The Straw-lution Straw

Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

jkeas — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:01:29 +0000

It is that time of year again, in the Wallace household!!!

Home of the-

this time of year means SNOW!!!

Yes, even in Round Rock, Texas!
We are expanding this year to raise funds for a great cause. Our sweet friend, Story Cox, is battling a rare form of Leukemia, and just recently was given a bone marrow transplant from her very brave and loving big sister! We will be accepting donations at the Snow Room to be given to this inspiring little girl and her amazing and incredibly strong family, to help with her fight to become cancer free!
You can read more about their journey here- http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/storycox

In addition to frost-bite free snow…we will have a Holiday Bazaar, loaded with lots of fun gifts for everyone in your family, and at a great price!!

Flower Petal Tutus only $17, Adorable baby outfits, sizes 0-12 months only $15 (includes booties and hair bows!), Holiday shirts for kids and adults, Personalized door mirrors $15, Hair bows, dog accessories……. and much more!!!!

Come check it out, and bring your friends!

Snow fun will be Everyday starting Friday, December 10th- from 10:00am- 7:00pm.

Location- 3221 Pine Needle Cove, Round Rock 78681

All donation amounts accepted for entry into the Snow Room!!

It’s Party Time!

jkeas — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:48:24 +0000

Ok, this is only for you “in-towners”! Unless you wanted to make a trip!!!

Straw-lution Packaging Parties!!
Every Thursday, Everyone’s invited…!

Hey Everyone!

As you all know The Straw-lution Straw is off and running full speed
ahead! We are so excited and humbled by all the enthusiasm surrounding
this new concept/product! It has been quite a roller coaster ride from
day one. From concept to patents, engineering to manufacturing,
starting the company and getting investors, creating packaging and
building a website, learning social media and tackling PR….. my head
has been spinning! But with the help of my amazing “team”, and of
course family and friends, the sky is the limit!

As I’m sure you have seen, we have some very big events coming up! The
Straw-lution Straw will be mentioned in the upcoming September issue of
Parenting Magazine! We have a big trip planned to Las Vegas to the ABC
Kids Expo where we will be featured in the New Product Showcase, and the
Modern Child section of the trade show. At the show,there will be an
opportunity for thousands of companies and distributors to learn about our
new product, from all over the World! We have countless Bazaars, sales,
and markets on the calendar; and are waiting on the feature dates for media,
both online and print, all over the country!

Because we are a very small company with very BIG goals we are reaching
out to our friends and family again! To prepare for the upcoming
excitement we have over 400,000 straws that need to be packaged! We
could never do it on our own, so we are inviting everyone to
Straw-lution Packaging Parties! It’s a chance for us to share our
goals with you, get some time to chat with friends, and take advantage
of LOTS of extra hands!!

Every Thursday, starting this Thursday, July 22nd we are inviting
everyone over to the house! We will provide some snacks, drinks,
hats, and plastic gloves…!!! As long as you can count to twelve,
you are Perfect for the job!! We will never turn down help, (on any
day), but on Thursdays we will literally open the house up to anyone
that wants to come help from 10:00am- Midnight! Children are more
than welcome during the day, but after 8pm, we will bust out the
wine, and have some adult time!!

This is completely open to anyone and everyone that is interested in
“being a part” of the Straw-lution family, and helping out a local
entrepreneur! If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask
and please Pass This Along!!

Thanks so much!

Sitting Pretty!

jkeas — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:44:17 +0000

We are so proud to present our beautiful displays! We have been working so hard on these, and we are thrilled with how they turned out! Here are the finished products. We are able to offer a full stand-up floor display, a single counter display and a double counter display. Check them out and spread the word! If you have a favorite store where you’d like to see the Straw-lution Straw, please let us know!

And We’re LIVE!

jkeas — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:55:34 +0000

Jamie was up bright and early on Saturday, and headed for the KXAN studio. We had a spot on the KXAN morning show! It was very exciting, very nerve-wracking, and absolutely FLEW by! Check out the spot here!

Musing Mommies

jkeas — Thu, 06 May 2010 23:50:52 +0000

Jamie rocked her interview with Kim and Dawn of Musing Mommies, and the episode aired today! Jamie shared the ins and outs of her Straw-lution journey and gave some insight to her busy world! Check out the podcast here. Pull up a chair, grab a drink (and a straw!), sit back and enjoy!

Expo Extravaganza!

jkeas — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:06:24 +0000

We had an exTREMEly busy weekend! We split up so we could head in two different directions. We had a big local festival, in Georgetown, and then the huge Dallas Kids Expo! Both were tons of fun and gave us the opportunity to meet some new faces and work with some very friendly people. Thanks to everyone involved (especially the guy in Dallas who found a dolly and helped us take everything back to our car after a loooong day on our feet!!)!

Our first Podcast!

jkeas — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:20:20 +0000

We are scheduled for our first podcast interview with Musing Mommies Kim and Dawn! These moms are fun, down to earth women, just sharing views and interests with whoever wants to listen. Kim and Dawn ask their listeners to chime in with questions, answers, problems and possibilities. They tackle important issues on child rearing and relationships, they address both common and infrequent questions, they introduce listeners to new products and/or trends, and then remind of the old and tried-and-true “go-to’s”.

And then they get lost in their own little banter and that is why we love them.

Get to know Kim and Dawn over at Musing Mommies. And keep an ear tuned for the extra special Straw-lution episode!

International!?!!

jkeas — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:40:11 +0000

Wow, three weeks ago, if you had told us we’d soon be filling an international sale, we might just have laughed till it hurt…! But, here we are today at our favorite PostNet store, boxing up 1,000 bags of straws to send to Singapore!

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It’s Hip2Save on your Straw-lution Straw!

jkeas — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:20:51 +0000

We teamed up with Collin from Hip2Save and had a big giveaway! We surprised FIVE winners with a full 4-pack of Straw-lution Straws, and also provided a unique coupon code just for Hip2Save followers! It was a huge hit! The giveaway had over 1,300 entries, and we learned lots of new uses and benefits of our straw from the eager Hip2Save readers!

Thanks Collin, for being such a great and gracious host!

Check out Collin’s site…It’s not your Grandma’s coupon site, now it’s Hip2Save!