Hand Picked Pumpkin

Sometimes shopping online isn't that exciting, but Hand Picked Pumpkin has changed all that. From creating your own customized outfit for your little one to when it arrives it the mail, it truly is a fun experience.

The past month has been an exciting month for the Illinois based company, as their custom made designs ended up being worn by Angela Basset's twins on the Oprah Winfrey show!

Hand Picked Pumpkin is different from all the rest! They create custom designed clothing and accessories for babies and toddlers. It is truly a fun an interactive shopping experience.

Everything from burp clothes, onesies, rompers, hoodies, pants and more. You simply choose the pieces you would like made and then choose which fabrics you would like -- everything from hip and cool to cute and girly.

Visit Hand Picked Pumpkin for more information and to order your custom kids clothing.

Zosephine: THE Diaper Bag!

Finding the right diaper bag for you is essential as a new mom! Don't laugh but it's taken me nearly 3 years to actually find one! I have found the perfect diaper bag. There is no other one for me. This is it! I am in love...

As a busy mom with a newborn and a toddler I have a fair bit to carry for each little one and I also keep some essentials in the bag for me (imagine that!). Zosephine diaper bags based in Chapel Hill North Carolina are the perfect size to fit everything I need without looking like I am carrying the kitchen sink. It's small enough that I don't overload it with tonnes of things and big enough to carry what I need. (Size 14"x12"x5")

The very kind people at Zosephine sent me the St. Paul Diaper Bag to try out. For the past 2 weeks I've been using this very stylish diaper bag and my favourite things about the bag are

• There is a little pocket right when you open the flap for your cell phone. So now when mine rings I know where it is and I actually answer it!
• The strap! Mine is bright and cheery and making me think of spring, but what is best is that it is adjustable so I can wear over my shoulder or and a purse.
• The Inside of the bag is white nylon for easy cleaning, and even better the white lining makes it so easy to see what is in your bag!

I really can't say enough about Zosephine's diaper bags and how stylish and functional these bags are. They sum it up best when they say their bags are "Funky, but not granola; Modern but not sterile and definitely not cutesie pink!"

Daddyo Productions

You know when you take a perfect picture of your child, but the background is not what you'd like it to be or there is just something a little off? Well, I took a perfect first smile picture of my 2 month old a little while ago and all was perfect, except that I took it on her change table and you can actually ready the safety instructions on the table.

What's a mom to do? You can turn to the experts at Daddyo Productions to help make your picture really perfect. As they say a picture is worth a thousand words -- so I will let the before and after speak for themseleves.

Before

AfterAfter - With White Background

Daddyo Productions provides professional retouching, restoration and enhancements to photographs in original or digital format. It's easy to do. You just send in your photos and let them work their magic!!

They also do fun photo enhancements! They can do anything; put your baby in a flower, or make cool pop art!