As a girl mum, it was natural that I was drawn towards dressing my little one in clips and bows. However, I realized when the little ones are younger, sometimes they don’t like the fuss. It was funny to see Saira happily take out her clips the moment I fixed it on. Now that she’s {Read More…}
Kalila Organics, Singapore: Comfortable style
Often when we buy clothing for kids, you are torn between style and comfort. Sometimes, kids just want to be relaxed and wear clothes that are easy-breezy to move around in. That’s why I completely fell in love with the soft fabric of Kalila Organics clothing. Kalila Organics is a clothing brand, launched in Singapore {Read More…}
Honeysticks, Auckland, NZ: Non-toxic crayons
With Easter having gone by, we decided to make some colourful Easter eggs. I brought out some paper and shaped them for Saira. We decided to use these lovely natural crayons we had received from Honeysticks in Auckland. I was curious to know how these crayons were different? The makers say that Honeysticks crayons are {Read More…}
Toy Shelf: Toy rentals, Singapore
A doll’s house is perhaps every little girl’s favourite toy. Or so I would assume. As a little girl, I would love playing in the life size dollhouse at school. A bunch of us would squeeze ourselves inside the dollhouse to play. As I fast-forward the years to watching Saira play with her dolls, it {Read More…}
Ada and Iwo, Poland: Kids wall art
I love flipping through kids board books, often to check out the different styles that illustrators use to bring a story to life. Sometime back, I came across the work of Anna Zatorska, an artist based in Warsaw, Poland. While she is not a book illustrator, I totally love her illustrative style. Her playful kid-friendly {Read More…}
Illustrator spotlight: Heather Rosas
Today, on the blog, I want to introduce Heather Rosas, an illustrator and surface pattern designer based in California, USA. I took notice of her work, when I came across this lovely mermaid print that she had designed. Given that Saira has been obsessed with all things mermaid for a while, this brought a smile {Read More…}
Seedling, Singapore
I came across Seedling while hunting for some do-it-yourself craft boxes for my daughter. I often swoon at the lovely craft ideas on Pinterest, but often find it cumbersome to put materials together. That’s why I like companies like Seedling that are geared towards young mums who want to engage their kids but often don’t {Read More…}
The Babyholic, SG: Baby bundles
Newborn clothing is oh-so-adorable. As a baby, I loved dressing up Saira in her cute little onesies and often looked for reasons to change her during the day. Now here’s a company I wish I had spotted a few years ago. Check out Babyholic, Singapore which started out last year by two working mums in {Read More…}
BaeBeeBoo: Kaftans for littlies
Little ones love cool and comfortable fabric, and Maggie Dumra understands that. She designs lovely kaftans that tinies will love to float around in. Her brand Bae Bee Boo was conceptualized when hunting for clothing for her little one Scarlett. The lack of choices in the market, convinced her to launch something of her own. The Bae Bee Boo {Read More…}
Travel books: Life is a journey
I visited Tokyo last month and was hoping to meet illustrator Aunyarat Watanabe. We didn’t get to see each other, because of her travel schedule, but she was kind enough to send me one of her children’s books Maaaps. My daughter is very young to enjoy this book, but I am sure she will once she {Read More…}