I love handbags. I mean, really, I love handbags -- they're the perfect accessory, because they're beautiful and practical. Your stuff has to go somewhere, after all. And right now, I am extra super in love with the Tabitha bag from Help…
My boys wear uniforms to school, so they like their play clothes to be fun and funky . I like them to be clothes they can actually play in. Boy Peralta, Inc has cool stuff that we can both live with -- and love. You'll find brands like A…
You know how after the baby is born, you have that extra bit around the middle that just doesn't fit into your clothes? My baby is seven and I'm still fighting that. (Sorry, mamas, it's true.) But wait! DuMi Shapewear has a solution! The…
I'm always on the lookout for great holiday gifts for my babysitters and sisters-in-law and girlfriends; just some small, fun treat to remind them how much they mean to me. This year, I'm in love with CrazyLibellule's Crazy Sticks -- sol…
Looking for a gift that's Just Right for your child's teacher? A wee gift that says "We appreciate everything you do!" without getting too personal? Lovely monogrammed notecards are always a good bet - you know, to write thank you notes …
I love being a mom of boys, but I envy my mom-of-girls friends one wee thing: Barrettes. Especially when I see ones as cute as the felt barettes from Redhaven . Redhaven's no-slip barrettes are handmade of 100% wool felt; each set of thr…
Confession: I was miserable in the last trimester of both of my pregnancies. Not because I was huge and couldn't see my feet and had a person sitting on my bladder. No, I hated that I was compelled to wear really really boring maternity …
It's still a little depressing to put a really ugly bib over a really cute outfit, if not as depressing as staining the really cute outfit with carrots. Problem solved: b amici's beautiful cotton bibs are like wee accessories themselves.…
My makeup lives permanently in my makeup bag, which seems to live permanently on my bathroom counter. Having a pretty bag for my lip gloss is important to me, since I'm looking at it all the time. So when I saw chic Aussie designer (and …
There are all sorts of good reasons to pack a lunch instead of grabbing one on the go. The downside, of course, is the packaging; paper bags are wasteful but most reusable lunch bags are, well, ugly. Or designed for third graders. Or bot…
My kids wear the same clothes over and over; they just grab whatever is at the top of the laundry pile and put it on and go. I used to try to encourage them to rotate what they wore but then I realized that the trick was to buy super coo…
My kids wear uniforms to school. In general, I'm a big fan because it makes getting out the door that much easier (white polo! navy shorts! let's go!). But I get a little wistful when I'm shopping for school clothes -- after all, how exc…
When my boys were babies, I spent a lot of time looking for cool, original things for them -- clothes and bedding and accent pieces for their rooms . But in a strip mall world, that meant a lot of shopping, and no mama has time for that.…
I love giving gifts; what kills me is the wrapping. All that wrapping paper getting tossed in the trash -- or worse, those reusable but ugly gift bags. Solution: LivingEthos reusable cloth gift bags . Made of 100% cotton, these bags are …
I pack school lunches for my kids every day. I don't mind actually making the lunches; it's the packaging that gets me, all those little plastic bags bound for the trash, stored in a garish character tie-in lunchbox. That part is depress…
Maternity wear has come a long way in the nine years since I had my first baby, but for most of us, the local maternity shopping options are limited, and trolling the Internet for deals takes time away from napping -- an important part o…
For years, I dreamt about a playroom -- a place (that wasn't my living room) where my boys could make a mess with their superhero toys and have pillow fights and stand on the furniture without making me insane. Now that we have a playroo…
I have two boys, and while I adore them, I've always felt like I missed out a little when it comes to shopping, because boys really get the short end of the stick for play clothes. I'm especially feeling that way now that I've seen the b…
My younger son has always been a big blanket kid; even now, at six, he sleeps with at least one baby blanket every night. I love this, both because a kid with a blanket melts my heart and because we got some great blankies when he was a …
I have a dream: I want someone to go into my closet, take a look at what I have, and then tell me what else I need. And of course, I want suggestions that work with what I'm already wearing, and that are cool and fun, and maybe, just may…
