after discovering their memory game set, i wanted to see what else plan toys offered for kids. lookie all that i found! lots of fun + vibrant wooden toys. once e gets a little older, i’ll definitely be investing in a few of these for her.
plan toys // part two
Ultimate Book of Card Games
did you grow up in a card playing family? i did. i remember after christmas + thanksgiving dinners, my family would clean off the dinner table, pull out the cards and play rounds and rounds of bourrée, a cajun card game. we didn’t play board games, but we sure played card games!
so, i got quite excited when i spotted this
plan toys
although e isn’t into toys just yet, much less a memory game, i think i’m going to order this plan toys animal memo set
via the higher nest
pantone notebook
poster project
if you’re an artist/designer and want to help the gulf coast recover, this project is for you. summit your poster, and it could be be featured and sold online with all of the proceeds going to gulf aid acadiana to help gulf coast fishermen affected by the oil spill. find out more about the great oil leak 2010 poster project here.
yozo craft
i love browsing new to me shops. especially when they are filled with lots of goodies like this one i found via eat drink chic.
newborn pictures
we hired mollie from bloom photography to come to our home to take pictures of e when she was a week old. this is one of my favorites. she’s so tiny + peaceful. i’m happy we took time during the oh-so-tiring newborn stage to take these. it’s hard to believe that tomorrow she will be eight weeks old. how fast they grow! cliche but oh so true.
ps – mollie was fantastic! she was so patient [especially when e decided she needed to nurse during the session even though she had just done so right before the shoot]. and she really took her time so that e wouldn’t wake up while she was positioning her. if you’re in or around austin, you should hire her. if not, i highly recommend finding a photographer that specializes in babies to photograph your newborn. i think it’s much different than photographing adults or even children.
chambray baby journal
remember the baby book i ordered? well, i’ve been meaning to do a follow-up on it. i really like it. it’s simple and void of lots of cutesy cutesy. each page is just simple type on nice + thick textured ecru paper. it’s exactly what i was looking for.
side note – it comes with an inking kit for doing hand and foot prints. it’s nontoxic and for some reason i confused that with non-messy. funny, right? ink and babies equals a big mess! if you’re taking prints of your newborn, i highly recommend doing it with a naked baby [well, with diaper]. that way, no clothes are ruined. also, keep baby wipes + alcohol wipes nearby for a quick[er] cleanup.
