Me too. Before tossing them, I quickly looked online for other options and found a great post on mending a wardrobe.
Here is my process of mending a pair of my son's jeans:
I kinda like it...
7.19.2013
How to patch up kids pair of jeans, in a fun way!
Have you had a kid come back from school with a hole in his/her jeans? Of course, you have.
Me too. Before tossing them, I quickly looked online for other options and found a great post on mending a wardrobe.
Me too. Before tossing them, I quickly looked online for other options and found a great post on mending a wardrobe.
7.15.2013
Color I love right now - Cobalt Blue
Lately, I've been noticing this color everywhere... So rich, deep and simply magical....
6.28.2013
Eco Friendly way to ship your goodies!
If you ever ordered from NewMomDesigns, you'd notice that we use eco-friendly, biodegradable mailers to ship our fabric.
Eco-enclose is the company I use, and I absolutely love their product, their website and all they stand for.
I have just found out that they will be discontinuing these mailers due to increased production costs, but NEW improved mailers, made from 100% ( what??) recycled material will replace them!
Eco-enclose is the company I use, and I absolutely love their product, their website and all they stand for.
I have just found out that they will be discontinuing these mailers due to increased production costs, but NEW improved mailers, made from 100% ( what??) recycled material will replace them!
These are now on clearance sale 40% off !
Soon to be replaced with these:
Can't wait to use up what I have and order these new babies!
During my last order of mailers, I found this sweet little note on my packing slip:
Talk about customer service - one little detail goes a long way!
6.26.2013
1 Bed- 3 Looks - 3 Ways to style a bed for a little girl
1. Bright & Bold
Organic Duvet+Pillow Sham with Chartreuse leaves & birds from NewMomDesigns
Accent pillow cover with Large Coral chevron from NewMomdesigns
Trellis Sheet and Pillowcase in black/whitefrom Overstock.com
This is fun and cheerful color combination is suitable for a chatty, bubbly girl like my daughter. She loves color and all things nature! Colorful bedding looks especially bright and yammy on the white background. Add a few additional pops of color, like this Red Chair that doubles a side table. For artwork, you can simply tape your child's drawings with washi tape like this on the wall behind the bed to personalize the space even further.
2. Lovely & Charming
Organic Duvet with Bullfinches from NewMomdesigns
Organic Pillow sham with mustaches from NewMomDesigns
Sheet made from "dearStella" fabric available at major fabric stores
This is for a shy, romantic girl. She is feminine and almost fairy like, with a quiet sophistication, but not without a sense of humor!
Style it with detailed objects, decorative details...This calls for things lacquered, antiqued, glossy with signs of patina, like an old handheld mirror and a jewelry/ music box.
Organic Duvet cover + Pillow sham with Happy Hippos from NewMomDesigns
Pillowcase made from "dearStella" fabric available at major fabric stores
Accent pillow cover with Pink Delicate chevron from NewMomDesigns
Your child loves African animals and trips to the zoo? You don't have to paint her room green and brown, and buy a bunch of stuffed lions and elephants. Jungle theme room can subtle and tasteful, and YES, it can be done for a girl! Pair the safari colors with soft pinks and peach and oranges for a summery, warm color palette. To style this bedding, you can pick up a bamboo side table or a tray at your local thrift store, get a couple simple wall decals like these, maybe a modern lamp - that's all you need to convey the theme.
5.24.2013
Organic Vest for your little gentlemen!
Remember my fabric "Gentlemen s Necessities?"
Well, I am so excited to introduce my new product made out of it: Reversible Vest for boys!
And guess to who totally rocked it while modeling for my photo shoot? None other than my own little gentleman , my son Alan. He had such cute faces on every photo, I had a hard time selecting just a couple for my shop...
Now, if you subscribe to our newsletter, you can get a free shipping on any item in my shop, including this organic reversible boys vest, or should I say, Gentlemen's vest?
2.20.2013
Kids artwork display...continued
As you already know from my previous post, my daughter loves to draw. She has an enormous amount of drawings, watercolors, collages and doodles. Of course, once in a while I have to go through her drawer and sort, and when I do, I always feel sad to toss some, and I feel sad for keepers, because there is no way to display them all. And these "masterpieces" are really good and fresh, and truly original.
So I wanted to share with you some ways to introduce your child's artwork into your life:
1. The simplest one - FRAME IT and call it abstract work. I discussed it here along with pictures:
2. CUTOUTS - appropriate for those who like to color.
Here is what I did from my daughter's coloring: cut out the shapes, animals or whatever your child has colored, paste onto a white foam board, Optional: select a few of the pieces and paste onto thick card-stock first ( i used cereal boxes or something like that) , then onto foam blocks. This way you will have more dimensional art...
3. Hang them on IKEA curtain rods on a white wall ( in corridor OR inside the kids room) This method will work for all those crafty thingies they bring home from Day care or pre-K.
So I wanted to share with you some ways to introduce your child's artwork into your life:
1. The simplest one - FRAME IT and call it abstract work. I discussed it here along with pictures:
2. CUTOUTS - appropriate for those who like to color.
Here is what I did from my daughter's coloring: cut out the shapes, animals or whatever your child has colored, paste onto a white foam board, Optional: select a few of the pieces and paste onto thick card-stock first ( i used cereal boxes or something like that) , then onto foam blocks. This way you will have more dimensional art...
3. Hang them on IKEA curtain rods on a white wall ( in corridor OR inside the kids room) This method will work for all those crafty thingies they bring home from Day care or pre-K.
4. Make a textile of doodles - can simply enlarge your child's doodles, and trace with a fabric marker onto a duvet, pillowcase, or a sheet. Maybe curtains even... I wanted to do this for soooo long!
5. This is my latest find and I love it! Make KEYCHAIN from your child's artwork. I guess you could also print your doodles onto a mug, mouse pad, tray, etc in order to preserve kids artwork without the actual papers laying around. Cool!
Do you have a favorite way to display your child's artwork? Please share in comments!
2.19.2013
Painted Ceiling
My daughter's room desperately needs a makeover!
When we moved in into our freshly renovated house, she was a under 2 year old, and LOVED to draw.
So when I was too busy being pregnant, nesting and unpacking boxes and organizing our stuff, she would draw on walls with a ballpoint pen. She managed to be pretty sneaky about it, and i missed to noticed it for a while... Anyways, between her drawings and greasy fingerprints I decided it was best to leave the walls as is and some time later just paint the whole room again.
Now this time has come and I cannot take it anymore.
I NEED to paint her room. Hence the makeover.
I was considering the new color, but after a while I realized, I am really drawn to white-walls- nurseries and kids rooms. Still I wanted a punch of color somewhere, and yesterday while browsing Pinterest I saw this:
I just loved the simplicity and neatness of this room. But notice how the walls are pretty quiet, while the CEILING gives the color punch. This is what I want now: white walls & colored ceiling.
My daughter requested color yellow for her room walls, but I am sure she will love seeing it up there instead.
It will look something like this:
Here are some more cool spaces where ceiling brings the A game:
( Love the colors and modern, Scandinavian inspired pattern)
( Very elegant and classic)
( How cool is that?!! Ceiling in the smoking area)
( Soft and barely there...but it does the trick)
( Black is not easy to pull off and it scares many people with its boldness, but when done right, can be quite dramatic and exquisite)
Would you paint your ceiling some color other than white?
When we moved in into our freshly renovated house, she was a under 2 year old, and LOVED to draw.
So when I was too busy being pregnant, nesting and unpacking boxes and organizing our stuff, she would draw on walls with a ballpoint pen. She managed to be pretty sneaky about it, and i missed to noticed it for a while... Anyways, between her drawings and greasy fingerprints I decided it was best to leave the walls as is and some time later just paint the whole room again.
Now this time has come and I cannot take it anymore.
I NEED to paint her room. Hence the makeover.
I was considering the new color, but after a while I realized, I am really drawn to white-walls- nurseries and kids rooms. Still I wanted a punch of color somewhere, and yesterday while browsing Pinterest I saw this:
I just loved the simplicity and neatness of this room. But notice how the walls are pretty quiet, while the CEILING gives the color punch. This is what I want now: white walls & colored ceiling.
My daughter requested color yellow for her room walls, but I am sure she will love seeing it up there instead.
It will look something like this:
Here are some more cool spaces where ceiling brings the A game:
( Love the colors and modern, Scandinavian inspired pattern)
( Very elegant and classic)
( How cool is that?!! Ceiling in the smoking area)
( Soft and barely there...but it does the trick)
( Black is not easy to pull off and it scares many people with its boldness, but when done right, can be quite dramatic and exquisite)
Would you paint your ceiling some color other than white?
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