Life with Mila...and La Princesse au Petit Pois

When we were on holiday in France this Summer, I bought a gorgeous, vintage smock dress for Mila. It reminded me the kind of dresses we were wearing when Elodie and I were little.
London, 7am:
Me: "What do you want to wear this morning?" (knowing the answer)
Mila: "A dress!"
Me: "Well, why don't you wear the beautiful dress we got in France?"
She puts it on and look herself in the mirror...
Mila: "Don't you think I look like an orphan?"
Ok not quite the look I was aiming for but she went ahead with it.

This gives me the chance to introduce you La Princesse Au Petit Pois, a beautiful, poetic collection of clothes for children designed by the talended Alexandra Darcissac.
All the clothes are made in France and are simply beautiful. My favourite pieces are this gorgeous Notre Coeur dress and the Ilo blouse and the bloomers are just adorable!
No chance to look like an orphan with this magnificent collection...in fact, it's quite the opposite...

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In the shop this week: LES DOUDOUS

In France, the first soft toy a baby will take a fancy is called un doudou and is likely to be the toy children will keep forever, or at least the first years of their lives so choosing the perfect Doudou is no mean feat! 

The gorgeous and soft doudou Kiou (featured in white below), which is perfect for a newborn baby, is one of several brother and sisters from the über cute Doudou family. 

With its little ears, easy to grab for tiny hands, its cute little heart embroidered on its bottom and its lovely design, the Doudou family will charm lots of babies and will be an adorable companion for the years to come.

Designed with creative and imaginative little kids in mind, the little Doudou soft toys and Doudou cushions by Kayatine add a cool, modern and colourful touch to a child's bedroom. 

 

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We broke up...{Life with Mila}

Last weekend, Mila announced us she was in love with Gabriel...
Last night, she showed us a nice drawing of a boy and a girl holding hands
Me: "Is this you and Gabriel?"
Mila: "No we broke up"
Me: "What?! You broke up?! But you told us you were in love with him over the weekend"
Mila: "Yeah but I prefer Christian, he is funnier and he is in the girls' team"
Guys...if you want to hold onto a girl more than 3 days, be funny!

Here are some better photos, François took of Mila's bedroom

 

Handmade garland by Pigmée | Shanna Murray wall sticker | Handmade doll by Pigmée (size 2 & 3 are now sold out & will be back in 2012)  

Le weekend dernier, Mila nous a annoncé qu'elle était amoureuse de Gabriel...

Hier soir, elle nous a montré un joli dessin d'une petite fille et d'un garcon se tenant la main

Moi: "Est ce que c'est toi et Gabriel?"

Mila: "Non on s'est séparé"

Me: "Quoi?! Vous vous etes séparés?! Mais tu nous as dit que tu étais amoureuse de lui le weekend dernier"

Mila: "Yeah mais je préfere Christian, il est plus drole et il est dans l'équipe des filles"

Les garçons...si vous voulez garder une fille plus de trois jours, il va falloir etre drole! 

Voici de plus belles photos de la chambre de Mila prises par François.

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De gauche a droite...{By Sophie}

From this striking photo taken by Vee Speers to this very cute Wings racer back t-shirts

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Pigmée - handmade & loved ♥ ♥ ♥

It took me longer than usual to write the copy about the Pigmée collection because I really wanted you to get a feel of what I had seen in this wonderful, handmade collection for children.

So I tried to remember how I felt the first time I came across Pigmée in Paris (besides butterflies, which is usually a sign for me that I need to follow my guts feelings and go for it)....
"The first time I saw Pigmée, I knew I was in front of something very special. There it was... standing in front me, beautifully made in textured cotton. With no back or front, with nothing imposed on him, in all its simplicity, it laid down its soul and its story to tell and I knew it was the kind of thing we all want for our children. Something very special to let them be children...just a little bit longer while they can."
Handmade in a beautiful textured cotton, Pigmée is a desire to rediscover the authentic pleasure of simplicity and beauty found in handmade things like old toys were. Neither a character nor an animal, with no front or back, Pigmée is what a child sees in it, always something different and truly unique. Far from standardized codes, Pigmée stimulates a child's imagination and inspires very personal and original stories.

Sadly, we did not have the time to include them in our catalogue but I really hope you will love this wonderful collection (the gardland is beautiful!) and I'm hoping I'll be able to bring you more little treasures like this in the future.

  

 

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Mila's Moustache party

This year, Mila celebrated Halloween in France wearing the Batgirl costume I had put in her suitcase amongst other things. So I don't have photos to share but I realized that I never posted the photos of her Moustache Birthay party! Initially it was supposed to be an Ugly Betty party but it turned out that she was the only little girl to watch Ugly Betty with her mum and none of her friends knew who Betty was so we settled for a Mr Mustache one.

We put some smarties in little paper boats, some pretty straws in the Owl Vase, a lovely Rob Ryan bunting and lots of white balloons in our lounge. I made some delicious chocolate brownies, the girls played games, danced, jumped on my sofa, sometimes the moustache fell off but everybody had a great time!

Paper boats from Dutch company Jurianne Matter, window sticker with star from Brume, Rabbit lamp from here & black masking tape from there, Kids with mustache borrowed (just kidding)

Cette année, Mila a fêté Halloween en France déguisée en Batgirl, le costume que j'avais glissé dans sa valise parmi d'autres petites choses. Et du coup, je n'ai pas de photos mais je me suis rappelée que je ne vous avais pas montré les photos de son anniversaire Moustache! Au départ, cela devait être une birthday party a la Ugly Betty mais il s'est avéré qu'elle était la seule petite fille a regarder Ugly Betty avec sa maman et que ses copines n'en avaient jamais entendu parlé donc on s'est rabattu sur une fête déguisée en Mr Moustache.

Nous avons mis des smarties dans des petits bateaux en papier, de jolies pailles dans le vase hibou, une guirlande de Rob Ryan et pleins de ballons blancs dans le salon. J'avais fait des delicieux brownies au chocolat, les filles ont jouées, dansées, sautées sur mon canap', parfois la moustache tombait mais tout le monde s'est bien amusé!

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