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The New York International Gift Fair is finally over, the Wry Baby booth is tucked away into it’s spankin’ new, customized  rock-star Roadie case and we’re back in the saddle here at Wry Baby HQ. It was great to see all our fun store friends and show off all the new goods we launched. Seven new Snapsuits will be coming to a store near you this week! Once we get that squared away, we’ll share all the newness with you! For now, here’s some snaps of our time in NY! Enjoy!

Our new custom case for the Wry Baby booth. Believe it or not, we could have had a dressing room built into it. Along with a big screen TV. No joke.

The whole shebang, all lined up and ready to go. Check out the new POP! Coming to stores soon!

Our Pirate Hooded Towels and Pirate Washcloths were a big hit this show!

See anything new? Someday I’ll Have a Hairy Chest and Someday I’ll Demand a Pony are coming joining the Snapsuit lineup this Spring.

All done! Wry Baby Kelly did all the heavy lifting. Dave just showed up to pose in this photo. Loser!

Well, it might as well be a nutshell. Despite launching the most new fun baby clothes and accessories ever, when we broke down the new booth every single thing we offer fit in this little box! Crazy!

A testament to our new packaging, all 15 new baby gifts along with 36 other fun baby items fit in this bitty widdle box!

It was sort of all a blur. That’s how the big August show has gone in the past and it was nice (“in this economy”) to have it back! For the first time, stores from all over the world were introduced to Wry Baby’s signature Snapsuit™ in three new colors (Grape, Tomato and Gooseberry) and with 13 fun, new designs! They also come in some sexy, brand new packaging that’ll be easier to gift wrap and easier to spot from across a crowded boutique. Below I’m posting some scenese from the show and some of the favorite designs you’ll see in a fun store near you around the end of September. Keep your eyes peeled!

Our shiny new booth at the New York International Gift Show. A neat, modern line-up of our newest, brightest, funniest baby clothes ande accessories.

Of the 15 new funny baby clothes and accessories we launched this week, Future Cougar was considered the best. But it was close! Pretty much everything we launched was a hit and a half. Above is a nice shot of our new, slim packaging, too.

At the end of the NYIGF, we usually grab some beers and head to the roof of our favorite hotel on the Upper West Side for a little R&R before heading home. Here’s a shot of our 3rd Grade Chess Champion schooling his Pop. And, yes, that’s a Mario Bros. themed chess board!

We had to get back to the Javits to make sure our giant can lights were focused on the fun in booth 1740, but we got to get out and go shopping for the afternoon. A nice break before Wry Baby Dave gets locked into the Javits for the rest of the trip. Can’t wait for tomorrow, the start of the NYIGF!

On our half-day-of-NY-fun, we stopped by one of our favorite haunts, Kid Robot. I was looking for a Sof’Boy vinyl figure and found the ultimate. $300 for this giant version that I’d never get home in one piece. Sof’Boy is a gloriously inappropriate comic book about a little glob who is abused in the most graphic of ways while keeping the most positive of attitudes. Want to see more? Visit his Facebook page here.

Here’s a little early look at what Wry Baby’s unveiling tomorrow morning in NY at the New York International Gift Fair!

“In this economy” Wry Baby Atticus travels to the New York International Gift Fair in “Baggage Class” to cut costs.

If you’re going to be at the New York International Gift Fair, come visit Wry Baby Dave in Booth 1740-1742 and see the 15 new, funny baby clothes and accessories we’re bringing into the world!

The family Wry Baby is off to New York for the New York International Gift Fair with the most new fun baby clothes and accessories than we’ve ever had at one show before! I know, right?! We’ll be posting some of our adventures here once we hit the big sit-ay, along with sneak peaks of all the newness-ness!

Wonder what it’s like to exhibit at the world’s best gift fair? Check out our video series from last January’s show! The August show will be the exact same except it’ll be there won’t be snow, we’ll have a whole new booth, Kelly and Atticus will be there and I’ll be wearing far less clothing. Also I’ll age a year while I’m there!

Setting Up at the New York International Gift Fair.

The Day Before the Big NYIGF is (Hopefully) Always a Shopping Day.

Opening Day at the New York International Gift Fair.

The Best Fun Stores at the NYIGF.

See What It’s Like to Exhibit at the New York International Gift Fair.

Meet Some Fun Exhibitors at the NYIGF.

Last Day Chaos at the New York International Gift Fair.

Argh! We Wry Baby folk be lucky to be spotted in Earnshaw’s Magazine. Aye, and it be our new Pirate Hooded Towel that be gettin’ all the glory! Ye won’t be findin’ it in stores, ye scurvy dogs, until later this year. But if ye be a land lubbin’ habedashery o’ sorts, ye can set sail fer the NYIGF ‘n get a glass eye full o’ our fare.

Wry Baby, meet L.A.’s hottest baby apparel shops. It’s love at first sight at the spectacularly hip Eloisa & Mia Showroom at the California Market Center in Downtown Los Angeles. It’s showtime right now and our fun baby gear never looked better! If you have a cute shop that could use some crazy-popular, funny baby gifts AND you happen to be in La La Land, stop by and check out all the great lines at Eloisa & Mia. Too fun!

Eloisa & Mia are located at

110 e. 9th street, ste. a611los angeles, ca  90079
213.486.9827 tel.      213.995.0641 fax
eloisaandmia@aol.com

	Mysterio Predicts the Week of March 9, 2009 Through a minor disturbance in the time-space continuum you will spend the week feeling as though you and your family are living one hour forward…in the FUTURE! Place all sporting wagers and buy all stock futures before November 2009, when time will return to normal.

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