May 2009

Quick Picks

Father's Day Gift Ideas via The Cradle

Hilary and Laurie of The Cradle make their favorite Father’s Day Gift Picks in What We Would Get for Our Husbands What to get for the new dad or dad-to-be for Father’s Day? Perhaps our picks will provide some inspiration this June. Here are some gifts that we know our sweethearts would love! Maybe yours [...]

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Decor

Painting Your Own Wallpaper

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Bored with her long drab hallway, Kelli of Every Jot and Tittle shop at Etsy, grabbed a big fat paint marker and started to draw a pattern she found inspiring from an old Fossil catalog.  Now I’m thinking – why stop at hallways?  Here’s a simple do-it-yourself way of dressing up an accent wall or [...]

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Children's Books

Book Review: Not a Stick

Love the graphics and title of this book, Not a Stick, by Antoinette Portis.  Found it via the review by Brooke Reynolds at her design blog, Inchmark Journal.  As former senior art director of Martha Stewart Kids, you just might love Brooke’s blog too.  Check out her blog post on making home-made fortune cookie baby [...]

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Toys

Tent Forts Are Easy with Crazy Forts!

If you loved tent forts when you were a kid, then you’ll probably wish that they had Crazy Forts when you were growing up.  Use Crazy Forts to help you build the underlying structure and then just throw your sheets over it. Crazy Forts! available at Amazon. Image via LMNOP

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Health & Nutrition

Top 10 Saltiest Kid's Meals in America

Today, the Center for Science in the Public Interest released their study into the high sodium content in restaurant meals.  Here’s their list of the top 10 saltiest kid’s meals in America.  Even if you don’t eat out much, this list might help you be mindful of the "kid’s meals" that are available out there.  [...]

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Quick Picks

Quick Picks – May 6

Mouse in the House doorstop [LMNOP] Something kids might say – "Sometimes I pretend to be normal…" [weheartit] Felt stools at Milan Furniture Fair [inhabitat] Groovy 3D animation short  "Mika’s Marshmallow Train" [PandaPanther] Children’s Chairs poster [swissmiss] 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid family car review [Car & Caboodle] Kid’s Shopping – Isabelle in Paris with Christiane [...]

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Baby Showers & Parties

Modern Baby Shower Invitations at Minted.com

Minted.com offers some of the more contemporary baby shower invitations that we’ve seen around the Internet.  Many of their designs are created exclusively for them with a focus on independent designers not widely available through traditional stationery retailers.  Many of their lines are eco-friendly, and they offer special add-on services that include custom design, calligraphy, [...]

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