The holiday shopping madness has no doubt started, but to tell you the truth, I am avoiding the malls. I probably won’t even be setting foot in a mall at all this year! I am buying handmade or supporting a mom run company, which is probably still handmade. Here is a start, check out these mom run companies with wonderful products for some of your special little babes (or yourself)…
Then, if you live in the L.A. area, there is another Misha Lulu trunk show on December 6th. If you missed the first one, here is your second chance. Really, do some Christmas shopping here because you can’t go wrong with the wonderful prices and the company is owned and ran by an uber funky and creative mama… she is just so cool! I would even come just to meet her!!!
If you come to the show, let me know, I may be there too and we can meet up (but I am not sure what time I will be there).
Happy shopping and I will be sharing more of my favorite handmade artists in the coming days…
Last week has been special because Ben's mom and sister were in town (they haven't been here in a few years), so we were relishing our time together. There was a lot of special grandmama time with the girls, and a lot of sister bonding time between Ben's sister and me. We saw them in Texas this past Christmas, but it's been awhile since they've been on our turf, so we are having fun hosting and cooking them some of our favorite foods. If you know us, well, more the girls and me (not Ben), the first thing on the agenda was take them to our favorite ice cream place, A la Minute. His mom and sister agreed that their ice cream is pretty terrific and the best they both ever had. There wasn't much on our agenda during their stay except spend quality time together. We did have plans to go to the Lavender Festival, but Ben's mom and sister got sick the last two days, so we had to scrap that idea. Thankfully, the festival will be going on next weekend, so Ben and I are hoping we can still take the two little ones. It was a fast 5 days with them and we look forward to seeing them again in July when they come back to drop off the big girls.
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LOTS of cute things out there 🙂
great idea Ruby! Moms do know best!!!
…oh so sweet and little is is =)
These are such great links, thanks for sharing! Your blog is wonderful! Now I must go do a little handmade shopping… :0)