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Today’s post written by Leah

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One word that kids usually learn to read before all others is their very own name. Placing that very special word on books, on ones school bag and lunchbox denotes ownership, and our clever little ones are quick to understand. “That’s mine!” huffs Master R when someone touches his drink bottle, “See! It has MY name on it”.

Mooo’s – www.mooo.com.au – personalised wall canvases are bound to delight young and old alike.  Your little one will be super impressed to see their name on display, and you’ll love the sparky (and HUGE!) selection you have to choose from. Canvases are available in two sizes (30 x 30 cm OR 60 x 60 cm), and designed and printed in the Mooo studio directly onto the canvas with light fast ink that ensures they’ll be brightening up your day for years to come.

The Dads in charge at Mooo are offering KSF readers a fantastic deal this month: buy one 60 x 60 personalised canvas or two 30 x 30 personalised canvases, and get $20 off your whole order. Enter  code “KSF20” at checkout to redeem until 31 March 2010.  (This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers).

PS Watch out for the new range of Easter themed products coming to Mooo over the next few days too -  geez, who needs chocolate this year?!

Above: Just a teeny gathering of the personalised canvas design options available at Mooo. Canvases start from $49.95 each.

Mooo stocks a range of products including personalised t-shirts. wooden puzzles, invitations and cards, stationary, bags (including library bags and backpacks), pencil cases, calendars and diaries, removable wall stickers and name labels.

Mooo postal charges start at $5.90 Australia-wide. Orders over $200.00 are shipped free, Australia-wide. Read the Mooo Ordering/Delivery page for full details.

Today’s post written by Miki

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You’ve got to hand it to them: those funky dads who design the products at Mooo – www.mooo.com.au – really know what they’re doing when it comes to personalised products. From name labels to clothing, to canvases to stationery, to bags of all shapes and sizes, Mooo have you covered.

Right now is Peak Personalising Season, being Back To School time, and Mooo are celebrating the new school year with one heck of a Mooo event.  Say hello to…Mooo’s Back To School Super Special!

First up is Mooo’s spectacular deal on name labels, which has us saving up to 80% on top quality name and book labels.

Here’s the deal: you can get two sets of name labels for the price of one, plus two FREE sets of book labels!  To get the book labels you need to refer friends: five friends for the first set of free book labels, and another five (so 10 all up) for the second set of book labels.  Now that’s got to be the best and easiest way to save money on incredibly stylish labels out there.

But we’re not done yet: we haven’t even started on the amazing bags special! Mooo also make beautiful, personalisable bags, backpacks, pencil cases, lunch bags, library bags and duffle bags and they have up to 25% off the full range!

How it works is like this: buy any two personalised Mooo bags (from all the product categories mentioned above and more) and receive 15% off each bag product.  Buy three and get 20% off, and buy four and get a whopping 25% off.

There are promo codes to use with the bags special.  If buying two bags, use the code ‘2bag15′ to get your 15% off; if buying three bags use ‘3bag20′ to get your 20% discount, and if buying four bags use ‘4bag25′ to get your 25% off.

These offers are valid until the 28th of February 2010 and cannot be used with any other promotion.  Now go wild and grab your personalised Mooo gear – guaranteed to light up your kid’s week!

Mooo's Back To School Super Special: Up to 25% off Personalised Bags + Up to 80% off Name Labels

Mooo postal charges start at $5.90 Australia-wide. Orders over $200.00 are shipped free, Australia-wide. Read the Mooo Ordering/Delivery page for full details.

Today’s post written by Anna

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“It’s mine” are a little set of words that are heard often in our house, spoken in varying tones, with varying outcomes.  I love hearing  “That’s my sister” followed by a lovely cuddle. But I’m not so fond of hearing “That’s my toy”, followed by a scuffle! Grappling with ownership is a big deal for little ones, they love the sense of belonging it brings and certainly nothing says ‘mine’ like having you name woven into the very design of what you’re wearing!

Tapping into this are the clever clogs behind Mooo – www.mooo.com.au: a special place where you can put your child’s name on almost anything!

The entire range of Mooo summer clothing is currently on sale with $5 off  every piece including personalised tees, rugby tops and rash vests in sizes 000-10.  Enter the promotion code ‘ KSF453‘ at checkout to redeem the $5 discount on each piece of Moo clothing you purchase. This offer expires 28 February 2010 and cannot be redeemed with any other offer.

Mooo have a great range of colourful designs waiting to be personalised.  All you need to choose is the style of clothing (a rugby top, tee-shirt, or rash vest), enter the child’s name and let Mooo do their magic. After a week or so, you’ll be able to enjoy watching your little one enjoy seeing their name in print for the first time – priceless!

Today’s post written by Angela

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Have fun and be ready before the bell goes with Mooo’s – www.mooo.com.au – most impressive back to school specials on personalised backpacks, pencil cases, lunch bags, library bags and duffle bags. The more you buy, the more you save! It’s as easy as 1,2,3!

1. Buy any 2 products from Mooo’s personalised bags category and scoop 15% off each bag product with discount code: ‘2bag15‘
2. Buy any 3 products from the personalised bags category and get 20% off each bag product with discount code   ‘3bag20‘
3. Buy any 3 products from the personalised bags category and get 25% off each bag product with discount code ‘4bag25‘

This offer runs until 28 February 2010, and is not valid in conjunction with any other Mooo promotions, which include 25% off invitations and stationery, and up to 80% off name labels – very cool offers in their own right!

In addition to bags, stationery and name labels, Mooo produces an extensive range of personalised canvases and clothing in a huge range of designs and colour choices.

Today’s post written by Angela

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In addition to running an incredibly successful and funky business, the clever dads at Mooo – www.mooo.com.au, the mega-source of personalised name labels, canvases, clothing, stationery and more, have 7 kids between them, so they know a thing or two about being organised. To help the rest of us get on top of things for 2010, they have a super cool offer going down right now, and here is comes!

Buy two sets of Mooo name labels for the price of one, and receive two sets of Mooo book labels FREE ($80 worth off value for just $20!!) just for letting your friends know about this fab offer!

Here’s how it works:

– Pay $20 for two sets of name labels and

– Refer 5 friends to score one free set of book labels

OR

– Refer 10 friends to score *two* free sets of book labels

Follow the instructions on the Mooo website to redeem this offer while stocks last only. Sorry, folks, this offer not valid with any other Mooo promotion.

1. Visit the Mooo website

2. Choose your design and color

3. Personalise with your name

4. Refer friends for free book lables

5. Thank you page

6. Free shipping if you buy another product

7. Shopping cart. You’re done! Sit back and wait for your cool labels to arrive!

Today’s post written by Angela

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It’s a fresh new year and time to get organised while things are still in holiday mode. Stock up on birthday, christening/baptism and baby shower invitations, and personalised calendars, diaries and stationery at  Mooo – www.mooo.com.au – and you won’t miss a beat all year.

Mooo know that everyone is different, and to cater for this wonderful diversity of tastes they offer a plethora of colour and design choices for you: try over 40 invitation designs to select from, 7 designs of diary, 7 designs of journal, 5 designs of notepaper and 4 calendar designs, all of which are available in a selection of colourways and can be name personalised!

As well as being super-cute, Mooo gear is super-practical too! The calendars are spiral bound and designed to hang on the wall, have rounded corners to prevent dog-earing and there is space for up to six family members. The diaries and journals feature the left-hand page is as a date diary, with the right-hand page lined for journalling, lists and doodles, and there are extra pages for notes and addresses. The notepaper is quite adorable, and the invitations, well, there has never been a bigger, or better, selection to choose from!

To sweeten the deal, until 31 January 2010 you can take 25% off all personalised invitations and cards, calendars, diaries, journals and stationery at Mooo. Enter promotional code ‘ksf465‘ at checkout to redeem. Offer is not valid with any other Mooo promotion.

As part of our Christmas coverage this year we are sharing with you our own personal picks for our kids. Today we’re featuring KSF writer Miki’s selection.

View more KidStyleFile Christmas ideas here.

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Miki and her two boys, aged 2.5 years old, and 2.5 months old respectively.

Hard to believe it’s only a few weeks ’til the jolly fat man in the red suit slides down the chimney, isn’t it?  I’m sure I’m not the only one who is astonished at how fast this year has flown by!

2009 has brought about some quite large changes for my little family, not least a temporary move to the UK, my elder son’s second birthday, and a new addition in the shape of my younger son, now nearly three months old.

All year I’ve been looking through beautiful online children’s boutiques (can I just say here how much I love my job?!) and the whole time I’ve had Christmas in the back of my mind.  It’s hard to narrow down the enormous range of choices, but here’s what I’ve decided on for this year. These fit our bill to perfection!

• An Alimrose bib and matching handsqueaker for my baby boy – the bibs are beautiful quality, and I love the noises the handsqueekers make.  They’re the perfect size for little baby hands.
• A Radio Flyer Ranger Wagon – this is actually the gift from the boys’ doting grandparents, who wanted my suggestion for a great toy the boys could share and enjoy for years to come.
• Mooo personalised wooden name puzzles for each of them – educational and lots of fun!
• The Plan Toys Sorting Cone – both kids will enjoy playing with this, and like all Plan Toys it’s beautifully designed and made.
• Their big present from Father Christmas – a matched pair of Wheely Bugs, the large size for Master Two and the small size for the baby (who will grow into his during the next year).  I can’t wait to see them tearing around on their Bugs together!
• I wanted to get them something quintessentially English to mark their first, and probably only, northern hemisphere Christmas – so what else but a Harrods bear for the baby and a Harrods musical snowglobe for the two-year-old?
• Their present from Daddy – Star Wars themed long-sleeve tees from Well Spotted.  (Yep, I married a geek! But, actually, I think they’re pretty darn awesome, too ).

1. Alimrose Designs Soldier Bib, $16.50; and Handsqueaker, $15.95 from Baby’s Got Style
2. Radio Flyer Ranger Wagon, $249.95 $220.00 from Where Did You Get That?
3. Mooo Personalised Wooden Name Puzzle, from $24.95 from Mooo
4. Plan Toys Sorting Cone, $40.95 from Little Posssums Toys
5. Wheely Bug – Large, $110.00; Wheely Bug – Small, $90.00 from Green Goat
6. Harrods Small Christmas Bear, £14.95 from Harrods
7. Harrods Musical Snowglobe, £24.95 from Harrods
8. Well Spotted Long-Sleeve Tees, $40 each from Well Spotted

Please check individual sites for postage details, and as always, check the KidStyleFile All Current Deals page to make sure you’re getting the most bang for your buck.

Today’s post written by Miki

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I hope you’re as impressed with me as I am with myself. This year, for the first time ever, I’ve started writing my Christmas cards already – and it’s not even mid November yet! I think I deserve a pat on the back and a Smartie for being so organised

I have to say, though, that I wish I’d held off for another week or so.  You see, I’d just written about a dozen nice, but fairly boring, cards when I discovered the fantastic new range of cards at Mooo – www.mooo.com.au. Yes, the extremely popular Mooo who do so many other fabulous products are now doing personalised Christmas cards, and oh my goodness do they look good!

There are eight designs to choose from, but almost all of them come in at least two colour choices and often more, so the choice is very extensive.  The designs are great – very modern, lovely bright colours, and some non-traditional Christmas colours too such as black or yellow, which I think is great.  There’s a surefire way to stand out on your friends’ mantlepieces!

There are even a couple of designs where you can upload your own photo, which will make your kids’ day.  Go nuts at home having a family photo shoot (just about all cameras have a timer function which means you can all get into the shot), then upload the photo to the Mooo site, play around a bit with the design and hey presto: a unique and personal way to wish a all your friends a very happy Christmas. I like it!

You can save up to 40% on Mooo’s personalised Christmas cards by buying in bulk! Just check out these big savings:

1 – 24 cards $2.50ea
25 and over $2.00ea
48 and over $1.50ea

The other great new products at Mooo are personalised calendars and diary/journals, all designed to keep you and the whole family organised for 2010.  The family calendar is incredibly cute, it has space for up to six family members, is spiral bound and designed to hang on the wall, has rounded corners to prevent dog-earing… and did we mention it’s cute?

The diary/journal has a personalised front cover (choose from several cover designs) and each left page is dated as a diary, while each right page is lined for journalling, lists and all those jottings you would otherwise put on scraps of paper and promptly lose. There are also extra pages for notes and addresses. Bring on 2010 I say, because with this gear in hand there’ll be nothing we’re not ready for!

Mooo design, make and sell very cute and affordable custom-made products for babies, toddlers and kids consisting of name labels, tees, puzzles, wall canvases, pencil cases, backpacks and wall stickers. Head on over to see the rest of their fab range.

Today’s post written by Angela

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I’m convinced that Mike and Nick, the two Dads who run Mooo – www.mooo.com.au – must have a team of Christmas elves industriously working behind the scenes: every time I look Mooo has gotten bigger and better! (With 7 kids between them and the 8th on the way, this statement is true in every way!)

In case you’re new to the show, Mooo design, make and sell very cute and affordable custom-made products for babies, toddlers and kids consisting of name labels, tees, puzzles, wall canvases, pencil cases, backpacks and wall stickers. Mike and Nick were industrial designers in their lives pre-Mooo, and boy, do these guys really know how to design – the results are so much fun!

All Mooo products are available in a huge range of colour choices, and the website is extremely well-featured and easy to use: choose your colour choice and  – voila! – what you see is what you’ll get: guesswork be gone!

Mooo have just released some fun new wall stickers to celebrate Christmas: Christmas trees, snowflakes, mini-gingerbread people, and giant versions of these gingerbread pals (which will be available from the Mooo website from tomorrow): standing 1.2 metres tall I am so tickled by these – imagine waking up on Christmas morning to find one of these happy friends standing by the tree!!

All Mooo wall decals are completely removable and repositionable and are made from a fine-weave fabric that doesn’t stretch and will stick to almost any surface including, brick, glass, and painted walls. Very cool!

To kick off Christmas festivities, Mooo are offering 25% off all Christmas Wall Stickers until 30 November 2009. No code is needed, discounts are as marked.

PS Keep your channel tuned to Mooo: coming very soon are Mooo diaries, calendars, Christmas cards, note paper, note books and personalised books. Yay!

Today’s post written by Angela

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Did you do a double take on this title? Yup, me too! There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but there *is* such a thing as free goodies from Mooo – www.mooo.com.au.

In case you didn’t know, Mooo produces the most stunning array of personalised wall canvases, tees, name puzzles, backpacks, cards, pencil cases and name labels for every occassion. Mooo offer literally thousands of customisation choices on their products, made a snap to browse by their slick and well-featured website: there really is something for everyone.

The Dads that run Mooo are really nice guys and they want to share some Mooo love with you, that being a FREE pack of 12 Mooo Thank You cards (rrp $15.90 including postage). You even get a choice of boy or girl designs. Absolutely no purchase is necessary to claim your free cards, and they are delivered free of charge too!!!

Moos cool-as cards are 10.5cm x 7.5cm in size and are printed on premium card stock with a silky smooth finish. Beautiful quality!

Here’s what you need to do to get your hands on some:

1. Scoot over to the Mooo giveaway page
2. Enter your name and email addy, and agree to be signed up to the Mooo newsletter
3. Enter the names and email addresses of two friends (enter details for 5 friends and Mooo will send you a pack of 24 cards, rrp $27.90 including postage!!) Note that your friends won’t be automatically subscribed to the Mooo newsletter – if they want to sign up they have to agree, that’s the law, and Mooo respects that.
4. Select your choice of girl or boy designs
5. Enter your postal details (Australian delivery addresses only)
6. Voila – you’re done! All you have to do now is sit back and wait for your free booty to arrive.

This offer is valid only while stocks last so honk now for FREE Mooo!!