THIS BRAND >> Milapinou

THIS BRAND >> Milapinou

Dallana- a young mother, has a new vision and inspiration… the creation of designs appropriate for the new mom and her baby, as well as designs for mom’s-to-be. Clothing that is tailor-made with true style and functionality (i.e. breastfeeding).

Using a wide variety of natural fibers, organic fabrics to protect the environment, along with special touches, such as embroidery made by the hands of the artisan women of her beloved Mexico, Dallana creates designs that transform the women who wear them into little woodland nymphs ready to run through the forest.

A touch of vintage, with the hippy spirit of the 60’s and 70’s. A romantic blend of Renaissance and Woodstock.

Are you guys following Carousel NY on Instagram yet?  I actually found this lovely brand via her IG feed and instantly fell in love.  Like this clothing line hit the top of my list of brands I must have for Everly!  It is everything I am into right now and it's a perfect fit for her Summer wardrobe.  Carousel NY will actually be carrying this brand and it should be up in the shop SOON!  I seriously am stalking her web shop on an hourly basis, because I must have some of these items!

Here are just a few of my favorites pieces!!!  So in love!!!  How cute would some of these items be for a Summer baby shower gift?

What do you think?  Love it as much as I do?

//photo source: Milapinou//

Featuring >> SO Awesome

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SO Awesome; is Owned by Michigan-based Graphic Designer, Marie-Claire Camp, momma of twin boys, and Montessori enthusiast, who completely nailed it with these amazing products that offer gorgeous, educational, non-toxic, extremely durable card sets designed for how kids play and work. (Marie-Claire made these cards for her twins, Silas and Owen, they're the two little faces in the logo!)

I try to create ways where I can open doors of creativity and imagination play for Everly in her early years.  Since we plan to keep Everly and Silas home in their school years and are leaning towards a Montessori approach for teaching them, we are always on the hunt for educational and hands on items for them.  We are currently entering the Preschool age with Everly and are working on our numbers, colors, shapes, etc. so when I came across SO Awesome, I knew these items would fit perfectly into our everyday, to help her learn, all while adding fun and hands on opportunity for her.  I started out with the Wallet Card Set, Colors & Shapes Wallet Cards, and the GO Wallet Cards - all which have become a big hit in our home.  She loves having her own wallet, where she stores all her money (real and fake), and she is always requesting we play with her Wallet Cards.  She is actually really into learning right now and is a SPONGE, soaking it all in.  We are constantly amazed at how quickly she picks up on things, and these products are right on with helping in her early education and learning development.

If you are looking for some hands on, early educational items for those little hands, these are truly amazing.  Everly could sit and play with them for hours on end.  They are also great teething toys ;)  Silas loves to get his hands and mouth on these cards too!  Which is perfectly fine because the plastic cards are extremely durable and non-toxic for even the smallest children to play with.  These cards are pretty much indestructible!  Need I say more?  :)

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Everly's Outfit: Necklace, Top & Shorts - Louise Misha

Mama's Outfit: Dress - Ace & Jig

Teepee: Marlowe and Jay 

Featuring >> Carousel New York

New to the online shop world is, Carousel NY.  Shop owner, Shih-Fen, has such an eye for finding unique pieces and has hand-selected high quality items from just the right brands.  In fact Carousel NY is filled with a lot of our personal favorites; Loud Apparel, Misha & Puff, Shampoodle and The Brand, to name a few.

We chose a few items from the shop to highlight as our personal favorites:

Each of our favorite picks included something from the brand Macarons.  It's no surprise why Shih-Fen would have chosen such a brand to be a part of her wonderful shop.  We chose to feature Macarons as a highlighted brand from Carousel NY, because this brand is amazing for so many reasons.  Macarons develop and produce their own unique fabrics in Germany according to the GOTS standard using fair-trade production methods.  Organic merino wool, organic cotton and just pure goodness inside and out.  What's not to love about a brand that you feel so good about putting on your baby?  Another note: You need to just feel the thickness and the quality of this fabric yourself!  It's perfect for Fall and Winter weather, but also will wear great wash after wash.

Check out how our little ones wore their Macarons pieces:

Seriously, have a peek for yourself.  We are so thankful to have kids to clothe and could have one of everything from Carousel NY.  How about you?  What would you grab from the shop?  

It doesn't end there!  Shih-Fen has generously offered all Urban Cub readers a 15% off discount (urbancub15) PLUS free shipping (urbancubshipping) for 2 weeks!!  Simply use both codes at checkout!  Both codes end on November, 25th!  :)