Category: For Moms & Dads
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Simple & Amazing Kaleidograph Toy
What an addictive and intriguing toy this Kaleidograph is! Everyone who spies it gets drawn in and they can’t put it down. I wish I had this when I was in design school. The simple, die-cut cards can be arranged in over 350 million designs. Based upon geometry in nature — the symmetries of…
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Violise Lunn Paper Art
What interesting and beautiful paper works by Danish designer Violise Lunn. She creates wearable and unwearable items. Allowing herself to divide her time between these two artforms, the usable and the useless, Violise Lunn lets them feed each other with inspiration. Their origin is the same – to permit dreaminess and the search for…
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Polyhedron Habitable Cubby by Manuel Villa
I am smitten by this Polyhedron Habitable cubby house by architect, Manuel Villa. This little house is located in a backyard in Bogota Columbia and was designed as a place for young parents and their newborn child to have an independent area from day to day house activities, a space for reading, playing, etc.…
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Beautiful Easter Centerpieces & Easter Eggs
Here are some gorgeous Easter Centerpieces and Easter Eggs that I found just in case you haven’t decided on an arrangement yet or if you just like looking! A Happy and Joyous Easter to all!
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Nakhrali Dhani Village & Resort, India
Nakhrali Dhani is an ethnic village resort spread over 28 acres of land, that resembles a typical Rajasthani (North-West Indian) village. Located 15 kilometers outside Indore (Madhya Pradesh) in India, the village has plenty of activities for kids: a large water park, traditional puppet shows, camel rides, old-fashioned tonga rides, magic shows, live dance…
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Oona’s 5th Birthday
It was Oona’s 5th birthday on Monday and I just felt so emotional about her turning five, it was irrational. Maybe because 5 is half a decade? Maybe because it seems like yesterday that she made her exit from me, and entrance into this world? Maybe because I just can’t believe my baby is…
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Christian Dior in Russia- 1959
I just came across these fascinating shots that were taken during the Dior Fashion Show in Russia in 1959. It was the first time a Paris couturier had shown a collection behind the iron curtain. Being a huge fan of classic Dior, I am completely thrilled at my find. And the expressions on the…
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Rustic Interiors that Inspire Me
Via Have I ever mentioned just how much I adore interior design and beautiful spaces? In fact, I would love to be able to completely redesign my own home, but I would be afraid that it would take me a lifetime to actually settle on what to do. Anyway, I seem to have a thing…
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Amazing Cookies by Dainty Delights
We just had a perfect and timelessly romantic spring day here in New York and these cookies above just seemed to go hand in hand with their bright freshness and promise of new life! Who would have thought that cookies could do so much for me?! They are from the Spring/Summer Collection of very pretty…