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Desiree Eaglin is the mother of 3, the wife of 1 and the friend to many. She lives in the Inland Empire within Southern California. Desiree Eaglin blogs about her thoughts and her life (the good, the bad and the ugly) at Sarcastic, Funny and Brutally Honest. Desiree regularly contributes to CBS Los Angeles, MomsLA, MomAngeles and here at SavvySassyMoms. You can follow her daily rants and raves on Twitter too.

kissy kissy organicWhen it is time to bring your newborn baby home from the hospital as a parent we only want the best, most delicately soft outfit to lovingly wrap our baby in to introduce our baby to the outside world. Kissy Kissy, an American brand favorite since 1995 uses only the softest Peruvian Pima cotton in truly timeless styles. With whimsical prints, timeless details and a classic style, Kissy Kissy has been the brand parents and celebrities alike have chosen to use for their newborn babies precious take home outfits.

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Kissy Kissy offers up sweet, timeless and age-appropriate clothing with a fun, whimsical flare. Within the Kissy Kissy clothing collection is the classic Kissy Kissy line, Kissy Kissy’s Qt-Qt line which offers bolder statements, Besos by Kissy Kissy offers gorgeous christening apparel and Kissy Kissy Premier which offers embroidered and smocked garments. The lines run from preemie through size 4T.

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The Kissy Kissy collection is made up of newborn necessities like converter gowns, footies, rompers, one-pieces, hats, bibs, booties and blankets as well as fashion bodies including flutter-sleeve dresses, swing tops and bloomer sets, shortalls, bubbles and shorts sets. The collection retails from $9 for hats to $60 for hand-embroidered pieces, and it ranges from $90 to $260 for special occasion items. A team of local artisans-mothers and grandmothers who work at the factories or at their homes, lovingly create the hand-made embroideries that set Kissy Kissy apart from other children’s clothing lines.

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Kissy Kissy is available in premier children’s clothing stores and specialty boutiques around the world. Log on to Pump Station now to purchase online.

This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. Photos courtesy of Kissy Kissy. 

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Valco Baby is a family owned and operated Australian business that have been manufacturing and distributing baby products for over 30 years. Valco Baby strives to create innovative baby products that are “Made to Fit Your Life.” With functionality, durability, style and safety in mind Valco Baby is at the top of the baby product industry.

Valco Baby introduced the Snap 4 stroller in Spring of 2013, the Snap 4 stroller created for busy parents on the go. The sleek looking Snap 4 stroller is ultralight and is under 15 lbs and raises the bar for comfort, durability and ease of use in compact strollers.

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What is unique about the Snap 4 stroller is that is is ultra light and compact and offers designablity with the Vogue Hood additional options. Just imagine having the ability to change up the colors of your stroller whenever you felt like it with the Vogue Hood colorful options. 

Features of the Snap 4:

The Vogue Hood option – allows parents to add color to their stroller. The designability parents have over the Snap 4 is very appealing. Pick up a Vogue Hood in every color, each color to match your outfit for the day!

Lightweight and Compact – allows an incredible about of ease of use in a stroller. I have never been so impressed with a stroller as I have with the Snap 4. It is light, it is easy to fold and it fits in the truck of my car easily without taking up too much space.

Safety – the Snap 4 stroller features a 5-point harness system, bumper bar and Tilt-Loc brake system.

Tubeless Tires – no fears of a flat tire, the tubeless 10′ back wheels and 8′ front wheels allow for extreme maneuverability on any terrain.

Storage – the over-sized undercarriage basket is ginormous. I can fit my huge diaper bag in it without trouble.

Portability with full features – unlike other compact strollers, the Snap 4 is lightweight, easy to fold and yet carries all of the full features as other strollers. Such as a peek a boo window, roll up pockets with extra airflow and a carry handle & shoulder strap for easy traveling.

Additional accessories – from cup holders to hitchhikers for the older siblings  Valco Baby has everything you need to accessorize your stroller perfectly.

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Log on to Valco Baby now for more information about the Snap 4 stroller.

A Snap 4 stroller was provided for review purposes. All opinions are my own. 

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Mother’s Day is right around the corner and if you’re like me, you appreciate simple, inexpensive and thoughtful handmade gifts from your children (and expensive, lavish gifts from your husband of course). Since I am the crafty one in the family, I always help the children make something for me and their grandmother’s for Mother’s Day. In the last few years, we have created these hand print frame-able sayings. I love children’s hand prints and I incorporate them whenever possible. Hand prints are little sacred time capsules that will be cherished forever.

Here is the completed project, unframed.

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I came across this saying a few years ago, which I have come to love and adore:

“Every day I am exploring, touching everything I’ve found. I leave behind little marks and hand prints all around. You clean up those hand prints but someday when I’m grown…you’ll wish you had just one hand print to keep for your own. I made this hand print for you so that one day when I am tall you’ll remember what my hand print looked like long ago when I was small”

This craft is super easy and can be done with just a few things you more than likely all ready have at home.

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Materials needed:
Non Toxic Paint
Paper
This Printable  (I have created this plural printable for you that you can download and print at home. If you have one child, you can copy the above saying or change the wordage).
Glue or glue stick
Printed backing paper (for framing)
Scissors and Ruler if you need to cut down the backing paper

After you apply the paint to the child’s hands and apply their handprint to the (pre-printed with the saying) paper, let it dry. Don’t worry if the hand print is messy or doesn’t come out 100% perfect. As you can see, the baby (11 months old) got green paint on everything.
I like to add a patterned paper backing before framing. You can also get a custom mat cut if you prefer. I highly suggest you do frame it, to keep it flat and safe.

Enjoy!

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Marissa Kraxberger, Host Tara Swennen, Host Kelly Florio Kasouf and Julie Bowen

Oscar de la Renta, author Kelly Florio Kasouf and Elizabeth Street hosted the ultimate “mommy and me” soiree on April 23, 2013 in West Hollywood. The night brought out L.A.’s most stylish moms and children to shop the new 2013 Spring Collections, mingle, and participate in fun family activities, with a percentage of the proceeds benefiting Baby Buggy. I was among the infamous guests attending the elaborate celebration and I was taken aback by the gorgeous Oscar de la Renta store and stunning celebrities swarming everywhere, some even had their posh little tots in tow.

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Tiffani Thiessen and a few posh tots

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Sophie in the city limited edition Oscar de la Renta dress

The exclusive shopping night for celebrity moms featured Kelly Florio Kasouf, mom and author of The Super Adventures of Sophie and the City. The book inspired the collaboration with Oscar de la Renta to design the limited edition “Sophie Party Dress,” Kelly Florio Kasouf greeted guests, signed copies of her book and even put on an impromptu reading for the posh tots in attendance. Between shopping the Oscar de la Renta store and sipping on lemonade, children and their mothers enjoyed the “Oscar de la Renta” paper dolls, coloring them to show off their creativity, balloons created into fun designs and sweet treats.

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It was a perfect evening of shopping and mingling and a percentage of the proceeds benefited Baby Buggy. Baby Buggy is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing families in need across the U.S with essentials for their children ages 0-12. Since its inception, Baby Buggy has donated over 6 million items to families in need in Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., New York, and Los Angeles.

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Julie Bowen and Nia Vardalos

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Sassy Pink Oscar de la Renta dress
I NEED this Dress!

( perfect for when I re-new my wedding vows in 5 years!)

 

 

 

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joya logoSome times, sending a still photograph just isn’t enough; it just doesn’t quite capture the scene. Some times, a loved one wants to see the baby babble, toddle or play in action for themselves. Joya is a mobile app designed for iPhone that makes it easy to share videos of everyday moments to stay connected with family and friends.

There are no install or signups required to use Joya and it so easy – anyone can use it. Joya makes it easy to decide who to share your videos with too, videos can be sent over email or text message with a private link. And you never have to wonder who is watching your videos, you will receive messages every time your videos are viewed. Best yet, there is no size limit on your videos that you can share with Joya so take your time and make sure you get every moment captured.

Recently, I have been experimenting with taking video using my iPhone 5. I love the idea of capturing my kids in action and sending it to family and friends who don’t get to see them as often as they would like. I love that Joya makes sharing my videos so effortless.

Joya App

To add a new video, you simply click the yellow + button in the top right corner. Then you select which videos you would like to share.

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Joya is easy to use. To share a video simply tap on the videos you want your family and friends to see and they will automatically get a link via email or SMS.

Features of Joya:
  • Free
  • Stay connected with family and friends!
  • No video size limits
  • Easy and FAST
  • No install or signups 
  • Know when each video is being watched

Joya is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.1 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.

For more information log on to Joya now.
You can also find Joya at the iTunes store.
You can also find Joya on Facebook.

This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. 

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Cutie Bees 100% organic baby clothing is a safe, eco-friendly, beautiful, convenient and affordable clothing brand for all babies. Founded in September 2011 by a mom in need to cure her daughter’s persistent and unexplained newborn rash, Cutie Bee’s brand baby clothing is free of all harmful chemicals and dyes found in most infant clothing. That is right, there is no “fabrication” in Cutie Bees fabrics. Cutie Bees clothes are free from harmful pesticides and insecticides used in conventional cotton fields and are manufactured without any hazardous chemicals, VOCs [volatile organic compounds], or known carcinogens.

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Cutie Bees offers safe, stylish and sustainable clothing wrapped in social goodness. All of the packaging is eco-friendly, including the tags, which can be planted to grow flowers. And, with every purchase, Cutie Bees is giving back, donating money, products and time towards social and health issues affecting children.

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Given the opportunity to review Cutie Bees clothing, I quickly snatched up the Oceanography Organic Bodysuit and Pants and Cutie Bees iconic Peter Rabbit Organic Beanie to go along with it. I absolutely adore this outfit. It is super soft, made out of durable and thick organic cotton and it is perfect for play dates at the park.

Log on to learn more about Cutie Bees. You can find Cutie Bees on Facebook too! Also, in honor of Earth Day on April 22, Cutie Bees is offering 22% off and free shipping with code EARTH22!

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WIN an adorable 100% organic bodysuit and pant set in Oceanography or Pink Lemonade ($40 MSRP). The winner will be sent the set of their choice in the size of their choice. Enter below:

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This is a sponsored post. All CutieBeeTastic opinions are my own.

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Tissue Paper Sun Catcher

There’s something sweet about the Spring season that lends itself to sweet kids crafts. This tissue paper sun catcher is relatively easy to do in a perfect Spring afternoon and can be created in almost any shape imaginable. I chose a bunny shape to celebrate Easter.

Materials needed:
Colored tissue paper, (I used a pastel colored checkered piece) cut into squares
Glue
Paintbrush
Card stock
Wax Paper
Yarn, ribbon or twine
Shape stencil
Scissors

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Instructions: 

1. Mix white glue with a few drops of water in a bowl, dish or pan. I keep a few old pie pans in our crafting supplies for these kinds of crafts. If you’re crafting with small children, cover the table surface with newspaper.
2. Create your shape frame using a stencil. I found this bunny shaped basket to use. I drew an identical shape on the inside to create a shape “frame”.
3. Tape a square sheet of wax paper down to the newspaper to prevent slipping.
4. Brush a thin layer of white glue onto the wax paper.
5. Place squares of tissue paper on the glue, overlapping in the corners.
6. Brush a thin layer of white glue on top of the tissue paper squares.
7. Sandwich with another sheet of wax paper. Let dry.
8. Place your shape stencil on top of the dried wax paper, trace.
9. Cut out the shape frame. (Cut out the inside of the shape approximately 1/2″ therefore creating a bunny frame)
10. Cut out the shape in the wax paper.
11. Tape tissue paper shape onto the shape frame
12. Hang with yarn, ribbon or twine.

Here is the bunny shaped basket I used to create my “bunny frame”:

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Cutting out the tissue paper into squares was the most tedious aspect of this craft:

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My son is 6 years old and he thought this craft was BunnyAwesome:

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Once you have applied all of the tissue paper squares onto the wax paper, apply another thin layer of glue on top of them, be sure to use soft strokes so you don’t tear the wet tissue paper:

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When the tissue paper is drying, cut out your shape frame. The outside shape is what was created from the bunny basket stencil. I drew the identical inside shape. Cut along the inside and outside shape to create the shape frame. It’s ok if you mess up a few times, I certainly did.

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Trace the bunny shape onto the dried wax/tissue paper. Cut out.

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Tape the tissue paper onto the back of your shape frame:

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Hang with twine, or hang it in the window!

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Happy Easter! 

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The adorable Bento Box Lunch fad has been sweeping the kids lunch circuit – no longer are simple PB&J sandwiches, a juice box and a couple of crackers in a plain brown paper sack going to cut it. Moms are now going all out in a creative, time consuming, food war to create the best, most inventive Bento lunches I’ve ever seen. Thanks to social media sites like Pinterest, the Bento Box Lunch has become accessible to everyone.

Bento boxes are a traditionally a Japanese takeout, home-packed meal where food is indvidually placed. Bento lunches are visually appealing and simple in concept. Modern Bento lunches such as the “Kyara-ben” (character bento) are created to look like popular Japanese characters and ”oekakiben” (picture bento) are created to represent scenes, people or places.

Since I find the creativeness of the Bento Box Lunch so fascinating, I have been collecting them on Pinterest on a board I have aptly named Bento CraZy. Here are a few of my non-licensed character (for fear of being sued) favorites:

You Are My Sunshine Bento:

You Are My Sunshine Bento

Gobble Gobble Turkey Bento:

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Back To School Bento:

Back to School Bento

Happy Sandwiches Bento:

Happy Sandwiches Bento

First Day of School Bento:

First Day of School Bento

Ice Cream Bento:

Ice Cream Bento

Bunny Bento:

Bunny Bento

Frog Prince Bento:

Frog Prince Bento

 

These talented moms sure have upped the ante in kids lunches. Now, I only wish I had the time to create such beautifully intricate masterpieces in my kids lunches too!

 

 

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Long gone are the days of planning and preparing meals all day, now I’m lucky if my family has something that barely resembles a healthy meal most nights of the week.

Being a busy mom of 3 is a lot of hard work.

Fresh Dish, a Los Angeles based company provides healthy meal kits that you prepare yourself for your family at home. They take the hard work out of cooking homemade, healthy meal for you. Just imagine: A healthy, delicious meal that you don’t have to shop for or prep and everything is ready to cook and is delivered straight to your door! That’s right, Fresh Dish meal kits come with all of the ingredients pre-measured, sliced, diced, washed, and ready to cook. The ingredients Fresh Dish provides are 100% natural with no preservatives, colorings or additives too.

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How Fresh Dish Works:

1. You log on to Fresh Dish and choose your meal. They come in either 2 or 4 serving sizes and there are new recipes each week.
2. A Meal Kit arrives to your doorstep via a FedEx temperature controlled container with everything you need to create a delicious, healthy and complete meal for your family.

Easy to follow step-by-step instructions are included.

All of Fresh Dish’s meals are family friendly and take about 30 minutes to cook from start to finish.

Best yet: Fresh Dish has a 100% yummyness guarantee, if you don’t like one of your meals they will refund or provide credit for another meal.

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As grocery shopping is my least favorite “mom” chore, Fresh Dish is an ideal service for a busy mom like me. I chose to try out the Chicken with Honey-Mustard Sauce, Couscous & Kale Chips and let me just say, it was deeeelish! I found the packaging to be organized, the ingredients to be superb and the recipe to be gourmet. I seriously wouldn’t mind if Fresh Dish came everyday!

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Do you see that healthy deliciousness there? I cooked that myself!

Discount: Try it out for yourself and when you order a 4 person meal the second meal is 50% off. Just use code FRESHANDSAVVY.

For more information, check out Fresh Dish.

A meal was provided to facilitate this review. All opinions about its deliciousness are my own.

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Modern design with an adult appeal, combined with ultimate functionality-the ZAAZ chair by Nuna is an extraordinary revolution to the child chair market. Imagine this: an innovative chair that grows with your baby for years of sturdy mealtimes. Less is definitely more with the ZAAZ chair by Nuna. The ZAAZ is exceedingly safety tested, comfortable, customizes to any size and matches your pre-baby lifestyle.

Nuna chair When the ZAAZ chair is fitted with all the accessories, it is a fully equipped high chair. By removing these accessories, it becomes a toddler chair and later can be used for an older child up to 110 pounds. The ZAAZ is fully customizable to any size or height. A hidden lift behind the footrest adjusts height easily and lets baby join in at the table.

colorsBuilt from the ground up with smart and practical Dutch design, the sturdy construction of the Nuna chair is unmatched. All of the materials used are made of high quality materials and is bpa, pvc, and dehp free and dishwasher safe! The anodized aluminum legs are strong and sturdy. The smart design of the ZAAZ no-crevice design outwits crumbs and cleans up li ke a dream. The ZAAZ features a five-point harness that keeps baby secure and you can switch it to three-point as child grows.

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Features:

  • Innovative, sleek design
  • Customizable to size and height
  • Grows with your child from infant to older child (up to 110 pounds)
  • 5 point harness
  • Easy to wipe clean
  • Removable, dishwasher-safe plastic components
  • Made of high-quality materials that are bpa, pvc, and dehp free
  • A hidden lift behind the footrest adjusts height easily and lets baby join in at the table
  • No crevice design to battle the food crumb war
  • Available in two modern colors: Almond and Pewter

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I cannot recommend the ZAAZ chair by Nuna enough; I absolutely love it. It truly is a remarkable chair. When I was pregnant with my first child I purchased a wood high chair that was insanely difficult to clean because of its crevices, notches and delicate material, therefore it was always encrusted with baby food. This ZAAZ chair is easily cleaned with just a swift wipe of a damp cloth; it is almost like it’s made of Teflon-nothing sticks! I no longer have a disgusting, food-encrusted high chair at the dinner table next to me. Now it’s a super clean, super-efficient ZAAZ chair instead!

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For more information about the revolutionary ZAAZ chair, log onto Nuna.eu now.

 

I received a ZAAZ chair by Nuna to facilitate this review. All opinions about it’s awesomeness are my own. 

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