Posts Tagged ‘Canadian made’
Finest Expressions - Designer Gifts & Gift baskets specializes in unique and beautiful handcrafted baby gifts. Gifts to suit every budget and theme include:
- Finest Blossoms: Beautiful arrangement of baby clothing presented in a bouquet style. Contents include baby layette sets, blankets and towels.
- Baby Blooms: These are incredibly delightful baby sock bouquets presented in long stem roses’ style, complete with baby’s breath and flower box.
- Diaper Cakes: Baby cakes are non-edible delights made out of premium brand name diapers. Special baby treats include baby clothing, toys, blankets and baby toiletries.
- Candy Bouquets: Give these delicious treats as a new baby or birthday gift. Better yet, have them as centrepieces at your next baby shower or special event!
Finest Expressions also custom designs gifts using your theme and budget! Special Offer: For limited time only; 10% off all custom designed diaper cakes. Just mention York Region Parent when you order.
Also available are DIY Baby Shower Favour Kits.
With 2008 drawing to a close we wanted to share with you York Region Parent’s Top 10 Favourite Baby & Kids Products of 2008. We see hundreds of products each year and here are the best for your baby & kid spending dollars!
1) Birthday Invites from Grace Annoucements - Located in Newmarket, Grace Announcements creates custom, and I mean custom invites for your kids birthday parties. I sent Lindsay a few pictures of my soon-to-be one year old and said, “purple and pink flowers”as her birthday theme and she created this birthday invite/keepsake for our now, toddlers first birthday.
2) Ladybugs & Lullabies Hair Clips - As we posted this year, ”I really can’t tell you how much I love everything about Ladybugs & Lullabies, makers of amazingly unique hair clips and accessories for babies & toddlers. As my little one’s hair is starting to get longer I have really gotten in this accessorizing clips with outfits. I did infact just place another order including Strawberry Fields (too cute) as well as some ladybug clips.” This company has become one of our favourite and top of our minds when we hear a friend is expecting a little girl! They aren’t just our favourite, they have recently been featured on People. com and received thank yous are kudos from many celebrity parents. Way to go to another Canadian-mom run company!
3) Peanut Shell® Nursing Cover from Along Came Baby - I could not have made it through this year without our Peanut Shell Nursing Cover. I loved that it allowed from easy and discreet breastfeeding and clothing adjustments.
4) Ugg’ems from baby magoo - A really simple and inexpensive, yet quality hand-made toy that is ergonomically designed to fit perfectly under the arm of your toddler. Our preschooler won’t sleep unless his “bear” as he calls it is right beside him.
5) Pliko P3 Classico - Surf - While I loved my Quinny Zapp from just one little one. I needed something that my baby could ride in or sleep in and had a preschooler standing board on the back, for those long walks. I absolutely love this stroller! It’s been a great stroller for us, including a trip to Florida where after walking for miles and miles our preschooler could hop on the board on the back for a speedy way home. It even worked along the beach!
6) Little Twig Soap & Shampoos -Now available Wild Child Baby Boutique on Main Street in Newmarket, little twig products provide families with a safe and natural bath time alternative. Their products are free from sulfates, parabens, phthalates, synthetic fragrances, artificial fragrances, and packaged in recyclable PET bottles. Some of the yummy smelling stuff around!
7) Stonz Boots - BEST baby/toddler boots ever! We are at an awkward stage in our house. Our 12 month old can walk, but regular winter boots kept falling off. So, we went to Baby In Gear, a fabulous baby & kids store in Aurora to buy the Canadian invented and made Stonz Wear boots. These boots are warm and cuddly and stay on!
Pediped Shoes - I really loved the few pairs of Pediped shoes we bought for our daughter. Their originals collection are cute and slipper like, but are soft soled leather shoes that are great for little feet and good looking. We are excited to try their new flex styles for older feet this year
9) Name Your Tune CDs - Now that we are on to our second Name Your Tune CD, it’s still amazing to dance to music with our daughter’s name throughout the songs. She loves to dance around the playroom to her one of a kind CD.
10) Labels from Mabel’s Labels - This year we ditched the black permanment marker and went with labels from Mabel’s to label all our kids gear. If it leaves the house we label it! Our 3 year old’s teacher just loves how easy the labels are to read on shoes, boots, jackets and even toys. I am in love with their labels for the kitchen and with a new years resolution of being more organized, I have a head start!
We have had a few emails from parents asking for some ideas for their tweens and teens for Christmas presents. You can check out our Holiday Gift Showcase, but we also found a new and local company that creates custom graphic gear for outdoor sports.
You can customize graphics to make you ski or snowboard all your own. It’s an inexpensive way to get a totally custom and fresh look on your gear.
FreshFace is a great way to give your board (or skis) a brand new look without the high expense. Many times we’ve heard that our customers enjoy their boards (or skis) but would like to bring the style into this century. A FreshFace is the way to go! Our FreshFaces are temporary (you can update them as often as you wish), but they also last - for as long as 2 seasons.
To sum it up, The FreshPow! FreshFaceTM” is a graphic that is applied to the top of snowboards, skateboards and other lifestyle sports equipment. A great way to score points with your kids this Christmas.
Enter the code “YRPGift” during checkout, you’ll receive a 10% discount.
There is only one company who I trust to make our birthday invites and Christmas cards each year, and luckily for our readers they are based in York Region.
Grace Announcements is the place to get your cards for the upcoming holidays. Mom of 2 and owner/designer, Lindsay loves creating custom photo cards and stationery for all your life’s moments.
She has a complete line of professionally printed photo birth and adoption announcements, invitations, holiday cards, note cards, call me cards and more.
I am so excited that I just got the proof of our Christmas card yesterday and can’t wait to send it out! I can’t share it here, because I want it to be a surprise for my friends and family! But take a look at this great card, that also is a birth announcement and go to the gallery to view all the spectacular designs!
Agent Mommy has created an amazing Mommy Mat that is versatile, top quality and Canadian made.
The Mommy Mat is
a large play mat measuring 50″x50″. It comes in either bold prints of cotton blend or hemp/cotton on one side and polyester knit sandwiched with a waterproof, non PVC coating on the other. The Mommy Mat is machine washable and dryer safe. For greater versatility, it rolls up easily and can be placed into the rain or shine tube for travel. It has hooks for attaching to stroller buddy clips and a shoulder strap for when no stroller is needed. The mat with its travel case is ideal for trips to the park, the beach, a play-date or dinner party. The Mommy Mat will find many uses in the home and anywhere mommies want the baby or toddler to have a safe play space.
There are so many places that I would lay down a blanket when my daughter was younger. I definitely wish that I had had a Mommy Mat to use with her. With the Mommy Mat being waterproof, you don’t have to worry about large spit ups soaking through onto carpet or wet grass coming up through a blanket. Our Mommy Mat is perfect for picnics at the park, classes where we sit on the floor and in our home to protect our carpets.
The Mommy Mat would make a perfect gift for the family that already has it all!
Also, do check out Agent Mommy’s coordinating Stroller Buddy Clips and Handy Change Clutches.
