Archive for the ‘Stationery’ Category

Print*Pattern*Paper – Artwork for Your Nursery

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

I wish my daughter’s nursery had numerous walls. I need more space to hang all the gorgeous artwork that’s out there in this world.

Current crush: The designs created by Rebecca Peragine at print*pattern*paper. So lovely… so whimsical… so in love!

Rebecca takes scrap papers, magazines and foreign text and turns them into – you guessed it – pieces of art.

And, her work isn’t just limited to walls: Check out her adorable thank you cards and eco-friendly lunch sacs (a perfect preschool lunch bag for the older brother or sister!).

Right now she’s in Isla Mujeres, Mexico doing a fundraising art show where she’ll donate half of the proceeds to PEACE (www.peace-islamujeres.org). If for some reason you can’t make it to Mexico to stop by the gallery (!), you can still buy art from this collection at her website for two weeks following the event on January 16th.

Note: For the next two weeks, Cradle readers will receive a 20% discount with the coupon code: CRADLE. 

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A Tiny Tale about Tiny Tales

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Here’s a tiny tale to tell… I’m cuckoo for this Baby Tales Memory Kit.

Listen, I would love to say that I’m the kind of mom who captures every amazing moment in my babies’ life. Truth be told, I keep putting it off. Maintaining a baby book or journal exhausts me just thinking about it.

Yet, now that my son is three, I’m a bit bummed that I’ve dropped the ball in preserving many of his memories (and Grandma keeps getting on my case about it). But now that my little girl is here, I can redeem myself using this clever kit that I’m totally crushing on!

It looks like a little recipe holder, so it’s easy to keep out on the counter within arm’s reach for when you want to quickly jot something down. It comes with cards that say, “Today I did something…” with a choice 

of words to check off such as “so sweet”, “maddening”, “for the first time”, and then you write out what your baby did. After, you simply file it in the dividers according to your baby’s age and you’re done. Love it!

And for those who have an older child, they do offer a kit for toddlers… so it’s never too late to start.

Excuse me, my baby just cooed for the first time. Got to go write it down!