A baby’s nursery will be their first experience of being in their own environment. Along with the loving care of those who cherish them. Many parents have different ideas about what is the best decoration for a girl or boy’s room. Today, with the Internet the choices are endless and infinitely beautiful as well. Here are a few that will make any nursery charmingly aesthetic.

1. Birds on a Tree

This pastel colored textured picture takes nature on a whole other level. Patterned birds of various hues are perched atop tree branches while a fanciful formed tree sprouts branches in every direction. This picture is quiet and calming with a silently moving graphic that will give a baby something pleasurable to look at.  See Birds on a Tree artwork here

2. Alli-Nesting Artwork by Creative Concepts

3. Compassion Pink

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What is Chasing Fireflies?

Chasing Fireflies - Queen of Hearts Costume

I had this grand plan of sitting down with my five year old at a quiet time and place to present her with the Chasing Fireflies catalog from which I would allow her to pick her Halloween Costume for this year.  Well, that didn’t happen.  While I was on the phone with a client, she found the catalog, picked it up and ran outside to the front porch to flip through the pages.  She was in heaven.  She wanted this costume, that costume, that tiara with that costume, those sparkly shoes with the other costume and she really wanted them all right then!
She said “mama, go check the mailbox, maybe they are in there”.
“No, baby.. we have to order a costume and then it will take some time to arrive” I said.

It took her about 30 minutes to narrow her selection down to one costume and since the moment I ordered the costume, she’s asked “is it here yet” about three hundred times.

The costume should arrive tomorrow and I will post photographs of my daughter wearing the costume then!

My daughter wearing her new Chasing Fireflies' Queen of Hearts costume

UPDATE: My daughter’s Queen of Hearts costume arrived today from Chasing Fireflies.   When she saw the bag with the costume inside it, she ran to the couch, laid down, and started kicked her feet and banging her hands into the couch while shaking her head back and forth screaming “I’m so excited, I’m so excited”!  I haven’t seen her that excited in.. forever.  Seriously, she’s NEVER done that before.   So we took the costume out of the garment bag and her little face turned bright red as she held her breath in anticipation.  (She’s really into dress up clothes!)  She put the costume on and hasn’t taken it off since.. it’s been about 2 hours now.  When she saw the neighbors walking their dog a little while ago, she asked me if she could go outside and show the little girl her new costume.  She’s so proud!

Visit Chasing-Fireflies.com and check out their selection of beautiful costumes.  The costumers are a bit on the costly side BUT if your daughter is anything like mine and puts on a dress up outfit right when she gets home from school most days, then you will see your return on investment very quickly, I assure you!

Disclosure: This review was made possible by Mom Spark Media. I received product in order to facilitate this product review. Thoughts are my own and were not influenced in any way.

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As a busy mom your baby’s shoes may be the last thing you think of when putting your baby’s outfit together.  When my daughter was a baby, I would often choose comfort over style when choosing her shoes for the day.   More often than not, Madelyn would be found wearing plane jane baby shoes.  If I had Chelsea Baby’s bouquet shoes, I wouldn’t have had to choose style OR comfort.  You don’t have to!  Your baby can have the best of both, style and comfort.

Made out of Sensuede and hand-crafted, Chelsea Baby brings babies switch-it-up style and comfort with their funkylicious (that’s what my 5 year old calls them) bouquet shoes.

These baby shoes are flexible, nice for infants and new crawlers, are easy to clean and care for, and are resistant to spills and stains.  What more could a mom ask for?

Chelsea Baby shoes have a cute little designs on them and you can snap on coordinating bouquets to kick up the pizzazz!

Choose from several snap on bouquet designs.. I would buy a few if I were you!

Chelsea Baby CHA CHA - $42.50

Where were these shoes a few years ago when my daughter was a baby?

Madelyn is waiting for the day Chelsea Baby offers their bouquet shoes for older kids. Hint, hint!

Chelsea Baby baby shoes are currently available in 0-6 months and 6-12 months sizes and there are three different styles in the girls collection now.

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Sassie Babies - Diaper Diva bib

I love personalized baby bibs, bags, and baby clothes.  Personalizing your baby’s bib, diaper bag, or onesie makes that item something you and your baby will treasure for years to come, unlike generic store bought baby clothes and other items.  As your child gets older, she will love to look at her first bib and see her name on it or ‘Diaper Diva’ and smile.

Georgia Bulldogs Pacifier Clip

Dads, you’re in luck too!  Sassie Babies offers sports team pacifier clips. So next time you have to take the baby to your buddy’s house to watch your favorite team play, make sure your baby is sporting his/her team pacifier clip. The pacifier clips are constructed with durable cotton fabric and are about 1 inch wide and 10 inches long.  The pacifier clip can also be used as a toy clip.

Baby burp cloths, pacifier clips, bibs, and hats can all can be monogrammed with you child’s name or initials.
Sassie Babies also embroiders aprons, tote bags, travel mugs, bridal pary shirts, mother of the bride, mother of the groom.

For embroidered items you order from SassieBabies.com you can choose an embroidery font style and thread color.

Shop Sassie Babies here

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You should have seen the ‘shades’ I rigged for my kids in the car when they were infants.  We would bring tape in the car on road trips knowing that we need to tape a pillow case to the window and then to my baby’s car seat in order to provide her with some shade so she could sleep without sweating.  My husband’s homemade shades more often more efficient than mine because he had more patience to rig up a super duper homemade shade in the back seat of a van, than I did.

SnoozeShade for Infant Car Seats

If you are on the go often, like most parents are, then you’ll love Snooze Shade.  This is one of the few products that I have actually considered a Mommy Must-Have.

I’m sure you will be outside a lot during these summer months so be sure to (1) put sunblock on your kids and (2) keep one of these cool (literally) SPF 50+ SnoozeShades on your infant’s car seat to keep her safe from the sun and heat.

The SnoozeShade for Infant Car Seats is great for:

• those times when your baby can’t switch off.. there’s just too  much going on for her to fall asleep
• encouraging good sleeping habits and better napping when you and baby are out and about
• sun protection while taking a walk in the park
• protection from the blaring sunshine that comes through the car window while on road trips right when she’s about to fall asleep (speaking from much experience)

The SnoozeShade for Infant Car Seats (Amazon.com link) comes with a storage pouch and is quick and easy to put on your infant’s car seat.
SnoozeShade also makes a shade for strollers, the SnoozeShade Original.

Learn more about SnoozeShade on the SnoozeShade website.

Disclosure: I was provided with SnoozeShade products for purposes of this review.  My review is an honest opinion based on my experience with the product and was not influenced by SnoozeShade.

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I’ve heard the phrase all-in-one a million times.  You have too right?  Well, the TEND-A-TOT™ is really really an all-in-one product for moms.  OK, so it doesn’t warm your baby’s food but it provides 6 essential functions that every moms uses (or wants to use!) every day.

TEND-A-TOT™, a product for infants through 3+ years old, has these 6 functions:

• Diaper bag
• Seat/chair cover
• Child carrier
• Shopping cart cover
• Stroller cover – Converts an umbrella stroller into a comfortable stroller eliminating the need for an expensive, plush stroller.
• Changing pad and coordinating bib
• and a matching clutch purse!

You can watch a TEND-A-TOT™ demo video here.  If you’re not a visual learner like me and prefer paper instructions you will find them on the web site.  The instructions are 2 pages long but I see them as not ‘complicated’ but really good, detailed instructions.  For a product that has so many functions and is really great at each one, I expect detailed instructions!  After you transform the TEND-A-TOT™ a few times, you can toss the instructions in your recycling bin and be declared a Tend-a-Tot pro!

What about washing the TEND-A-TOT™ you ask?
Products in the Premiere Line can be machine washed and can tumble-dry on low.  Urban and Elite Lines are dry clean only.

This is truly a one of a kind product that was created with busy moms in mind.  Moms can pick from lots of fabrics

TEND-A-TOT™ is available in many different colors/styles and ranges in price from $199 – $299.  The one you see here is the P1050 style and can be found on their catalog page here.  This style is sold out but there are 9 pages of styles/fabrics to browse on the Tend-a-Tot website.

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