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dwell studio books

I had to stop by Babies R Us tonight for a last minute gift. [I’m finally figuring out my way around the store… seriously, a map like Ikea would be very helpful!] I think I walked up and down each aisle and just couldn’t find anything so I went with the usual books – Good Night Moon and Brown Bear Brown Bear. Believe it or not, they were sold out of the Very Hungry Caterpillar!

But a little further down, I found these books by Dwell Studio! They make such great products from baby to home products! I think I liked them because they are soft and not your typical kid books with primary colors.

ps… It took me a while to hunt down these images but remembered that they were published by Blue Apple Books. What a cute website!

cirque du bebe: un [1]

My friend is having her baby in November, but is also moving moved away to California this month, so we thought it would be best to have her shower before she left. We brainstormed and all she requested was to have a cotton candy machine. Well, one thing led to another and before you know it, cirque du bebe was born. I thought it was a little classier than a baby circus!

:invitations:: it’s supposed to look like a vintage entry ticket to an actual circus

:cupcakes:: in lieu of a cake, but each one had a picture of the mom and dad-to-be on each side when they were infants

:water bottles:: in 3 different designs

:centerpieces:: orange dahlias in a white ikea vase

:decorations in the tent:: tissue pom-poms

happy first birthday auggie!

Back in early July, Auggie celebrated his first birthday [dohl] and I had the pleasure of some of the setup for his special event!

Just a bit of background information: Koreans believe that you can ‘predestine’ your future. Parents will line up a few objects and whatever object the child chooses, is his/her destiny. Here are some of the traditional items:

thread: a long life
jujube: many children
book, pencil, brush: scholar
ruler: talented with hands
money or rice: wealth

Nowadays, many parents add in modern items such as a golf club or a microphone.

I’ll have to find my pictures from my first birthday and post those up sometime!

2010 already?

Per Suann’s recommendation, I checked out the 2010 Laurel Denise planner. I couldn’t find many pictures online but got the jist of what it looked like inside from the back page on Amazon.

I finally purchased it at Overstock for $12 plus s/h. It came within 3 business days and tore the package open ASAP! I love how the planner has a large monthly view as well as a weekly view with plenty of space for notes and lists. Sometimes, an electronic planner just doesn’t cut it… especially when you want to know dates in advance or need to remember when your last dentist appointment was.

 

Can’t wait to get my 2010 appointments/birthdays added! I only wish I could start using it now! I’m a bit of a geek so I like to use a color-coded system for specific reminders! :)

tricky...

Guess what these are?

You’d think they are the latest craft idea or something fun for little kids…

But they are actually place cards! If you take a closer look you’ll see ribbon on each place card but when you fold the card together the ribbon may become loose. Plus they are much easier to transport. So late last night on Monday, I devised this plan to keep them in order and keep the structure of the place card in tact. I placed a clothespin on every 2 cards to keep them connected. Then placed post-its on top so that they and removed the clothespin. The hot pink one states what letter they are and which one is the first one of the bunch. I think I might do this for all intricate place cards.

 

Glad they are finished… can’t wait to see them on a place card table!

packaging

One of my favorite sites to read is by Dieline. They find the most creative and well-designed packages on every day items: most seem to center around food too! I love a well-packaged box or label.

For example: here’s a sample of Crayola through the years.

I distinctly remember everything after the first row. Did I just date myself? probably! I still remember begging my mom for the 64 pack with the built-in sharpener. For some reason, it seemed so expensive at the time [it probably was] and I’d have to resort for the 24 pack OR reuse the crayons from last year. I didn’t know that they had a 96 pack!

How fun would this be to give to kids at a party just to keep them occupied? Origami in a bag!

They also showcase a lot of work that students created for projects like this one:

[all images courtesy of the dieline]