Product Review & Giveaway: Bitty Braille
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED, PLEASE CHECK ABCK FOR THE WINNER. THANKS!
Bitty Braille has the most unique shirts I have ever seen. I completely feel in love with them the moment I saw them. I have never seen children's t-shirts with Braille on them. The concept behind Bitty Braille is that it introduces Braille to young children. Bitty Braille features simple "kid-friendly" fun words, written on tees in Braille, with exquisite faceted rhinestuds for girls and metal studs for boys. Bitty Braille donates a portion of every sale to the American Foundation for the Blind (afb.org). The AFB is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1921 to provide research, representation, information and discussion regarding the possibilities for people with vision loss. Helen Keller worked for AFB for over 40 years until her death in 1968.
The first products to Bitty Braille were the Personalized Braille name pendants and birthstone Braille initial charms were the first products in the Braille line of goodies. Bitty Braille infant and toddler tees are the next step.
The concept is to introduce Braille to the young in addition to offering a unique, hip and trendy collection of tees. They are custom handcrafted by the owner/designer in her central NY home studio on 100% cotton American Apparel tees.
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We received the lavender shirt that says "smile" on it. MY girls are always making people smile, so I figured when people read "smile" on the shirt, they would indeed smile! I love how soft the tees are. Each tee is hand crafted, so technically they are OOAK. I showed the shirt to hubby and he smiled and said, "that is really cute" I then said, "yes but did you notice it is written in braille?" His eyes got big and said, "wow, that is really neat. I have never seen a shirt with Brailled on it"
Bitty Braille offers more than just adorable shirts! Their newest product is the alphabet tiles. A great educational tool! Useful for both sighted & visually impaired children and adults. Perfect for learning each letter as well as spelling words.
You can also find personalized tees, hair clips (the charm on the clip spells the first initial of your little girls name) and bitty birthstone charms.
If you want to purchase your own Bitty Braille item you can visit their website at Bitty Braille
Bitty braille is also giving my readers a chance to win a 33 dollar gift certificate. The winner will be able to choose any shirt or item they like! All you have to do to enter is visit Bitty Braille, take a look around and then tell me in a comment what product you would buy if you won!
This giveaway is for U.S. Residents Only!
Also, you can leave an email address if you'd like to be contacted directly; I'll be submitting the winner's name and contact instructions to PRIZEY.Fetch, though, so if you'd prefer you can check there after the giveaway closes
This giveaway will run from March 7th to March 15th 2008.
3/08/2008 11:17 AM
infant boys short sleeved tee 12-18 months
3/08/2008 11:49 AM
I like the toddler (2T) boys short sleeve shirts.
3/08/2008 11:50 AM
Girls size 3t silly shirt
3/08/2008 1:21 PM
what a neat site!! i would get ella a size 4 pink shirt with her name on it!!
thanks for sharing this site!!
3/08/2008 1:27 PM
I'd get the Bitty Braille boys long sleeved tee with my granson's name in braille.
3/08/2008 1:48 PM
i like the dud boys shirt in green
3/08/2008 2:02 PM
I love the lavender silly tee. This is such a great idea, especially now a days where there is so much focus on children learning languages other than their own fluent one.
Num1twinkie at yahoo dot com
3/08/2008 2:34 PM
so cute! Toddler girls tees for me!
jessh1218@hotmail.com
3/08/2008 2:54 PM
i like the boys short sleeve tees :)
great site!
3/08/2008 4:03 PM
i love the girl short sleeve tee
3/08/2008 4:18 PM
Thank you so much for this giveaway. I love the Girls Short Sleeve Tee Size 6. Thank you and please enter me.
3/08/2008 4:44 PM
i love the 6-12 month olive short sleeved "dude" shirt!! so cute.
3/08/2008 5:07 PM
I would buy my oldest dd (13), who sometimes gets left out now that we have little ones, the Bitty Braile birthstone charms. I'd spell out her name. She would love it!
-RachelV
3/08/2008 5:09 PM
The dude shirt 2T would be perfect. Good for you for helping sensitize people to differently abled individuals. You are WAY cool.
3/08/2008 5:59 PM
i would get the alphabet tiles. What a great way to learn about braille! Thanks!
katebeth45 at gmail dot com
3/08/2008 6:10 PM
The dude shirt 2T would be perfect
3/08/2008 7:46 PM
I like the custom shirts and the hairclips! I'd have to decide which kid would get the tee, though...
3/08/2008 7:52 PM
That is really neat and different! If I won, I'd get a shirt for my daughter with her name on it. I'm also eyeing the hairclips and birthstone charms and might buy those as well.
3/08/2008 8:02 PM
i think there all so cute and i could realy use this foe my littleone
3/08/2008 8:36 PM
I like the braille tiles, but I would buy the long sleeved t-shirt that says Laugh in navy for my little one.
Thanks! :)
Marissa
md-sweeps (at) hotmail (d0t) com
3/08/2008 10:42 PM
I just loooove the products offered. What a cute and genius idea!
If I won, I'd get the toddler boys short sleeve tee in navy with the word dude on it.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
3/08/2008 10:48 PM
i would buy the personalized t-shirts.
3/09/2008 5:12 AM
dude shirt size 3T would be perfect...thanks!
3/09/2008 5:59 AM
My son is always saying dude so I guess that I would have to get him the dude tshirt. Thanks for the chance.
3/09/2008 7:20 AM
I would get a personalized tee in lavender!
kelli (at) pfrog (dot) net
3/09/2008 8:34 AM
I like the boys short sleeve tees.
3/09/2008 12:16 PM
What a GREAT idea. I'd get the alphabet tiles and a set of hair clips!
3/09/2008 1:17 PM
This is a wonderful idea.
I'm going to school to be a ASL teacher, and this is such a wonderful idea!
I would love a 2T shirt, that said Happy on it.
Great giveaway!
3/09/2008 3:44 PM
Infant Girls "Happy" in 12-18 months for my sweetie Mia.
Fins2thrite at aol dot com
3/09/2008 4:07 PM
I like the alphabet tiles. It would be great for any young child.
3/09/2008 4:16 PM
birthstone charms for my daughter!
3/09/2008 5:41 PM
great shirts! I would buy the laugh shirt.
3/09/2008 5:44 PM
love the little girl's tees
3/09/2008 5:54 PM
Oh fun! I love the personalized tee but then those braille tiles are right up my alley in my work with kids. Thanks!
3/09/2008 6:24 PM
i like the personalized t-shirts.
3/09/2008 7:03 PM
i would love to get my son the "Silly" shirt!
3/09/2008 7:32 PM
Hello, I like the colors of these tee shirts! I would choose a boys short sleeve in size 6. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks,Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
3/09/2008 7:33 PM
I'd love the personalized boys Short Sleeve Tee Size 18/24 months! My son would look adorable in it!
3/09/2008 7:36 PM
My baby girl is always sharing her big flirty grin with anyone that will make eye contact with her. I'd love the "smile" shirt in lavender for her.
3/09/2008 7:38 PM
I love the personalized boys tee's. How cute and original.
3/09/2008 8:33 PM
I like the personalized boys tees
3/09/2008 8:54 PM
what a great and unique idea! I love the Long sleeve, lavender, toddler girl's size four, says Laugh or Darling on it. ;)
sarahmaarie dot pemberton at gmail dot com
3/09/2008 9:13 PM
I love the personalized shirts! I would get one in 12/18 months in brown!
3/09/2008 9:26 PM
I would definitely get a personalized shirt for my daughter with her name on it. thanks for the awesome giveaway!
3/09/2008 9:30 PM
I love the braille birthstone charms, but the personalized tees are too cute also!
Hmm....
dansan826 at yahoo.com
3/09/2008 10:24 PM
Love the laugh toddler boys short sleeve shirt in size navy size 4 please. Love them!
stephanie V.
3/09/2008 10:38 PM
I would get a shirt with silly and some cute hair clips one set for each of my girls
3/09/2008 10:50 PM
I would get a personalized tee for my little boy, only instead of his name, I would have "love". This is a very sweet idea!
wiredalive at hotmail dot com
3/10/2008 12:13 AM
the dude shirt 2t id get !
3/10/2008 12:45 AM
I'd pick the long sleeved infant tee (6-12 mos) in pale pink. It would say "Cutie".
Carolsue
digicat@sbcglobal.net
3/10/2008 2:02 AM
I've always wanted a Bitty Braille shirt! I love the slate "dude" ni size 2 for my little dude!
Steph
jsprecourt@yahoo.com
3/10/2008 4:38 AM
Cutie Infant Girls Short Sleeve Tee Size 12/18 months
3/10/2008 5:40 AM
As cute as the shirts are, I would probably choose the alphabet tiles so my kids could share them!
3/10/2008 5:48 AM
I'd get the alphabet tiles for my niece who is blind (I'd get her one of those adorable shirts but she's too big)
Thanks
3/10/2008 6:30 AM
I'd get the alphabet tiles! What a great idea! ~ :) Thanks!
jmagloro[at]ywave.com
3/10/2008 6:50 AM
I like the personalized shirt.
3/10/2008 6:54 AM
the alphabet tiles...Nice!
:)
3/10/2008 7:00 AM
I'd choose either the "silly" t-shirt, or a personalized t-shirt. Great stuff!
denise(dot)fahl(at)gmail(dot)com
3/10/2008 7:11 AM
I would choose a girl's size 2 lavender "Happy" shirt.
3/10/2008 7:34 AM
I would get a personalized shirt with my daughter's name on it in lavender! SO cute!
3/10/2008 8:09 AM
Very cute! I'd buy the "dude" shirt in asphalt, size 4T
3/10/2008 8:44 AM
These are adorable! I would definitely get shirts with my kids' names on them. (I migth get them anyway, budget permitting!)
3/10/2008 8:52 AM
Cute stuff. I love the silly T, or the Dude shirt.
3/10/2008 9:07 AM
I would get the shirt that says my sons name! Too CUTE!
mogrill@comcast.net
3/10/2008 9:12 AM
I would buy a pink "smile" shirt for my toddler.
Shoppin Momma
mommashops at gmail dot com
3/10/2008 9:47 AM
Sweet, pale pink, size 6!
3/10/2008 10:21 AM
I think I would get either pink or lavender smile in a size 2, totally cute! I might instead/also do one of the personalized shirts.
nifferjeno at gmail dot com
3/10/2008 11:15 AM
I would get the alphabet tiles in a hot minute! What a great idea, my kids would love those!
3/10/2008 12:19 PM
like the boys short sleeve tees.
3/10/2008 12:22 PM
I love the alphabet tiles!
3/10/2008 12:42 PM
I'd get either smile or laugh in pink, size 4.
3/10/2008 1:21 PM
Love this!
4T Slate happy or sweet!
3/10/2008 4:10 PM
My girls would love the lavendar silly tee!! So cute! It is hard to decide!!
stbaisch[at]yahoo[dot]com
3/10/2008 5:28 PM
I'd love a silly t in sky! (4T) Cute idea!
sanna1999 at verizon dot net
3/10/2008 7:37 PM
I would love to win a personalize Tee in lavender for my daughter in a size 4t.
3/10/2008 7:43 PM
We like the "silly" T in sky blue size 12-18 mos. Cute shirts!
3/10/2008 10:55 PM
We'd love to have the boys personalized in sky
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3/11/2008 9:47 AM
the boys short sleeved dude shirt in olive size 4
tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com
3/11/2008 1:18 PM
The pink 2T pink Tee w/ Cutie would be awesome!
3/11/2008 2:08 PM
What a neat idea! I would get a oneside that said laugh, sweet or darling on it! Thanks for the giveaway! Take care!
3/12/2008 10:19 AM
3/12/2008 10:39 AM
What a neat concept! I would love an Olive shirt in size 3/6 mos w/ my son's name on it.
3/13/2008 9:37 PM
I would choose the "Happy" shirt. I love these!
3/14/2008 1:02 AM
I would get the Dude shirt :)
froggypartyof2@aol.com
3/14/2008 1:02 AM
I would get the Dude shirt :)
froggypartyof2@aol.com
3/14/2008 1:36 AM
I liked the dude shirt. Be careful getting your child's name on a shirt. I know they are cute, but "bad guys" can use this to lure your child away if they are a little older. Just a thought. Thanks for the contest! mif1018(at)aol(dot)com
3/14/2008 7:24 AM
I like the personalized shirt for my daughter, size 2 lavender.
3/14/2008 7:50 AM
Bitty Braille has such CUTE shirts. I would get a shirt for my 7mo with his name on it.
3/14/2008 8:13 AM
I like the hair clips.
3/14/2008 2:20 PM
I like the Girls Short Sleeve Tee Size 4 in lavender, thanks for the giveaway!
3/14/2008 4:54 PM
Braille Birthstone Charms
theyyyguy@yahoo.com
3/14/2008 6:07 PM
I would buy the braille lavender tshirt for my daughter as our youngest son is legally blind and she would love wearing this for her little brother as she too knows sign language. Thank you so much for showing me this site as these are items which are perfect for our family.
3/14/2008 6:38 PM
i love the personalized infant girls short sleeved tee size 6-12 months!
such a great idea!
elkesten[at]yahoo[dot]com
3/14/2008 6:43 PM
Toddler Girls Long Sleeve Tee Size 6
lavender, smile
dolls123 (at) gmail (dot) com
3/14/2008 8:09 PM
the Alphabet Tiles
3/14/2008 8:13 PM
I would get an infant tee!
3/14/2008 8:56 PM
I would get the boy's short sleeve personalized T-Shirt in a size 2T, These are GREAT!! My son has a speach impairment and is having to have alot of speach therapy, has something called Speach Apraxia, anyways, they are teaching him to sign as well to help him better communicate with us!! I love it and it makes my life so much easier when I can understand what he wants need!! Please enter me!! This is GREAT!!!
3/14/2008 9:32 PM
I like the toddler boys, long sleeve, any dark color. I would customize it to say Julian :) thanks
3/14/2008 9:49 PM
Dude Shirt in 2T
3/14/2008 10:14 PM
How cute! I would probably pick a toddler tee in lavender with the word silly. Thank you!
3/14/2008 10:22 PM
I would get a personalized toddler girl's shirt.
3/15/2008 4:32 AM
Elizabeth doot65[at]comcast[dot]net and I love those alphabet tiles!
3/15/2008 4:56 AM
These are sooo cute, what a great idea. I would have to pick toddler girl size 6 that says silly, because that is what my daughter is. Hope I win!!
3/15/2008 5:27 AM
I would have to choose a toddler tee with "cutie" on it for my niece cause that is what she is. It would suit her to a "T". :)
3/15/2008 6:00 AM
I would DEFINITELY choose the alphabet tiles. My brother is blind and this could teach my girls braille.
Please randomly pick me!!
3/15/2008 9:37 AM
Awww! what a wonderful idea! I'd get a size 4 girls Tee with her name on it. :)
3/15/2008 9:40 AM
I like the boys short sleeve tee in size 4 in the olive color with the word silly on it.
3/15/2008 9:45 AM
I would buy a baby 24 months The said My Mom and Dad love me!
3/15/2008 11:19 AM
Many thanks; best of luck to all who enter
3/15/2008 5:12 PM
I like the personalized t-shirts.ty!! 4 the great contest!!:)
3/15/2008 5:31 PM
I LUV the personalized boys 12/18 mo. Long Sleeve Asphalt Tee!
3/15/2008 6:24 PM
What a neat concept! I would get the alphabet tiles. What a great way to learn about braille! Thanks for the chance to win!
3/15/2008 7:14 PM
I would get the birthstone charms for each of my kids. Using braille like that is such a neat idea.
3/15/2008 7:18 PM
I'd buy a personalized t-shirt in lavendar for my little girl.
3/15/2008 7:20 PM
personalized ~ Boys Long Sleeve Tee Size 18/24 months in Chocolate
3/15/2008 7:29 PM
Love the personalized girl's shirt!
3/15/2008 7:29 PM
Oh and my e-mail is: purposedrivenlife4you (at) gmail (dot) com
3/15/2008 8:55 PM
I like the infant boys long sleeve tees
rosans4@insightbb.com
3/15/2008 10:28 PM
I like the girls size 3t silly shirt.
3/15/2008 10:50 PM
I would buy a flower shape birthstone charm.
3/15/2008 11:26 PM
I would probably pick a boy's shirt that says "silly" or "buddy". His name would be cool too. (size 4).
3/16/2008 3:22 PM
WOW so much to choose from... but i'd have to settle for the tiles.. (i may cheat and get a few shirts too... :)