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Love your homework - SCHOOL SUPPLIES

School bags, art supplies and more! Make going back to school fun with inspiring art supplies by Djeco and supplemental learning toys and games. Do you know a little artist in the making?! You can't find a better colour spectrum than Djeco's palette and...

posted on August 16 2014

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Big Time Nautical Style with Sammy the Sailor

The super chouette girls at Yoyo Mom chose Sammy The Sailor as part of their recent montage on Nautical inspired fashion. Look at how adorable their layout is. That red tank with the fringe is so cool! And Sammy, well...

posted on August 12 2014

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How to grow your bangs, gracefully.

Around these parts we've been desperately trying to tame our outgrown bangs, both mom and daughter. We're going through that awkward stage, where we can't see. I am tempted to get the scissors out but we've come this far, so...

posted on August 05 2014

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Mail on Sunday recommends Little Citizens Boutique for Quirky Gifts

Graham and Green is one of our all time favourite shops to get lost in, we love to revel in a dream of sparkling pendant lights and bone inlay chest of drawers. Imagine our excitement when we discovered that in a...

posted on July 17 2014

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World Cup (Face Paint) Fever!

Who are you rooting for? I was in Argentina when we won the World Cup in 1986, it was amazing. Once you live through something like that, you become a life long fan. During the game my brother and I...

posted on June 19 2014

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Alphabet Days

Arrêt! Everything you know today you learned as a child. I say this to myself when my daughter starts whining, how do I spell daddy's naaaaaame?! I'm trying to finish a riveting article (HuffPost Parents do these so well), this...

posted on May 31 2014

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The Meaning of Toys

I never knew this seemingly innocent word could cause such hilarity. I was talking to the owners of a toy shop in Connecticut recently, this amazing shop in Mystic (you know like Mystic Pizza?!) called Mystical Toys (makes sense, right?)...

posted on May 29 2014

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How Slow Toys make for better child development

What in the world is the Slow Toy movement? Like the Slow Food and the Slow Fashion movements, we now have a Slow Toy movement and thank goodness for that. Along with their darling baby there are two things that...

posted on May 25 2014

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Hello Taigan

We love seeing the way creatives around the web curate our wares with theirs. Here on Taigan our gorgeous Dis Une Couleur Ice Cream Print Tee lives nicely alongside a very cool Bow Tie and Antique Necklace.

posted on May 19 2014

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Backing a Creative Hands On Language programme for kids!

Imagine a language programme developed by a pair of really great designers who's ideas and play things blow your mind. They live in Morocco and speak French, Spanish and Arabic to their children so they know a thing or two...

posted on April 15 2014

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A Memorable Baby Shower Gift

One of my all time favourite presents at my baby shower was a pack of Trumpette socks. At the time they just looked so tiny, like doll house proportions in a sweet little box, that I could not imagine having...

posted on April 15 2014

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MEET the DESIGNER - Ingela Arrhenius

An exclusive interview with Swedish graphic designer Ingela Arrhenius. Known for her iconic children's interiors, fun, kitsch and retro illustrations bring a great graphical quality to children's rooms and baby nurseries. MEET the DESIGNER Ingela P Arrhenius, 47,Married with two sons,...

posted on April 05 2014

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Designers who are moms

It's hard to believe that these prolific designers have much time left in their day after designing amazing wares like this, this, this AND this! Meanwhile they are also all mothers to some very lucky kids (can you imagine the colouring in session...

posted on March 27 2014

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Big Kids Room ❤ Decor Inspiration

World renown illustrator Marc Boutavant says that his style was influenced by the wallpaper in his room as a child. This is proof that decor does matter and giving it some thought is a good thing. How to decorate your...

posted on March 20 2014

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The World's Most Inventive Fun Chef Award goes to Dominique Ansel

Little Citizens Boutique awards creative Chef Dominique Ansel First he invented the Cronut, half croissant and half, yes you guessed it donut. Now he's come up with the Milk Cookie Shot. The Cronut sounds yum. Even if a little like...

posted on March 17 2014

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