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Today, Miki hits The Hip Infant for a shopping spree. If you want a 10% discount at THI grab a copy of Shop 4 Kids mag for the KSF exclusive code. Can’t get to the shops? Email me, and I’ll send you the magic words

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The Hip Infant - www.thehipinfant.com.au - is an unending source of delight for me.

The site itself is a dream to navigate, it’s beautiful to look at and everything is just so… well, *hip*!

When you combine that with the vast range of brands you can understand why The Hip Infant is shopping heaven for the 0-2 years crowd.

Brands stocked include *takes a deep breath*: 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, Giimmo, 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 < *gasps for air*>.

You can see why I love it!

So, what’s new on the block at The Hip Infant?

Well, the first things to catch my eye were the incredibly adorable Giimmo nightlights.

With sweet little shapes such as a panda, a monkey, a cat and a stegosaurus which are bound to have everyone squealing “OMG, cuuuuuuute!!” you know you’re onto a winner!

Night lights are great for kids who get a wee bit worried in the night.  How comforting for them to wake up to a soft glow rather than cold darkness. As an added bonus these nightlights are portable, so your child can take them to the bathroom if he or she wants to.

For those of you who are redecorating the kids’ rooms, check out The Hip Infant’s huge range of wall art and room accessories.

Although they stock a big range of For Walls and For Windows, among other top brands, the ones I love most are The Hip Infant’s own range of wall graphics and in particular the hot air balloon wall decals.  Just gorgeous and extraordinarily well priced for top quality wall decor!

Personally I’m particularly delighted that The Hip Infant stocks Green To Grow BPA Free bottles and accessories.  I’ve been using these bottles for ages and wholeheartedly vouch for them; they’re great to use and it’s very reassuring to know that when my little one drinks from them he’s only getting milk and not a host of other chemical nasties.

My picks of the day, represent just a handful of what I love over at The Hip Infant. Head on over there yourself to get the full effect

From top left in rows:

Prices quoted are after the 10% Shop4Kids discount is applied. Grab a copy of Shop4 Kids mag for the KSF exclusive code, or email Angela, and she’ll word you up.

Albetta Babygrow ‘Baby Angel’, $42.00  $35.00  $31.50
Cheeky Monkey Elephant Tee - 0-3 months, $19.95  $17.95
Dirty Laundry Basic Black Supaman Tee, $32.95  $15.00  $13.50 (MEGA bargain!!)
Cuddlefish Bucket Hat Red, $29.95  $26.95
Heimess Elastic Rattle, $19.95  $17.95
Giimmo Night Light - Bamboo the Panda, $44.95  $40.45
Snugglebum Short John, beachside stripe, $34.95  $32.35
Tiger Tribe Magnetic Playbook ‘At The Beach’, $19.95  $17.95
Ouch Frill Detail Dress - Aqua, $39.95  $35.95
Rush Backpack Red Spots, $34.95  $32.35
Hip Stuff Little Fish Maraca, $4.50 $4.05 available in Red and Green amongst other great colours!

Don’t forget to have a browse through the fabulous and well-stocked sale section at The Hip Infant either. Huge bargains within!!

The Hip Infant charge $7.50 postage flat Australia wide for Express Post/courier delivery. Orders are dispatched within 24 hours of receipt. The Hip Infant also ships internationally. Please visit the Delivery Info page for full information on shipping.

Have you swung over to ShopHouse - www.shophouse.com.au lately? If you haven’t, it’s time to skip on over; there’s a lot going on!

Bronwyn at ShopHouse is concentrating on telling the whole story with the ranges she stocks, and I am loving it.

When I dig a label, I tend to want to cherry pick the whole range, and ShopHouse makes it easy to do with Cocoon Couture, mill&mia, And the Little Dog Laughed, Pure Baby,  Penny Scallan, and the irrepressible Oobi.

ShopHouse are stocking the comprehensive range of Oobi, including the party dresses you know and love in fabulous new prints, bloomers, singlets, and new to their repertoire, playsuits, divine capelets, and sweet Rosette hair clips. Buy now and get delivery around September 15. These are selling like hotcakes, so get in quickly if you want a piece of the action.

mill&mia Spring/Summer 08/09 collection has arrived too, and it is divine as always. ShopHouse are stocking the ‘Robot’ story for boys, and stripes and florals for girls in voiles and the softest soft cottons. mill&mia is one of my all-time favourite Aussie labels: Melissa Chen (’mill’) is a genius!

For the little bebes in the house, comes Pure Baby - organic bliss for bubs up to 2 years. The prints have a touch of retro about them this season: caravans for the boys, red gumnuts for girls, and fantastic terry toweling fabric (do you remember that from your own childhood? So comfy!)

New to ShopHouse is Cuddlefish, the best swimwear out for little kids. I have been buying and using Cuddlefish swimmers on my two kids for the last 3 years, and I just love it. It looks great, and contemporary and provides SPF50+ so I don’t have to worry about the chitlins being burned to a crisp in the hot sun.

Also check out the Kiddysac and Lark products new to ShopHouse. The Kiddysac mini-bags are the perfect storage solution for a range of loot, and the Lark products bring fun kitsch back on the scene with their activity kits and soaps.

There are also a few offers over at ShopHouse that you should know about.

1. Buy a Cocoon Couture Large Enchanted Tree at ShopHouse & receive a FREE Cocoon Couture Beanbag, valued at $129.95. Mention the beanbag design you would like at checkout and it’s yours!
2. Also, subscribe to the ShopHouse newsletter in September and you could win a Cuddlefish swimsuit. See the ShopHouse homepage for full details.

You can also score FREE EXPRESS SHIPPING at ShopHouse with the KidStyleFile discount code found in the current issue of Shop 4 Kids magazine. If you can’t make it to  newsagent, email me and I’ll give it to you

Checkout my picks of lush new products below, and don’t forget to visit the ShopHouse sale section to score up to 45% off last season’s mill&mia, and some yummy Monday’s Child Pyjamas.

Clockwise from top left:

mill&mia Blue Stripe Envelope Neck Tee $49.95
Kiddysac Small Pink Ballerina Bag $9.95
Oobi Rosette Clips set of two $24.95
mill&mia Blue Patch Pocket Short $49.95
Dumpling Dynasty Explorer Set $29.95
Kiddysac Small Red Pirate Bag $9.95
Cuddlefish Long-sleeved Red Stripe Tee $44.95
Cuddlefish Red Short $24.95
Yunginz Traditional Classic with a Twist $59.95
Oobi Baby Dinosaur Egg Sunday Suit $29.95
mill&mia Kiss Daisy Chain Stripe T-Shirt Puff Sleeve Dress $79.95 and mill&mia Girls Kiss Daisy Chain Puff Sleeve Tee $49.95
Cocoon Couture Enchanted Forest Large Tree $490.00 Receive a FREE Cocoon Couture Beanbag valued at $129.95 when you buy the Tree in September

ShopHouse stock: And the little dog laughed, Annabel Trends, Baobab, IDTee, Kee-Ka, Lil’ Lana, mill & mia, Mondays Child Pyjamas, Oobi Baby - skin and hair care products (Bod and Eco.Kid), a lovely range of toys and decor pieces from Alimrose Designs, Moltex nappies, Organic Bubs baby food, Cocoon Couture, Krooom, Little Chipipi, Look at the Wall, Mon Tresor, Little Kitchen, and The Little Experience, must-have accessories from Penny Scallan, PouchMISS and Rileah Design.

ShopHouse’s standard shipping costs are $4.95 for Express shipping Australia-wide.

Today Miki brings you a joyous celebration from the inimitable Itty Bitty Yuppy. Happy Housewarming Kim, from all of us

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Kim at Itty Bitty Yuppy - www.ittybittyyuppy.com.au - has just made the move to sunny Queensland - beautiful one day and perfect the next, as they say - and she is celebrating the sunshine in style with a fab Housewarming Sale.

There are 35 items at 35% off, 41 items at 50% off, and 15 items at 75% off. Woo hoo!! Choose from Abe Jones, Wonderboy, mill&mia, Moppit, the adorable Parisan Ballets shoes, Willow & Finn, Rock & Rattle, Tiny Tribe and much, much more.

To find all these fabulously and extravagantly discounted items, head directly to the IBY Sale section and spend a while blissfully browsing.

I love the completely cute Tiny Tribe rompers, like this drool-worthy girl’s one at 35% off. The Wonderboy Spidee Tee is hip and a great trans-season buy, especially at 35% off.

Another great pick is the Abe Jones infant tank at 50% off - adorable! ADORABLE, I say! And what about Rock & Rattle at 75% off?!

This sale will end on 31 August, go get a motor on it!

You can also score 15% off new season stock at Itty Bitty Yuppy when using the KidStyleFile Shop 4 Kids discount code*. Have you checked out the just-arrived brands at IBY including such as Polka (Ange just loves this new label), Chase n’ Sky, Tipitipi (have you seen their stunning rompers?), and the hottest baby and toddler swimwear from Cuddlefish.

Speaking of Cuddlefish, I have to say that I think it’s some of the best ‘little’ swimwear I’ve come across (Ange has been using Cuddlefish swimmers on her kids for the last 3 years, and is wrapt. She regularly gets asked if they come in adult sizes people love the look so much!) . The fabric is all 50+UV and the colours and designs are fantastic - fun, bright and age-appropriate. The buoyancy swimsuits have been carefully designed to the Standards Australia AS 1900 guidelines for water safety and I think it’s a nifty design for teaching the youngsters to be comfortable in the water as you can remove the flotation sections one by one.

Without further ado, some of my picks for new arrivals. The picks below are new season’s full-priced pieces, using the Shop4Kids 15% off magazine code. For sale stock visit the IBY Sale section (no further discounts apply to sale stock).

Abe Jones pink dots infant tank dress, $49.95 $42.45
Wonderboy Pool Shark shirt, $54.95 $46.70
Polka Scandia tennis dress, $74.95 $63.70
Tipitipi Rhinoceros onesie, $34.95 $29.70
SES Petites Mains Sommerset Shirtwaist Dress, $69.95 $59.45
Cuddlefish UV short, $24.95 $21.20
Munster Punkature tee, $34.95 $29.70
Wonderboy Santorini shirt, $54.95 $46.70
Cuddlefish buoyancy suit, $69.95 $59.45
Chase n’ Sky blue pleat dress, $74.95 $63.70

Itty Bitty Yuppy stock the following brands: Cuddlefish, Chic Papoose, Fleurville Kids, and My Little Seat, the cream of overseas brands, including Baby Bonkie, Claesens, Il Tutto, Little Twig, Sooki Baby, Tiny Tribe, Abe Jones, Baby Bean Vintage, Dirty Laundry, Eight3One, Polka, Finger In The Nose, KLT Works, Knuckleheads, Pink Chicken, Rock & Rattle, Tin Tank, Wonderboy, Chase n’ Sky and Zoobie Pets, and the best Australian designer labels including Edenstar, Eggheads, Enfant Terrible, Fresh Baked, Infancy, mill&mia, Moppit, Tipitipi, Munster, Parisian Ballets, Willow and Finn and Zephire Generation.

Itty Bitty Yuppy ship via Express Post for a flat free of $7.50 Australia Wide. Orders over $150.00 are shipped FREE. International orders are warmly welcomed. See the Shipping Info page for full details.

*15% Shop 4 Kids discount applies to full-priced stock only. Does not apply to sale stock. Grab a copy of the mag, available now at all good newsagents, to get the code. If you can’t get your hot little hands on a copy, email Angela and she’ll tell you what it is.

Post written by Miki

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Ooooh, a Stork Baby - www.storkbaby.com.au - sale! These don’t come up often but when they do they’re fabulous, and this one is no exception: up to 40% off!

Stork Baby are stockists of some of the most fantastic brands around both in kidswear and maternity wear, including BIG by Fiona Scanlan, Blush, Cuddlefish, Ducky Beau Mini, Edenstar, Elle Macpherson Maternelle Maternity Bras, Collette Dinnigan Enfant (rarely found and unheard of at these prices!!), FIONA by Fiona Scanlan, HOTmilk lingerie, Infancy, Marquise, Maternity Plus, Mill & Mia, Mini Metalicus, Ninth Moon Maternity, Pea in a Pod, Purr, Ripe, Spudkids, Tip Toey Joey, Tommy Rocket, Two Belles and Willow and Finn.

You are absolutely spoilt for choice here!

I love the Tip Toey Joey shoes. All-over leather except for the non-slip rubber sole (for the six months + sizes), these little shoes have an extremely nifty elastic back which makes it easy for parents to get the shoes on but difficult for babies to pull them off again. Genius! And they are so CUTE!

Stork Baby are offering a very rare and special privilege to KidStyleFile readers: 10% discount off Tip Toey Joey shoes!! WOW!
Enter the discount code ‘ksf01′ at checkout to receive 10% off your Tip Toeys.

You won’t find Tip Toey Joeys cheaper anywhere! All I can say is go go go!!!

Tommy Rocket pavement tee, $34.95 $24.95
Tommy Rocket striker short, $54.95 $34.95
Tip Toey Joey strappy lilac/rose, $44.95 $40.45 after 10% KSF discount
BIG by Fiona Scanlan lace trim button thru skirt in claret/rose, $59.95 $39.95
Tip Toey Joey racey navy/white, $44.95 $40.45 after 10% KSF discount
Infancy cargo denim jacket, $49.95 $29.95
Tip Toey Joey chantilly white/red, $44.95 $40.45 after 10% KSF discount
Marquise studsuit/growsuit pink spots, $19.95
Ducky Beau Mini car pattern polo, $29.95 $19.95
BIG by Fiona Scanlan wings, $24.95
Two Belles festival spectacular hooded top, $69.95 $49.95

Have you seen the HOTmilk maternity and breastfeeding lingerie before? Designed in New Zealand by a pregnant mum who - like many of us - didn’t like the range of maternity lingerie she saw in shops (”I’m pregnant not ninety!”) set out to design a range of maternity lingerie that was practical and beautiful and sexy.

The result is just breathtaking, and it’s gaining quite a cult following! You don’t often see it at discounted prices, and Stork Baby have a great range so snap it up here while the going’s good!

HOTmilk Silver Sass Kitten bra, $56.95 $51.95 and french knicker, $28.95 $24.95
HOTmilk Cherry Bomb Chic bra $56.95 $54.95 and french knicker, $28.95 $24.95
HOTmilk Whisper Sweet Wickedness bra $59.95 $54.95 and bikini brief, $24.95

Stork Baby charge $10.00 flat for Express postage Australia wide. Orders over $150.00 are posted free of charge.