Cotton Cuties

The folks over at Estella have done it again! Spring is on the verge, and this nifty little boutique (I mentioned it before, here) has brought us some of the most adorable threads for kids! Cotton is something I could never live without - finding cute cotton essentials and charming extras makes "the fabric of our lives" that much more fun! Here's a little peek at some of the goods featured this spring:

Bobo Choses is totally dope!!

Plus, this little outfit has me longing for an afternoon of boating........

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LOVE Links

Wishing you all a romantic weekend! Hope you get to spend it doing lots of the things you love with the people you love!!

I spotted this print over at the Positive Posters and I think it's perfectly romantic. Plus, it makes me laugh. I've even wish-listed it for my bedroom...

Aside from that, I've seen lots of things this week worth sharing:

- 50 years of love AND marriage (through the lens of Lauren Fleishman)

- The puzzle of the broken heart

- DIY "hot lips" pillow

- Another romantic typography-forward print

- Straightforwardness via a throw pillow

-  The good folks behind Anthropologie are now launching a wedding line!

- Kate Spade's charming love shout-outs (i.e. Valentine) collection

I'm so looking forward to date night tomorrow (we moved it to Monday for some extra romantics this week) - wracking my brain to think of something extra fun and unusual... Had a long day, so I'm really ready to settle in with some homemade mushroom pizza and the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards!! The lineup this year is insane! So many of my favorite things at one destination: Bob Dylan, Mumford & Sons, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mick Jagger, and heaps of fashion!!!

But first, here are some links to all the "love" themed posts from the Freidafroo files featured this time last year:

- Date Night @ the kitchen table

- Cooking can be sexy!

- Foreplay or Choreplay?

- Love via Google

- Lace + Color + Comfort

- Breaking the Date Night rut...

- Calorie-torching bedroom-worthy workout

- Multi-tasking: candlelight dinner to lights out...

Here's to the LOVE!!!

Crayon Love!

We will be making the voyage back to the Golden State this evening - with a little girl who is slightly under the weather in tow. Unfortunately it seems Freida contracted the tummy bug that was going around this neck of the woods this week... She has been sleeping off this little bout of stomach virus all day yesterday, and today as well. Not keeping much food down, but being hungry at the same doesn't can't possibly make for a pleasant mile-high toddler traveler. I was looking into changing our flight, but she doesn't have fever and I think she would love to be home in her own bed for the duration of this gnarly virus (one of my cousins had it the night after the wedding, and he said it was 24 hours flat, so here's to hoping!). Anyways, I've been gathering up my stuff from around the house, and attempting to pack back up without leaving a trail of forlorn randoms behind. I'll make a trip out to Bagel Country in a few hours to get some good grub for the dinnertime flight, and I guess I'll stop into the Hallmark shoppe next door to scavenge some cute stickers and color-ins for Freida. I happened upon one of the most adorable Etsy shops this week, and I'm wishing I had some of these to help me out in the entertainment department at 30,000 feet!

(I blogged about these famous (and overpriced) Crayon Rings a while ago, but these are actually attainable! Plus, they happen to be even cuter to boot!)

By LilDoodlers on Etsy from $10

These would make for a super-cute addition to a kids Purim basket. Sweet!

And these alphabet crayons would be such a cute party loot-bag stuffer - in each kids initial.

Fringe Benefits

I mentioned Confetti System long ago here (when they initiated their collaboration with UO), and we've all seen them grow in popularity (J. Crew display window and catalogues, on stage with Beach House, and even Bergdorf Goodman!), but now it seems they have seriously achieved pop-culture cult-like status! I give credit where it's due, but I don't think I've ever really gotten the enormity of their work until I caught a glimpse of this image: a fringed will for Nanashi in Paris. This is the sort of textural and beatific detailed-design that makes my heart beat a little faster...!

I'm also smitten by that color palette! Where to integrate....hmm....

For the Love of Winter

Though it feels as if winter is deeply upon us, today is actually the very first day of the season... While the miserable rain and sleet continue to fall (don't mean to offend you snow-out folk - but this is winter to us!), I thought I'd post some wonderful wintery reasons to love the freezing season!

- Cozy winter tea times like this one.

- Treks up the mountain for some flurry family fun with this Zipfy snow sled.

- Living chilly weeks on end in your favorite hoodie.

- Lots of rainy-day warm chocolate cookie batter licking!

- Cozy-up couch time with a new-for-winter cotton cable knit throw.

- Break out the adorably snuggly and charming baby bundles!

- Epic outdoor skating rinks - be it with palm trees or Prometheus.

- Hot doses of wintery bone-warming soups like this one.

- The arrival of good-looking snow boots!

Either way, wishing you a happy winter all around!

(Also, check out last year's winter round up...)