August 2009

Halloween

Personalized Handmade Halloween Bag

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Can you believe that Halloween candy displays are already showing up in grocery stores?  Before Labor Day?!  So, maybe it’s not too early to post about this handmade Halloween bucket bag ($32) from Smidgebox Design.  You can personalize your bag with your child’s initial, and even request a custom bag to match your child’s costume. [...]

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Quick Picks

Newborn Tips for Parents – via Ohdeedoh

Bringing a newborn home for the first time can be one of the more anxious moments for new parents.  Our friends over at Ohdeedoh collected their favorite posts on newborns and we just wanted to share. image via Ohdeedoh

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Baby Stationery & Birth Announcements

Modern Baby Birth Announcements

Baby birth announcements are getting hipper by the minute and we’ve picked our favorite modern baby photo announcement designs from Tiny Prints.

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Baby Shower Gifts

Etsy Find: Customized Bookplates by Jack and Izzy

Top off a gift basket of books with a tin of customized bookplates from Jack & Izzy’s Etsy Store.  Choose from 20 different illustration designs in 20 different custom colors – all personalized with your child’s name.

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Nursery Design

Designing a Modern Nursery

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Designer David Harris of New York-based baby furniture manufacturer, ducduc, offers his best design tips for furnishing and decorating a modern baby nursery. The one thing that defines modern nursery design is, it’s probably not your childhood nursery.  Other than that, there are no rules.  Just well executed, functional rooms filled with color,  personality,  and [...]

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Decor

Etsy Find: Chalkboard Elephant Decal

Love this silhouette elephant chalkboard wall decal called Kenziepoo Chalks ($28) at Etsy. via Bloesem Kids

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Quick Picks

Evian Babies Rapping and Dancing

Over 9 million view on YouTube, and still worth spreading around.

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Art

A Little Girl Reaches for Her Doll

I found this photo by accident, and I love it for the many stories that it can tell.  What’s the conversation at the table?  Christmas or Thanksgiving?  Who’s at the table?  Is she sneaking to get the doll, or did she just drop it?  Titled "Let it Go" by photographer Jane Brack, it’s available via [...]

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Baby Stationery & Birth Announcements

Personalized Kids' Stationery from Minted

Minted has just launched an adorable new collection of Kids’ Personalized Stationery.  There’s not too many stationery designers making custom personalized stationery just for kids, and now with their own set of stationery comes a great opportunity to get them into the habit of writing their thank you notes. See the entire Kids’ Personlized Stationery [...]

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Baby Shower Gifts

Silver Family Branch Necklace

Love this beautiful "Branches of My Family" necklace from Emmie Kate that comes with six custom engraved name charms for each member of your family. 

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Decor

Folding Cardboard Furniture

Summer’s about halfway over, and maybe the kids are looking for something new to do.  Go to foldschool.com and download free directions and templates to make your own cardboard furniture.  There are three pieces – a stool, rocker, and chair.  I think half the fun will be scavenging for the cardboard material you’ll need. www.foldschool.com

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