Daily Find
If you're looking for the perfect gift this holiday season for the budding van Goghs and Kahlos in your life, pick up a selection of Eye Can Art's projects-in-a-can. The Seattle company's crafty new diversions teach kids ages 3 to 8 about traditional art forms.
December 12, 2007
Holiday 2007
Ballard's latest and greatest concept in shopping is Pulp Lab, a small, gallerylike space that hosts limited-run shopping events. At any given time, Pulp Lab may showcase sale items from local boutiques, artwork, clothing and jewelry from independent designers, or any other cool consumable that strikes the proprietors' fancy.
December 11, 2007
Daily Find
Housed in an airy storefront with baby-blue walls and cheery wood floors, Buggy boutique has wheeled affordable style for kids onto Beacon Hill. The new shop carries a carefully chosen array of used clothing for children up to 6 years old, as well as some new shoes, silk-screened shirts and gifts.
December 4, 2007
Daily Find
The décor at new women's shop So Much Fun Sporty Chic mirrors the candy colors of its Wallingford Center neighbor, Trophy Cupcakes. The new boutique's ethos is similarly fun-loving, with pink M&Ms for the taking and handbags interspersed with running bras.
November 29, 2007
Daily Find
Brand new in Greenwood is an exclusive boutique with a modern outlook, a social conscience and a designer denim wall. Sorry grown-ups, this one is just for kids. Twig eschews the Babies R Us look in favor of a well-considered selection of apparel for the under-five set.
November 27, 2007
Holiday 2007
On your mark, get set, shop: The holiday season hits its stride this weekend. Here are a few events not to miss.
November 21, 2007
Daily Find
When Red salon and spa owner Angela Bern Castagnola began developing her new Castagnola product line two years ago, she launched an international search for the best laboratory around. The winner: a Canadian contender that uses eco-friendly ingredients such as sustainably sourced essential oils and other botanicals, and adheres to regulations even stricter than those of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
November 20, 2007
Daily Find
Happy Green Bee, the Raleigh-based brainchild of Burt's Bees cofounder Roxanne Quimby, produces organic cotton clothes for infants and toddlers in vibrant colors that outshine the pastel palette popular with most baby clothiers. What's more, their environmental pedigree trumps that of most mass-produced baby clothes.
November 15, 2007
Daily Find
There are so many ways these days to show off your love for friends and family members: photo coffee mugs, engraved jewelry, license plate frames, MySpace comments. But Vancouver, Wash., company Simply Silhouettes offers a more classic approach.
November 13, 2007
Daily Find
If your kids turn up their noses at their boring brown-bag lunches, you might try wrapping their noontime fare in a more compelling package. A PB&J takes on a whole new luster when it rides inside a flashy tiger tote or another of Built NY's Munchler lunch boxes.
November 8, 2007
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