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Making a Statement: Decorating Your Nursery with Wooden Wall Letters

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What better way to honor your little lady’s individuality than decorating her room with creative wall letters?  You lovingly picked your little one’s name; why not proudly display it with pizazz? Wall letters are an excellent option to decorate your child’s room with meaningful artwork that will grow with them.  Although the baby animal décor will undoubtedly find a new home when your baby becomes a toddler, name art can continue to grow with your child and become a treasured keepsake. With endless customizable choices, you’ll be able to imagine and then create the perfect set of letters by altering their shape, size, color, and pattern.   Need to know the hottest trends?  Here are four fabulous wooden wall letter designs!

Polka Dots

Polka dots will never go out of style!  And these wall letters are so stylish that your baby may very well love this decoration right up until she’s driving. Altering the polka dots’ size and shape can dramatically alter the tone of the artwork.  Consider smaller polka dots for a refined, classic look, or large, multi-colored polka dots for a carefree, whimsical look.  With many customizable font choices including athletic, Victorian, and playground, any mommy can create a name that truly reflects her baby’s personality.

Glitter and Sparkle

Is your baby the sparkle in your eye?  Well now she can see sparkles whenever she’s in her room!  Wall letters with glitter add that extra bit of Hollywood glamour to your little girl’s room.  As she’s settling down to take a nap, or for bedtime, the glitter decorating her name will catch the soft light and begin to sparkle.  Before she knows that the letters spell her name, she’ll know that it’s beautiful, and she’ll become quite captivated by her name.  You already know she’s a star—and now she’ll know it too.

Mixed Patterns

For something quite eye-catching, consider designing your baby’s name using a mixture of patterns.  Whether each letter boasts a new pattern or the patterns mix within each letter, a mixed pattern design is sure to make a bold, yet beautiful statement.  Many patterns mix stripes, polka dots, flowers, animals, and/or geometric designs to create unique and statement-making nursery decor.  If you want your baby’s name to stand out, then mixed pattern art may be the best choice for you.

Custom Creations

Want to decorate with a truly custom creation?  Then consider commissioning hand-painted wooden letters.  Not only can you pick the font of the letter, but you get to outline your design preference.  Once you’ve communicated with the artist, he or she will paint an original one-of-a-kind scene on the letter.  There’s no limit to your imagination; from Disney princesses to deep sea creatures, talented artists can render anything.

Once you’ve decided on what kind of wall letter art you’d like, it’s time to tackle how to hang them.  Ribbons exist as a beautiful way to hang the letters; not only can they hide the small nails or hooks, but the ribbons themselves can make a beautiful statement as well.  Before ordering any letters, it’s a good idea to cut a few out of poster board or construction paper and hang them on the wall. 

 

 

This will help you determine how large the letters should be as wellas the best place to hang them in the room.  Happy Designing!

Five Things To Consider Before You Buy A Baby Shower Gift

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by Hannah Walton

If you are planning to buy a baby shower gift, and you're not sure you want to buy something right off the baby registry, consider the following five tips to help you make your gift a big hit!

1. Make It Easy For Tired, New Parents
You may have the best intentions, but buying new parents YET another thing to assemble just isn't a good idea. Unless you plan to assemble it yourself, skip the complicated construction project and buy something more low key and easier on the couple who is still adjusting to sleepless nights and endless diaper changes! A diaper cake like this one is just the thing for new parents to both admire AND use!

2. If You Buy A Newborn Outfit, Make It Special
Newborn sized outfits are great in theory, but are seldom worn in practice. New parents get so many newborn sized outfits and often enough babies are born too big to even fit into them. If you are going to buy the parents a smaller sized outfit, make it memorable. Buy a really cute outfit that will look great in a photograph the new parents will frame and cherish forever!

3. Don't Ignore The Registry And Buy Something Similar But Different
A cardinal error gift givers with good intentions make is buying something similar to what's on the registry. It's nice but not helpful as you leave the new parents with the hassle of returning one of the items to the store – and since they may be so busy, one of the gifts will probably just sit around unused and unloved :(

4. If You Want to Buy Something Lavish, Make It Small In Size
Ok – registries just aren't for you. You want to buy something unique that makes an impression : don't buy a crib that's not on the registry, a swing, a jumper or anything that takes up space both in the car or the home. Buy something really different but portable - like a high-end car seat cover. Parents will appreciate your generosity and thoughtfulness!

5. When In Doubt, Gift a Gift Card
If you just don't know what to buy, but you know you want to buy something that's NOT on the registry, give a gift card to a baby boutique and let the parents decide what treat to pick out for their little one. They'll appreciate it immensely!

Somewhere Over The Rainbow Theme First Birthday Party Ideas

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by Hannah Walton

If you are looking for an original and creative birthday party theme for your baby's first birthday – or any birthday no matter what age (everyone likes rainbows!)….consider throwing a rainbow themed birthday party. Bright, cheerful and fun: rainbow birthday parties put everyone in good spirits! Who doesn't love walking into a room full of color rays, puffy clouds and pots of gold?

Rainbow Theme Birthday Party Decoration Ideas

Decorating a rainbow themed birthday party is both fun and fairly easy to pull off with flair! Here are some winning ideas for making your rainbow themed birthday absolutely beautiful!

-group different color balloons together
-use a variety of party streamers to create a rainbow look and affix white balloons at the end
-hang multi-color streamers from the ceiling
- clear jars full of jelly beans double as both the ideal party snack and a pretty and easy rainbow decoration idea

Rainbow Theme BIrthday Party Outfit Ideas

Pink Taffy Designs has some really pretty rainbow themed birthday party outfits that you can buy – and they can all be customized with names or particular colors you want.

Candy Girl Birthday Set
This light pastel rainbow themed party girl outfit is absolutely adorable. This set is from Pink Taffy Designs and is custom made just for you!

 

Mylee Rainbow Birthday Girl Set
Also from Pink Taffy Designs, this multi-colored rainbow tutu is absolutely perfect for your little girl's rainbow birthday. This adorable outfit is sure to make her special day even more special. The elastic waistband allows for extended use! 

 

Rainbow Theme Birthday Party Food Ideas

Since your main theme is lots of different colors, you want to serve foods that are colorful.

Fruits like watermelon, pineapple, blueberries and oranges arranged nicely on a plate can actually resemble a rainbow and are an ideal and very healthy party food to serve!

You can get creative too – make jello treats to resemble a rainbow with the power of food coloring.

Fill clear jars full of jelly beans.

Put out blue and corn tortilla chips with a side dish of salsa.

 

 Rainbow Theme Birthday Party Favors Ideas

 There are as many different rainbow birthday party favor ideas out there as there are colors in the rainbow !

- Give Pots of Gold : little chocolate gold coins wrapped up in green or black cloth make a super cute and easy party favor!
 

- Lucky Charms ! : Get a box of lucky charms and fill up little plastic snack bags with them a card that says Lucky Charms !

 

- M and M's !!! What kid doesn't love m and m's? Fill up clear boxes or bags with m and m's for a totally rainbow favor treat the kids will love!

Pat the Bunny App for iPad

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Easter may be over but eveyone loves the book “Pat the Bunny”.

Now you can get a digital interactive app for the iPad, iPod or Iphone.

Pat the Bunny iPad App



This app is designed especially for toddlers and preschoolers, the app features 14 fully interactive scenes your kids can tap, swipe, and explore. 
And now, for a limited time only, kids can go on an egg hunt on every page. Find the hidden egg and watch for a special surprise from Bunny!Your kids will giggle with delight as they play hide and seek with Bunny, pop bubbles in the bathtub, make music in the kitchen, catch butterflies in the garden, and much more.

 Plus, on devices with front-facing cameras, kids will be amazed to find they can “look in the mirror” and see their smiling reflection.



Packed with so much to see and do, and so many adorable surprises, your kids will want to play with each page again and again!

Based on the beloved book by Dorothy Kunhardt.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
—14 interactive scenes for kids to explore
—An Easter egg hunt in every scene
—A magical paint mode transforms every page into a colorable activity
—Immersive music and playful sound effects

THREE WAYS TO READ:
—Watch and listen as words are highlighted while the text is read aloud
—Turn off the narration and read at your own pace
—Record your own voice to play on each page

ABOUT PAT THE BUNNY:

pat the bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt has been known as baby’s first gift for over 70 years. Originally published in 1940, pat the bunny was the first interactive book of its kind and a pioneer in baby development. Since then, thanks to Dorothy’s daughter, Edith Kunhardt, pat the bunny has expanded to include new and wonderful characters and stories that will be entertaining children for generations to come.

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