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Welcome to our new Craft contributor!

How funny is this coincidence, it's the first of June today and I'm very pleased to introduce to you a new Craft contributor for B:Kids....Kayanna Nelson aka June Craft!

A little while ago I bought two lovely gocco prints form June craft's shop and soon Kayanna and I started to email each other about a possible giveaway and suddenly I thought why not invite this super creative lady and Mom and ask her to help us with nice craft ideas you can do at home...Kayanna responded very enthusiastic and I believe we will be treated with some fantastic new craft projects in the coming months, starting with this Puppet Theater in which Kayanna also gives us three free down-loadable illustrations!

Please click here to see the tutorial and free downloads for the Puppet Theater...

 

Thanks Kayanna and Welcome!

..June craft blog..

#473 new accessories from mimi mouse

The new mimimouse accessories collection is such a great addition to their already great t-shirts and tops. I love Nathalie's prints and the star bags are just so happy and cheerful.Last year I had the plaesure of getting to know Nathalie a little bit better via the Mom Story she shared with us about her family life and living in the United Kingdom...

 

..mimi mouse..
..mimi mouse blog..

some things I liked this week...

Anton’s new Liberty fabric trunk....

and these FREE downloadable desktop calendars from Studio of Mae...

 

Mila's new bedroom...

I Hope you have an amazing weekend...irene xoxo

What to Wear today...Dots Dots and Big French Shapes……

Posted by Kellie from Buisjes En Beugels +++ 

Dots Dots and Big French Shapes……

Two of my favorite French labels are Vestiaire de Jeanne and Bodebo. They are both Paris based and into big shaped dresses! I love them and now the fashion turns our children again into a looser fit this is really worth seeing (or buying)!

Characteristic for Bodebo are the over-sized and colorful dots prints on the wide dresses and loose hanging trousers. Vestiaire de Jeanne limits its colors to black, white and greys with a splash of golden... and a stripe once in a while. It refers a lot to ancient times: aprons, braces, capes  etc..

If I had a girl I would certainly buy a dress of both! Unfortunately I have two boys and although Bodebo has designed some pieces for boys they are not so special as the girls pieces. 

What do you think of the great cape with horse hood from VDJ?

..Bodebo..
..BodeBo at Mash'n'Gravy..
..Vestiaire de Jeanne..

You can win 4 items from June Craft's shop

What can you win :: 1 Mabel doll + 1 long dog doll + 1 retro wiener dog print + 1 sewing supplies print all from June craft, an absolute favorite of mine :)

What do you have to do :: just leave a comment telling us what your favorite item from June craft is.

Winner will be announced :: next week on Wednesday June 2 and notified by email.

..June craft..
..June craft blog..

I received so many nice responses to my call for new giveaways that I can promise you many many nice things can be won during the next months on Wednesdays!

#472 Fox and Owl brooches

Just spotted these at Etsy and wow how I  LOVE them, beautiful brooches handmade by Erika Olson Gross, an artist, art teacher and mom of two little ones...we have to aske her for a Mom Story don't you think :)

..fox and owl shop..
..fox and owl blog..

#471 misha lulu spring 2010

Some brands just keep on bringing a better collection each year and Misha Lulu is definitely one of them...not only are the prints and designs super fun, the look-book itself is like a fairytale and the images are eye-candy.

 

Misha Lulu has divided the new collection in 4 lines ; the baker-gallery, home-grown, blue-bird and swimmers....if i would have a girls their wardrobe would be packed with Misha Lulu pieces...guess it leaves me with only one question, when will there be a new collection for the boys?

..misha lulu 2010 collection..
..misha lulu blog..
..misha lulu available at..

#470 olive manna

Hello new week...I'm starting with a shop I found during the weekend...olive manna...perhaps you already knew about this little online treasure, but I didn't and I really liked what I saw. Especially the 'little neighborhood' fabric, the pattern is a reproduction of the inside of a 1920's reprint of Little Women and it was printed via Spoonflower. I have always loved melamine dishware and when it has prints like these it's hard for me to resist :) and yes the hot&cold travel mug can be added to my list too.

..olive manna shop..
..olive manna blog..

some things I liked this week...

Whether the Weather cards from Mitchell and Dent...

these vintage desks from Home Vintage...

The RxArt Coloring Book ...

Wish you a lovely lovely weekend! irene xoxo

Wear a Nutcase Helmet...

 

* Posted by Wiebke from Line+Live

It's spring - with a touch of summer - in Northern Germany and that means we spend most of the day on the street and get everything out of the shed and the basement which is passable.

Bicycles, in-line skates, skate board, Bobby Car etc. ... and I am so glad that I do not have the constant debate about helmets, because they are supposedly uncool and embarrassing,because there are now safe and really cool helmets for children, teens and us great, like the one from Nutcase ... for the Street, Snow and Water, trendy, colorful, stylish and absolute protective cool.

Images are from Wiebke's daughter :)

..Nutcase at Line+Liv..
..Nutcase at Katvig..
..Nutcase in Australia..

Perhaps you noticed that I haven't done a Win on Wednesday yesterday, my apologies! Finding the right balance between my family life and working on both my blogs isn’t always working out as it should be. 
But I would like to let you know that Adrienne is the winner of the Children Inspire Design giveaway

...I'm looking for new shops, designers or artists who would like to host a giveaway on B:Kids...if you interested to hear the details please shoot me an email!

#469 FabricWorm

I know many of you love to craft, sew and make things so perhaps the FabricWorm is a new welcome stop for you online when searching for the right fabrics...Fabricworm has a huge collection fabrics from known and not so known designers... it was difficult for me to make a small selection, but the ones in the image made me think of spring...i love the farm village for a nursery, if you are not so good in sewing perhaps you can just wrap the fabric around some canvas and hang it as wall decoration.

..FabricWorm..

#468 Little You from France

When Julie from Little You approached me for sponsor details I was of course very happy for the support but also that I now know of the existence of her great shop, where you can find some of my favorite French brands...lovely star and booties for a baby by Nini la Duchesse :: gorgeous girl's clothes by Rose Desbois :: a 100% cotton pajama for a boy that I like very much by Adri :: and the stars bag from April showers by Polder ... you like my selection :-)

..Little You..
..Little You blog..

#467 two new things

 

This week is starting for me with a creative-online-overload...a new website from Fine Little Day where you can find wallpaper OHOY, a collaboration between Elisabeth and her talented 8-year old son, Otto Dunker and Photowall...

..Fine Little Day..

 

And the launch of the third issue of Papier Mache. It's again a feast for the eye, which will make you smile and inspire you to create something too....

..papier mache..

My pirate is turning 4 today...and we celebrated BIG time during the weekend...how wonderful to see your child so Happy! I'm off to his school now to bring the treats and party-bags...so I hope you forgive me, but no more posts today, tomorrow I will be back with many nice things for this week, xoxo