Category: Miscellaneous

Back when I first started working here as “the shipping girl”, I had no clue about anything organic. I only know organic being pesticide free, such as organic foods. But as the days passed, I’ve learned more and more about our products. All our fabrics are made from natural fibers and are cultivated pesticide-free, like cotton in which, if you know your cotton, requires massive amounts of pesticide to grow. I didn’t think organic would make much difference to me, anyway but, with my many convesations with customers (I answer the phones, too some of the time) about chemical sensitivities, I didn’t realize how important my role really is. I have accomodated different requests in more than one occassion where orders should be packaged in certain ways, like no plastic or invoices or catalogs should be sent separately from the merchandise. I might think a customer is too picky but, that is a big part of my job, giving what customers want. You’ll be surprised about the comments customers call in about their packages. It might not be a very big thing to any of us but, to the customers doing a little thing as packaging items very tight that they don’t move around makes a big difference. And that’s why I make it my business.

From Cris

The recent Mother Earth News magazine talks about “Easy Solar Power”. Believe it or not, we still get calls about this occasionally. Since my hubby left the business six years ago, we nixed the Solar stuff (that was his forte), and we’ve concentrated on the “organic comfort” end of things. We’ve certainly changed over the years. Way back when, before the dot-com era, there weren’t many resources for folks to get things, and we helped by trying to offer as many “eco” things as possible in our catalog. Now that more items are available in various places, we’ve been able to focus on our specialty of producing organic bedding, clothing and body care. So as we let go of the old standbys such as cleaning supplies, fair trade gifts and books, be on the lookout for new “organic comfort” products that we have in development now. As soon as our testing is complete, we’ll be offering these new items in the near future!

Hi, you guessed it, my name is Hans and I am the newest addittion to the Tomorrows World Family and the ONLY GUY here! Already several of you have commented on the fact that you have never spoke to a male at Tomorrows World and now that has changed. I come to you with several years experience in both customer service and retail and look forward to helping you in any way I can

I had a very interesting call today about our organic percale bedding sheets. The customer is so excited about his new sheets that he recently ordered. He was surprised how good he’s been sleeping lately. He said “I’d never imagined that such a simple set of organic bed sheets could affect the quality of my sleep”. Needless to say he had placed another order for our organic wool pillows.

We had another photo shoot today. A few toddlers running around – cute as they were, it was hard to grab a photo without the BLUR factor. But we did find one of the little girl, early on in the session. It is somewhat serene, and it works. So, we’ll go with that for the next catalog and hope our customers understand the quietness in the image of her on the mattress. The kids really did seem to enjoy frolicking on the different organic beds — this one, that one – and that one – and another one. It was just so hard to keep pace with them (two and four years old, you got the vision?). Look for the photo in the next catalog mailing next month~

You know around here, I don’t sing row row row your boat. I prefer tape tape tape the box. And the stronger the tape the better! We had a bad batch of tape not long ago… couldn’t wait to get the real stuff. Good tape means our customers get their items in great condition. That’s my job.. and I’m “sticking” to it.

By Cris

Ask any of my friends. I love my black tees. I have about twenty of them. My favorite? Well, of course, our women’s organic cotton scoopneck. It’s so soft and it fits perfec-tee-ly. Anyone that doesn’t know me probably thinks I wear the same old shirt everday. I once read it’s a sign of genius to have several of the same garments because you don’t waste time or energy with the thought of what you’re going to wear. Hmmm… maybe I’m a genius! But then again, it’s pretty smart of me to prefer organic. And it’s smart for everyone else too. Not only does organic fiber create a premium fabric, it’s also benefical to our environment and to our skin. Softer, cleaner, fresher. It’s an ideal fiber for apparel, undies, sleepwear and bedding.

~c

We now have this “new” blog up and running. Hope you like it. We’ll try to move our archives of “letters” and “tidbits” over to this site a little at a time. But for now, this is the new place we’ll be posting news, articles, and random ramblings!