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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: In Search Of...
I don't have any to sell, but I can help you in your search:
the unpaper towels, we just made ourselves. I sewed 8" cloth to a terry backing (some I used terry-cloth with a thermal-type backing) to make them two-ply, and picked up my own snaps and snap pliers. Try www.kamsnaps.com. It was fun, because I got to use great patterns that matched my kitchen. Each unpaper towel has two female snaps on one end and two male snaps on the other. Snap them together, and voila'. Very cost effective.
We also made our own (well, I made) reusable baggies, we just bought some PUL backing for the cloth pieces... I suppose snaps could/work on these too, as long as you're not putting anything too messy in there.
I got our dryer balls from Fuzzy Wuzzy Dryer Balls on the EcoNest blog, here. They're not expensive, and they work wonders. Try some of the other vendors there, too. And try the EFF blog for more places to find stuff for your baby (giveaways too).
HTH!
Cloth reusable snack bags and sandwich bags
~I got all my reusable bags from reuseit.com. If you sign up for their newsletter you always get coupons.
Unpaper towels
~I bought a few stacks of bar towels from Target. I keep a wastecan under the sink in the kitchen and throw them in there. I wash them once a week
Cloth wipes
~I got all my CW and CDs from pinstripesandpolkadots.com. I used Thirsties wipes and really like them.
Mama cloth
~Not tried this
Stainless steal water bottle
~Again reuseit.com
Goodmamas
~Not tried
Small wet bag
~I got my planet wise wet bag from PNP listed above
Wool dryer balls
~I don't have wool. I actually use Nellies dryer balls. Got them from reuseit.com too
Organic lovey
~I know Under the Nile has a lot of organic baby toys and lovelys. I got my DD some cloth veggies and she loves them, the green bean in particular. I got them http://www.babyearth.com/toys-for-baby.html
HTH!!
I'm also a HUGE fan of reuseit.com, if you switch over slowly then it seems like less of a monetary burden.
Instead of paper towels we use SKOY cloths: http://www.skoycloth.com/index_files/products.htm
They're amazing