BubyNoa Handmade Toys & Kids Accessories (10% Off)

Sometimes your eyes fall on an item (art or a tshirt or a potted plant or book cover) and it just stirs something in your heart. That's how I felt when I stumbled upon the Etsy shop BubyNoa this past weekend. So I am very excited to introduce you to this amazing shop full of upcycled, handmade, eco-friendly, and just darling and thoughtful kids' toys and accessories and other bits and pieces... and I'm so happy to share that Mirit, the shop creator, has been kind enough to offer us a discount. (Thank you, Mirit, you are super cool.)

In her own words, Mirit on the inspiration behind her amazing shop:

My inspiration comes from my environmental concerns, nature, my experience, my children. My life :)

I care deeply for the environment and I have a lot of love and true admiration for animals. I wanted bubynoa to incorporate all of these feelings and beliefs in each and every product.

The love and concern for wild animals and their habitat inspire me when creating my wild animal dolls. My inspiration for my dog dolls came from an actual black dog that I saw when travelling. “Ceci the cat” was created in honor of my brave feisty and wonderfully crazy black cat Ceci who was also a rescue animal.

I see bubynoa as an educational tool; each item is eco friendly and ethically-sourced and then there is the finished product that entices and engages. I create the lions, rhinos, elephant and giraffes to introduce them to children. Those animals and their habitat are on the verge of extinction, and we can change that by teaching and raising awareness at a young age. When a parent purchases a rhino doll for example, they are introducing a whole new world to their young child. Now the child recognizes the animals in movies or books and a conversation is started."

I am excited to use this code myself for a special little someone and I hope a few of you are also inspired to support BubyNoa and save a little green at the same time this holiday season. For 10% off your purchase use code "4OTANDET" valid through 3 February 2014.

and i shants, shants, shants, and i shants, shants, shants!

re: the title --> tuesday i made Otto 3 pairs of shants during his naptime and got The Kitty Cat Dance (of course i did) stuck in my head... except "shants" instead of "dance"... who knows why my brain is an idiot :) but i have fun.

shants are neither shorts nor pants!
make way for Otto's summer wardrobe! he's got a drawer-full of size 2T pants that still fit but might not by autumn. and the kid needs short pants. stat. it's freakin summer in Tucson, dudes. so instead of shopping, today i converted 3 pairs of pants into 3 different kinds of shants. save money! look cool!

the simple shant...

the preppy shant...

ok, so i took enough pics of these cuffed shants to do a tutorial. but wasn't sure if anyone would want/need it? ps. these ones are my fave! the little doggy fabric is like the cutest thing that ever happened.

and finally, punk rock shants!

give child a power drill. get concerned when he likes the power drill way too much.

for reals though. these little punk rock pants were the best find to begin with. they're "le top" and i'm sure they would have been $50 new but we found them at the thrift store for $3! Ot wore them all fall, winter, spring and now he can wear them as shants all summer. none too shabby for three bucks!

productive tuesday! what do you think of the shants? i love it when guys (like grownup guys) wear their pants like this with flip-flops or slip-ons. Ot'll rock the shants all summer and then if they still fit in fall we'll just throw some baby legs under there. whoa. these could be the pants that never end. but i kinda doubt it. he's growing like a weed lately. but i don't wanna talk about that. cuz it makes me all bittersweet for that little dude whose legs were too short for all these pants not too long ago.

xo,

Lindsey