Congratulations to Jen S from NY for winning a blanket from Shootsie, our giveaway from last week. If you didn’t win but want to shop on Shootsie’s site, use coupon code mommieswag to receive 10% off.
This week’s giveaway: Crissy G’s Boutique
July 23, 2007 By Leave a Comment
This week’s giveaway: A bracelet of your choice from Crissy G Boutique!
How do I enter: subscribe to the Mommies with Style newsletter to be entered. If you’re already subscribed, you’re already entered.
How long: This giveaway will run until 5 pm ET next Monday, July 30th. Subscribe before that time to be eligible.
Crissy G.’s Boutique has everything for baby. From designer collections of nursery décor and furniture, to unique baby gifts and jewelry, to the most precious outfits for your little sweethearts, you’re sure to find an unforgettable gift. And there’s plenty to spoil the mommies too. Special discount for Mommies With Style readers. Enter code “Mommy” at checkout to save 20% off your entire order from July 23-31st!
Advertorial: Groovy Paper
July 23, 2007 By 1 Comment
The following is a paid Advertorial from Groovy Paper:
MODERN STYLISH STATIONERY AT GROOVYPAPER.COM
Check out our 50 new moving announcements!
Groovy Paper proudly represents emerging stationery designers – PiPo Press, Robyn Miller Design, Blue Starr Design and more – many of whom are mommies too!
Visit Groovy Paper to see our totally awesome collection of announcements, party invites, thank yous, gift labels, notepads, shower party favors and placemats! Stay tuned. New cool, hip designs to be added throughout the summer.
Take advantage of our everday savings offer – FREE proof & FREE shipping with the purchase of one stationery order over $100.
Special Savings Offer! Order your Jewish New Year Cards and receive FREE Shipping on an order over $75. Code: MWSJNY. Valid through August 8th.
Enjoy shopping at www.groovypaper.com – where hip stationery hangs out.
Inspiring & eco-friendly: ImagiPlay toys
July 23, 2007 By Leave a Comment
About a year ago, one of our Buzz Lightyear toys had somehow made it’s way to the trunk of my car. He was lodged under an un-used stroller and given the state of organization in my car, he stayed put for awhile. Every time I’d hit a bump, he’d go off. It got to the point where I stopped noticing. My husband got in the car one day and proclaimed, “If I hear it say ‘To Infinity and Beyond’ one more time, I may have to stop the car and toss him out the window.”
And of course, this it wasn’t the first, and certainly won’t be the last time some random toy has gone off in our car or house, causing much irritation.
Which is one of many reasons I love simple, sound-free toys. ImagiPlay makes toys like this. Their toys leave it up to the child’s imagination, and encourage creative play because they are so simple.
And an even bigger bonus in my book, the ImagiPlay toys are all eco-friendly and wooden. We generate so much plastic recycling in our house on a daily basis, it’s sick, so I’m always glad to find something that doesn’t add to that pile. According to the ImagiPlay website, everything they make is made of “renewable, sustainable materials.”
We have a wooden puzzle, which has already been a part of hours of amusement, as well as the African Safari wooden set, which always has to be lined up in the exact way the photo shows it.
Shop the ImagiPlay website and use coupon code CWS15 for 15% off your order on everything through September 30th, 2007.
Last chance to win a Shootsie blanket
July 22, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Less than 24 hours left to enter yourself to win a Shootsie blanket. Click here for the original post; Shootsie makes gorgeous baby blankets and you could win one by signing up for our newsletter by 5 pm ET tomorrow.
Again, you can visit the original post for more details on the contest and information about Shootsie.
33% off everything at Baby Dagny
July 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment
No coupon needed; sale’s on the entire site and ends on midnight Monday – Visit Baby Dagny.
Advertorial: Two Blue Peas
July 21, 2007 By 1 Comment
The following is a paid Advertorial from Two Blue Peas:
Monkey Around with Two Blue Peas
Shouldn’t your little pea reflect your sense of style? Afterall – monkey see, monkey do. Two Blue Peas has an adorable set that’s sure to make your baby the main attraction at the zoo… and everywhere else for that matter. The “Monkey Business” set includes a onesie, leggings, snuggler and matching rattle.
There’s no time for monkeying around on this one. Through July 31, they’re offering a 10% discount on this set just for our readers. Simply enter coupon code MWS during checkout.
Two Blue Peas hand picks their goods from undiscovered artisans and your favorite mommy-tested brands. Items are creatively paired into sets, making gift giving easy peasy. But the collection is not limited to gifts. You can purchase all gift items individually, or check out the slew of other trendy clothing, shoes and accessories.
Visit www.twobluepeas.com to find the “Monkey Business” set and other treasures for hip little peas.
Toting around my 5 week old!
July 20, 2007 By Leave a Comment
As I sit here and write this review, my little 5 week old is peacefully sleeping on my chest. How am I able to type this, take care of my almost three-year old who is running around, and tote around my 5 week old? A Karma Baby sling!
I am really enjoying slinging my baby this second time around. It makes life so much easier to be hands-free while appeasing my little one. My Karma Baby sling is great… an adorable fabric, easy to put on, comfortable to wear, and a cute little pocket and clip for my keys.
Made of 100% cotton, there are a number of sizes to make sure you get the correct fit, and a ton of adorable fabrics (designer, reversible, organic, etc) to choose from. I love that owner Stacey offers a free phone consultation to help you make sure you are comfortable putting on and wearing your sling the first time you try it. Great customer service!
Learn more about babywearing and check out the great slings from Karma Baby. Receive free shipping when you use code “mommystyle”!
Trendy tees for your little tikes!
July 20, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Do you ever find humor in an instance when your child is throwing a tantrum at the toy store or misbehaving at play group? Of course not! For starters, it’s embarrassing and can be quite frustrating! Well, Doodle Doo Designs has some adorable tees that will help inject some humor into the stressful situation! Check out the hilarious tees “Miss Behaving,” “Miss Understood” and “I think I feel a TANTRUM coming on!” One of my favorites is “What happens in play group stays in play group!”
Mommies…..if your husband plays fantasy football like mine, here’s one he might appreciate – “my dad plays fantasy (with Pro crossed out) Football.” Grey’s Anatomy fans…..check out the “McCutie” tee!
The tees are available in sizes 3 months – 6T, come in short and/or long sleeve for Babies, Toddler Boys and Girls.
At checkout click on Enter Gift Certificate, Coupon, or Reward and enter coupon code MWS10 to save 10% off of your purchase.
It’s in the bag
July 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Many of us have attended or been invited to purse parties. I know I have now been to a few. I had a purse made at the first one I attended, all excited to design my own. But I have to say I wasn’t that impressed and decided that maybe these design your own purses weren’t for me. I now think it is all about finding the right “design your own purses” brand. I recently received a “B’s Purse.” Very stylish. High quality. The first things to strike me on these bags are the high end and hip fabrics and handles. The purse I have is a semi circle shape in an orange and white large print with round wooden bamboo handles. Very summer. They carry everything from purses to backpacks, makeup cases to portfolio bags, diaper bags to entire luggage sets. The high end stylish materials really make these bags, and they are so easy to design. The best part – you can create your bag from the comfort of your own couch. Just log on to pick your bag style, your fabrics, your lining, and your handles and your finished – your custom made bag delivered to your door. It’s fun, it’s easy, and you leave with a stylish new bag that fits you!
Right now www.bspurses.com/rkhalifa is offering Mommies With Style readers a free check book cover that you can design yourself with a purchase over $200. Mention Mommies With Style when you place your order.
13 Weeks Pregnant: Bella Band- From Now to After Baby
July 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
If you are pregnant, you need the Bella Band. It will take you from your first trimester to your third and even in your “fourth” as your body goes back to normal (slowly).
Company Owner Ingrid Charney “popped” when she was four months pregnant with her daughter Isabel. Frustrated because she was dressing for work and couldn’t button her pants, she finally took a tube top and pulled it up over her hips. Though it was thick and not ideal for a expanding belly, it worked. She untucked her shirt and went to work. Ingrid said, via her website, “In the coming weeks I found I could also wear my new accessory with maternity clothes I wasn’t yet big enough to fill. Ultimately, I had more choices and less frustration finding something to wear every day. That’s when I wondered if other women would want something like this. Over a year later the Bella Band was born. And the inspiration, you might say, was my daughter Isabel, now age five —that once pesky bump in my belly!”
Ingrid was kind enough to send me some Bella Bands to test out. I fell in love with the product. Basically, every day you will find me wearing one. My favorite is the black lace. I am now wearing some of my regular clothes and some maternity clothes. My regular pants will not button and the Bella Band hides that. I hate the big maternity panels on my shorts, so the Bella Band covers it up as well. It looks great – no one knows I’m wearing it unless I tell them. It also supports my tummy and I actually feel better when I wear it. Another plus, my almost 2 year old son always yanks up my shirt to see my tummy – the Bella Band preserves my modesty.
My mother-in-law thinks that the Bella Band may just be the ticket to preserve her modesty with her low -rise pants. So, another market for the Bella Band may be born.
You can find it at online boutique Mom4Life in many different colors for $25.95. Click through this link for 10% off with a special Mommies with Style link. (The Bella Band is under the “Mom’s Closet” section.) Be sure to check out Mom4Life’s other cool products – 80% of the items sold there are made by stay-at-home-Moms.
Looking for the perfect name? Start here…
July 19, 2007 By 1 Comment
…and you’ll need not go further. The Complete Book of Baby Names by Lesley Bolton features “The 100,001 Best Baby Names” and we’re not kidding. This 675 page book features everything you could need in a baby name book–everything you usually buy several volumes to learn. Included are the parent-to-be requirement of a listing of names with origins and definitions (100,001 of them). Then there are the lists. 276 lists of everything from popular twin names to literary names to famous Bull Rider names. There’s a description of modern naming trends as well as tips for naming, like cultural names, using your family history and mother nature. In The Complete Book of Baby Names, readers will even find a chapter titled “What Not to Name Your Baby.”
The book is organized in an easy to follow, easy to skip around to the parts relevant to you manner. The author writes objectively, keeping most of her opinions to herself. Even in “What Not to Name Your Baby”, Ms. Bolton suggests some names are too inappropriate, but the reader is still left to feel that she can select it. “Keep in mind,” Ms. Bolton writes, “that your hormones are running rampant … names such as Sugar, Cookie, or Snookums should be thought through and cleared with others before being set in stone…”
A great gift for yourself or a friend announcing her pregnancy, The Complete Book of Baby Names is currently on sale at Amazon.
15% off and $5 shipping at Disney Shopping today only
July 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Disney’s got 15% off today only. Normally I don’t think these coupons are worth it as their shipping tends to be expensive, but they also have a shipping coupon also exclusive to today – for $5 shipping when you spend $50 or more.
You can combine coupons – you have to submit each at checkout.
Use coupon code TODAY15 for 15% off, and SHIPFOR5 for the $5 shipping deal.
Let’s Read Barefoot: books your kids will love
July 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I recently got a shipment of books from Lets Read Barefoot, a stallholder for Barefoot Books. They’re currently having a great sale through July 31st that I thought was definitely worth a mention. Some of our favorite books like Alligator Alphabet is marked down (from $7.95 to $5.35.).
One of my son’s all-time favorite books, I Dreamt I was a Dinosaur (you might recognize it from Pottery Barn Kids, where it was sold for awhile), is also a part of the big sale.
Be sure to check out the entire summer sale line, the prices are great and some of the stories are precious.
20% off for your little Thumbsucker
July 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Have a baby that likes to suck their thumb? Here’s a site, Thumbsuckers’ Closet, that sells onesies made especially for him or her.
Use coupon code “mommieswithstyle” for 20% off your purchase. Enter it at checkout and the cost of the purchase will be refunded. Free shipping on orders of $50 or more.
Los Angeles Area Moms Wish Comes True – A Spa with Childcare.
July 18, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Have you ever looked at your kids thought to yourself “I wish I could I get a massage right now” only to realize that this is going to happen at precisely the same moment pigs fly, due to the little darlings that got your muscles in a twist to begin with?
Well look to the sky if you live in the Los Angeles area. Your day has come with the opening of Spa Abbracci in Redondo Beach California, a new spa that caters to moms and offers (gasp!) free childcare Wed- Fri while you receive services. It’s a full range spa/medical spa and offers services from massages and facials to laser hair removal and botox. That’s right mommy, time to turn that frown, upside down!
Spa Abbracci founder Tisha O’Dowd was formerly the skincare expert on HGTV’s “Smart Solutions” . She specifically wanted to create a warm and inviting homelike atmosphere for the spa. Treatment rooms feature chandeliers and soft furnishings. And because Tisha is a mom herself, she wanted to create a place that was accessible to other moms.
This is an idea so revolutionary that I had to check the spot out myself. I brought the kiddos along and when it was time to go my son had to be forcibly removed from their playroom, he was having such a grand old time. I’m sure they heard him screaming, “Go Back!” for several blocks after we left. I sort of shared the sentiment. I’d barely had time to peruse the on site boutique which offerred a skillfully edited selection of gifty and personal items for both kids and adults. I saw many new and interesting products there and wanted them all!
I don’t often write up local businesses but this one was so special that I thought it was a good resource for anyone who lives in the area or has a visit planned. We need to give mom friendly businesses like this a shout out. Hopefullly more will be opening soon. In a neighborhood near you – and me!
Mommies with Style mention this article and save 15% off any boutique purchase when you visit Spa Abbracci.
