I do love it when a look comes together! Chai is wearing Monstar Kids Fancy Bird tee and Lemon Lace skirt, with her favorite footwear of the moment, Yunginz Princess Of Hearts sandals. (click on the link and scroll to the bottom of page to view the other products in this shot.) So sweet! The Lace skirt also comes in a gentle pink version.
More Monstar Kids arrived this week and are now on the virtual shelves. Can you spot them? There are over 70 different pieces of this brand at bpab.... surely something for you!
I let the girls choose their favorite Monstar Kids item from our first shipment and this is what they chose:Chai 4 1/2: Lemon Lace Skirt ....... she wears it with a watermelon pink singlet top and both are very comfortable to wear to bed too! La 3: Dragstar Tee...... she has worn it once so far with last Summer's green leaf shorts.
More onesies and other delights have arrived. Check them out here.
Chai's pick of the crop: Princess of hearts sandals $79.95
She's very fashion savy and has been wearing them non-stop.... so thumbs up!!
Yunginz are doing their buy 1 pair of shoes from this Summer's range and send in to get 1 of the above pairs of shoes absolutly free! What ARE you waiting for?? Find all Yunginz shoes here. If you are in Melbourne, please book an appointment with me to drop by and get your child's foot measured and try on any shoes you're interested in. It'll be fun! Terms and conditions of free shoes below:
I'm trying hard to do some work today, as I have received new wooden play toys (they are divine!!) and want to enter them into the shop asap. But I had to stop to write this post!
If you are in Melbourne (or Victoria for that matter) you'll now how I'm feeling. It's hot. I love melbs. weather, we get the full range and it's usually fine to experience extreme conditions because you know it will only last for a few days before the change comes and you turn to the other season's clothing.
So this has been a very tiring week for people who are not used to 'Egyptian' weather (as Mr bpab keeps referring to Egypt being one of the hottest places on earth. )
Anyway, I was working away at my computer and was trying really hard to read what was on the invoice, when it struck me that I was in the dark! I'm in my lounge room, all the curtains are fully drawn, blinds outside are down and there is the light of my computer screen. When it's night time, we turn the light on - as if it's a ritual, you just do it. But when it's stinking hot, you'd rather be in the dark! Funny har? (Probably not really.... my brain is just melting....)
We made a fantastic discovery..... fill a spray bottle up with (precious) water and spray yourself through out the day! I'm talking bottles hairdressers use or the ones you use to spray your plant leaves.... and the setting has to be MIST - not stream or spray (unless you want to hurt yourself). We all have one each (well, I have to fight the girls to get a go of one! Actually I think I'll train them up to come over and spray me every 10 minutes.....brilliant!). This is the most fun with water the kids are going to have. No sprinklers, water slides on garbage bags with dripper hoses, water bombs.... they were some good water abusing times!
Well, this was supposed to just take me 5 minutes to do, but we had an ice cream break, one child with a crying tantrum to sort out (while Jimmy Hendrix was playing.... yes he's here in our lounge room...), a couple of crappy nappies to change (that's the worst hot weather job to do!!) and opening up of curtains for a bit of light relief before the night comes.
Lots of power going off around the place. If you have stuff on 'stand by' mode and are not using it..... turn it off at the wall and save a bit of that power. This is Ranger Mon signing off! Have yourself a balmy night. We'll be swimming tonight (at a pool we can sneak in to use!) and then probably eating ice cream at Pancake Parlour (you know they're open 24). Yep! Big Friday night plans!!
Round 1 of the new Spring / Summer range from Monstar Kids is now at bpab! There is also pink, mocha brown and cloud blue items available, for a softer touch. Start the transition now to warmer days with some of these key pieces. (Mix and match with some of the Winter stuff too!) Proudly designed and made in Australia.
Hi there! Okay, not as flashy as the old one.... but I hope you'll still enjoy it (maybe a little bit more??). You can comment on anything in this newsletter! Just scroll down to the bottom of this loooong post to the 'comments' box. Others will be able to read your remarks, so keep it squeaky. The idea behind doing the monthly newsletter via the rainbow blog: to keep all news, ideas, reviews and thoughts in one place! You will be able to venture to the rainbow blog during the month to find out about things as they happen in the world of bpab. And I won't be cluttering up your in box.....
Welcome to July!
A time to clear out the garage and get rid of stuff that's been taking up room (in the garage that is...) and fill that new space with stuff that's been cluttering up the house! And once you've made room in the house, why not go to the sales and buy stuff to fill those empty spaces you've created! OR Go on a holiday away from everything you are tired of looking at and have some fun! Be it a day trip, a weekend or the whole works; it will give you the pep you've lost by this time of the year. (If you can't get away.....even a stolen moment at a cafe devouring sticky date pudding, could do the trick.)
Well, for us anyway. I have been talking about this for awhile and some of you may know already. I have decided (with the help of Oobi) to stop buying Oobi baby for the shop and sell what ever I have left. Sorry to those who love Oobi and I don't mean to make you cry, but you'll be able to still buy their stuff from 1,000 other stores...... (and I hope they were not the only reason you shopped at bpab.)
HELLO MON*STAR KIDS!
I wouldn't leave you in the lerch! (what ever that is) New funky clothing, designed and made in Australia, by Fiona Roy (Vic. based)..... goes up to size 8!!!!!! Yay! We've got a good range of the Monstar Kids Winter line in store now. Lots of cool tops for the boys and some mixed pieces for the girls (sorry boys, no pants this season.... I got in too late. Bubble skirts anyone??)
We have lots of Aussie customers, from all over, which is brilliant! We also have some International customers too! Yay!! So I've made the Clothing category 'seasonal'. Now you can browse Winter Wear or Summer Wear..... no matter 'wear' you are! Don't worry, there will still be 'clearance' or 'end of season' SALES for both sides of the world. Phew!
I know you are scratching your head here.... what is she on about? Regular shipping? I have decided to start offering 'normal' post for purchases now. This means 3 to 5 days delivery (rather than the lightning overnight of Express Post) and some interesting packaging options! I've been feeling a bit guilty about the plastic satchels I use for Express Post... you can not recycle them, so they're adding to land fill aren't they? So at least with regular post (through Australia Post), there will be a choice to re-use packaging. So that's why it's free this month! I'll expect feedback from you too, as I still want to offer my amazing customers the best postage they can afford!
Moon Monsters softies! Local gal, Felicity (you may have seen her at Rose Street Market) takes a trip to the moon every so often and produces these adorable monsters. All are unique, made out of socks and have been named! (no more "what's his name?" "what should we call it?") Start from $15.00. (Please note: we do have more travel buddy sized ones coming.... they were adopted at the time of writing.....)
Just letting you know, if you are a VIP customer, that: 1. All points earned expire in 6 months now, not 12 months like they used to be. So you don't forget about them....... 2. Earn $1.00 for every product review you write at the shop! Sign in, go to the product you want to write about (or a similar one if it's a one off item), go to the bottom of the product and click on the 'REVIEWS' button. Away you go! Remember: a review helps everybody make more informed decisions about products. And now you get paid for it too!
I do love it when a look comes together!
