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Today’s post written by Angela

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Mathilda’s Market – www.mathildasmarket.com.au – is spreading the designer-maker love far and wide: cities in which this illustrious event can now be found include Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra, with Adelaide and Hobart just added to the itinerary.

This Sunday, 1 November 2009, it is the turn of Sydney and Brisbane to relish in the most divine boutique baby and kids market in Australia.

You will find dozens of beautifully presented stalls packed with a diverse range of gorgeous produce exclusively for babies and children, from fashion, to shoes, to art, to dressups and much more, from the retro to the ultra modern.

You will also find delicious food and drink at the venue to keep you refreshed, with plenty of entertainment and activities for the kids to keep them smiling while you shop ’til you drop. With Christmas coming up, the timing is perfect!

Entry and parking is absolutely FREE, so you’ll have more cash to spend on the abundance of goodies at hand.

Visit the shiny new Mathilda’s Market website for full information on current and future market dates and locations, and visit the blog for delicious eye-candy.

• Click here for a sneak peek at Sydney stallholders
  
• Click here for a sneak peek at Brisbane stallholders

Today’s post written by Miki

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It might not feel like it when you step outside, but summer is well and truly underway at our style mecca, Baby’s Got Style – www.babysgotstyle.com.au. Even when the weather is crapola outside, just looking at all the beautiful summery things at BGS puts a smile on my face. So break out the sunnies, throw on your favourite shorts and slip into those thongs; we’re off for a little tour of the newest summer arrivals!

First stop for the summer party train is none other than Oobi.  No longer content to ‘only’ make the most adorable baby and toddler clothing in Australia (twice voted KidStyleFile readers’ favourite baby and kids designer), Oobi have now branched out into sweet children’s homewares, with a pair of vintage-inspired quilts.  Trucks for boys, tulips for girls, and a really lovely patchwork design make these quilts this summer’s must-have room accessory for your kidlets.  Have a baby under 12 months so can’t use the quilt as bedding?  No probs – they also make incredibly stylish playmats to put down on the floor.  Also new from Oobi are the melamine spoons, which come in sets of four with colours for boys and girls. You’ll be looking for any excuse to feed your tot in public with these!

Rock Your Baby have a fantastic new array of hair accessories for the little girls in your life. Headbands and bow clips in everything from delicate lace to fun fruity prints to flirty florals, these clips will really put the finishing touch on any outfit your junior fashionista cares to put together.

While we’re looking at girlswear, if you have daughters you simply must look at all the incredibly pretty new dresses instore.  We’re talking brands like BIG by Fiona Scanlan, Three Little Trees, Baobab and Ivy Designs.  There really is something there for every girl, whether she loves to lounge around in comfy gear (in which case she’s a Baobab girl) or dress up in pretty frills (hello BIG by Fiona), is a modern miss (Three Little Trees is right up her alley) or has a penchant for vintage (Ivy Designs couldn’t be more perfect).

Don’t worry if, like me, you’re a mum of boys – there’s plenty instore for them too. Bonds has some great new sets for little lads – the Bonds Stretchies are wardrobe staples in my house, but do go up a size when ordering.  Ouch have fab tees and shorts for everyone’s taste, plus Small Paul and Well Spotted have done some great new tees too.  I particularly like the new ‘green themed’ Well Spotted organic tees – cool and topical, he’ll create a stir when he wears these!

Looking for something to top off your son’s outfit?  The range of hats from Goorin Kids has me drooling; it’s incredibly hip and there are so many that I want for my boy it’s just not funny!  I’m currently tossing up between the Lil Buddy Straw Cowboy Hat and the Baby Oliver Plaid Fedora.  Perhaps I’ll just get both…

Make sure you’re subscribed to the Baby’s Got Style mailing list, as BGS give away a $200 gift voucher to one lucky subscriber twice a month now once a week!!! WOW!! Gotta be in it to win it, and the newsletter is great style inspiration too!

Babies: Bonds Stretchie Striped Tee, $16.95; and Stretchie Print Short, $14.95; Ivy Designs Summer Swing Pinafore, $69.95; and Rosette Clip – Blue Floral, $8.00

Little Girls: Three Little Trees Dragonfly Dress, $49.95; Rock Your Baby Bow Headband – Black Lace, $12.95

Little Boys: Rock Your Baby Straw Cowboy Hat, $24.95; Well Spotted ‘New Black’ Tee, $34.95; Munster Huckfin Dark Denim Short, $69.95

Homewares: Oobi Baby Truck Patchwork Quilt, $44.95; DwellStudio Blue Owl Hooded Towel, $79.95; Oobi Baby 4 Pack Melamine Spoons, $16.95

Baby’s Got Style stock the following brands (see what I mean about an extensive list?): 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, Goorin Hats, Green to Grow, Haba, Itch Designs, Ivy Designs, Jasnor, Jooki, Kicky Pants, 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, Urchin, 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 Leah

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Breast cancer.  Two words which send shivers down my spine. It’s real. It affects so many Australian women and their families every day. We all know, or know of someone, who it has directly affected, and indirectly it touches us all.

Today is Pink Ribbon Day, the Australian Cancer Council’s major fundraising activity to raise money and awareness for women affected by cancer, and to draw attention to the importance of early detection.

Pastel Pink- www.pastelpink.com.au – is supporting the cause all this week and will donate $1.00 from every order placed until midnight 31 October 2009. By supporting this initiative you’ll also receive 20% off store wide and FREE pink gift! Enter the code ‘KSF-PINK’ at checkout to redeem.

If you’re in need of booties for your little one take special note of the new SKEANIE ‘Love me’ shoes. These shoes were especially designed for the McGrath Foundation, which supports breast care nurses in rural and regional Australia and educates young women to be breast cancer aware, so when your little blossom wears these shoes, not only will she look stunning, but she will be helping others.

All orders that include the SKEANIE Love Me shoes will automatically receive free shipping on the total order until midnight 31 October 2009.

There’s a huge range of fashion, toys, and accessories to choose from for babies, boys and girls, as well as yummy goodies for mums too (jewellery, bags, throws and toiletries) in all the colours of the rainbow, but the colour of the week is most certainly pink so I have prepared a spectrum of shades for your perusal.

Shop pink and support Pink Ribbon Day!

Discounted prices quoted below are valid with code (read above) until midnight 31 October 2009 only.

1.    Alimrose Owl squeaker Pink $20.95 LESS 20% = $16.75
2.    Eleganter Pink Striped maracas $10.95 LESS 20% = $8.75
3.    Gingerlilly Baby PJs  Polly $49.95 LESS 20% = $39.95
4.    Pig in the Middle Kids Envirosax $9.95 LESS 20% = $7.95
5.    Louenhide Rhombo bag in Hot Pink $110 LESS 20% = $88.00
6.    Alimrose Yuki Doll $52.90 LESS 20% = $42.35
7.    Alimrose Knit Teddy Pink and White $16.95 LESS 20% = $13.55
8.    Huggalugs  Leg Ruffles  in So Pink $17.95 LESS 20% = $11.35
9.    Little Chipipi Red Robin Wall Stickers $84.95 LESS 20% = $67.95
10.  Skeanie Love Me soft soled shoes in Pink and Silver $29.95 LESS 20% = $23.95

Pastel Pink stock top quality items for boys and girls size 0000 to 5, and lots of lovely things for mummy too from the following brands: Aden & Anais, Alimrose Designs, Alluring Linens, Baobab, Bebe By Minihaha, Bluebird and Honey, Cocoon Couture, Cold Coffee, David Fussenegger, Eleganter, Elk Accessories, Emotion & Kids, Envirosax, FlatOut Australia, Gaia Organic Cotton, Gertie & Me, Gingerlilly, Hess-Spielzeug, Huggalugs, Infancy, Keptin-Jr, Kiddysac, kikki K, Little Chipipi, Louenhide, McMillan, Mitsy Accessories, Nesti Dante, Oobi Baby, Pastel Pink, Rubbabu, Skeanies, Sooki Baby, Spiegelburg, Three Little Trees, Tiny Tribe, tkxi surf, Wee Gallery

Pastel Pink postage charges are based on weight. View the Pastel Pink delivery information page for full details on shipping. For the period of October 26-31, all orders including a pair of Skeanie Love Me shoes will be shipped for FREE.

Today’s post written by Annie

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When it comes to shoes we all know how important it is to get it right. At birth, feet are mostly cartilage. It is during childhood that the bones in the feet form so it is essential to have the right shoe to help those little bones form perfectly. With that in mind Natasha Barber created SKEANIE – www.skeanie.com.

Australian owned and designed and fair trade made, these shoes are not only adorable but are made to protect and nurture growing feet. Their incredible range has something for all walks of life – from sandals and sneakers to deck shoes loafers and don’t miss their range of funky shoes and boots.

All SKEANIE shoes are made of soft, high quality genuine leather upper to allow tiny feet to breathe and grow naturally. Their Infant Range, which are perfect for pre-walkers and early walkers, feature a suede sole to provide that essential grip whilst crawling or walking. The soles in their Junior Range, which are perfect for early walkers and walkers, have a flexible rubber sole providing protection for little feet, yet still provide the flexibility an early walker needs.

All shoes in the SKEANIE range feature elasticised ankles making them easy to slip and ensuring they stay on even the wriggliest of little feet.

If you are after something super special then check out the Love Me range. As a proud supporter of the McGrath Foundation, SKEANIE will be donating $1.50 for every pair of shoes sold in this range until 30 September 2010. The McGrath Foundation supports breast care nurses in rural and regional Australia and educates young women to be breast aware. Not only will your little one have an adorable pair of shoes but you will be supporting a very worthy cause.

Above: Natasha Barber from SKEANIE at the Kids InSTYLE tradeshow in Melbourne in August this year.

SKEANIE shoes can be purchased directly from the SKEANIE website, or check for stockists here. Sizing information is available on their sizing page.

SKEANIE charge $10.00 postage Australia wide and International

Today’s post written by Angela

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Justine is having a break, so there will be no Mixtape Monday today. Please enjoy today’s alternate programming. You can read previous issues of Mixtape Monday here.

Today’s post written by Anna

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Ahh the weekend…time for rest, relaxation and a little retail therapy, and today there’s a fantastic offer from Buckets & Spades – www.bucketsandspades.com.au – that is just what the doctor ordered.

Until 31 October 2009 only, KidStyleFile readers are being offered an exclusive online shopping promotion at Buckets & Spades: Spend $200 or more in one transaction on Spring/Summer ’09/’10 collection by Fred Bare, Eeni Meeni Miini Moh, Guess or BIG by Fiona Scanlan and receive a massive $50 off!!  You can mix and match from any of these brands to make up your $200 spend.  To receive your $50 off, collect all your goodies in your shopping cart, enter ‘KFSS09′, as your discount code, Zlata at Buckets and Spades will then confirm your order via email or phone. Offer excludes items from the  Fred Bare New Arrivals, Fred Bare sunglasses and items from the Eeni Miini Moh pure range.  Free Post will also not apply.

These brands have buckets loads of goodness to be found in their Spring/Summer ’09/’10 collections. For boys there are some funky tees to match with some great looking shorts, and if you have a girl to dress this summer you will be delighted with the range of dresses on offer this season. Dig in!

No links today as Buckets and Spades is frames based. You can use the search function or menus on the Buckets and Spades site to locate these items.

1. Guess Bali Chill Bali Print Tee $54.95
2. Big by Fiona Scanlan Stitchy Dress $84.95
3. Fred Bare Embroidered Bodice Dress $86.90 to $92.40
4. Guess Bali Chill Cargo Bermuda $79.95
5. Fred Bare Rosy Posie Tiered Dress $86.90 to $106.70
6. Eeni Meeni Miini Moh T-Shirt V $49.00  to $59.00
7. Fred Bare Bird Print Short $60.50 to $66.00
8. Eeni Meeni Miini Moh Dress Knit $74.00 to $79.00
9. Guess America Sailor Ribbon Strap Dress $89.95
10. Fred Bare Backpacker Tee $44.00

(Special note on today’s post: Buckets & Spades is a frames-based site, so no links for you today.  If you see something you like here, head straight to Buckets & Spades and use the ‘search’ tool.)

Buckets & Spades Ordering Process – PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING AN ORDER

Because Buckets & Spades’ online store runs additionally to their two impressive bricks & mortar stores, there is a special process for placing orders:

1. Collect all the items you love into the shopping cart
2. Submit your order to Buckets and Spades - Note that no payment is required at this stage
3. After Zlata and her team receive your order they will check stock, and then phone you to arrange payment over the phone.

You will find fanastic brands at Buckets & Spades, including: Fred Bare, Eeni Meeni Miini Moh, Diesel, Big by Fiona Scanlan, Trelise Cooper Kids, Guess, Fiona, Hula Girl, Tommy Rocket, Two Belles, Little Horn, Minti, Ed Hardy, Oobi, Little Horn and Petit Bateau.

Buckets & Spades send via Express Post only Australia wide. The charges are: up to 500gms, $7.00, up to 3kg, $10.00. International orders are warmly welcomed; contact Zlata for a quote via the ‘Contact us’ menu option.