i love amelie...

how she insists on wearing her white "high heels" from Sears...

and is always tinkering....

new shipment from Chronicle Books

Oh and did you hear?

I was so excited yesterday when I found the following news in the header of an email over at Small Mag :

H&M To Open in Texas!

H&M, Hennes & Mauritz, the design-driven clothing retailer known for high fashion style and quality basics at affordable prices, is proud to announce the opening of a new store location at NorthPark Center, the premiere shopping center in Dallas, in the second half of 2011. This will be the first H&M store to arrive in the Texas market!

Hooray!! Finally!! My 6 year old daughter is in heaven....

Oh and how wonderful to have this resource while pulling clothing for my Small fashion editorials!

LiaMolly

While I was in NYC attending FIT I was lucky to land an amazing shop girl gig at a store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I am going to date myself her by saying it was the first clothing shop in Billyburg. The owner was a woman named Seema, who designed and sewed most of the clothing in the shop. (sound familiar?) I worked a few hours a week in the shop and a few in her house cutting out her designs while she sewed them. As you can tell she was a great influence to me. I ended up owning the shop but that is a whole other story! Well, Seema is now the designer of a label called LiaMolly. I am totally obsessed with the children's line she creates for Anthropologie. How amazing are these designs?????

New Toys from French Toymaker Moulin Roty

Night-time Shadows Set of shapes designed to cast shadows on to the wall at night. $18

Wooden train whistle $8

Wooden Toolbox $34

Champignon Magique (or Magic Mushroom) is a little wooden eye glass kaleidoscope. $14

I love ARTLAB

Great pieces to mix with your patterned tights, jeans and new fall boots!
ARTLAB

2010 Partners Card benefiting The Family Place

It's that time of year again! You can now purchase your Partners Card here at Little Bean. $60 get's you 20% off here as well as a gazillion shops and restaurants around Dallas. Benefiting The Family Place.

save the date!

I have read this book twice already. I love it. You will too. Jaime is coming in from LA and will be signing books and chatting about Prudent Advice! This book is an essential addition to any family's library.

Just in! Love Mae wall stickers

LOVE MAE stickers are made of adhesive fabric. They are super easy to use, just peel from the sheet and stick on the wall! The stickers are perfect for children, as they are removable and completely reusable. They can be scrunched into a ball and will easily un-scrunch and re-apply to your wall, many times over. They are printed with 'eco' inks and are non-toxic.

Can be applied to almost any surface, and will not damage your walls.

Mini Mae Wall Stickers $20

Small Wall Stickers $46

more love from Earnshaw's

Here is our Melanie romper from our Spring/Summer 2011 collection pictured on this adorable little girl.

i'm back..

photo by Steven Visneau

The weekend was fantastic. I LOVED The Ace Hotel, I LOVED the weather, I LOVED being surrounded by palm trees and mountains! I am now asking myself...why don't I live in Southern California????

We are packing our bags and heading to Palm Springs!

We were lucky enough to be invited to attend the Crafting Community in Palm Springs this weekend. It's the ultimate family getaway headed by crafter extraordinaire Karen Kimmel of Kimmel Kids. The weekend offers an easy oasis of crafting, community and imagination for kids and parents alike. We will be staying and crafting at The Ace Hotel. How cool! My girls our so excited! Steven will be teaching a few photography workshops and Small Magazine (me) will blogging from the event and posting all the children's artwork over here.
Aften will be holding down the fort over at the shop! I will post pictures when we return!

Little Bean Spring 2011 in Earnshaw's Magazine

Over here at Little Bean we have been designing the 2011 Spring Collection. We have a fantastic showroom in NYC who have been attending the NYC trade shows with our collection. Our Denim Bow Halter Dress is shown here!
We will be manufacturing the collection locally here in Dallas. Hooray! We are really excited to share Little Bean with the rest of the world. Of course our shop will also be stocked with the collection.

Just in! Kit + Lili!

Joni Heart Stripe Dress 2-6y

Heart Stripe Leggings 2-6y

Kit + Lili Chocolate Owl Jumper

The baby items will be in next week!