WhimseyBox

With a crafty obsessed 5 year old girl at home, Whimseybox makes me go ‘YES, Please’!

When you register for Whimseybox you’ll receive 4-5 craft product samples in the mail every month for just $15. They’ll select the products based on the things you tell them you like. There’s no contract and you can cancel at any time. They also offer annual subscriptions and 3, 6 and 12 month gift subscriptions.

Check out some of the recent projects. This will make my daughter seriously happy. Crafty surprises in the mail? It doesn’t get better than that. Whimseybox.

Burning Man 2011 X Dr Seuss

In case you haven’t heard of the amazing kids book Oh, the Places You’ll Go Pop-Up. It’s a fantastic book.

And I admit, I am not the Burning Man Type. But this mashup-of-the-two moved me.

(via michaelgalpert)

Puzzle Playhouse

This modular playhouse is all kinds of fantastic. Especially when you live in NYC sized apartments. I am all for kids stuff that folds down. YES!

#superduperwishlisted

(Thank you Natalia)

Bicycle Keychain



This bicycle keychain by Mo Man Tai gets my two thumbs up. It is laser-cut from metal leftovers. It’s not yet linked in their store but and you can find it in their products section.

Heart

My guess is that this brand new Heart Links Tattly by Jennifer Daniel will make bike lovers smile. (Tattly Tuesday means new tattoos, see them here)

Letterpress Cookie Cutter/Stamp

Graphic designer/typenerd parents rejoice and turn your next cookie baking event into a letterpress lesson with these Letterpress Cookie Cutter/Stamps.

Zig Zag Dress

Love this Zig Zag Dress by Brooklyn Junior.

Green Toys School Bus

Wow, I am *so* the mom of a little boy. Look at me posting about toy cars, twice in a row. Love this Green Toys School Bus. Made in the USA from 100% recycled plastic milk containers!

Vilac Foldaway Toy Car Garage

This Vilac Car Garage gets my thumbs up for being beautifully designed, made out of wood and for the fact that you can fold it away. Awesome, right?

Ludus Ludi

I find this Las Escaleras (Ladders) game simply beautiful. #wishlisted

Kitchen Tattlys

Foodies, listen up, we just launched a brandnew Kitchen Tattly Set. Yay for Julia Rothmann and her mad illustrator skills.

Makedo Christmas Tree

I am a big fan of Makedo. Their instructions on how to make a christmas tree made me smile. All you need is a Makedo KIT for THREE and some reclaimed cardboard. View and download instructions for the Makedo Christmas Tree.

Nerd Holiday

Nerd Holiday: Holiday gift ideas for the nerd in your life. Curated by Amrit Richmond.

Better World Books

Every time you buy a book, Better World Books will donate one to someone in need. And, there’s free shipping worldwide. Fantastic.

(via the TBD Newsletter)

Mobile Homes

People that visit my studio most certainly notice Mobile Homes that hangs over my desk. It’s one of my favorite items in my office. (Who said you can’t have a mobile over your desk?) It’s by Brooklyn based designer Ben Light and it has not been for sale anywhere, until now. I talked Ben into making a limited edition series and put it up in my brand new swissmiss shop.

Mobile Homes is hand-made by Ben himself, here in Brooklyn. You can see photos of the building process. One of these will go up in my sons room this christmas. Can’t wait.

Get it while you can.

Muppet Wall Decal



These Muppet Wall Decals over on Blik are making me smile ear to ear.

(I think we need to get a set for the studio, pretty sure they would make Jessi Arrington‘s day. She is a muppet lover extraordinnaire)

Code Cards



Nerd Alert! Holiday Code Cards. Made me laugh!

Wooden iPhone

Signs of our times: This Wooden iPhone holds building blocks that represents apps. Designed by Kyle Bean and yes, the nerdy mother in me gives this a thumbs up.

New Tattly Site

Look, Tattly, my temporary tattoo business that I started a mere 4.5 months ago, is all grown-up! We just did a complete site relaunch. We (re)designed the site and the fine folks of Oak developed it. Talk about a Studiomates production!

The new site allows for much better discovery of the fast growing product catalog.

Get a quick glance of what’s new! Want Tattly for kids? For Designers? You like Typographic Tattlys? Want to learn more about our Artists? Or are you simply a View All persona?

Yay for Team Tattly which consists of Rusty, Yoko and Bekka. Don’t know what I would do without them.

ps: Thanks to its responsive magic the site renders beautifully on mobile devices. Yay!

3D Boy Print by Oliver Jeffers

Oliver Jeffers is one of my all-time favorite children’s books illustrators and I was thrilled when he said yes to a print-collaboration. You can purchase 3D boy in my shop and I am sure it will make a great addition to any kids room, or even an office. What do you think?

B



In 2011, Sarah Kay performed her poem “B” at the TED conference in Long Beach, California to standing ovations. I remember watching her talk for the first time, completely mesmerized and moved. Her fantastic talk has now been turned into a book:

Originally written in 2007, “B” is a thank you note, a love letter, a wish, a promise, a confession, and a secret. “B” is the perfect gift for every mother and every daughter. Short, touching and lovingly illustrated by Sophia Janowitz.

The incredibly charming Sarah Kay has been a performing poet since she was 14 years old. She is the founder of Project V.O.I.C.E, teaching poetry and self-expression at schools across the United States.

Order the book. Watch Sarah’s moving TED talk:

Bookbow by Paul Octavious

The stunning Bookbow Print by much admired Paul Octavious is one of the first products I am selling in my brand new swissmiss shop.

The idea behind my store is do only offer a hand-full of tightly curated, limited edition custom products by designers I love and admire. Paul Octavious is one of them. Paul knows about my love for rainbows and his book stacks, so he combined the two and Bookbow was born. I will most certainly hang one of these in my son’s room.

Bookbow, by Paul Octavious, available in 11″x14″ and in 16″x20″.

Ladybird

Love this old-school looking metal wind-up ladybird which won’t fall off the table. Little sensors make it turn around when it comes to the edge.

new: swissmiss shop

Look, I *just* launched a teeny tiny swissmiss shop. See that that ‘store tab’ up there?

A few months ago I had the idea of launching a store with limited edition products by designers I admire. And here we are. The plan is to keep it small and add a product a month, maybe two. The current products include:

Mobile Homes by Ben Light
Bookbow by Paul Octavious
3D Boy by Oliver Jeffers
Raven by Mark Weaver
FieldNotes Pack by Tattly

Visit the swissmiss shop.

Hope you like the selection! Waving from Brooklyn, with an e-commerce smile on my face!