 12th, 2009 by Laurel.
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Ever notice how much amazing girls clothing is out there and how very sorry the boy section is? If you’ve done any investigation, you’ve probably noticed that Knuckleheads (family-owned right up in Vancouver WA!) has been working hard to make things right. Super cute, current clothes for boys where nobody else is making it. We had the pleasure of rifling through their samples and overstocks and our haul is now on the shelves! Sample sale prices on Knuckleheads? Get them while they last!
Knuckleheads at bella stella!
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