Etsy Shop Owner Closes Children’s Shop As A Result of CPSIA
[This is another in a series of posts by Susan Maphis covering the impact of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). For more information about the CPSIA, read Susan's previous article: The End Of Handmade and sign up for her CPSIA Alerts Mailing List ]
Etsy shop owner Beth Newbern-Hallam is yet another business owner who is being forced to sell off her line of children’s products due to the impending CPSIA legislation. She has been selling her hand-knit and crocheted children’s items online since 1996.
“It seems surreal that I won’t be knitting anymore little sweaters or booties,” Newbern-Hallam says. “I won’t be sewing up anymore little rompers. No more baby toys. Legally, I can’t even make these things for friends anymore.” Her Etsy shop, PSBB Designs, currently is selling off her variety of sweaters, blankets, afghans, outfits, and accessories.
“I am going to stop making children’s items,” she says. “Instead, I’m going to use this shop to sell off all the supplies, and items I can no longer use to make children’s items.” Newbern-Hallam will continue her other shop, Jus Shar Designs, which sells hand-knit and crocheted items for teens and adults.
“I just hope our government knows what they are doing,” Newbern-Hallam says. “The fall-out is going to be tragic.”
[ For more information about the CPSIA, read Susan's previous article: The End Of Handmade]
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You have stopped knitting booties because of a poorly thought out law that was supposed to address a serious breakdown in safety among a few large companies, but has caused widespread destruction to natural, home spun, wholesome, small businesses. Does it look like the government knew what it was doing? I don’t think so.
September 19th, 2009 at 10:58 pmI think this whole thing stinks to high heaven! This is absolutely ridiculous! This is just another example of what our government is doing and the decisions they are making because they think it’s what’s best for us. They think it’s best that people don’t use the welfare program unless absolutely necessary…yet, they force someone out of business who may well be the one making the money to support her family! Catch 22? I think so. I mean, it would possibly be different if she was selling things that contain lead, or things like toys that have long ropes on them that babies could harm themselves with accidentally….. But bibs and booties? Yall better get ready. This is only gonna get worse since our wonderful “president” thinks he’s gonna solve all our problems and bring about big change. If people don’t wake up and realize what’s going on and decide to fight and do something about all this mess, we will become another socialist country, and be oppressed people who cannot make decisions for ourselves. I’m serious. It’s gonna get a whole lot worse before it gets better. Be ready for soup kitchens and food lines, etc. I am truly sorry that our government made your business shut down. That is a shame that you can’t use your sewing skills to help your family make ends meet. Some kind of change…huh?!
September 30th, 2009 at 3:34 pmHey, Sherri! If you bothered to look up the law (assuming you can read), you’d see that it was your precious Rethuglican Governor-President Bush and his cronies who were responsible for the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act *of 2008*. Please note, 2008. Obama wasn’t yet elected.
This law was affecting such businesses during Bush’s last term. I know this because the first I heard of it was through an online store at which I was shopping for a coming-home dress for my daughter.
Why don’t you turn off Faux News and Drug Addict Limbaugh for a change and actually find out who is responsible for all the garbage that’s going down now?
October 29th, 2009 at 9:40 amThat is very sad news indeed. At least the owner of Etsy can sell off the tools used to make the cute booties and aprons. Maybe someone can benefit from it, and open up a small shop in the real world? Hopefully.
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