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Today’s post written by Miki

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How freakin’ cute is the range for winter at Little Styles – www.littlestyles.com.au?  Seriously, I think Terri has managed to stock the most adorable collection I’ve seen yet, with brands such as BIG by Fiona Scanlan, Mamas & Papas, and new brands Lakeland Design and Cheeky Monkey featuring.

And let’s not forget Purebaby!  With a massive collection of Purebaby Winter ‘09, you can’t help but find adorable pieces for all the little boys and girls in your life.  I particularly want to point out the pompom hoodies, which come in both vest and cardigan styles for little girls (pictured below), and the whale PJ set for boys is a big favourite in our house. It’s just lucky it washes up so well as my son now rejects all his other PJs in favour of these ones – fortunately that’s fine by me as he looks so darn cute in them!  Purebaby cotton is deliciously, buttery soft and comes out of the washing machine/dryer looking brand new each time.

In keeping with the snuggly theme for winter, have a look at the new Polar Boots by Cheeky Little Soles. Made from supersoft leather and lined with faux shearling, these little boots will keep your tot’s toes toasty this season!  And something for them to snuggle up to are the adorable new Sleepyhead soft toys from Mamas & Papas – coming in four different styles, they just make me want to hug them all!

I also want to direct your attention to the beautiful Lakeland Designs nursery bedding and decor range.  Beautiful patchworked vintage-inspired designs make it so easy to decorate the rest of the room, and there are lovely choices for boys and girls in there.

And speaking of little girls, if you have one then make sure you look at the new tutus from BIG by Fiona Scanlan.  With a choice of Crystal Tulle Froufrou (gorgeous pale pink tulle scattered with crystals) and the seriously funky Frilly Tulle Skirt in black shown at no. 6 below, you can find something for her taste without a problem.

Now don’t forget that as a KidStyleFile reader you get special treatment: 10% off all purchases over $65 using the code ‘KSF-MAY’ at checkout until 31 May 2009.  But – and how’s this for cool?! – in addition to that offer you can also get a FREE Gertie & Me Bunny valued at $28.95 when you spend over $65!  These offers can be used together, it’s not just one or the other!!  The 10% discount ends on 31 May and the Bunny offer is around only while stocks last, so make sure you don’t delay.  You can even get your purchases gift-wrapped for free!!

1. Mamas & Papas Sleepyhead Soft Toy – Cuddle, $39.95
2. Lakeland Design Vintage Stream Bunting, $29.95
3. Purebaby Fairyfloss Knit Hoodie Vest, $54.95
4. Purebaby Fairyfloss Pompom Beanie, $24.95
5. Purebaby Boys Whale PJ Set, 39.95
6. BIG by Fiona Scanlan Frilly Tulle Skirt – Black, $69.95
7. Cheeky Monkey Bib – Vintage Flower Pots, $11.95
8. Cheeky Little Soles Polar Boots – Brown, $49.95
9. Purebaby Navy Stripe Pompom Beanie, $24.95
10. Purebaby Navy Stripe Bodysuit, $29.95
11. Purebaby Fairyfloss Knit Hoodie Cardi, $54.95

Little Styles stock an enormous range from the following top brands: Aden & Anais, Adiri, Alex, Alimrose Designs, Annabel Trends, Baby Gund, Babylegs, Babylicious, Baobab, Bebe, Bebe Au Lait, Big by Fiona Scanlan, Blabla, Bluebird & Honey, Bobbleart, Books To Wear, Built, Busybee Friends, Cheeky Little Soles, Cheeky Monkey, Cloud B, Cocoon Couture, Deglingos, Elodie Details, Fish Lilly, Flirty Bird, ForWalls, French Bull, Fresh Baked, Gaia Organic Cotton, Gertie and Me, Giimmo, Global Style custom , Haba, Hess-Spielzeug, Infancy, Infantino, Isoki, Itch Design, Jack & Lily, Jasnor, Kathe Kruse, Lakeland Design, Lark and Friends, L’il Fraser Collection, Little Chipipi, Little Styles, Love Police, Mamas and Papas, Marquise, Melissa & Doug toys, Miatom, Minimonkey, Minti, Moppit, Muddy Cloud, Noo Design, Pink Theodore, Plum, Purebaby, Rush, Russ, Sevi, Sigikid, Skeanie, Skip Hop, Sooki Baby, SwaddleDesigns®, Three Little Trees, Tiny Mammoth, Tiny Revolutionary, Tiny Tribe, Vintage Kid, Walnut, Well Spotted, Woof!, and WOW Toys.

Little Styles charge a flat rate of $7.50 for Express Post Australia-wide on all orders. Orders over $150.00 are delivered Express, FREE of charge, Australia-wide. All orders placed before 1pm on business days will be posted that same day (exludes orders containing custom-made products) . International orders are warmly welcomed. Please see the Little Styles Orders and Delivery FAQ for full details on delivery and shipping.

Today’s post written by Miki.

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Ooh I do enjoy a look around a gorgeous baby and kids store, and today’s is an especially fine browse: I took a trip over to Just Ripe – www.justripe.com.au, purveyors of an incredibly wide range of high-quality products for 0-2 year olds.

It’s such a feast for the eyes!  Not only is the site a dream to look at and navigate, I can never get enough of the products they stock (find a few of my current personal favourites pictured below.) It’s also a one-stop-shop for Christmas, with a detailed personalised shopping service making gift choices easy, and beautiful Christmas gift wrap offered for only $4.50.

There’s a huge choice of brands, including Albetta, Annabel Trends, Baby Banz, BabyLegs, Boon, Clean Shopper, EcoBaby Organic Dummies, Eleganter, Eternal Creation, Fiesta Crafts, Purebaby, Vanchi, Jack & Lily, Storksak, Imse Vimse, Baobab, Monkey-DO, Blabla, Little Joey Organics, Cheeky Monkey, Aden & Anais, Itsy Bitsy, Infancy, Fish Lilly, Britt, Babymoov, The Wall Sticker Company, Infantino, Lotus Linens, Snazzy Baby, Kumquat, Heimess, Hess-Spielzeug, Gaia Skin Naturals, Hurphy Durphy, Little Tesoro, Paper Eskimo, Noo Designs, Peanut Shell, Polkadot Papoose, Pop Maternity,  Taia, and Ring O Rosey.

Just Ripe is a beautiful store, and it’s run by beautiful people. Dimity and Paul, the parents of little Cooper (now there’s a cutie if ever I’ve seen one!), have a real passion for well-designed, high quality baby products – as anyone looking at their range can tell!

They’ve seen a growing demand for high quality organic products too, and make sure they stock some of the finest organic products around.  In fact, all of their products have been carefully hand selected – Dimity and Paul regularly attend trade fairs and have strong relationships with leading boutique brands both in Australia and internationally.

To get an idea of the stunning products stocked at Just Ripe, make a beeline for the Gorgeous New Products link. New summer PJs and pretty dresses from Albetta, toys from Alimrose, Fiesta Crafts and Hess Spielzeug, and stylish invitations for baby showers and birthday parties are all new and hot.  I also love the all-in-ones from Infancy, Itsy Bitsy and mamapapa.

NOW is the time to get over to Just Ripe and snap up some goodies fore summer and the festive season: Dimity and Paul are offering KidStyleFile readers 15% off store-wide for one week only! Enter ‘KSF15′ at checkout to claim your discount.

This offer ends at midnight on Monday 17 November, so you’ll have to be quick!

Discounts shown include the 15% off KSF discount until 17 November 2008 only.

1. Albetta Smocked Butterfly Dress, $49.95 $42.45
2. Imse Vimse Swim Nappy – Sea Animal Turquoise, $23.50 $19.98
3. Lotus Linens Singlet Bodysuit – Rose, $19.95 $16.95
4. Kumquat Blanket – City Scene, $36.00 $30.60
5. Jack & Lily Shoes – Anchor White/Blue, $42.95 $36.50
6. Seatbelt Protector – Elephant, $19.95 $16.95
7. Ecobaby Natursutten Organic Dummy – Orthodontic, $9.95 $8.45
8. Cheeky Monkey French Tee – Soft Blue, $19.00 $16.15 (for non-French speakers, the text translates to say ‘cute as anything’)
9. Alimrose Handsqueeker – Bumblebee Navy, $15.95 $13.55
10. Annabel Trends Tippy Toes – Beach Babe, $12.95 $10.63 for gift box of two pairs.

Just Ripe offer a flat shipping rate of $7.50 for standard size parcels Australia-wide.  Shipping is FREE for purchases over $150.00. International orders are warmly welcomed, and are shipped for a flat rate of $18.00 for standard size parcels. See the FAQ page for full details on shipping.

Today’s post written by Miki.

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Word on the street is that the just-landed Tiger Tribe gear is flying out the door at The Hip Infant – www.thehipinfant.com.au.

It’s not hard to see why: the backpacks, drawstring bags and cool new character dolls (mermaid, pirate, astronaut, super hero and fairy) are hot hot hot!

For little babes the Tiger Tribe best-seller is the Hummingbird Mobile.  I also love the Humming Bird Hanging String for a slightly different look.  Either way, your little bub is going to adore gazing up at the sweet little birds above her cot or change table.

Check out the whole Tiger Tribe range here.

For room decor and wall decoration, make sure you have a good look at The Hip Infant’s own range of Wall Graphics.  Classic, striking designs, these are really affordable and look absolutely stunning.  My pick today is the new Love Tree wall graphics, available in pink and blue.  Team the pink Love Tree (1.4m high so it’s a statement piece) with the Tiger Tribe Hummingbird Mobile mentioned above for a stylish and cost-effective little girl’s room.

Other hot products at THI right now are the Aden + Anais muslin wraps.  In fact, The Hip Infant is the only online seller to stock the entire range so you know you’ll be spoiled for choice.  I love these wraps, I think they’re the perfect size for swaddling and they look and feel so beautiful!

The Funtainers by Thermos – the big siblings of the Foogo by Thermos range – are also hot property, and it’s no wonder why! These insulated drink and food containers are boldly patterned with a butterfly print for girls and multi-sports for boys.  The ultimate Hip Infant lunch-wear!

Being a KSF reader, as you are, shopping with The Hip Infant afford you some nice benefits:

Get 10% off store-wide at The Hip Infant with the Shop4Kids discount code, available in the KidStyleFile weekly newsletter! Not a subscriber yet? Sign up here – it’s well worth it: you get the latest deals emailed to your inbox every week, and there are great prizes to win every month.

To sweeten the deal further, get a FREE completely adorable Gertie & Me duck (pictured below) by spending $65.00 or more while using the Shop4Kids discount code. This wee duckie is valued at $11.95 and it’s too cute!!

On to today’s picks now. You you can see from the graphics below why The Hip Infant’s motto is ‘if you can’t find what you’re looking for, it’s just not hip enough for us to stock!’  You’re telling me!!

From top left in rows:

Discounted price listed is after the 10% KidStyleFile Shop 4 Kids 10% discount code is applied. Code ends October 31.

The Hip Infant Wall Graphics Love Tree – blue, $54.95 $49.45
Gertie & Me Duck – FREE with purchase over $65.00 using the code above (duck valued at $11.95)
The Hip Infant Basics ‘The Big Bib’- Scarlet & Pink Stripe, $12.95 $11.65
The Hip Infant Basics Romper – Scarlet & Pink Stripe, $26.95 $24.25 (I gave this romper and the bib above as a gift just last week and it was a big hit! I’ll be buying them again in future for sure.)
Tiger Tribe Hanging String – Hummingbirds, $27.95 $25.15
Tiger Tribe Backpack – Aliens, $29.95 $26.95
Gertie & Me Isobel Mouse, $19.95 $17.95
Funtainer By Thermos Drink Bottle – Butterfly, $19.99 $17.99
Funtainer By Thermos Food Jar – Multi Sports, $19.99 $17.99
Aden + Anais Muslin Wraps Mod Style, $49.95 $44.95
Cheeky Monkey Tag Blanket – Blue, $16.00  $14.40 (Ever noticed that your baby is more fascinated with the tags than with the toy itself? This is a superb toy for the littlies!)

The Hip Infant stocks an impressive range of designers including AKA Pipik, Albetta, Alex Toys, Alimrose Designs, Anna & Sally, Annabel Trends, Anne Claire Petit, Baby Einstein, Baby Legs, Babylicious, Benny Boy, Bical, BlaBla, Blink Designs, BUD, Built NY, Bump Buddy, Cheeky Monkey, Christmas Ideas, Coco & Eli, Cuddlefish, David Fussenegger, DiddleDumpling, Dirty Laundry, Elodie Details, Eyetribe, Fiesta Crafts, Flensted Mobiles, Fleurville, For Walls, For Windows, French Bull, Gertie and Me, Go_Home JNR, Green To Grow, Haba, Heimess, Hip Stuff, ID Tee, Inch Blue, Infancy, Jazzy Toes, JellyCats, JewelQueen, Kathe Kruse, Keptin Jr, Kid Squidgy, Kiddopotamus, Kipiis, Lima Bean, Limo Basics, Little Chipipi, Little Einsteins, Little Joey, Little Twig, Liz Knits, Milestone Press, Mill & Mia, Mini Glow, Mitty James, Mon Ange, Moppit, Mum To Mum, My Child, Oeuf NYC, OUCH, Peanut Shell, Present Time, Pure Baby, Rockabye Baby, Rondeau Industries, Rush, Sigikid, Simple Gorgeous Storage, Skip HOP, Smirk Kids, Snugglebum, Snugzeez, Teeny Me, Tiger Tribe, Tippy Toes, Toys Pure, Trunki, Vessel, Wall Candy Arts, WalRUs, and Wee Gallery.

The Hip Infant charge $7.50 postage Australia-wide.  All orders are shipped via Courier or Express Post.