Going "green" Under the Green!

With cardboard furniture a current rage, I figured I'd join the party! Freida had fun helping put up her own little version of a sukkah, decking out the interior, and making an "art show" (freelance marker scribble, stickers, pictures etc.) on the outside walls. I let her mess around with tape and experiment with its stickiness, putting tape on her pictures and letting her have fun sticking them up all over. We just used cutout cardboard (from random boxes), and some green drywall tape (leftover from renovations) for the scach. Cardboard makes for super simple, low-tech play space. Children love having a little fort/house/booth to crawl into and play in; it makes them feel independent and gives some much needed personal space.  We gave ours a corner of the dining room, and Freida crawls under there at random to read a book or two, add a finishing crayola touch, or share some snacks with her "freinds". A great way to (literally) bring a mitzvah to the little guy's level.

Check out some other cardboard furniture goodies:

1 & 2. Forty-two Roads Cardboard play kitchen & washer/dryer

3. Cardboard Castle

4. Cardboard Chair (David Graas)

5. Belkiz Cardboard High Chair

6. Foldschool Cardboard Furniture

The Runways are Covered

Can't quite get over just how covered up the styles were that walked this weeks runways at NYC's Fashion Week. Modesty may have its place in the winter collections - but these are Spring/Summer! Found all that coverage interesting as well as shocking. Who knew? (From Ports, Diane Von Furstenburg, Derek Lam, Vera Wang, & Betsey Johnson)

But here are some of my favorite looks this week (and there's still a day left!):

(From Betsey Johnson, Leifdottir, Elie Tahari, Dennis Basso, Hervé Léger, & Luca Luca)

In a nutshell, I'm loving the revisited nautical, polka dots, gilded accordion-pleats, girly volume, feminine fur touches, and belted basics. So much to love this season!

Will.i.am's (Sesame) Street Cred

Someone just forwarded this video to me, and I think it's brilliant! Here's to world renown rappers teaching our little ones some self confidence!! Enjoy!!

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Bugaboo Does Doubles!

So, about that Bugaboo "Donkey" (Donkey?? seriously?)... 10 years in making has landed us consumers with a super sleek looking ride (bugaboo title worthy), complete with totally nifty mechanics (a sliding telescope mechanism makes the base shrink or expand), heaps of extra storage space (think market to home by foot), and the most narrow double duty on wheels (29"). We're just waiting on a pricetag... : )

The Bugaboo Donkey, debuting in Spring 2011. Read the press release here.

Here's a little peek at some of the optional positions:

Winter-wonder-wear

Growing up in Chicago as a kid, I despised down parkas. I hated the way my jacket took up more room in carpool than my own body did, that once I got into the car/store/school etc. I'd have to lug the coat around due to the blasting indoor heat, the way the quilted down made me look double my weight... but most of all: I hated the style. They definitely didn't have these on the market for school kids when I was little... This is a sheer winter beauty!!

Girls Powder Puffer, from crewcuts by J.Crew