My sister called tonight and it was late. She’s on the east coast and I come from a family of worriers, so my heart always skips a beat until I can hear in her voice that everyone is fine. Thankfully, she was more than fine (thanks to a yuengling - my home town brew - [...]
I’ve mentioned the online store Romp, once before. They have lots of wonderfully unique toys and paper goods for kids. I’m a big fan of their wall decals that look great in any kids bedroom. I just noticed (thanks to one of my fav blogs, BLTD) that they are now selling some awesome name wall [...]
Recently, I had the pleasure of photographing Maxine Siu’s store called Stem in the Mission District of San Francisco. Ruby, Maxine’s daughter was the perfect photo assistant, making the shoot easy and fun. Thanks, Ruby!
If you’ve never been to Stem, go now. Maxine has an incredibly well designed store, with lovely and unique flower arrangements, [...]
Looks like Design Public is exclusively selling DwellStudio’s Kids and Baby Fall Collection. Lots of new stuff and lots of stuff on sale.
Head there yourself, click here.
I absolutely love children’s clothing and it’s my opinion that the kids in my neighborhood (Potrero Hill, SF) are some of the most stylish around. A client of mine sent me a link to Tea Collection many months ago and I haven’t had the urge to blog about it until today.
Tea Collection has a new [...]
You can customize nearly anything these days from your bath towels to your laptop. A favorite that I spotted recently via photojojo is Keds Studio where you can customize your shoes. My cousin, Aidan is completely mesmerized with butterflies and can differentiate between a Peruvian Milkweed and an Indonesian Meadow Wanderer. He would go bonkers [...]
You may recall that I’ve gushed about Etsy before. It’s really an incredible resource for hand-crafted/one-of-a kind goods and it feels great to support a small business. If you haven’t checked it out already, go. You won’t be disappointed. Speaking of which, here’s my Etsy find of the week:
Baby ring slings (say that three times), [...]
I came across this magazine through one of my favorite blogs: PoppyTalk. Small Magazine looks like a very cute online magazine featuring music, projects, products, and some extremely cute photo shoots of kids by some very talented photographers.
See a few spreads below or go straight to their site to see the Summer ‘08 issue.
There seems to be an endless supply of really well designed rockers these days. I like these as gifts - even though most are on the more expensive side because they all seem like something you could keep around for generations.
Nearly all of them are made of solid wood and have modern but timeless designs. [...]
Many years ago I was an Au Pair in Berlin. I fell in love with the three little kids who were part of my life there as well as Berlin which is one of Europe’s most historic, energetic, and modern cities.
I learned about all kinds of great kids products and tricks; including sleepsacks, bandana bibs, [...]
My two year old niece Elsa has a very big imagination. She loves to play ‘pretend’ and can entertain herself for hours with elaborate and oftentimes hilarious dialogues. Recently I saw this online children’s store called Romp - the brick and mortar version is located in New York’s Hudson Valley - and thought many [...]