LANGHORNE, Pa. (AP) – When Michele Hutchison’s baby is born, she envisions more than a pure bundle of bouncing joy. She also sees a potential billboard.

The suburban Philadelphia mom-to-be is inviting advertisers to put their names on her child’s clothing and baby goods, saying the ads are sure to get noticed.

“Everyone looks at babies. We’re going to be out and about all the time,” said Michele Hutchison, 26, whose second child is due in June.

Hutchison, a stay-at-home mother, has placed notices on the Web sites Craigslist and eBay seeking bids of at least $1,000 for the rights for one month.

She got the idea after learning of a woman who offered to have advertisements tattooed on her body.

“I jokingly said to my husband that we should do this on my baby,” Hutchison said. “The next day I couldn’t get it out of my head.”

Hutchison added that she would not accept any dubious or distasteful themes.

Todd Feldman, president of the Dan Ryan Group, an advertising firm, said Hutchison’s idea offers a novel way for companies to stand out from the clutter.

“It’s the ultimate buzz marketing, wouldn’t you say? There’s people who have sold advertising on a bald head. So there’s a lot of that going on these days,” he said.

Woman hits jackpot at sale

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Linda Stafford has been going to garage sales for 30 years, and taking good-natured ribbing from her family all the while.

Now, the tables have turned.

Stafford has found more than $3,000 in bills dating from 1928 to 1953 in the bottom of a high-backed chair she bought at a garage sale – for two bucks.

“When we found the money, they could probably hear us screaming all over the neighborhood,” said Stafford, 57.

She made the discovery while trying to make room in her garage for furniture. When one of her daughters, Mandy Rath, heard something rattle in the chair, they removed the bottom. Placed inside a compartment were two paper packets, one with $10 in coins, the other with $3,060 in bills.

Stafford remembers what she paid for the chair, but not where she bought it.

“I know that I’ve had it out in our garage for at least a year, maybe two,” she said.

But, Stafford was not sure how she would spend the money.

“Who knows?” she said. “I might spend it all at garage sales.”