Miller Goldman Toys

After seeing these awesome Miller Goldman PlayShapes on Ohdeedoh the other day, I had to check them out and was pleased to see they have a few awesome products. The toys are simple, colorful and full of endless possibilities. They are the kind of toys not only will your kids play with forever, but your grandkids and so on.

Find Miller Goldman here.

From the Desk of A.J. - MobMov Drive-In Movies

Photo by Friendly Made, buy here.

One of my fav childhood memories involves one of my loves of today. I’m sure that’s where it all began….

I am a movie lover through and through. I love all kinds. Bad and good, scary and funny, dark and light, comedy, drama, dramedy, bromance, buddy, quirky, documentaries, sci-fi, large corporate conglomerates to small little indies:) Did I leave anyone out??? I know…horror (I still cover my eyes if I choose to see one…I’m a big ol scaredy cat) and a ton more…but I need to get to my point.

When I was young…I distinctly remember taking an early bath…getting into my cozy Pj’s, grabbing my pillow and heading out to our car. The sun was beginning to set and I knew…it was date night. Date night you ask? Yep…me, little sis, and my parents were off to a night at the drive in.

Now, being a mama…I can’t wait to have date night with the boy wonder and the Hubster. We have our “couples” date night…but when junior gets old enough to stay out a little later than sunset…that’s when the fun will begin and the drive in will be perfect. Oh wait. There's something missing. Uhmm...oh yeah...NO DRIVE INS!!!!

MobMov- started in 2005 by drive in lovers who wanted to bring back the long lost date night venue of the past. All you have to do is visit their website and sign up for a chapter in whatever city you live in or want to be a part of (my city has 472 members…who knew???)…and what’s great…if your city is not listed…you can start a chapter. Yep…you would be the “lead driver” meaning you would "produce" the thing, pick the movie, find the old abandoned warehouse wall to show it on and have the equipment to do so. But what’s sooooo great…the website has a whole tutorial link in how to do all of that…even make some moolah while your doing it (“let’s go down to the lobby, to get ourselves a snack”). All super cool…and sooooo super fun. Depending on what your chapter is into (they’ll email you about 2 weeks ahead of time the where’s and what’s its)…how fun does this sound?

Bringing date night to a whole new…well…re-visited level. I love, love, love, the idea of having a family film festival…or seeing some scary thrillers right now to rev me up for Halloween and I’m always in the mood for a black and white…old school style.

I just remembered sitting in the back seat of my parent’s car (or maybe it was my aunt’s truck?), anyway…seeing Jaws (or maybe it was Herbie the Love bug?)…but I kept trying to sneak a peek at The Blue Lagoon playing behind us…I knew those kids were up to something on that screen:)

Find more information and sign up here.

Zebra Finch Print by Bee Prints

I love finches. Their tiny, their lively, their adorable. A group of them is called a charm, for pete's sake! I harbor a dream of a giant cage out on my sunporch filled with finches. But until The Husband relents (and I get a sun porch for that matter), it will remain just that, a dream. Till then I will have to tide myself over by visiting my local pet shop and perhaps buy myself this happy little print from Bee Things. So sunny, cheerful and graphic! I think it would be an amazing focal point for a small nursery, but it would brighten up any little spot you put it.

Find it here.

Pure Lust - the Connie Necklace

Can we just take a moment and acknowledge how fan-flippin-tastic this necklace would look with a plain black shift dress. Or a kimono tee and skinny jeans. Or a silk tank and shrunken blazer. Or with nothing and everything? Thanks. You may continue on with your day.

Find it here.

Storage! - designs maya*made

Toys. It seems just about every six months or so (maybe less) it will just hit me. We have way too many toys. Which is almost always baffling to me. We rarely, and I mean really rarely buy ours kids toys. Really my only "buying" weakness is books at the thrift store. Who can say no to 25 cent books?? And yet the toys multiply and multiply. And so I find myself knee deep in plastic and plush and get a little crazy. Then I go on a two day purge, mercilessly tossing toys into two piles (donate and sell) and re-organize everything. And when it comes to organizing, I'm in the divide and conquer camp, finding the more I can divide things up (animals, legos, trains, dolls) the chances of every single toy ending up on the floor go down. So I'm always looking for storage. I love these burlap buckets from maya*made. Practical, earth friendly (recycled fabric) and nice to look at? I'm sold. I would love to get two of these and leave one at the top of the stairs for toys that need to go downstairs and one at the bottom of the stairs for toys that need to go back up (ahh the joys of two-story homes!). I also love that she sells her pattern for these buckets, so you could make your own in whatever fabric works for your home! Or how cute for a new mom, instead of a basket of goodies, to make her a fabric bucket of goodies?

Find these buckets (and patterns and pillows and more!) here.

Where The Wild Things Are

Are you as excited as I am about this movie?! Its always been a favorite of mine (and just about everyone I know) and was one of the very first things we bought for my son when we were first pregnant. Its just one of those magical books, that children will love forever. And I'm so happy that the movie is by one of my favorite directors! I'm also totally stoked on all the great merch thats coming out too! These are some of my favorites that I've found:

1. Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak - Find it here at Urban Outfitters
2. Wild Thing Shadow Puppet - Find it here at Urban Outfitters (love this one!!)
3. Wild Scales Throw Pillow - Find it here at Urban Outfitters
4. Max and Wild Thing Silver Pendants - By Elaine Ho, find them here.
5. Max Wolf Tail - attaches to your belt loop! Find it here.
6. Wild Thing Dolls - again at Urban Outfitters, find it and a Max doll and one other W.T. here.

Gallery - Send Us Your Pics!!

The thing we love about our jewelry (besides that its totally rad) is that every single piece we create is so different from the last piece. Because every piece is handmade, and personalized just for you, dear customer, not a single piece looks like another. We're excited to announce that our gallery page is up so you can see for yourself the variety of pieces we churn out. We try to take pictures before we send our creations out to you, but most times we get too excited to get them to you and send them on their merry way before snapping a pic! In that spirit, we'd love love love it if you'd send us your personal pictures of your jewelry to add to our gallery!

Send us your pictures through our contact page and be sure to check out the new gallery pics here!