I recently lost ran out of Maisie’s name labels before I had a chance to finish labelling everything so when Emily Press labels offered to send me their limited edition First Class School Label Pack I was stoked! The First Class School Label Pack (you’ll find them under Kids Play in the School Labels section) contains labels for all those back-to-school essentials – 10 shoe labels, 35 slim labels (for anything and everything) and 48-Tag-a-Tag clothing labels. Maisie’s labels have the cupcake motif and are in the tea party colour scheme – they are super cute! You have your choice of blue jean, cherry, flamingo or colour combinations chocoblue (brown and blues), citrus (bright green, orange and pink) and Maisie’s tea party (bright pink, soft pink and lilac) plus over 16 different icons. [...]
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Want a surefire tip on what is sure to be the coolest accessory for back to school? Check out Chill Monkeys Darwin newsboy caps. Designed and created by Vancouver mom, Alexis Hinde, the hats are the first in a series of boys clothing which is inspired by classic men’s style, vintage toys and historic photographs. [...] It was Little Miss’ first birthday last weekend (sniff sniff) and I was SO excited about throwing her her very own party. When I was in the UK last March I fell in love with some Very Hungry Caterpillar party decorations and thus inspired decided then and there that it would be the theme of her party. We ADORE the book by Eric Carle (if you don’t have it you must get it – it truly is one of those “must have” kids books) and thought the primary colours would be fun. I was a little unsure what to do about a cake until I stumbled upon the truly AMAZING Coco Cakes Cupcakes blog by local Vancouverite, and owner of Coco Cakes, Lyndsay Sung. Not only did Lyndsay create a fabulous Hungry Caterpillar cupcake train but she was sweet enough to explain how she did it in the comments (right down to which colour gels she used to get the “watercolour” look of the books). [...] Do you ever get frustrated when you hear about yet another kid product recall? Do you, like me, wish that there was somewhere you could go and check on the safety & green-ness of a product BEFORE you spent the money? Well how cool is this – Green Parents’ List does exactly that (and hooray its Canadian!) [...] Both Husbando and I are avid readers and we are desperate to pass on our love of books to Little Miss. We’ve been reading to her regularly since she was born and a couple of weeks ago we discovered her sitting on the floor, surrounded by her books, “reading” to herself (with an upside down book). Her favourite book, hands down, to either “read” or to have read to her, is Look – There’s a Baby by Emma Dodd. Each page of this board book features a different illustration of a baby, and the story is told in rhyme (Look there’s a baby who’s dressed and ready, look there’s a baby who’s cuddling teddy…) until on the last page there is a little “mirror” and the line “Look there’s a baby who looks like you!” That “surprise mirror ending” as the cover proclaims is guaranteed to make Little Miss smile with delight and pause only long enough to sign “more” and read the book all over again! [...] When I was 17 my father was diagnosed with a very serious form of skin cancer. He’s ok now (after some aggressive surgery) but I’ve never forgotten how scary that time was and how deadly skin cancer can be. So you can probably guess my stress level when I gave birth to a blue-eyed red head with alabaster skin. We live in sunscreen (and hats) in our house! This summer I’ve been using two different brands: Tru Kid and Baby Blanket, here are my thoughts on both of them. [...]  I find dads incredibly hard to buy for – they either buy themselves whatever they want or you’ve already gone down that “hobby” road so many times you’re bored of it (and probably stumped for ideas!) How about something completely different – how about something that puts dad more in the picture, shall we say? Family photo sessions are once again gaining in popularity and affordability. Gone are the cheesy backgrounds (who remembers a bridge in a park with autumn leaves?) and forced poses (a la Awkward Family Photos), today’s sessions are more playful, inclusive and, for the most part, more natural. Most local retailers (as well as baby fairs and swaps) will be able to highlight the photographers in your area, and of course the tinterweb is a great resource as it let’s you check out more of a photographer’s style and look. A photo session for dad with the kid(s) is a great opportunity to capture some of that dad magic and provide memories for years to come. [...] One of my favourite things about travelling is the search for products and ideas we don’t have here at home. I was in the UK last March and I fell in love with the absolutely gorgeous and colourful kitcehnware by London design darlings Joseph Joseph. When I got home I immeadiately contacted them to find out where I could get my hands on them and I was very kindly sent the nesting bowls (above) and the Index Chopping Boards (below). [...] A while back we told you about Baby Steals and Kids Steals – I absolutely love those sites but one day, surrounded by a pile of baby things, I wished there was something like that for me. Hello jasmere! jasmere is a “social shopping” site which is incredibly easy to use. Just sign up for their emails (or check the site daily) and every day there will be a new product or service for you to check out. Now there are a couple of things I really like, even prefer, over Baby Steals. First off, jasmere doesn’t tend to sell out before I can get my order in, which makes me happy (although I have also missed on on items because I expected them to be there later – oops!) Secondly, they also carry vouchers for sites, products, and services. This means you can buy whatever YOU like from the featured company, which is awesome. Another really cool feature is that when you go to buy an item you agree to buy it at the “current price”, but depending on how many people purchase the item you could see that price go DOWN! (This happened when I bought some gorgeous letterpress thank you cards – I used the $20 gift code jasmere sent me to “buy” them for the list price of $16, but they cost $14 when the purchase price dropped!) That said, I think the best thing about jasmere is the variety of products they offer – from jewellery to clothing to housewares, there is something for everyone (and because I’m not tempted everyday, I can save my pennies for the products I love!) [...] 
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