Unique LA

Just a quick little post before we head out to LA tomorrow! Remember, you can buy your tickets to the show online till Friday night for $8 (its $10 at the door)! Your ticket buys you access to the show both days, and access to all the free workshops, free drinks (beer, wine, juice and perrier!) and other awesome activities at Unique LA. AND as a super extra fun bonus, presale tickets also get you a free pass to the OC Fair!

Check out all the awesome vendors here and you can see all the extra activities and amentities here! Hope to see you this weekend! :)

Happy Friday!

Ms. A.J. and I both have July babies who are celebrating their bdays this weekend! First up is her little dude's totally tubular train party, then my daughter's rainbow unicorn pegasus party. I'm up to my neck in rainbows, glitter and magic crystals and starting to feel the pressure so I'm going to mellow out a bit with some rainbow connection...

Have a magical, glittery, dancey, choo-choo-riffic weekend yourself! :)

Unique LA Shout Out - Glass Cathedrals

I'm really excited to check out Glass Cathedrals at Unique LA next weekend. Lisa Swerling creates tiny worlds inside shadow boxes to hang on your wall. I have an affinity for tiny things to begin with (who doesn't? everything is cuter tiny size!) and I love the juxtaposition of the tiny figures in their "big" worlds. And it looks like she does custom pieces, thinking one would be an awesome anniversary present for The Husband...(shhhh..)

Unique LA shout out-Pookaqueen

Today I'm headed to the Del Mar opening day of the races...the nags, as my fam called it growing up.

I've got my train ticket, my hat, and by the time you read this,hopefully, mint julep in hand;)

As I was looking through our Unique LA talent...I came across this Pookaqueen philly (sorry...had to), and I kicked myself for not finding her sooner...'cause I would have sported one of these beauties to the races today fo sho.

Happy Friday!!!

I don't know about your house...but ours is anxiously awaiting a Saturday afternoon with some old friends of mine and some new ones for Boy Wonder #1. I have to say...the original Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was his first movie he would actually sit through and is still his fav. When he started to see the trailers on TV...he knew something big was coming.

This weekend the Hubs and I are taking our boy to his first ever movie...in a movie theater. I am so happy its Pooh...I think we're more excited than he is...especially when I get to hear one of my fav duets sing a few of the songs.

Happy Friday!

Unique LA Shout Out-Kira

I always laugh when I hear moms of girls tell me how easy it must be for me to get Boy Wonder dressed in the morning...because I can pick out what I want and he'll wear it. HA! He's turning 3 next week (gulp...did I just say next week?), and he's been telling me what he wants to wear this whole last year. I have to say, I am happy that he knows what he does and doesn't like in the style department. What I like even better right now...he is just picking from his closet that I have stocked. What I really like is being able to stock it full of cute clothes that don't entirely consist of sport propaganda &/or TV/movie characters (he does have a few...I'm not that righteous;).

Over the last few years I have found a lot of my fab finds for duders at Unique LA (come one, you knew it was coming). I stock up and buy big so they'll last...'cause I know I'll kick myself when I'm shopping at my local mall & think why didn't I get that cute T?;)

Kira-Super cute unique (not punny) kiddo line with simple fun graphics. Cute...but not cutesy...as in a 3 year old with a sense of style will love & wear, and wear, and wear...'cause all the cool kids are;)

Order of the Week - Heart Tattoo

Our Medium Heart Tattoo - Get your own here!

Unique LA-on sale NOW!

The amazing and ridiculously super fun Unique LA show is just about 2 ½ weeks away…so our plugs will be stacking up high and deep for ya over the next few weeks;)

Pre-sale tiks are on sale now! Not only do you get a price break when you purchase pre-sale tiks…uh…you also get a ticket to the OC fair. Yep…that’s $21 bucks of fun wrapped up in $8…it’s a summer win win.

Come say hi, we'll be grooving to some great jams (alwasy the best music at these shows) and pimpin' our fab jewelry;)

Happy Friday-Have a pop!

*these remind of of taffy...but they're not...they're popsicles*

Looking for yum fun healthy treats to make my family I stumbled upon these beauts above

And these below...

*seriously, just about the prettiest pop i've seen-love the labels on the stick-cute for bdays*

I combined some ideas of theirs and mine and came up with this recipe:

2 1/2 cups fresh or frozen fruit-chopped
1 1/2 cup low fat plain yogurt
1/2 cup milk
1-2 tbls honey

blend all together until happy...you can even go paleta style and leave some fruit chunks.

To get the multi layer-choose different fruits and freeze each layer about 1/2 hour.
For middle yogurt layer-just add honey to plain yogurt...to make it even easier...just use the yogurt you already have in your fridge (our fav is the Yo toddler or Yo kids).

Oh yeah...and these amazing molds...good ol dixie cups...perf size and easy peasy clean up;)-place plastic wrap on top of cup...insert stick...freeze.

Easy, yummy, kiddo friendly project and pretty (as my dad always use to say, actually still does, even when making a sandwich...it needs to be pleasing to the eye as well as the palate-thanks pops!;)

freezing some more up this weekend...I'll try and take pics before they disappear this time:)

Happy weekend!

Art of the Chain Letter

*As in the real kind-made with paper and ink & stuff*

I'll have you know I've always been one to break the chain when it comes to a chain letter. That is until Boy Wonder got one from one of his besties (her mom and I are hoping to bring back arrange marriages;) that did not include good luck for the year, or granted wishes, etc...but stickers! Now we're talkin'.

I thought I'd post this because it was such a cute idea...and an "oh duh" moment for me. I often have "oh duh" moments when I come across something super cute and kick myself for not thinking of it;) Anyway....the concept is the same, just for the kiddos so the outcome is A. getting to put stamps on the mail! B. decorating the letter with stickers! (if they wish) C. mailing it! (little man was aaaall over this-we walked to a real mail box down the street...the kind you have to open the flippy thingie and place 1 letter at a time all while checking to see if it actually drops in;) D. awaiting the arrival! (which hasn't started yet...but he'll be beyond thrilled to receive not only mail...but stickers in his mail).

I began thinking of different fun chains they can do...maybe ideas for fun crafts in each letter for moms to do with kiddos, recipes, jokes, a squiggle that they then have to make into a picture (a la Tom Hatten...if any of you remember that on the Popeye show). How about a wine chain...cost you one bottle of wine you love and the time & cost to ship...but you get 36 bottles of wine in return...and you don't know where they're coming from or what you'll get! Wait...is this illegal? My mind is running...we'll def. return to this idea in the future. I guess you can go on and on.

So, I'm back on the chain gang. This time...happy to send out 6 letters and 1 envelope full of stickers to the name on that #1 spot...cant wait for those letters to start pouring in...pretty sure we'll be outside waiting for the mailman once duders catches on;)

Dear ________________,

Welcome to the “Sticker Club”!

Please send 1 pack of stickers to the person listed in the #1 spot below. Next move my name to the #1 spot and put your name in the #2 spot and send it to 6 friends.

If you can’t do this within 6 days, please let my mom know. Otherwise, it’s not fair to all the others who are participating. Within 2 weeks you should receive 36 packs of stickers! It’s a load of fun and exciting to see where all your stickers come from! On top of that…it’s always nice to get mail!

Good luck and thanks for participating in the “Sticker Club”!

Your Friend,

#1 #2

To the parent: If you can, please take time out of your busy schedule for this cute project with your kids. It’s worth it to see their smiles when they open their mail. We have included a blank letter for you to copy (before you write on it). Make 12 copies, 1 for 6 children you are sending it to, and 6 more so you can include a blank copy for each of them. You only need to buy 1 pack of stickers to mail to child #1 below and 7 stamps total, in other words, the project is cheap and easy…have fun!!!!

Unique LA shout out #2-H for Hannah

*LA medium plate-sweet huh?*

I'm still getting through the humongous list of participants that will be joining us at the Unique LA summer show. The list is long and fabulous...take a look for yourself here.

H for Hannah is another vendor we're really excited to meet. Cute London gal turned west coaster byway of NY designing beautiful china plates, cups, vases, meal sets like none you've seen.

I love how she's made fine bone china not stuffy and cheesy...even though it has a little souvenir flavor...beautiful and genius!

I know I should buy the LA one...but I'm thinking of getting a mix match set...how cute and very citizen of the world would my kiddos be;)

Happy Friday!

Here's four of my favorite friends in one of my favorite movies (I saw this one in the movie theater when it originally came out -yep...I'm that old;) singing one of the best covers-evah!

Happy 4th to you all-enjoy your weekend!!