KJ my stepson, came to me with a drawing of Baby Poof and asked me to make him out of fabric. It came out pretty cute and we had a lot of fun making him. We took a plate and traced it onto two pieces of natural hemp fleece. We then cut out 2 half circles from some purple fabric. We sewed the purple fabric to the hemp fleece, made some arms and legs and embroidered a cute little nose and mouth. We then made some eyes, sewed them on and stitched up the front to the back and stuffed him. It only took us about 30 minutes. I hope you enjoy watching the video! If Want something made? Send us a picture and we will see what we can do! Enjoy!
December 19 th (that's tomorrow YIPPEE) The View (ya know the show with Barbara Walters) will be featuring the Doodlebugz Crayola Chalkmats! They are very practical, cool and will keep your little ones busy while they wait for dinner. We love these because they are reasonably priced and come with everything you need. Take them to the restaurant or any meal out, use them at home while cooking to keep them busy. They come in many colors so everyone will have their own, no need for fighting. We love them and think that you will too and don't forget to watch The View! They also go hand and hand with our My Little Crayon Roll-up another one of our favorite items to keep the kiddos creatively occupied!
My favorite customer and friend, Ale wanted me to make her son Maxx and daughter Alexa some cool superhero capes. It is going to be their Christmas gift to one another. It was a really cute idea, especially since Maxx really is a superhero. After all, he did save his little sister from running out the door and down the street by herself! That definitely make him a hero, and I think a hero deserves a special cape. So, that was my project for the day. I think they came out pretty cute. What do you think? Feel free to comment. Like I've said before I will make anything, so if you want something, just ask! I can do custom orders of just about anything and I really enjoy it!
I am an avid reader. I love to read and I know how important reading is, especially to children. A great way to spend time with your kids is to read to them or with them. My boys are 8 and 14 now, but still love for me to read to them. Of course the books I read with them are different than when they were toddlers. Now they are at the age that I can read classics like Huckleberry Fin or Tom Sawyer. These books are amazing but not easy to get your child into unless that is, you read it to them. We've already read those two so now we are reading another great book by Kate DiCamillo called The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. It is about Edward, a china rabbit who is very self absorbed and his owner a sweet girl by the name of Abilene. Abilene loves Edward but Edward has a lot to learn about love. We are only on chapter 9, we read a few chapters a night. It is a great way to wind down after a busy day. It's a really great way to transform the events of the day to a more calming and soothing time for you and your children. It's especially nice for us this time of year when we cuddle up in our big arm chair by the Christmas tree and read. Try it, it will be a lasting memory for both you and your child, guaranteed.
Last weekend we attended a holiday charity event benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach. It was a great night full of great food, drink, dancing & holiday cheer to raise money for a very good cause. Upon walking in, we saw him. The cutest little tiny baby beagle puppy in the arms of a young girl volunteering for the event. Obviously this little pup was there for the live auction and when we laid eyes upon his cuteness we instantly fell in love. Mind you, we already have two dogs and no desire to add a third but when that auctioneer started babbling his auctioneer chatter, something happened to my arm and it lifted high in the air! My husband looked at me and I said "Is this ok?" "It sure is" was his reply. We were in love with that little beagle the two of us silly dog lovers. After a few battles back and forth for the cutest auction item of the night, we found ourselves the lucky new owners of this beagle that we now call "Tebow". We could not bring him home that night as he was only 5 weeks old and needed some more time with his mommy and brothers and sisters. We did get to visit him yesterday though, to play with him, introduce our kids to him and let him know how we are anxiously awaiting his homecoming. It would have made a great surprise Christmas present for my boys, but I just couldn't possibly keep such a precious little secret like that from them. We pick him up on Sunday the 21st of December and I think he will bring some added joy to our home. I can't wait.... Isn't he cute?
More blabla kids items on sale! This week only all blabla items are marked 10% off! We figured since they are the most popular overall gift item for kids, we would run a special! Don't worry about entering any coupon codes because we have already marked them down to make things easy and there is still plenty of time to order for Christmas!
Want to know the most popular gift for the ladies on your list? Our Wristlet Key Ring also now on sale for $11. Anyone with a set of keys will love one!
Happy Shopping! Kristen
We have some recent press from the Succulent Wife, who considers our Wristlet Key Ring a "favorite find" check it out and do some shopping if you feel like it! There are some really great products and some discount codes too so take advantage of them and get some gifts for the holidays.
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Tons of merchandise temporarily marked down. More great deals: - Buy any pair of BabyLegs and get a Free Wristlet Key Ring
- Buy 3 Wristlet Key Rings get the 4th Free
- Free Shipping on all orders of $100 or more
Avoid lines and stress and shop online! It's safe and convenient and you can do it in your pajamas :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
~Kristen
I know I said I was doing all my holiday shopping online and I am, but I will have to venture out to Swoozies on December 4th from 8:00am-10am to help my nearest and dearest favorite charity the Place of Hope. Swoozie's will be donating 10% off all sales to The Place of Hope.
Place: Swoozie's - Downtown at the Gardens
Date: December 4, 2008
Time: 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Location: 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Avenue, Suite 4104, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410
P: 561.839.1808 | F: 561.839.1806 | PalmBeach@swoozies.com
What is the Place of Hope? It is a faith-based, family style child welfare organization that places children and sibling groups and other special needs ("hard to place") foster children in consistent, long-term care. The Place of Hope provides healthy family care, comprehensive case management, therapy and counseling, tutoring, mentoring, educational, physical and spiritual development, essential life -skills training, healing and restoration. Each cottage has professionally trained live-in cottage parents and no more than 6 children in each home. These parents devote their time, talents and energies to the children, creating a stable and structured traditional family setting. Although the courts determine the length of stay for each child, the Place of Hope provides a stable and loving family home for them until they either attain permanency (family re-unification or adoption) or are of age to live independently. The A.B. Baby Boutique and my family are big supporters of this wonderful place and we encourage you to learn more about this organization. They are always in need of donations, tutors and mentors. Please consider helping the Place of Hope by shopping with us on Dec. 4th or in your own time. To learn more about the Place of Hope, please visit their website at http://www.placeofhope.com
I’ve converted! I am now a Mac thanks to my wonderful husband who surprised me yesterday with an early Christmas present. I am officially no longer a PC (not really officially just yet because I need to figure out how to use it for it to be “official”). My sneaky husband snuck out to my car before I left the office yesterday and hid it under my sweater on my passenger side seat! I found it mid drive while still in my paranoia state from the traumatic incident last week. I decided I was afraid driving around downtown with my purse visible on my passengers seat so when I grabbed my sweater to cover the purse there it was a cute and very slender MacBook complete with all the programs I need to do all the things I do! This is also my first laptop as I have been using my hubby’s whenever I needed to be mobile. Now I will be able to get much more work done once I figure this thing out. It is much different than a pc and I am quickly getting frustrated to say the least. I want to instantly be able to do everything I want to do and I feel lost at this point. I just may have to take up Amy or Andie’s offer to give me a tutorial. Anyone switch to a Mac and have any advice? I would love to hear your suggestions on where to start. So far I have my email all set up and my phone and contacts all synched in but that’s about it. I also can’t wait to tell you about a very cool project and I am going to teach you how to do it. You will have to check back to find out but here is a hint….it involves a little bit of sewing and a pair of scissors but is very easy to do.
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