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if you think luc is big, wait until you see hugo

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

bicycle-tragic-royalty-playing-cards Many moons ago, as a student living in Paris, I bought a deck of naked man cards–as in full frontal King of Hearts–at a tacky touriste shop. Throughout my 20s, one of my favorite parlor tricks was to propose that we play poker, then deal Bruno, Didier, and Franck to the unsuspecting crowd.

My friends are all on to this trick, so for our annual New Year’s card game, I have to move on. These Bicycle Tragic Royalty cards, with their ridiculous faces and black-lit colors, illustrate that I’ve grown up–but not by much.

Tags: bicycle, game, new year's eve, playing cards
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humbuggery

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

flensted-mobile-pixies-in-the-forest Because of yesterday’s post, I’ve been labeled–accurately, I suppose–a Scrooge.

But my cold’s a little better today, so the pendulum’s swinging toward cheerful absurdity: I topped Daughter #1 with a two-years-too-tight BlaBla panda hat, and dressed Daughter #2 in a Baby Lulu jumpsuit that makes her look like the Hawaiian Elvis who downed one too many mango/peanut butter sandwiches.

This Flensted mobile is the most buoyant, happy decoration I could find. Its pixies blithely glide through an evergreen forest, oblivious to the holiday machinations below. Serenity now, people.

Tags: Baby Lulu, BlaBla, decorative, Flensted, holiday, mobile
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from our friends at TheFind: personalized plates for kids

Friday, December 11th, 2009

I’ve been searching for a personalized gift for the children on my holiday gift list. I came across some personalized melamine plates and thought they would be perfect. What could make mealtime more fun than your very own plate? It is also a good way to teach preschoolers how to spell their name. They will see it emblazoned across their plate at every meal. That is assuming they eat their food and uncover the design underneath! These plates are the modern day version of the circular piece of paper I drew on as a kid and my mom sent it away to be laminated and returned to us. It was special to eat on my own personalized plate and I loved to eat my meals on it. I’ve found several personalized plates, a bit more sophisticated than the designs back in the day. You may even find some that coordinate with your home’s decor. The letter to Santa plate can be customized with a custom letter from your kids. Sweet! There are several sites which offer these plates and one place I always turn to again and again for personalized children’s items is Etsy.

Plates featured above: Pink Polka Dot plate, $22 at daninotes.etsy.com, Candy Cane Striped plate, $22 at daninotes.etsy.com, Letter to Santa plate, $22 at daninotes.etsy.com, Baseball plate, $24 at mollycarolinedesigns.etsy.com.

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Tags: dinnerware, Etsy, holiday, Home, initials, monogram, personalized, plates, TheFind
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milk: it’s what’s for dinner

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

wry-baby-extra-nipples My dear friends Carrie & Mike finally, finally had their baby this morning.

Some words of advice for sweet baby Lincoln: your mama’s working really hard. When she gets tired of feeding you, tell your dad to pin these extra nipples on his shirt.

Tags: baby, breastfeeding, funny, Wry Baby
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from our friends at TheFind: bambu baby utensils

Friday, November 6th, 2009

So cute! So useful! I love these.

You may have seen products from The Bambu Company along the aisles of your local Whole Foods recently. I’m a fan of their sustainably grown and harvested, organically grown bamboo. Bambu’s quality crafted products caught my eye with their modern hand crafted designs and clever packaging. Yes, I am a sucker for good design and clever packaging. So much so that I impulsively bought a set of Bambu Baby Utensils at our local Whole Foods. I try to provide BPA-free dishes, cups and utensils during mealtimes. I thought these would be ideal for aesthetic and for health reasons. I thought that my daughter would use the utensils a couple of times, then they would fall apart or splinter and I’d just toss them in the composting bin. To my surprise these utensils have lasted at least six months and have held up perfectly in the top rack of my dishwasher. Kids also love them because they are not cold and hard like stainless steel utensils and they have soft edges which are gentle on the mouth. I can also rest assured that absolutely no bleaches or dyes were used and Bambu’s Bamboo utensils and dinnerware. They are FDA tested and approved. Also Panda lovers take note – this is not the bamboo eaten by the Panda and their food source is not depleted.

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