What is the CPSIA?

CPSC’s tracking label guidance gives you some flexibility in determining your “date of production.”

If your product has multiple pieces, you do not need to label each piece.

If you already keep records of your materials and sources and you can tell where each material came from, you do not need to start using a system of batch numbers.

“Permanent” means reasonably expected to “remain on the product during the useful life of the product.”

Many handmade goods are still in stores for a variety of reasons.  Here are some to consider:

The stay of enforcement for testing and certification until Feb 2010 has afforded many companies the opportunity to get their plans in place. They are determining how they will proceed if the  requirements do not change. Many of them [...]

No, if your product is still intended for use primarily for children under 12 your product still falls under the CPSIA. In addition, by marketing and selling the clothes as a toy, what once may have only needed lead testing would now need phthalate testing as well.
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