Wee Baby Stuff

Ah, the family-oriented restaurant. Notable for their sticky booster seats, frazzled staff, deafening noise levels AND paper placemats that come with crayons for your coloring amusement. I LOVE those things. Seriously. I think they should have them in ALL restaurants. Bars too. What I'm saying is placemats you can color in - YAY! So I figured out a way to bring the fun home. I was inspired by these fellows, they are $30 a pop...

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The fridge is the natural home of kid's artwork, or it is at our house. But it's not the ideal archival situation for the pookies priceless scribbles. AND it can make getting a snack a gauntlet of dropping papers and collapsing crayon scribbles. I dunno about you, but I think that original art looks better in a fancypants frame. What I've come up with is a magnetic fridge frame that should allow me safely store...

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Are you as excited as we are about the release of the Where The Wild Things Are movie? Because we are SUPER excited, and by "we" I mean mostly me, I suspect Teddy is just humoring me. Humoring me as I read him the book for the millionth time, hum the Arcade Fire song they're using in the trailer, and jam him into promo cut outs: The movie is released on October 16th, and as...

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One of the best things about baby rooms is that they give you licence to add a little magic. And what's more magical than an enchanted forest? Jennifer Talbot creator of b.delicious is something of a Renaissance mom. Her shop sells lovely little things from onesies to barrettes, but what's really exciting is the custom room design service she is now offering; look how gorgeous these examples are: You can see more examples and find...

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Image Revolver has a new exhibition of 'the hippest prints for kids' rooms around'. And I couldn't agree more! Pick your print and optional frame in sizes from 8" x 10" to 16" x 20". The images are also available on stretched canvas from sizes 8" x 10" to 20" x 30". To see the entire exhibit, follow this link. 

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They're lovely, whimsical, they'd make perfect nursery posters and they're free... which is plain old awesome! Good karma and snaps for C.K. at Creative Bubbles. You can print the posters at home or have them blown up larger at the photo print place. Race on over here to check them out.         And do check out their creator's other clever graphic design work on Etsy too. I'm  loving the Personalised Animal Cracker...

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Hi there! Need a gift for your favorite baby?  Check out the personalized name art at annabelle at home: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5207895 Each piece is hand drawn, printed, cut-out, and then pasted to vintage paper stock. So cute!

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Wordle is this fun little online toy that let's you make word clouds, like this: And while yes, it's a good way to lose half an hour rearranging the lyrics to Baby Got Back, it can also be kind of useful for parent types. I made two prints for Teddy's room and a pretty cool birth announcement too (a little late for Teddy, but still!) First up is an Alphabet poster with his name picked...

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Badbird is Andrea Zuill and her prints are so perfect. They range in subject matter from super-sweet tiny animals, to super-HERO tiny animals. The kids she draws are refreshingly grumpy looking, but charming all the same. Most of her stuff would look fabulous in a pookie's room, but here are a few of my particular favorites: Nature's little creature Porcupine, $20. Space Cadet Timmy,  $20. Few Know Mopsy's Secret, $20. Fly Away Little Bird, $20....

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Silhouettes have been having a bit of a renaissance lately, and why not? They have that sweet old-timey charm about them. They can be a bit unforgiving on those of us with "quirky" profiles but the do make an adorable way to see how your pookie (or pooch) changes year by year. Alexandra Hedin has a tutorial over at Design*Sponge that uses those big sticky labels and a photo. It seems super-simple, you'll need: 1....

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Well I see London and Paris, technically. Everything that is fun, interesting and charming about two of my favorite cities in the world appears in these lovely posters from Famille Summerbelle.   They are prints made from an original paper cut-out, which is pretty mind blowing when you consider the level of detail in them. See....   They are $60 each. They come unframed but they would fit into an Ikea Ribba 50x70 cm frame...

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I LOVE Father's Day. Love it. One of the totally awesome things about having a baby is getting to watch your sweetie be a parent. Father's Day gives you the opportunity to say "Hey! Good job with the most important thing you'll ever do!" and maybe coo like a lovestruck pigeon. Now, while my Sweetie deserves to be showered in high-end electronics our budget is more toaster than plasma screen, so Teddy and I had...

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Displaying art is one of those NICE problems, ("Oh NO, I have too many pretty things to put on my walls... sucks to be me"). Framing can be expensive, and it's not really practical for displaying your pookie's millions of MASTERPIECES when they reach the crayon grasping stage. Have a peek at this as a quirky alternative:   How clever is that! You could choose the size of your display or even get all crazy...

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The Masked Mommy snagged some canvases in the dollar bin at Jo-Ann fabrics and turned them into sweet nursery art. What you'll need for the project:   dollar bin canvases acrylic paint (light blue, brown, medium blue and white) black fabric paint paint brush(es) white glue felt, in various puppy and puppy collar colors   The canvases came with a pre-printed paint-it-in-yourself image. MM just painted over the image. Next came the dots, which she...

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The great man himself has been gone for a while now, but you can get a peek into the space where The Cat, Horton and The Sneeches were created. Architectural Digest has a 'revisits' slideshow, which includes this shot of the studio in his La Jolla, California home. The accompanying interview is pretty charming too. If you're inspired to Suessify your pookie's room then Pottery Barn kids has a whole range of goodies, Including these...

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Modern Art for Babies Decorate your little boys nursery in neutral colors, add some art for inspiration. Shown is a mobile called Silhouette, from small to large circular shapes, it flows well in the corner reflecting the shapes of the modern art on the wall. See more photos here: Clients Photos The best way to calm and entertain your new baby, is with a mobile. Art for stimulation! Art for the imagination. Art for a...

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Facebook has New Art Gifts! Are you on Facebook? I am! I love to receive new items as gifts. Here is a new application called Mobiles and Stabiles. Send these art pieces to everyone you know, they will just love it! Keep one for yourself as a reminder what someone can buy for you as a REAL gift, or for your baby, a birthday or for your new home. Add this new application to your...

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Teddy has two favorite books. The ones that make for instant calm and are part of our going to bed ritual. My sweetie has read What's Wrong, Little Pookie? (complete with silly voices) so many times he knows it by heart. It's hilarious; but cool? Not so muchly. I am rather luckier, I get to read this... It's Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, By Chris Rashka and the blurb says, "This sparse, rhythmic, repetitive text......

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As nicely reviewed in The Daily Candy, this new baby mobile is getting some great attention!  A glow in the dark planet mobile designed and made by Julie Frith. Done similar to an Alexander Calder styled mobile form with linking balanced arms, this is a new look with a traditional art flair.  The planets are arranged in line and constantly glide, slowly moving with the air currents.  Hang under a center room ceiling light, this...

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Sarah Jane at Sarah Jane Studios tells us how to create beautiful gallery images using her charming templates. Simply choose from one of the images, including a sparrow, seal and elephant and download the image. After that, follow Sarah Jane's tips: "cut out on solid lines place on painted artwork cut out artwork around tamplate past on background paper and frame!" If you're not inclined to make decorative artwork, an interesting scrapbook paper at your...

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