This past summer, due to my seemingly undeniable need for my own personal office space, we moved the boys into the same bedroom. To be totally honest, I was very impressed with how seamless the move went, and how well their stuff meshed together to create a truly fabulous boys’ room! But of course with any room transition, re-decorating even if just a little, is a necessity! Naturally, we already had the name letters for each of them proudly hung on the wall, and we also already had shelves filled with all of their special things. But I was still looking for something a little more; something to represent the two boys together; a symbolism of brotherhood…

Name Your Design came along right when I needed them most! They sent Colin and Alex the most amazing canvas print, complete with a race car & both of their names on it! It could not have been more perfect & of course, they both love it as well! Two sisters, Stacy & Brooke, have collaborated to bring us a beautiful collection of personalized canvas wall art. Their work is a perfect balance of modern & traditional; exactly the look that I am trying to carry throughout all the rooms of our home.

Name Your Design has designs for babies, boys, girls, adults, couples & families; making them the perfect place to shop of all sorts of gift-giving occasions! Along with the adorable design that is now proudly displayed in my boys room, I am in love with their gorgeous couple’s designs. They are perfect for a wedding, anniversary, holiday or {generous} housewarming gift! And here’s a novel idea that their practicing: in order to keep up with the trends, they are adding new designs monthly!

Name Your Design offers free ground shipping every day on orders in the US. They also offer a very reasonable turnaround time of just 5-7 days for processing {plus shipping}.

It takes a lot to impress me when it comes to receiving greeting cards, birth announcements, and such in the mail from family and friends.  The photos in or on the cards always make me smile but the actual product itself tends to be blah.  Such is not the case with our next company who is offering a FABULOUS personalized Holiday card set giveaway!  Cool Photo Ideas has, by far, the best looking custom photo products I have ever seen!

Oh how I wish you could all see these cards in person for yourself!  I was so in awe at the quality; linen {which to me is the best}, pearl, glossy, or watercolor to pick from, I just can not express how amazing these cards look in person.  You all know that flat boring internet pictures just do not do a product justice, so look no further after you take the family photo for your Holiday greeting cards, Cool Photo Ideas will please you hands down, and trust me, your recipients will NOT throw this card away!

So many designs and options!  Whether you have one picture or several, whether you want a flat 5 x 7 card, a folded card, a TRI-folded card, or a round card, you can take your pick!  Yes, round cards, I sampled these as well and they are so brilliant, so unique, and again, excellent quality!  You just do not understand the class these cards have!

Cool Photo Ideas of course has plenty of other items as well.  Has a new little bundle of joy recently joined your family?  Their birth announcements are just as fantastic their holiday cards!  If you are going to make a statement with any kind of “mailing”, do it with a birth announcement.  Most of the time this is everyone’s first impression of baby, make it a memorable one!

Let me show you just one more thing from Cool Photo Ideas before I get to the best part, the giveaway!  This shop has so many fun gift and keepsake ideas!  From photo furniture, accessories, and the most beautiful collages I have ever seen, you could do a lot of holiday shopping here!

Is this “Baby Parts” collage not the cutest thing ever?

Okay okay, the giveaway!  Jill from Cool Photo Ideas was so generous to offer one of our readers a set of 24 custom tri-fold Holiday Cards, a $96 value!  Get a jump on the holidays and get your cards out before anyone else!  Just leave us a comment on what other item at Cool Photo Ideas just looks amazing to you and you’ll be entered to win!  Contest ends in one week!  Good luck to all!

When these adorable pieces from Petit Patapon arrived on my doorstep, I couldn’t open them quickly enough.  After the seeing the photos, I was anxious to see them in person.  Well, they did not disappoint. 

Founder Noelle Tutenuit’s passion for beautiful children’s clothing is clearly visible through her lovely garments.  As a young mother, Noelle searched for clothing special enough for her new bundles, only to find things out there that were just not quite right.  As a result, she used her talent to begin creating clothing that was both beautiful and comfortable for her new bundles.  That’s when Petit Patapon was born.

These lovely pieces were so stylish, I couldn’t get them on my little one fast enough.  Not only did they look great, but they felt great too.  They were soft and snuggly and couldn’t have fit better.  I’m now finding every excuse to get them into these clothes! 

 Just in time for the start of your holiday shopping, get yours for 10% off the current collection {FW08} by going to the website Petit Patapon and using the code:  BLD10.  Savings good through November 10th.  Happy Shopping!