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Today’s post written by Bec

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Jazz up your little ones outfit with these super cute and trendy handmade finds from madeit – madeit.com.au – the handmade market open all day, every day.

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		Cassie Butterfly Headband Seller - AnKBowtique Price – $5.00 More info/Buy It
		‘Sunny Day the Fairy’ Seller - FairyBows Price – $8.95 More info/Buy It

All prices quoted are AUD$. Please contact individual sellers for postage and delivery information.

Today’s post written by Miki

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It’s my first day back after a few weeks of maternity leave (did you miss me? ‘course you did ) and my first stop back just had to be the fantastic Little Styles – www.littlestyles.com.au.

This incredibly stylish boutique is a firm favourite of mine because of their stunning, easy-to-use site and the divine range of brands they stock.  We’re talking Oobi, Bebe, Woof!, Minti, Marquise, Bonds and lots, LOTS more.  It’s a huge range and has to be seen to be believed!

The new spring arrivals at Little Styles are just stunning.  All the bright, fresh colours, the classic cuts teamed with fun retro prints – I’m looking at you, Oobi! – and pretty florals, and crisp stripes… oooh, I’m just drooling looking at it all!

It’s very, very hard to narrow it down to show you some of my picks, but I do think it’s hard to ignore the adorable Bluebird & Honey pinafore dresses in bold new springtime colours.  These dresses are absolute perfection when it comes to fashion for little girls; they’re sweet and innocent, while still being playful and practical.

I’m also really loving the graphic tees and bodysuits from iconic Kiwi brand Minti.  In their 10th season now, this ‘too cool for pre-school’ brand never fails to impress me.  The ‘Bubble Bear’ tee pictured below is my pick of their current collection, and mums of girls will be glad to know that it also comes in pink.

Terri at Little Styles is kicking up her heels with all the newly arrived beauty and you can too with a store-wide 10% discount at Little Styles for four days only. Finishing at midnight on the 19 September 2009, the code you need to entr at checkout is, appropriately enough, ‘springfun’. Spring into Little Styles and get shopping!

The prices below are valid until midnight on 19 September 2009 using the code ‘springfun’.

1. Marquise Blue Tank & Shorts Set, $26.95 $24.25
2. Sparkle T Wheelie – Blue Jeep, $9.95 $8.95
3. Woof! Navy Stripe Button Through Vest, $53.95 $48.55
4. Woof! Vintage Denim Short, $56.95 $51.25
5. Oobi Tennis Skirt with Bloomer, $24.95 $22.45
6. Minti Bubble Bear Blue Tee, $32.95 $29.65
7. Sevi Mini Pull-Along Crocodile, $29.95 $26.95
8. Bebe Elle Print Romper, $31.95 $28.75
9. Bluebird & Honey Pinnie Dress – Pink Elephant & Apple, $79.95 $71.95
10. Purebaby Floral Shirred Top, $34.95 $31.45
11. Purebaby Girls Sand Shorts, $34.95 $31.45

Little Styles stocks fashion, toys and accessories from the following list of brands: Aden & Anais, Adiri, Albetta, Alex, alex & charli, Alimrose Designs, Annabel Trends, Baby Gund, Babykids, Babylegs, Babylicious, Baobab, Bbox, Bebe, Bebe Au Lait, Belly Art, Big by Fiona Scanlan, Blabla, BLINK Designs, Bluebird & Honey, Bobbleart, Bonds, Busybee Friends, Cheeky Little Soles, Cheeky Monkey, Cloud B, Cocoon Couture, Deglingos, Elodie Details, Fish Lilly, Flipsy Flopsy Doll Co., Flirty Bird, ForWalls, French Bull, Fresh Bakes, Gala Organic Cotton, Gertie and Me, Giddy Giddy, Gimmo, Global Style custom, Haba, Hess-Spielzebug, Infancy, Infantino, Isoki, Itch Design, Jack & Lily, Jasnor, Kathe Kruse, Lakeland Design, Lark and Friends, L’il Fraser Collection, Little Chippi, Little Styles, Love Police, Mamas and Papas, Marquis, Melissa & Doug toys, Miatom, Milk Baby, Minimonkey, Minti, Moppit, Muddy Cloud, Noo Design, Oobi, Paper Eskimo, Pink Thodore, Plum, Precious L’il Thingsm Purebaby, Rockabye baby!, Rush, Russ, Sevi, Sigikid, Skeanie, Skip Hop, Sooki Baby, Super Zeros, SwaddleDesigns, Three Little Trees, Tiny Mammoth, Tiny Revolutionary, Tiny Tribe, Vintage Kid, Walnut, W ell Spotted, Woof!, WOW toys.

Little Styles deliver Australia-wide for the flat fee of $7.50. Orders over $150 are delivered FREE of charge! See ordering and delivery for more information, including international shipping rates.

Today’s post written by Angela

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Leading UK brand Mamas & Papas is set to release several new ranges of giftware, manchester, and nursery toys into the Australian market next month.

Here’s an exclusive sneak preview of the new products that will be available through Mamas & Papas stockists nationally from October onwards.

For those looking for high quality traditional birth and christening gifts Mamas & Papas come to the rescue via their new ‘Familigia’ range, which includes a silver plated piggy bank, trinket box and birth certificate holder.

The ‘All Mine’ range offers useful contemporary gifts including beautifully gift-boxed Mum and Babe mug sets and egg cup sets, Message in a Box teddies, and a First Travel Set, comprising a passport holder and luggage tag, that is a vote of confidence on travelling with kids.

The ‘Light of the Moon’ interiors collection caters for every aspect of your child’s room incorporating manchester, decorative pieces, toys, floor coverings, bookends and nursery toys in a very fresh and tasteful palette that will create a wonderful environment for calm play and sleep.

The jewel in the crown of the Mamas & Papas new releases is their ‘George the Giraffe’ Rocker. On the surface he looks just like the other Mamas & Papas animal rockers, but George is no ordinary giraffe: he’s an interactive giraffe!

The George the Giraffe Rocker has three interactive modes of play including story time, song time and play time. The different modes are activated using the four interactive toys that are stored in the bag around his neck. Each toy activates a specific mode of play when placed into George’s mouth, a task which kids are sure to love doing over and over again!

Visit the website of the Australian distributor of Mamas & Papas products, Childsmart  – www.childsmart.com.au – to find out more about the current Mamas & Papas ranges, and to keep up to date on new releases.

Today’s post written by Angela

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Attention, Style Babies, here’s the news in brief on what’s going down over at uber-boutique Baby’s Got Style ww.babysgotstyle.com.au – right now.

New stock has just landed from Pure Baby, Polka, BIG by Fiona Scanlan, Toshi, Well Spotted, and Sparkle T Toys, as well as Littlehorn who are back with a vengeance after their sabbatical last season. BGS are also now stocking baby wrap to the stars (namecheck: Julia Roberts) Aden and Anais for your shopping pleasure.

Hot news too for Ouch lovers: Baby’s Got Style have a cache of Flirty Bird for Ouch hair accessories. This limited edition run of hairclips and elastic bobbles has been made specifically to match back with Ouch’s Summer ’09 collection. BGS is the only online stockists to have this range, and it’s limited edition so don’t delay.

There are three extra reasons to love shopping at Baby’s Got Style right now besides the quality product, second-to-none service, and super-fast delivery. Let me count the ways:

1. Every Oobi summer product ordered at Baby’s Got Style will receive an entry in the draw to win a $1,000 Oobi wardrobe

2. Every Littlehorn summer order will receive a free Littlehorn lunchbox valued at $14.95 each. See picture below. (Limit of one free lunchbox per order.)

3. Subscribe to the Baby’s Got Style mailing list and receive top style picks twice monthly, plus automatically go into the draw to win a fortnightly BGS $200 gift certificate.

I’ve had a lot of fun putting together some stylish outfit serving suggestions for you below – enjoy!

Baby’s Got Style for Girls:

A: Flirty Bird Ribbon Button Clip – Pale Pink $12.95, Little Horn Kiss Me Crochet top – Pink – $39.95,  Ivy Designs Love Bird Skirt in Pink – $49.95, Oobi Baby Pink Spot Leggings – $13.95
B: Flirty Bird Apple Elastic and Clip set – $11.95, Little Horn Chelsea Dress – $49.95, Oobi Baby Apple Knee-hi Socks – $8.95
C: *NEW RANGE* French Bull Princess; Bowl – Yellow – $12.95

Baby’s Got Style for Boys:

A: French Bull Robot Plate in Orange – $9.95
B: Polka Green Forest Singlet – $24.95, Baobab Racer Print Short in Navy – $35.95
C: Cried Wolf Fedora Hat – $29.95 , Littlehorn Bolted Beach Tee – $39.95, Polka Hammer Pants – $49.95

Baby’s Got Style stock the following brands (deep breath now!): Aden and Anais, Albetta, Alex and Charli, Alimrose Designs, Annabel Trends, Baby’s Got Style, BabyLegs, Babylicious, Baobab, Bebe, Bebe au Lait, Belli Skincare, BIG by Fiona Scanlan, Blabla, BLINK Designs, Bobbleart, Bonds, Built NY, Cheeky Little Soles, Cheeky Monkey, Children of the Revolution, Cloud B, Coco & Ginger, Cold Coffee, Collette Dinnigan Enfant, Cried Wolf, Dobbin and Drum, Dripstik, Dwell Studio, Eeboo, Feeding Solutions, FLATOUT, Flipsy Flopsy Dolls, Flirty Bird, French Bull, Fresh Baked, Giddy Giddy, Global Style, Global Style Custom Made, Green to Grow, Haba, Itch Designs, Ivy Designs, Jasnor, Jooki, L’ll Fraser, Lark and Friends, Little Horn, LocoLili!, Lovestamp, Mamas & Papas, Marquise, Miatom, Mill & Mia, mine by Kayla, Minimonkey, Minti, Mooo, Munster, Nearly Nude, Noo Designs, Nowa Li, Oobi Baby, Ouch, Papoose, Peace Street, Pink Theodore, Pixie Rose, Plumb, Polka, Precious L’il Things, Pure Baby, Rock Your Baby, Rockabye Baby, Seafolly, Small Paul, Snugglebum, Sooki Baby, Sozo, Sparkle T, Story-time, SuperTubes, The Wall Sticker Company, Three Little Trees, Tiger Joe, Tiny Revolutionary, Tiny Tribe, Tip Toey Joey, Tolo Toys, Tommee Tippee, Toshi, Vice Versa, Walnut, Weleda, and Well Spotted.

Baby’s Got Style deliver in style (of course!). Overnight delivery Australia wide, is $6.95 for small parcels and $9.50 for large. (Orders must be placed before 1pm EST for delivery next business day). For International orders and all other specific details please see the Ordering and Delivery tabs at Baby’s Got Style.

Today’s post written by Angela

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….staple-less staplers!!!

Yes, you heard me right: it’s a staple with _no_ staples!! Instead of fastening the pages with a piece of metal, this ingenious tool skillfully punches and folds the paper into a secure bond on up to 5 pieces of paper.

A revolution for both the environment (no materials or production for staples needed), your bank balance (no need to buy staples!), and small fingers everywhere, these fabulous staple-less cuties will become your new best friends.

You can pick up the sweet puppies below, which I purchased from Warcom, (an ISP and internet supplies company !!) for $9.95 a piece. There are other more utilitatrian designs on the market, but why would you when you could have these?

Buy with confidence: these staplers are simply fantastic!

Warcom send via Express Post for $8.95 Australia wide

Today’s post written by Anna

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The resounding  theme song in our house this weekend has been courtesy of The Beatles: ”Here comes the sun, little darling, here comes the sun and I say it’s alright.”

Yay! Summer is on its way, the sun is out and it’s time to be outside frolicking in it!  A great spot to get you inspired for fun in the sun is Soda Pop Kids www.sodapopkids.com.au.

So, little darling, let me guide you through the standouts of what’s new in store for summer at SPK.

First notable mention is the fabulous new bean bags, kinder bags and library bags from Monster Couture. If you have a boyish little monster, I can imagine him falling in love with this new monster range.  My favourites are the Captain Shaggy Bean Bag in Red and the Monster Library Bag.

A striking tee is a ’must have’ item for summer wardrobes. and Soda Pop Kids stock some of the funkiest tees around via Little Lark. Made from organic cotton, Little Lark offer a great range of designs on both tees and onesies meaning you just pick your favourite print, applicable size and – voila!- you’re set for summer!  (Hands down my favourite is the “I Scream” print.)

Soda Pop Kids is now stocking the delightful range from DINGaRINGS – which made Ange’s Best in Show list at the recent Kids InStyle tradeshow.

DINGaRING’s are ingenious in that they are are a soft toy, rattle and teething ring all-in-one! Babies and parents are sure to fall in love with these quirky and endearing Byron Bay- designed creatures  There are 5 DINGaRINGS ‘personalities’ to choose from; my faveourite is Emma Owl – Job: Truck Driver.  Loves: Country Music & Surfing.  Hates: VPL & Speed Cameras!! Don’t you just love her?!

Shop for summer at Soda Pop Kids now, and you’ll receive 15% off everything instore until 30 September 2009.  Enter discount code  ’KSF15′ at checkout to redeem. With new season stock and some lovely end of season bargains listed on the Sale Page, 15% off is sure to get you humming along: “here comes the sun, da da da da, here comes the sun”!!

1. OB Designs – DINGaRING’s – Emma Owl & Pete Penguin $19.95 less 15% KSF discount = $16.95
2. Little Choopie – Summer Selection Snap Clips $15.00 less 15% KSF discount = $12.75
3. Polka – Circular Play Dress – Yellow $64.95 less 15% KSF discount = $55.20
4. Little Lark – Orange Tee – Bike $29.50 less 15% KSF discount = $25.10
5. Bluebird & Honey – Pink Pinafore -Elephant/Apple $79.00 less 15% KSF discount = $67.15
6. Polka – Aye Aye Cap – Grey $19.95 less 15% KSF discount = $16.95
7. Little Lark – Organic Onesie – “I Scream” $29.50 less 15% KSF discount = $25.10
8. Monster Couture – Captain Shaggy Bean Bag – Red $99.00 less 15% KSF discount = $84.15
9. Monster Couture – Library Bag – Monster $15.00 less 15% KSF discount = $12.75

Soda Pop Kids stock stunning products from the following brands: 5 Plus 1, Abe Jones, Agoo, BabySoy, Baby Legs, BabySpareWear, Bask Home, Billie Shoes, Bella Tunno, Belle & Boo, Black Eyed Susie, Bluebird & Honey, Coco Bonbons, Cocoon Couture, Cushie Tushies, Deep Denimn, Dine N Doodle, Ergo Pouch, Flirty Bird, Gracious May, Isabell’s Umbrella, Itch, KayaNow, Little Choopie,  Little Lark, Milk Lush, Micro Me, Little Moo Shoes, Moppit, Monster Couture, Monstar Kids, My Little Seat, OB Designs, Ohme-Ohmi, Oliver and the King, Pedro Sprout, Polka, Pinna 4 Piper, Princess Ratbag, Snoffs & Skummis, Siiri, Sooda, Sooki Baby, Sweetbeets, The Pat-A-Cake Baby, The Whimsy Patch, Three Fish Shop (formerly Babai Alainn), Three Little Trees, Tommy Rocket, Two Belles, Twiglet, Violet & Rose, Walnut and ZoZoBugBaby.

Soda Pop Kids charge  a flat rate of $7.50 standard postage Australia-wide. Orders placed before 10am will be dispatched the same day (Mon-Fri). International shipping is welcome for the flat fee of $20.00. View Soda Pop Kids’ Shipping and Payment page for full information on postage and delivery.