If you’ve read this site for more than four minutes, you’ll know that there’s a very special place in my heart (and Bee’s toy chest) for multi-purpose products that can grow from the baby stage to todderdom and beyond. So of course, I was pleased to receive a note from Elisabeth announcing a shop update were I spotted the cleverest blanket of all: Bu! Blankets.
We just sent out our invitations for Bee’s first birthday next month (what?!), so I’ve got celebrations on the brain. We’re big fans of low-key parties around here and are planning an ordinary cookout full of backyard games and watermelon and family jokes. And speaking of birthdays, how darling are these yearly tees for tots? I’d love to frame them each in a kid’s space – a creative growth chart with a typographic, stylish spin. So cute!
Available for £16.95 at Bob & Blossom.
I’ve been helping a few friends design nurseries and big kid bedrooms for the littles in their lives, and my goodness – is there anything sweeter than seeing tiny eyes light up in a space that reflects their truest passions and interests? I thought it might be fun to share a few of the designs here in case you’re looking for virtual inspiration for your own kid’s space – and please let me know if you’re stumped with a particular theme in your own home. I’m a big believer that it’s always possible to create a space your kid loves without compromising style!
Today is a big kid bedroom for my friend’s son, Beck, who is obsessed with his favorite Three Musketeers book. Sources below – enjoy!
Good morning, friends! I’m popping in quickly to share that Swedish-based clothing mecca Polarn O. Pyret (one of my sweet site supporters) is hosting their Best Basics Event again this year! I don’t usually post about sales, but I shopped this one to stock up for onesies for Bee when I was still pregnant this time last year and I’ll be picking up a few more today (Gasp! In 12 months size – What?!). The quality is truly amazing, and you can’t beat 20-50% off, right? Happy shopping (sale ends tomorrow)!
And yes, there are few things cuter than a striped kid.
Image Credits: Polarn O. Pyret
p.s. Striped shoes and striped bibs!
My friends and family always joke that Bee is very, very rarely seen crawling around the house in anything but a onesie/pj combo situation. It’s not that she doesn’t have a closet full of frilly dresses and lace (oh does she ever), but outfitting her in daily ruffles has just always felt a bit odd. Maybe it’s the lazy parent in me (onesies are just so easy!), but I also think that dresses just don’t quite suit Bee’s personality at the moment. She’s busy and adventurous and the tiniest bit ornery – more spice than sugar, if you will. Naturally, designer Syreeta Johnson’s newest unisex (and organic!) clothing line is right up our alley, ready for whatever boisterous behavior might be coming our way…
I have a love/hate relationship with confetti. Sure, it’s beautiful in the moment – a dazzling display of color and whimsy – but then there’s clean-up. And more clean-up. And still more clean-up, months later when you find bits of hued paper remnants stuck to the bottom of your shoe. Enter Throw & Grow confetti, a genius creation that blooms into beautiful wildflowers wherever it may land!
Dear Bee,
Here is what our life looks like now that you’re ten months old: The day begins harmless and quite nice, eating a few Puffs on the kitchen floor, both of us barefoot and bleary-eyed. We make animal sounds and point to everything that exists, over and over again, running laps of vocabulary across the room: light, floor, dog, rug, table. And then, the stillness lifts, as if the school bell just rang, homeroom is over, and we must run to first period quick fast before we’re tardy – and wait, I have to stop at my locker and oh man, we’re going to be late again. You are a constant state of hurry-faster-go-now and I am your ball and chain, dragging close behind in a bathrobe and disheveled hair, muttering iron links of deterrents like “No” and “Down” and “Off” and “Stop eating the carpet.”
My nephew is in the midst of a hardcore, no-holds-barred superhero phase, and what self-respecting aunt could possibly turn down the opportunity to assist him in saving the world? And even though I don’t intend to throw a punch or perfect my roundhouse kick, I can at least dress him for the job, right?
I may be partial, but man, Midwest kids don’t get the credit they deserve, do they? Time and again, I’m amazed at the creativity that exists between the much-praised coasts, scattered among cornfields and cityscapes and cottages. We’re scrappy and resourceful, continually pushing the boundaries like the middle kid seeking a hint of the spotlight. Prime example? Milwaukee-based designer Janelle Gramling – who may not be a middle child, but most certainly is making her presence known in the Midwest and beyond.
I never tire of a mom-inventor story; a tale of an everyday woman navigating the frenzied world of motherhood when – suddenly – a spark of creativity inspires her to better her surroundings. There’s Michaela. And Tina. And Ayelet and Tiffany and Maiken. And today, I’m adding to the ever-inspiring list with an introduction to Inna Florentin of Ettel Bettel fame.
Design for MiniKind is my personal quest to live a creative, meaningful life full of pint-sized inspiration.
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