Let me just add some things. The toy manufacturers could care less about how much business we do. We handmade are not a threat to them. My tooth fairy pillows and baby booties are not going to mean a thing to them.
I don't know about your state. In mine, in some of the small towns especially, there are "stores" selling bikes, or dolls, or toys, or teddy bears. Lots have already gone out of business. Others will. This law is too strict on companies, on these mom-and-pop, hometown shops, and on us. The toy manufacturers that want to comply are confused, just as we are. We are all riding in the same boat.
I used the example of the Toy Association just so we, as sellers, could see we are not alone in this quest. It affects everyone. I don't want to see the world where ONLY handmade can be purchased. Sesame Street, Disney, Barbie - lots of other great toys are out there. Don't limit me to just handmade. Give me the freedom to buy from big companies, too. What I am saying, is that the confusion is across the board. This law is vague in regulation, it has aspects such as the labeling that are unrealistic for manufacturers or for handmade. When the Stay came about, it bought us some time. Now we are right around the corner from the labeling. Those sitting in Congress have not shared with me how I am supposed to permanently affix a label to a bootie made from one piece of yarn with no knots. Do I do one bootie or two? I am making them for comfort for a baby's foot. A label is not comfort sitting in the base of a bootie. It is the vagueness that is our challenge. The same for the toy manufacturers, the clothing manufacturers. How many of your kids hate the label in clothes now? A permanently affixed one? I don't think so. More thought needs to be put into this law. And in a hurry.
