Anise Mouette is a line of tee shirts for infants and toddlers. All images are original and retro inspired. In addition to getting a super cute tee, each customer helps to make a difference. A portion of each sale goes to the purchase of baby formula for infants in need.

Handmade Minky Lined Kimono Jacket for your baby is lined with luxuriously soft minky. Offered in a number of fabrics and sizes. If you do not find a fabric you like, do not worry. JiJi’s does custom orders. You choose the fabric from a number of their fabric providers, then JiJi’s does the rest!

Beautifully handmade All-In-One Diaper, Laptop And Travel Bag to hold all your important essentials. Convenient to use as a diaper or travel bag. Sturdy enough to hold your laptop. It is an all-in-one bag. Interior pockets on one side hold your cell phone, pencils, pens or wallet. The other side holds larger items such as diapers or work papers. Available in a variety of colors and fabrics. It is fully customizable. You choose the exterior and interior fabrics from a number of their fabric providers, customize the interior pockets to your liking, then JiJi’s does the rest!

Blogaways is an online coupon blog that is holding a $25 iTunes gift card giveaway! Check out Blogaways for contests and giveaways, coupons and for a chance to win a $25 iTunes gift card!

Everyone should own a piggy bank, right? Well, why not make each piggy bank personal and unique? At DogStar Designs, you will find a distinct line of decoupage piggy banks all individually handcrafted with premium papers. Perfect for baby gifts, birthday presents for adults and children and collectors, their whimsical piggy banks make ideal gifts because they are both educational and fun!

Learn and share origami at Fold Something. New instructional origami videos are posted weekly. You can shop for materials and supplies at our store or share pictures of origami and paper crafts that you have made on our forums. Origami can be both challenging and relaxing as a hobby and is a great way to make personalized gifts for family and friends.

When purchasing books for the lovely children in our lives the highest priority should be to seek out books with meaningful content. Try to avoid poor quality and commercialism.

Go back in time when my generation (children of the 70’s) and older were growing up. Almost all the books were good quality books with great content. I am sure you still remember some to this day. In the 80’s two things happened - big publishing houses and mass retailers! Because of this, profit margins became the driving force for the production of books. All of a sudden, books became based on TV cartoons, video games and general commercialism.

So getting back to the question, how do you choose good quality books for children when there are so many books out there?

1. Seek out books that you remember from your childhood (House That Jack Built, Jack and The Beanstalk, Little Red Hen, Three Billy Goats Gruff and many more).
2. Look for new books that will build on important values for your family.
3. Avoid books that will take the child back to the television or computer.
4. Give your child good quality books.
5. Read to your child and enjoy good quality time together. Books with music CDs are a great way to enjoy a story.

Barefoot Books, a small independent company that started in 1993 by two working mothers, Nancy Traversy and Tessa Strickland has the vision and goals to publish and share books, gifts and arts that promote children’s love for learning, independence of the spirit, multiculturalism and protection of the environment. Barefoot Books products include award-winning books, music CDs and colorful artworks that appeal to children and all children at heart.

by Heidi Rosenberg

Heidi became an Independent Stallholder for Barefoot Books in September 2008. She has two young children and they love reading together. Being an Independent Stallholder has given her the opportunity to stay home with her children but still earn a little bit of spending money. They love the books. They have such great artwork and fantastic stories and many of the books have facts for the reader in the back.

The Train Art Box is framed out in white painted wood with a choo choo train on the bottom. It has a blackboard on one side and a white erasable surface on the other. To open the box, simply slide out one panel and fill it with lots of crayons, markers and a drawing pad. The cord handle makes the art box a portable activity center. Use it at the beach, the park, on family trips or visiting Grandma. Personalize it and you have a great gift for a budding young artist! 12″ x 3″ x 10″.

Sew Bettie offers 100% quilting cotton fabric that is perfect for children’s decor. Their designs feature friendly monsters, panda bears, penguins, whales and more. Each print is limited to 100 yards.

The Sports Art Box is framed out in white painted wood with a multiple sports theme down the left side. It has a blackboard on one side and a white erasable surface on the other. To open the box, simply slide out one panel and fill it with lots of crayons, markers and a drawing pad. The cord handle makes the art box a portable activity center. Use it at the beach, the park, on family trips or visiting Grandma. Personalize it and you have a great gift for a budding young artist! 12″ x 3″ x 10″.