February 2019
Monday 25th We are currently experiencing a huge severe winter storm in the Pacific Northwest. We do not know if FedEx will run their routes here yet. If you receive a tracking number and no movement on it, please understand that we are delayed because of weather. We currently have over 15 inches of snow and it is still snowing.We will keep you updated. I am pretty sure that no Express planes will be flying in or out of here today.
December 2018
Good Afternoon Retailers,Our newest excel line sheet is attached. As you know we have not changed our shipping prices since 2013. We had to increase the prices given FedEx rate increases.
The prices will go live on or around January 4th or 5th. Any orders placed before that will be with the current pricing.
Included on the excel sheet are our newest gifts. We have more coming in Late January/ Early February. Some of our gifts will be phased out because of manufacturer changes, ie: Johnson and Johnson's products. Others will be given a facelift. All gifts that are on the excel sheet are currently available. We have not made any changes to product pricing. We reserve that right after the new year to see how our vendors are handling the new tariffs.
We would also like to bring to your attention Address Corrections. They will be billed at the rate of $16.00 per correction in any given month that you have one or more.
Call Tag Rates will be $9.50 because of fuel surcharges that are going up once again.
We have never charged for address corrections unless you call us to change an address through FedEx after it has shipped. We have incurred thousands of dollars of these this last year and can no longer subsidize them. If you choose to place an order with us, you are choosing to comply with our policies and this policy is now changing to include address correction charges.
We are no longer able to ship Internationally given our limitations with our platform on Volusion. The new pricing system does not work correctly with USPS and Dim Weights so we will not be offering that service. Thank you for understanding.
We truly appreciate each of you and look forward to a new year with new gifts.
We have sold out of our Boy Stork Items.
Please remove the following:
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ASD-B
LWTSD-B
2018
Storks are out and Flamingos and Swans are in.....that saying, we are very low on our storks and expect to be sold out by Thanksgiving. Watch for an email as to what gifts are affected. It seems as no major suppliers currently have Storks in their new inventory.
We have some new changes coming soon. New gifts and new pricing. We have not raised our shipping costs since 2013 and are seeing increasing costs that need to be addressed. We will explain everything very soon.
Holiday Closures are as follows.
We ARE open on Veterans Day, November 12th.
We are closed Thanksgiving Thursday the 22nd and Friday the 23rd.
The Holiday Break will be from December 20th through the 4th. We will resume business on Monday the 7th. The absolute last day we can ship will be the 19th.
Our office, as well as our warehouse, will beclosed on Monday, May 28th as we will be observing the Memorial Day holiday. Shipping will resume on Tuesday, May 29th.
We hope you all have a fantastic Memorial Day!
We will also be closed for the bi-annual maintenance of our machines June 29th-July 4th. We will resume processing and shipping on July 5th.
November 2017
We wanted to let you know our Holiday Schedule for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Thanksgiving Week Closed November 23-24th
Christmas Closed December 25th-January 3rd We will begin processing orders on January 4th.
October 2017
USPS Lives rates are currently not working. If you choose International, we will need to let you know what the rates are.We have multiple orders that have come in for the last few days that are off by $30-$45.00. We will honor those orders, but going forward until USPS fixes their live rates, we cannot honor the prices given. Please email us before you place the order or go to USPS directly to get an estimate.
2017
August 2017
We have some big news. We are relocating to Bend, OR and need to take a few weeks off for this move. We are trying to minimize the impact it will have on you. We have some employees coming with us, and some helping with the training of new employees.We expect to be fully operational by October 6th.
We are taking orders until September 14th and all orders will ship out on the 15th. Any orders coming in after the 14th will be processed in order starting October 6th.
We have attached the new transit times map and we will have a greater 1 and 2 day reach. The East Coast times will stay the same.
All of our shipping and processing policies will stay the same, except you will have one additional hour to submit same day express orders. We were able to get a later pick-up time.
- Same day shipping is available for Express gift baskets and gift sets if ordered by 10:00am (will be 11:00AM, starting on October 6th) PST. Provided they are NOT personalized.
- All other orders ship next day, when ordered by the close of the business day.
- Embroidered gifts take 2-3 days to process.
Thank you for your continued loyalty over the past 13 years. We hope to be able to continue meeting and exceeding your expectations.
We have new gifts coming this winter!!
Labor Day, September 4th we will be closed.
June 2017
We wanted to let you know that we will be closed on July 4th.
We also will be discontinuing our Diaper cake selection. We have had declining sales on these and have decided to phase them out. We will have a few of them heavily discounted until July 1st. After that, we will remove all of them from our website.
We are starting this new year off deep in snow and floods coming to our area. We will let you know if there is any disruption to service. Most of our neighboring areas have had no electricity. We have been fortunate and were able to complete inventory. We will let you know if and when the rains start the flooding, and if we become affected.
Monday Morning we will resume shipping. We have a few things going out today, but the rest will be next week.
We'd like to take this time to inform you of a few things for 2017.
- We have now sold out of Look Whoos Here GIRL Trunk
- We still have a few Boy ones and will let you know when they are gone.
- We have new items coming and a new trunk gift as it was wildly popular. We are hoping for a mid-February reveal of new gifts for the Spring and Summer season.
A Few Things to Remember This Year:
1. We will be sticking to our shipping and embroidery policies. Our policies can be found
here (in full) and have not changed, but if you can revisit them, it may helpful for successful communication.
ORDER PROCESSING:
- Same day shipping is available for Express gift baskets and gift sets if ordered by 10:00am PST. Provided they are NOT personalized.
- Diaper cakes MUST ship next day including all Express orders.
- All other orders ship next day, when ordered by the close of the business day.
- Embroidered gifts take 2-3 days to process.
EMBROIDERY SCHEDULE:
When Ordered on Friday Eve-Monday Eve- Ships Wednesday or Thursday
Ordered On Tuesday- Ships Thursday or Friday
Ordered on Wednesday- Ships Friday or Monday
Ordered on Thursday- Ships Monday or Tuesday
Ordered on Friday before 5PM- Ships Tuesday or Wednesday
Rush Embroidery Is $20.00 Extra.
Express shipping does not adjust processing times.
Shipping is calculated at checkout.
2. FedEx Rates have gone up significantly in the past three years. They have dimension weights on all their shipments. We have not had an increase since 2013. We do not anticipate increasing this year but have decided to make our gifts slightly smaller.
We did extensive research and bought a gift from almost every gift company out there. Most package their gifts much smaller than we do.
Many companies do not concern themselves with presentation. Our gifts will continue to look like they do on the website as much as possible. We pride ourselves on making and shipping gifts that are ready to give. With that said, we will be sending out a new spreadsheet with the new sizes as soon as we have the new gifts added. The wagon gifts will not be changing, they are as big as always, there is no way to change their size.
We will not be taking items out, just adjusting our basket sizes and fillers to accommodate a more compact gift. This will allow us to not increase our shipping this year.
and Finally....
3. Please remember that bibs and hats can accommodate the baby's first name. We have been receiving multiple orders in the past few months with first, middle and last names for these items. This simply cannot be done. Thank you for remembering to check that.
We are looking forward to a wonderful 2017 with you. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns. We want to be great Gift Partners with you!
November 2016
August 2016
Please remember we are closed for maintenance August 22nd-August 26th. We will begin processing orders that come in during this time on the 29th, with the appropriate lead times. Our last day to accept embroidered items to go out before this time is 6pm on the 18th.Thank you for your patience during this important time to get all of our machines up and running efficiently.
May 2016
After much thought and research, we will be adding the baby powder again to the baskets and diaper cakes. We see no reason to pull it out any longer unless Johnsons and Johnsons pulls it.
If you do not want it added, please make a note on your orders and we will continue to substitute.
Thank you and Happy May!
February 2016
As of today's lawsuit with Johnson and Johnson in which they have been held liable with their Baby Powder, we will discontinue using this product.
We will continue researching this. as for now, we will replace that item with something of similar value. Please adjust your sites accordingly. Because this is so new I cannot immediately tell you what will be the replacement in each gift, but it will be pulled and an appropriate baby item for that design will be added.
We currently have 27 designs with this product in it.
January 2016
Happy New Year
We have just sold out of the Ballerina Wagon and Gift Basket. At this time, we do not plan on redesigning. All orders to date will be fulfilled.
November 2015
Check out our New Arrivals page for new gifts. We will be adding more Diaper Cake designs soon.We hope you have a chance to increase your line with these new gifts.
We will be closed November 26-27th for Thanksgiving weekend.
We are also going to be closed December 24-January 1st for Christmas and the New Year. We will begin processing orders again on Monday, January 4th.
July 2015
The Cashmere Bunny will be closed on Friday, July 3rd in observance of Independence Day 
We will resume regular business hours on Monday, July 6th.
May 2015
Our office as well as our warehouse will be closed on Monday, May 25th as we will be observing the Memorial Day holiday. Shipping will resume on Tuesday, May 26th.
We hope you all have a fantastic Memorial Day!
March 2015
All shipments are now coming from our Oregon Location. We are also cleaning up our mailing list. If you are not receiving our emails, please let us know.
December 2014
We just wanted to let you know that we will be closed on December 24th-January 2nd. We service our machines twice a year and we need this time to do it.
All orders received during this time will be processed the week of January 5th. Please remember that embroidery takes 2-3 days.
Radio Flyer Wagons have had serious supply issues this year, we have been able to avoid them until now. We will send an updated email later this week, but we think we may eventually be out before they ship our wagons. We have been promised them since August. Luckily, we had a plentiful supply in both our warehouses, but this week we are going to be out unless radio Flyer ships.
We will keep you updated.
We hope your Holiday is filled with lots of love from family and friends.
October 2014
Good Afternoon Valued Partners,
September 2014
After much consideration, we have decided to discontinue our gourmet selection including our sympathy, get well and holiday offerings. With the two previous Google updates, we have found that our sales have declined in this area.
We have decided to focus our attention on our baby line which continues to grow and change.
As of October 1, 2014 all gourmet gifts will be discontinued. Please adjust your sites to reflect this change.
Our goal is to continue to be the leader in baby gifts heading into the new year and we look forward to your continued business.
An updated excel sheet will be available on October 1st for those who request it .
Just a quick note to let you know we sold out of the brag books in the Little Safari Gifts (LSGB and LSGBB). A new design is now available. Most items stay the same, but we replaced the brag book with a cute Sophie The Giraffe Board Book. You can view the new designs here:
August 2014
Just a quick note to let you know that in observance of Labor Day, we will be closed Monday, September 1st. Shipping will resume on September 2nd. Please remember to calculate the embroidery times with this closure in mind.
1. As you know, Baby Einstein retired their production of musical CD's. We have now sold out of our stock which forces us to discontinue The All Girl Baby Wagon (AGPBW) http://www.thegiftpartners.com/product-p/agpbw.htm. Please remove this item from your sites.
July 2014
Our long run (2006) with one of our best sellers is officially over. The PABBW Personalized All Boy Wagon is now SOLD OUT and discontinued. We have a few more AGPBW All Girl Wagons left and then those will be gone also. As you know we have had to discontinue all gifts with DVD's and CDs from Baby Einstein as they are no longer producing them.
Please continue to check out our newest gifts. We see some of these becoming our new best sellers.
June 2014
We have new designs up on our New Arrivals page. Some are replacement pictures and descriptions of some of our Best Selling gift baskets that were discontinued because Baby Einstein CD's and DVD's were discontinued by the manufacturer.
Please check out our page for New Arrivals!!
