Posts Tagged ‘for mom’

What’s better than chocolate this February?  Alli’s Originals is!   Their personalized hand stamped jewelry has been a favourite of our for a long time and we’re happy that one lucky winner will receive a $35 gift certificate from Alli’s Originals to pick out something special for them. 

More about Alli’s Originals  - A mom-based business in York Region

The Princess Charming Collection has become the latest trend in celebrating those special relationships in your life…..it’s about wearing your heart on your sleeve. Each piece is hand stamped to the customers specifications with names, dates of birth, anniversaries, spiritual words or phrases and symbols. Each character is stamped one at a time making each piece truly ONE OF A KIND.

This collection is a wonderful way to show off your love, friendships, your children, grandchildren, your spirituality and personality. It makes great gifts for Weddings, Anniversaries, Bridesmaids, Birthdays, Teachers gifts, New Baby gift and Christenings. This collection is a wonderful way to show off and celebrate those special people in your life. It’s a great way to say “Yay!! I’m a Mom.” “I love you,” or “You’re a great friend.” It offers a unique way of showing off who you are and who you LOVE!

Are you a mom with rich stories to tell?  Always say you’ll remember this moment forever but know you won’t - unless you write it down?  (And let’s face it:  Who has time for that?)  Recording your experiences is actually easier than you may think.  It’s also fun, rewarding, and a little bit painful.  Just like motherhood itself.

Part writing group, part literary salon, The Momoir Project offers writing courses for mothers interested in learning how to translate their personal experience with motherhood into words.  Whether you want to write as a keepsake for yourself or your children, or whether you would like to publish your story in a newspaper, magazine or book, this course is intended to inspire you and get you writing.

Cori Howard, editor of Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell the Truth About Motherhood is the mom behind these classes.  They are starting their classes in Toronto in January, and if you can’t make it to the class, you can join the online class via Skype.

Check out The Momoir Project’s website for more information.

StinkyKids is a fresh & fun line of kids clothes with a motto moms can get behind:  “Always be a leader of good”.  

With multicultural designs you’ll most likely find a StinkyKid design that looks like your child, and as a bonus they even have sizes for moms!

We like the fact that StinkyKids are regular kids that make good choices. As we start teaching our preschooler about telling the truth and reminding him about the manners we expect we like the fact that the designs at StinkyKids capture the most treasured moments of childhood. Whether it’s a princess, a golfer, a ballerina, or kid in a bathing suit, each one captures a moment of childhood. As StinkyKids says, “a little sentiment and a lot of spunk are a part of each and every StinkyKid!”

Coupon for our readers: just enter TEN (in caps) and receive 10% all on line orders now until December 31, 2008.  

Babywearing is a big buzz word in the parenting scene these days. There are many different types of baby carriers and slings out there. tot-to-go stylish slings are definitely a great option! Celebrities like Courtney Thorne-Smith have thoroughly enjoyed their Tot-to-go slings and you can too.

While I love my Blackberry, I still need to write everything down as well.  And I love these day planners from Sarah Pinto.  These durable planners measure 5” by 7”, perfect for your desk or purse.

They are made with high-quality recycled paper, soy-based ink and they are printed and bound in San Francisco, California. With five unique cover designs, Sarah Pinto’s 2009 Weekly Planners are a stylish, eco-friendly answer to your busy everyday schedule.  We love that Sarah donates a portion of the profit from one of her stylish planners to heart research.   

My favourite is the blue horeshoe design with the caption, “This is my lucky year”!

I have a bit of an obsession with bags, purses and diaper bags! I am constantly on the look for a bag that suites all of my needs.

I like a bag that is durable and has many pockets to organize my necessities.
jimeale has covered most of my requirements in their stylish line of diaper bags. The Luca bag has side pockets for bottles and juice cups and there are compartments inside the bag to organize my things. I love the padded shoulder strap on this bag. Often, my bag gets quite heavy with all of the items that I carry and the padding on the strap certainly helps the bag sit comfortably on my shoulder.

jimeale bags are made with trendy patterns and colours so that you can walk around in style! The bags also come with a coordinating bottle insulator and waterproof change mat.

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.