I’ve been looking for some cute bookends for Noah’s room. He’s at the point where I can’t have books all over the accessible shelves anymore…he goes on a search and destroy mission for anything remotely within reach.

I found these…they are perfect and not expensive.

$12.95 at barnesandnoble.com.  I was able to get an additional 20% off with a coupon for new accounts I found online.  Love a good find like this!

I’ve been looking into something to put on the floor while Noah eats.  It gets really messy and the floors are constantly sticky, it seems, even though I do wipe them down afterwards.  Maybe this is just another item to have to clean, but I thought I could just carry it to the trash/sink and then rinse it down.

The cutest ones I found are by a company called Mimi The Sardine.  Adorable company name and adorable products!  Just look at these:

Jungle Print

Propeller Print

Flora Pink Print

I love their bibs too.  This Bay Area company uses cute, colorful fabrics sourced in Sweden then covered in an eco-friendly, washable acrylic coating for easy care.  I think the propeller one might be coming to our house soon!

Great for travel too…do any of you use something like this for your messy eaters?

I know you’ve been waiting to see these!

The Charmaine collection, now available in my etsy shop.

I’m off to take little Noah to the pumpkin patch now.  Happy Friday!

I am really into this Rope Knot bracelet by Tanya Aguiniga right now:

She makes the coolest things…

Well it’s Monday and a beautiful one at that.  So I thought I’d start the week off by sharing one of my favorite things–this print by Gennine:

She makes the most beautiful watercolor illustrations and collages.  I fell in love after seeing some of her work on etsy and I couldn’t get this one out of my mind.  Lucky me, my sister bought it for me and now I enjoy it in my house every day.

The color and detail in her work is just incredible…I love these fish:

And this new Ocean Series too, available in her etsy store:

Gorgeous, no?  Not only does she create beautiful works of art, she crafts and she has the most amazing home in Mexico.  I love going through her flickr sets for inspiration.  Looks like she really is living her dream…I love that!

You can also see more of her work and life at her blog.  Happy Monday everyone!

This week I’ve been adding new pillows to my etsy shop.  The Camilla collection is now up:

And next week, I’ll be introducing Charmaine.  Stay tuned!

My lovely Mom just returned from a month-long vacation on the East coast and she returned with presents!  This was my favorite:

It’s a Petals bracelet by Batucada.  They are a company based in France, making beautiful things out of an “eco-plastic” material (not quite sure what that means, but their stuff is cool).

They have a range of bracelets and necklaces, and also some home accessories.  These placemats are my pick in that category:

Available at brooklyn 5 and 10.

I like to make store bought bouquets into something better. Thanks to my sweetie for the flowers!

Walks on the beach with Henri have resumed:

Only this time, with an extra passenger.

I love using the sling to carry Noah. The motion and the sound of the waves lulls him to sleep and I’m free to enjoy the scenery and imagine what it will be like foe him to grow up here. It’s a good place, I think.

The pregnancy went so quickly, and now he is here!

It is truly an amazing experience getting to know this new little person.  

I hope to be back to more regular postings again soon, but it may be a while…