Our kids all have birthdays, every year! While I love to daydream of throwing the most fabulous bash ever, I usually resort to a simple shindig or party at the local community centre so I don’t have to deal with a house-full. However, that doesn’t…
Read More...Nursery Inspiration
Baby’s coming soon, it’s time to create baby’s room in your home. If hiring a designer is not in the budget, we have some tips and links for you to create your dream nursery. A couple of must-haves for your nursery include: crib change table…
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Top 10 Celebrity-authored Children’s Books
1 Billy Crystal | I Already Know I Love You Billy Crystal is best known as comedian and writer for the past few decades and has hosted the American Academy Awards no less than nine times. He also wrote another book about being a grandparent entitled Grandpa’s…
Read More...Great Ideas: Create your own Baby Marketplace Amongst Friends!
Photo Credit: Cougar via Compfight My good friend and super mom of 2, Peggy, came up with a great idea earlier this year. She created a “Baby Marketplace Amongst Friends” group on Facebook. It’s a private group and the idea is this – you may…
Read More...birthday gift shopping
Yes, it’s inevitable, we have to shop for kids birthday gifts. Between our own children, their friends, nieces and nephews, the gift-buying is endless. This month alone, we had two birthday parties to attend, our nephew’s birthday just past, and my niece turned nine on April…
Read More...Weestock happens this Saturday!
I love this graphic by the gals of Weestock! WeeStock 2012 Spring Edition is THIS SATURDAY, April 21 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Edmonton Aviation Heritage Centre on 11410 Kingsway Avenue in Edmonton. Modern Mama will be there, and we hope to…
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Shop with fashion expert Anna Cohen June 15th, 10am
This event was originally scheduled for April 26th, but has been rescheduled to June 15th. I’m really looking forward to our shopping event on June 15th– it’s a great chance to learn more about some local stores, get some fashion tips, and meet some fellow…
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5 things to love at Saf & Benjamin Baby Boutique
I just love visiting Sommer at her store, Saf & Benjamin Baby Boutique. She is so personable and service-first – some of the best service I’ve had at a baby store. Service is so important to me when shopping, so I really appreciate this about…
Read More...everything I know about beauty I learned at Sephora
This Spring marks four years of doing events with Sephora in West Edmonton Mall. I have learned so much from the beauty gurus and have become a loyal purchaser of some of these products over and over again since I first learned about them at…
Read More...best of pinterest
Have you heard? I know, I may have mentioned it a few times already, but I think Pinterest happens to be the neatest thing since, well, sliced bread, perhaps? It’s an online catalog of things you love – images of them. Someone on Twitter called…
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