KidLuxe Edition

We can hardly believe it, but with the arrival of August, back to school is right around the corner!  To make matters worse for me, we are headed out on one last long family vacation this week; which means when we return, school will literally be just days away!

Have I gotten Colin anything for back to school yet?  Of course not!  But just in the nick of time, The Silly Wagon has come along to save the day.  With over seven pages devoted to back to school products, The Silly Wagon has everything you need to get your kids stocked up for school.

Check out their super cool, retro lunch boxes, by EmTanner Designs which come in a plethora of colors & designs.  Personalize it with your child’s name or monogram, or even a fun saying.  Each lunch box is custom made to order, so get it any way you want it!

Do you have an airplane lover in your house?  Check out this amazing silver airplane backpack by Zid Zid Kids.   In addition to being an awesome preschool back pack, how cute would this be as your child’s first “carry on” luggage?

Looking for something simple & sweet for your little girl who’s heading off to kindergarten?  Check out these hip backpacks by Room it Up.

My son Colin, finally at nearly 4 years old, is starting to express himself through arts & crafts as well as imaginative play.  I know he would just love to have one of these “knight” art folio’s to take along with him wherever he goes.

The Silly Wagon is offering 15% your entire order, with the code “funkyme”.  Just enter it at checkout!

Enjoy.

I am a HUGE fan of personalized keepsakes; especially ones that can be displayed instead of shoved in a box in the closet. How sweet to have baby’s birth info {or name or growth history}, hung beautifully in their room to share with everyone who enters! Little Painted Polka Dots can help make your child’s room a special, yet fun and extremely adorable space to call their own.

Birth Plaques from Little Painted Polka Dots are the best way to display, in childish fashion, that ever so special information. Hang them above the crib or on the bedroom door, a personalized symbol of how important that day was.

Every nursery or child’s room should have some form of “art work” containing their name or initials. It adds character to the room and Little Painted Polka Dots can custom design the Name Plaques individually for each child’s personality or themed room. Planes, trains, bugs, or flowers, whatever your little man or lady wants!

Got a play room to decorate? How fun are these!

Lisa, owner of Little Painted Polka Dots, creates each order personally; expressing her passion for art through each and every creation she designs! Let her create something for you or your little one! Growth charts, monogram plaques, Posh parent wall art, canvas art, etc… etc… So much to pick from!!

Little Bella Tutu’s too!! Oh how I want a girl to play dress up with!

Giveaway time!! One lucky reader can win their pick at Little Painted Polka Dots: A Name plaque or Whimsical Wall Art plaque. Just comment back to us which one you would pick and what precious little name you would have Lisa put on there for you! Contest ends August 12th.

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Tell me, what do you get when you cross super convenient Crayola carrying accessories with luxurious {& celebrity famed} baby, toddler & kid clothing and baby scrubs? Oh, I know… You get Princess Linens adorable collection of goodness for your entire broad.

I recently received a whole bundle of goodies in the mail from Princess Linens owner, Kathryn Orr, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to share them with you. Whether you are looking to outfit your child for their birthday or the birth of their sibling, or you’re looking to purchase a delightful birthday or big sibling gift, Princess Linens has something for you.

Complete with personalization, check out their amazing clothing collection, which consists of Bon Bon dresses, Bon Bon John Johns, Garden Princess dresses, The Hamptons John Johns, Hand Smocking & My First Scrubs. Each one of these collections come in a variety of color combinations & can be monogrammed or personalized. When Miss Suri Cruise is spotted sporting a Garden Princess dress, you just know it must be good!

We had the lucky opportunity to see the My First Scrubs first hand, and it is just the sweetest little “uniform”. Alex loves to parade around the house in his Scrubs & they are super comfy for nap time! My first Scrubs make a fabulous outfit for the new big brother or sister to wear to the hospital to meet their little sibling, and they are also perfect for children of doctors, nurses, veterinarians & other scrub-wearing pro’s, to pretend they are like mom & dad. When personalized with your child’s name, it will read “Dr. Alexander” which makes it that much more fun!

If clothes aren’t your thing these days, check out their wonderful line of Crayola licensed Doodlebugz products; the Crayon Keeper, Crayon Apron & Toolbelt, Crayon Purses, Doodlebags {my personal fave}, Chalk Talk Table Mates & the newest item, Chef Apron & Hat set. Each of these wonderful items is designed with the child in mind, and is meant to carry & maintain a nice set of crayons or chalk on the go {or even at home}.

We are excited to offer a super special Princess Linens giveaway here on BabyLuxe today! Simply check out the site, then comment back here with you love about this brand & you’ll be entered to win a Doodlebag {pictured above}!

For those of you interested in all of the other goodness at Princess Linens, we have a special discount for you as well! Simply enter “BABYLUXE” to receive 15% off!

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 In this day and age everyone is online, or should be.  It’s the fastest and easiest way to keep in touch with friends and family; especially when you start a family.  Once a child enters into your life, there’s not much time to sit down and write letters or mail photos of your little bundle of joy.  A Kidmondo online journal is the best way to organize your child’s milestones and photos to share with your loved ones quick and easy!

Kidmondo.com offers a personalized journal for each child along with everything you’ll need to share all those special moments.  This is a wonderful online keepsake!  AND a great way to stay organized!  Here are the features you can expect when you start your own safe and secure Kidmondo journal:  A online diary, photo gallery, an about page, growth chart, medical and food journals, and interactive timeline.

I have always been a “baby book” keeper, all three boys have one but again, who has the time to sit and down fill them out. So, since I’m positive most of us are online all day long for career or personal use, make life easier on yourself and keep/share your child’s growth via our fabulous internet!

This is your story to tell, have fun bragging about your family!

Why not, for up to 3 kids, it’s FREE!  Take a tour with Kidmondo today!

KidLuxe Edition

With all the green awareness that is amongst us, it was only natural {no pun intended} for a line such as The Sweet Line, to exist! They feature hand embroidered names & simple sayings & designs on your choice of 100% cotton or organic wardrobe staples for babies & kids, along with some fun accessories like totes & aprons.

I love this last one, “ideas grow”!

The Sweet Line has an extremely user friendly web site, where you can simply select your garment, and all the details for your order, in one quick & easy form. Choose to have a name embroidered on the garment, or a sweet saying like the ones above . Select the thread colors that you’d like & whether or not you want a picture embroidered as well. They will even accept requests for custom designs!

Standard shipping is always free, so go ahead & get a bunch!

The Sweet Line is offering a fabulous winner’s choice giveaway to BLD readers: which means you can select anything from the site! To enter, simply check out the site, and comment back to let us know which is your favorite, and what you would select if you won!

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Contest ends in one week, on July 30th! Good luck to all!

Must be the month for wall art here at Babyluxe {daily}! We love it! {But this boutique offers much more as well}

Personalized products are my favorites! If you’re giving a gift, make it a personalized one; it’s so much more special. If you’re decorating the nursery, make sure to add a touch of personalization to the walls! Make sure everyone who walks into that room knows whose room it is!

Lillybean Designs is a boutique paperie offering custom design products, from the adorable wall art {like the two pictured above} to return address labels. I love this one: one of the most fanatistic twists on the birth announcement I have ever seen, “Birth Marks”. Birth announcement book marks! How precious, so unique and creative; check out the imagine below, don’t you just love it!

Okay, so there are numerous invitation/announcement companies out there now a days. What makes Lillybean Designs stand out in comparison to the rest? A high quality, professional look of course AND, my favorite feature, 2-sided design. Why waste the back of the invitation or the thank you card; personalize that area as well!

Check out all Lillybean Designs has to offer at their Etsy shop. Let them customize something special for you {Hip Mama calling cards}, for your next event {Save-the-Date cards/Magnet announcements/gift tags/favor stickers}, for your child’s room {so sweet wall art}, or for any occasion {noteworthy note cards}.

Looking for a way to personalize your child’s space with something truly original? Check out this amazing web site where you can personally design & create something as unique as the child who’s room it will hang in. As you may have gathered from previous posts, I am a sucker for cool, innovative & interactive DIY web sites, and Me Art is no different!

Me Art is the medium, and you are the artist! Seriously. It’s as simple as selecting a photo {or several photo’s}, a design, a color scheme & the name or names to go on the artwork, and voila; you have just created something truly original! Once you are done designing, the artists at Me Art will retouch and digitally paint {all by hand} your masterpiece. Each Me Art is professionally printed on premium artist-grade, archival canvas. Me Art is stretched onto 1 1/2” heavy-duty stretcher bars and is ready to hang. They also print on 100% rag, archival fine-art paper.

The finished result is just breathtaking; an heirloom to treasure for always!

Me Art is offering 10% off to BabyLuxe readers, when you enter the code BABYLUXE10 at checkout! Hurry though, offer expires September 1st.

 As I type this feature, it reminds me of how awesome this product would have been for “meal/recipe exchange” night with my girlfriends {now we’re all too busy to boil water let alone make 10 + casseroles to exchange}.  If you enjoy sharing your culinary creations with friends and family and want to jazz up your recipe presentation {or for a fabulous, unique gift or favor}, these cards are for you!

Nella Designs personalized recipe cards are great to buy for yourself to use whenever you need to brag about that tasty dish you discovered, but I’m positive there is someone in your family that these would make the perfect gift for!  Someone you are always asking for recipes from, I bet it’s grandma’s Spaghetti Surprise, or mom’s Coco Cookies, or Aunt Betty’s famous Apple Pie!  With Summer parties and barbecues going on, bring a bunch of your own personalized recipes cards with you and your signature dish, you know, the one you bring to every get together {for me, Sausage Bread}; what a hit you will be!  OR, since this is “Baby”luxe, these would go over extremely well as personalized baby shower favors!  Baby bottle shaped bubbles or Beautiful Personalized Recipe Cards…ummm…I’ll take the cards!

Oh but there’s more!  Nella Designs has some very creative paper “designs”.  Note cards for any reason {birthday, thank you, general, etc…},  address labels/stickers, bridal and baby sets, note pads and to do lists, and so on…{personalized or not}.  All items can be customized as you wish.

Take a set of the stickers above, matched up with some recipe cards and a To Do list pad, and PRESTO…you have created a gift set any “baker” {whether they are good at it or not} would love to receive!

One more picture.  The design of this card is so beautiful; classy and elegant looking!

Check out all Nella Designs has to offer on their Esty site.

As many of you may have noticed, the latest nursery design trend seems to be of a more modern style. Parents are looking to streamline and simplify things a bit more nowadays. For those of you that are knee deep in inspiration & design, you might want to check out this fabulous new etsy designer, Le Papier Studio.

While I may not be designing a nursery any time soon, I am certainly at my wits end with our playroom, and have been de-cluttering like crazy these past few weeks. I’ve purchased new storage furniture & am now looking towards wall decor. I found this beautiful print on Le Papier Studio’s etsy shop & think that it is exactly what I need to pull the whole look together {our walls are even the same yellow}!

Maybe you’re nursery and playroom is already finished… How about some of these sweet silhouette cards?

Or these amazing little hang tags for goodie bags!

Le Papier Studio’s designer, Vana Chupp, has digitally drawn all of the beautiful silhouettes that you see on her site, and will draw your own child’s silhouette for a small fee on top of the print price! Her turnaround time is amazing & the print quality can’t be beat!

Check out Le Papier Studio’s etsy site & blog today, for truly beautiful paper art!  Have your chance at winning one of TWO 8×10 portrait silhouette prints!  Comment back here abut your favorite designs, and be entered into the giveaway.  For a bonus entry, make sure you are signed up on our mailing list!  We will select TWO winners in one week, on July 17th!

For those of you that want free shipping, enter the code LUXE10 at checkout!

Enjoy!

Some of you may already know this about me, but if not, I am obsessed with the latest craze: giraffes… Call me crazy, but I designed my younger son’s nursery around them as well as his 1st birthday party. I am currently on the hunt for the perfect giraffe print handbag & anything with those unique, wild-kingdom-like spots catches my eye! So of course, when I found out about this new stationery company & when I saw her giraffe-print party invitations, I was hooked!
This brand new company, known as littleday press, was started by Carrie Eckert, owner of Pen & Parchment, an online stationery boutique. The littleday press collection includes birth announcements & party invitations in a delightful assortment of preppy photo & non-photo designs {including the famous giraffe-print pictured above}. All cards are professionally printed on premium quality felt card stock, that looks and feels like watercolor.The most recent addition to the collection, that hasn’t even been added to the site, but can be seen on the Stationery Scoop Blog {also by Carrie Eckert}, is the custom framed prints collection. These can be special ordered through the contact form on the littleday press site, at $22 unframed and $56 framed, plus shipping.Currently, all orders are taken directly through the Pen & Parchment web site, but custom orders are gladly accepted through the littleday press contact page.

BabyLuxe readers take 15% off your order with coupon code “babyluxe15″ {not available on the custom framed prints}.