Category: For Moms & Dads
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Mini Inflatables
What a cool Christmas installation using these Mini Inflatables as reindeer. This novel new beach inflatable in the form of a Mini car is expected to hit the market for Summer 2012! They look like a blast. Via The Cool Hunter
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Vespa Rocking Horse
Another unorthodox rocking horse! This stunning rocking horses styled from a Vespa was made for a grandson in Italy, so the story goes… Lucky kid – I am swooning. And now the artist is taking orders to custom make these for the world! If you are so inclined, you can order them from Théatron Italian…
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Chocolate Bark & Magugu Toto Apron
I’ve been seeing this chocolate bark all over the web this week and it reminded me to make it again! So easy and delicious. How to do it: Melt chocolate in a double boiler (we used Trader Joe’s pound of dark chocolate) and spread it out on wax paper. Sprinkle things all over it. We…
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Make These Felted Flowers!
I just came across this wonderful tutorial on felted flowers on a lovely blog I just discovered called Papernstick and just had to share it with you. These are all very easy to make. Take a look!
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Free Printables:Tags, Labels and Tutorials
What a phenomenal list of free gorgeous printables compiled by Mel Stampz (of the blog of the same name), a Canadian Crafting Queen whose passion is sharing free crafty things with the world. Right on! I will be hitting this list hard this season. There are so many irresistible little cards and tags…and the list keeps…
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Gingerbread Brownstone
Just amazing! This very New York, incredible Gingerbread Townhouse is from Renee, of Kitchen Table Scraps, a great and very helpful cooking blog. She’s not only a graduate of the French Culinary Institute’s Pastry Program but also an ex-architect. Makes sense now. And she kindly gives step-by-step instructions so you too can create this harmony in gingerbread!…
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Peter & The Wolf Narrated by Isaac Mizrahi Balloon Sculptures by Jason Hackenwerth
I just became aware of this unusual and unbelievably imaginative production of Peter and The Wolf which is part of the Guggenheim Works & Process series. I’m really hoping to make it over there as it ends this week. The legendary Isaac Mizrahi will narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s charming children’s classic, as George Manahan conducts the Juilliard…
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Origami – First Power Folding Stroller
Seriously, I am going to have an extreme case of Stroller Envy when this revolutionary Origami power folding stroller is on the streets -from an ingenious company run by five mom friends, called 4Moms. I’m already super bummed that I didn’t have their MamaRoo (could have used that for the colic that went on in…
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John Derian Store – East Village
I was wandering in the East Village today and thought of the John Derian store, which I have been meaning to get to for ages. And lo and behold, it was right across the street from me! I am still floating from the experience. Such a visual abundance of beauty and imagery. Specializing in…