John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

….his name is my name toooooo!! How many of us spent our childhood huddled around the camp fire, belting this obnoxious tune? I know I did! Summer camp is an awesome time to make friends, learn new skills, get lost on nature hikes and wear the same pair of socks for two weeks. Here’s a blast from the past from the Church Camp I attended for a good chunk of my childhood:

What a good lookin’ bunch! Sing it in rounds, kids! Although camp has always been a blast, it hasn’t always been fashionable….Stephen Joseph is out to change that! Take a gander at some of our latest and greatest, perfect for enhancing the camp experience:

Make you girl's bunk the cutest in the teepee with our autograph pillowcase! Made of soft jersey material, each one comes with a marker for all her bunk mates to sign with.

Keep your camper hydrated with our Little Squirts water pouch! The carabiner makes it easy to clip onto belt loops or backpacks, and they easily fold up to fit in your pocket when empty. Tres chic!

We just can't BEAR the thought of anyone losing their luggage! Be sure their duffel gets home safely with our unique luggage tags.

Keep those tootsies cool and comfy during your nature walk in our brand-spanking-new flip flops! Complete with an ankle strap for comfort and wearability!

With all this cute crap, how could you NOT send your kiddos to camp?!? Interested in sending your child to camp, but unsure of which one to pick? Click on over to TheRightCamp.com !!!! You can investigate the perfect pow wow for your lil Pocahontas, find out what to pack and even devise a plan on budgeting camp expenses! Happy camping!

Home is Where Your HEARTH Is

Merry Christmas from our packing warehouse! Sit a spell on the bearskin rug and cozy up to a nice, warm fire with the talented men and women of our Stephen Joseph and Alexandra & Co warehouses. With the Holiday Season upon us we hope your days are filled with friends, family, food and general awesomeness!

All Hail the Graduate!

We don’t have just any ol’ dummies working here! Later this month our International Sales manager Jacqueline will graduate with her MBA from Texas Tech University! For the last 2 1/2 years Jacqueline has been balancing our growing International business, a busy trade show schedule and gettin’ her knowledge on. Graduation gifts, well wishes and cash donations to the graduation party fund may be sent to:

Stephen Joseph Inc

Attn: the smartest person in the building!

4302 Ironton Ave

Lubbock, TX 79407

Shop Small Business Saturday

Now this is some holiday shopping we can really get behind!

The 2nd annual Small Business Saturday® is a day dedicated to supporting small businesses on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. On November 26, we’re asking millions of Americans to Shop Small^sm at their favorite local stores and help fuel the economy. When we all shop small, it will be huge!

The success of Stephen Joseph can be attributed to several things, but we wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for the thousands of independent retailers who love, support and carry our products. In dealing with these hard-working entrepreneurs on a daily basis it’s clear that they pride themselves in offering the highest level of customer service, and the most unique selection of merchandise available. Now isn’t that something to be applauded?!? This November 26th show your support and appreciation by taking a time out from Corporate America and give some love to your local Mom & Pop!

To shop Stephen Joseph at your local small business, consult our store finder for a location near you. Nobody in your area? Shop online! Our top online retailers are independents who’ve taken it to the world-wide web – get yo’ shop on!

Sandra Bullock Travels in Style with SJ Silly Sac!

Hey, remember that one time Sandra Bullock was spotted with our monkey silly sac?!? That was pretty awesome.

We hear Sandy B’s a super nice lady! Maybe not so much when she’s being bombarded by paparazzi. We can’t relate, but we’re sure her grimace is justified….Get ‘em mama bear, and thanks for the rockin’ feather in our cap!

Where to Buy the COOLEST Kid’s Backpacks!

Did we mention they’re award-winning too?? We’re pretty proud to be better than everyone else of our top-selling Quilted Backpacks, but even more proud to share that we were voted #1 Backpack by the readers of Baby & Children’s Product News!

What an honor! And with so many cute designs to choose from, how could you pick just one? Our advice? Pick several. Give ‘em to all of your kids, and your friends’ kids too! And if you run out of kids to give the backpacks to, just have more kids! Problem solved.

To make it easy on you, you can visit our new and improved web store, and shop your little hearts out!

Pardon Our Spiff, It’ll Just Take a Jiff!

Hey Stephen Joseph fans! No need to be alarmed by the plain-looking blog. We’re in the process of designing a new blog look, and in the meantime let one of our sales associates loose on the temporary format. Needless to say, it was chaotic. Code was erased, formats started popping up in crazy colors, and I think we may have found Jimmy Hoffa somewhere in the middle of the mess….

….They can stick to the selling, we’ll stick to the blogging.

Jimmy says, "Read this blog"

Stephen Joseph on Zulily.com!

What’ with these high gas prices? And the cost of milk? Forget about it! Yesterday we bought some bacon – who new our favorite breakfast meat was so expensive?!? With our dollars having to go so many other places, we thought we should throw our fans a bone… so today, and today through Saturday you can buy Stephen Joseph goodies on Zulily.com at prices so great you’ll swear you were back in 1999 (y’know, when gas was $1.00 a gallon).

What are you waiting for? GET TO SHOPPING!

Gwen Stefani Gears Up with Stephen Joseph

Get it? Robot….GEARS!? It’s a knee slapper! Mizzzz Stefani was recently spotted with our Robot Square Lunchbox while running errands (or walking from point A to point B, or doing some arbitrary task).  The fashionista was the lucky recipient of said lunchbox in last years’ Jewels & Pinstripes Back to School Celebrity gift bag! Domo arigato, Gwen Stefani!

Stephen Joseph Featured at Universal Studio’s Jurassic Park!

I know you’ve all been wondering where our investigative journalist, Pat the Dinosaur (click on the big green link thingy to read more about Pat!) has gone…. What? You haven’t been lying awake at night thinking about it?

…..hmmm……

Well at any rate, Pat has been a regular contributor here on our blog, and will often travel with us to various trade shows. As hard working and flexible as Pat can be, he doesn’t care for the cold weather so this winter he headed down to Florida to catch some tasty waves! While he was down there, he went to visit his buddies at Universal Studios in Orlando. After a few months, and a good thaw we still hadn’t heard from Pat, but a few weeks ago we got this picture in the mail…

Sure enough, there was Pat hanging out with our Dino GoGo Bags, Quilted Backpacks, Lunchboxes and Wallets! As sad as we are that Pat is gone, we’re so proud to see him living large in sunny Orlando. If you’re in the neighborhood, hop on over to Universal Studios and tell our Dino’s hello!!!