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Emily Hogarth's beautiful papercuts
I have followed Emily Hogarth and her adorable family on Instagram for the past couple years and have always loved the snippets I've seen of her beautiful papercut creations in her feed. So I was so excited when she got in touch last year and offered to create a custom papercut piece for us based on our travels. ...
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Travel memories captured with Little Square Gallery
As much as I promised myself I would take more photos with my 'proper' camera this year, the reality is that an iPhone is just too easy! I've tried to use my camera to capture the beautiful scenery and sights along our journey, but my iPhone is what I end up using for quick snaps ...
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CELEBRATIONS
Sweet illustrations, by Laura Uy
Laura Uy is a Canadian illustrator with such a lovely, playful style. Her work mainly focusses on greeting cards and prints, which make great decor pieces for children's rooms. I love that bear in the photo above, so whimsical (the gold stars are hand-painted and make the print extra pretty). Laura's greeting cards have such sweet illustrations with the cutest puns. There are cards for ...
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BOOKS
Sarah Glover and The Paper Creative
Sarah Glover of The Paper Creative is one seriously talented lady. Not only does she illustrate beautiful children's books, she writes them, self publishes them and has even launched her own line of greeting cards and prints! Her designs are fun, bold and well, contagiously creative. One of my favourite books of Sarah's is The ...
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SERVICES
Custom watercolour portraits from Sophie & Lili
Artist Jennifer Vallez from Sophie & Lili recently sent over these sweet watercolour portraits of my little family, and I love them so much. I love that she captured my children's personalities so well, and all of it based on a couple Instagram photos I have recently posted. My kids are especially fond of them ...
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Personalised papercut prints from couPure Baby Art
I recently got Marlow a personalised print from couPure Baby Art and I think it makes a cute addition to the wall behind her bed. CouPure Baby Art specialises in beautiful, custom papercut prints, incorporating your child's name and birthdate into the design. Such a cute idea for a baby gift or simply just to personalise ...
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GOOD READS
Blanca Gomez, a lovely illustrator
I really adore the work of the tallented illustrator and designer Blanca Gomez of cosas minimas. Her illustrations are clean, colorful and elegant and lovely for a child's room. And her city illustrations are just amazing! Blanca lives and works in Madrid and today we are invited to take a little look at her lovely ...
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FOR MUMS
Sharon Montrose Photography
I was feeling a bit blue the other day when I stumbled upon Sharon Montrose’s Animal Print Shop. There is nothing like portraits of bunnies, ducks, and sheep to instantly elevate your mood. I am still trying to decide which animal needs to come home with us. Maybe the two bear cubs?
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Where are you from?
Where are you from? Are your family roots from all around the world or perhaps you still live in your place of birth? As you can see from the image above my family's origins are somewhat spread out, so it’s no wonder I fell in love with these prints entitled My Roots Collection created by ...
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Bold, colourful art prints from Twoems
I ordered a couple prints from the Twoems Etsy shop recently and they make such a fun addition to our playroom. I love all the bright colours and patterns. My favourite is the Funky Diamonds print, and my boys love this Uh Oh Shark print (for obvious reasons). x Courtney
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Alfabetika Alphabet Prints and Free Downloads
Alfabetika creates cute and colourful alphabet and number prints where each letter/number is a quirky little creature. The prints are available in different colour combinations, great for any bedroom and decór. Alfabetika is now giving away a free download every day for a different alphabet letter to colour in (like the A above).Cute! See their ...
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Nisee Made
Do you recognise this illustration? It was inspired by this photo which I posted a couple weeks ago! Chicago-based illustrator, Denise Holmes, liked the photo and thought it would make a cute drawing... and I know I'm biased (it's a photo of my daughter after all), but isn't it indeed SO cute?! Denise has a ...
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BABY
Coral and Tusk
I am absolutely in love with Coral and Tusk, a husband and wife design studio based in New York. I first discovered their products on the Smallable website a few months ago, I then got to see them in person in the Sweet William boutique, and then finally I got to meet the lovely designer, Stephanie, at ...
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BOOKS
Cute cards and prints from The Krafty Fox
UK designer Katy Fox recently sent us an email introducing us to her Etsy shop, The Krafty Fox. Katy designs greeting cards and prints... which aren't necessarily for children, but that bicycle print looks really cute in my boys' bedroom! And I love the birthday bunting greeting cards -- so cute, and also so affordable! ...
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CELEBRATIONS
Love Bugs Print from Famille Summerbelle
Julie from Famille Summerbelle has done it again -- another beautiful print of her hand-cutting genius. This Love Bugs print is so pretty -- and how cool is that little spider hanging down?! I love it! And just in time for Valentine's Day (I hope my husband is reading). PS - If you haven't seen ...
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PREGNANCY
Fresh Press, cool cards with bold backs
I recently got thank-you-cards printed at Fresh Press. They are of the Later Gator range, and they are very cool! Love the green alligator, and love the funky red/green back, which is very refreshing. All Fresh Press cards have the signature patterned back, which gives the cards that special distinction... I also had address labels printed, ...
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Mishmish prints
We recently moved and so we had plenty of white walls to fill up! I was looking for something to hang in my children's bedroom and landed on Mishmish studio. Artist Susie Lubell offers high quality prints of her original watercolor paintings, which means professional archival ink and professional museum etching paper. Her subjects are sweet ...
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GOOD READS
Bye bye, DC. Bonjour, Paris!
You've guessed it-- I am moving back to Paris this fall. And while I'd much rather be blogging for Babyccino than packing up endless boxes, the move is quickly approaching... So there will be a few more posts from DC and then I am off. Thanks to all the readers for your great comments about ...
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STATIONERY
Simply silhouettes
I've always loved the timeless quality of silhouettes, and when I came across Simply Silhouettes , I couldn't wait for an occasion to get some done. With U.S. Mother's Day just around the corner, I ordered up a double print of my two girls for myself (Happy Mom's Day to Me!) and copies for my ...
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