Filed at 6:04 pm under Stories and News by Pam
Hi Everyone! We have been busy, busy, busy preparing our two new websites.
Let me tell you a little about Luxury Walking Sticks.com. We discovered these extraordinary walking sticks by Bridges and decided to offer them to the public via our Toy website even though they did not seem to ‘fit’ with our other products. We are now in our third year of selling the Bridges Walking Companions. These canes are unique, reasonably priced and very high quality. Our customers love them so much, we decided to open a separate website dedicated to these special walking sticks. Please note: We are not the manufacturer of the Bridges walking companions.
Be sure to let us know what you think!
By the way…no baby yet! But it could be any day now!
Filed at 3:06 pm under Stories and News by Pam
My name is Naomi, I am the second oldest, and first married of the Clanton gang. In addition, my wonderful husband, Stephen and I are expecting our first child this fall!
I am going to write about some of the things I remember from the original business days. I remember when there was no “warehouse”, when virtually everything that had to do with the business was stored in two rooms in our home! When the mail delivery man would scratch his head and wonder… “what on earth do they do with eight rolls of bubble wrap every other week!?” These are the things that made our home business fun and exciting.
The sound of tape guns screeching, paper crackling and bubble wrap bursting was once the soundtrack to myeveryday life. Oh, the memories of living with a home-based internet business! I loved working with Out of the Toy Box, packing and shipping surprise gifts from a Grandparent, to an excited birthday girl or boy! Later receiving stories of the child’s delight in opening the package to find a Pretend Food Birthday Party!
I loved to see every new product that came in, it was so exciting! Melissa & Doug shipments always had new things for our website. Some of my favorites were the Band In A Box, and several of their Puzzles! We all had a blast playing with the new products that we “tested”. 
Abigail was particularly intrigued by the Magic Sets, and ambushed the entire household with her “magic tricks” daily.
That’s all for now! Happy Spring!!
Filed at 11:38 am under Products and News by Pam
It seems that there is always something exciting happening here with the Crew at Out of the Toy Box. Joshua has announced that he and Julia are engaged! We are thrilled with the news! No wedding date has been set, but I will keep you posted as details unfold.
I am pleased with myself that I am posting again in such a short period of time. Maybe there is hope for me to succeed with this business of blogging.
We have recently received a nice shipment of plush toys from The Bearington Collection. The shipment included some old favorites like the Blue Bear Hugs Blanket. The Bear Hugs Collection makes a perfect baby keepsake gift. There were also many new plush toys like the Giant Tippy Toe Shoes Ballerina Bear and the Blueberries and Cream Scented Bunny Rabbit. Peter Praysmore and Patty Praysmore will be an added delight to your Easter celebrations.
We even have a pair of Bearingtons to commemorate the recent engagement of Joshua and Julia. Mr. Lovington Groom Bear and Mrs. Lovington Bride Bear are sure to be favorites among Bearington collectors.
Filed at 10:22 am under News by Pam
While I am not a fan of New Year’s resolutions, it would seem that I am in need of making one. Tomorrow is the first day of February and it has been a good while since I took the time to write my thoughts and Crew news here. Maybe I can make a February resolution to write more frequently.
We have cleaned-out our warehouse and placed a few new shelving units to hold new toys for 2007. In the process we found and donated some slightly damaged odds and ends to a local daycare. I love the joy of giving an unexpected gift, don’t you? This lady and her daughter were very gracious and thankful recipients. We were able to clear out space in the warehouse and my children experienced the joy of giving along with me. It was a very productive week!
We have already ordered new Melissa & Doug Toys that should begin arriving soon. Be sure to watch the What’s New?! page for other interesting arrivals.
By the way, Christmas for the Crew was a huge success with lots of family, fun, old traditions and some new ones, too! Over the years we have made changes to our celebrations as the need would arise. Now that we have one married daughter, we again needed to change some things about our celebrations. Hanging on to old traditions is a good thing when possible, making the holiday season less stressful for all concerned is also very important. We found that making the needed changes was such a success that we changed some other things just because it seemed fun and exciting. So, if you are struggling with changes in your family, I say, “Don’t fret. Jump in and join the change!”. You may find that it is lots of fun! We did!
