Never one to shop for specifics (like, I need new black boots!) over the years I’ve just bought what I’ve coveted and have consequently amassed a closet of really random but special shit. Since I now have three daughters, jewelry purchases (and by purchases, I mean gifts) have taken on a whole new meaning. I can imagine that someday the girls might duke it out for this Finn Pink Ruby Love Knot Ring (a dainty but cool everyday piece that’s been on my list for years) as it’s pretty timeless while managing to still have some edge. Rocks, paper, scissors…Whatever, it’s a fight I won’t have to mediate.
It’s called Travel Insurance and I don’t plan a vacation without it. As of right now we are headed to the Amalfi Coast next month but the will-it-actually-happen factor still lingers in the background of our planning. After canceling two trips this past year, I am having a hard time committing to a weird pareo thing that I’m feeling pressured to purchase. In the meantime, I might make my oldest daughter sport this Wovenplay sweatshirt for some encouragement. A-mal-fi.
Room For More!
by Zoe Schaeffer, owner and editor of Macaroon Original
Zoe is the owner of macaroonoriginal.com where she writes about fashionable finds for moms. You can also find her extolling the virtues of form over function on twitter @MacaroonOrig.
When I had my first daughter, I instantly fell in love with children’s room décor. Two more daughters later, and I was officially in design bliss. Here are some of my favorite finds for little girl’s spaces:
For some reason, finding cool toy storage is a challenge. They’re too cutesy, too bland or too collapsible. Once I discovered these Eva & Oli star bins in beautiful muted shades, however, I scooped up different sizes in a range of colors.
I covet anything from this Danish company. Soft Gallery makes quirky, stylish clothes and amazing throw pillows and bedding. My three year old has their rose sequin dog pillow on her bed and I have my eye on this peacock version for my youngest.
I’ve been designing my next house for the past seven years (ever since I’ve been living in my current home!) At some point, this gold tiger wallpaper from Aimee Wilder will go up in someone’s room, coupled with hot pink dip dyed curtains.
Rex Kelly Replica Eames Hang It All
The accumulation of back-packs, jackets, umbrellas and totes has quickly taken up prime real estate in the closets. This retro hang–it–all keeps it all tidy: meaning, off the floors and away from the closets.
Nope! It doesn’t look as if I’ll have a son. But my obsession with robots doesn’t have to be sacrificed with these little lady-friendly pink figures by Shoko Nakagawa.
Highland Wood Natural Wood Baby Gym
Let’s just say that baby gyms are not known for lovely design. A little research led me to this minimal wooden style from Highland Wood – which kept my baby entertained for plenty of precious moments.
I know, I know…Placing this in a nursery might come across as psycho. But I happen to think that any little one would love to wake up in the morning to this friendly face (meaning, ewe – not you).
The IPad is the last sacred piece of electronics in my house (small paws are not allowed to touch) and so the opportunity for a suped-up case is one that’s real. This Lily Kwong pony hair style is just my taste: kind of impractical and not-that-necessary. But also chic and stunning. And if you think of it as a clutch – which this can totally pass for – it makes sense in every way. And I would never let my kids manhandle my clutch, so…
After a super sunny weekend in Sonoma with our pals from New York, we came home to a dreary LA. After my local juice guy announced that Angelinos think that hazy weather is tantamount to “the locust plague” (and therefore don’t show up for juice on such days) I realized that there is in fact a need for a light raincoat here – for minor sprinkles and heavy looking clouds, that is. This one, from Anais and I, is one I wish came in adult sizes. I’ll even take a heavy down pour along with it from time to time. No she di’int. Run for shelter!
Lately the girls are complaining that their covers are too heavy. So for sport they’ve been making me fetch them random travel blankets, stroller coverlets and throws. Since heat rises and Gem is on the top bunk, I thought I’d get her a pretty quilt that’s warm but not suffocating. Which means that Rafi, who’s on the bottom, will probably protest bedtime until she gets one too. Luckily, these mega dot quilts (though a wiser choice for me would be the “mini dot” version) come in a few pretty hues that look even prettier when displayed next to one another. Perhaps our baby Cleo will join the game sometime soon and we can acquire the dream trifecta, as seen below.
Ahh, the family crest. We all have one, don’t we? Sha right. I just discovered the brilliant artist Happy Menocal who not only makes the most lovely water color note cards but also creates custom heraldry for families and new unions (read: a super sick wedding gift!) With beautiful, muted shades and whimsical designs, it’s like Leontine Linens on crack – which, to a monogram freak like me, is just heaven. 
An Easter egg hunt at my sister-in-law’s house turned into a lice party when we found ourselves getting “the comb through” after a shared t-ball helmut gave my (now buzzed) nephew a bout of buggers. As a card carrying member of the five-time lice surviver club, my memories are just nasty. But these days it’s different: a pleasant lady named Wendy will come to your house, comb through your hair in front of Nick Jr, and then rinse you in a peppermint oil treatment. The girl’s curls were all deemed louse – free and in honor of that, I wanted to post these beautiful Macon & Lesquoy bobbi pins. We should all be wearing hearts in our hair this week!
Upon returning from the Sunday farmer’s market, one of the kids asked, “Where’s Licorice?” Yeah the class bunny escaped yesterday. It was for a strong ten minutes and then we retrieved him on the side of the house that’s so skinny you have to grapevine… anyway, he basically defected to our front yard. My thoughts of being ostracized and then deemed completely incompetent dissolved and then I vowed to be a good Bunny Mom for the next week and a half. My replacement would have been one of these Chimeras bunny/bear hybrids, where you can mix and match ears and limbs. At the time it seemed easier than having to shimmy across…Blah blah blah, well we found him.
On a whim I agreed to watch Licorice, the class bunny, for the next two and a half weeks. One of the teachers described him as “randy” – meaning, he humps everything he sees and bites everything he can’t successfully hump. “Keep him away from the baby,” I was warned. You’d think he was a Rottweiler. This gorgeous pearl “teeth” ring from Thakoon is empowering me to face my fears and care for that effing bunny – if it’s the last thing I do. I don’t know, it might be.
