The waiting game

We are grinding our teeth, pulling our hair and running around in circles....why you might wonder..well someone said once that patience is a virtue, but it's sooooo hard. We are eagerly waiting for our new spring arrivals which seem to take forever, which is actually not true, it's pretty much on schedule it just feels like it!

All the juicy, gorgeous new singlets and bloomers from Katvig, exquisite little girls wear from Ej sikke lej, more of the incredibly popular Big C Singlet (as featured below in Shop 4 Kids Mag) and the list goes on and on. We are like little kids waiting for Santa but in our case it's a matter of checking every truck that drives past to see if it's the courier or post van. This is exciting times....can't wait to check our customers reactions to all the new stuff, we definitely have a few cool surprises up our sleeve. We'll keep you posted, it wont be long now....

Shop for your life!

Shopping is so much fun! I think that it might be one of my favourite pastimes on a rainy day. I have to say that the beach wins easily on a sunny one. Anyway, one of our absolute favorite magazines in the world is out now; Shop 4 kids. A whole yummy mag, dedicated to shopping for your little boy or girl in your life. This summer issue is featuring some of the current styles from all our labels that will make the warm season very stylish indeed.

Once upon a time when I was working for a major women's fashion chain, my boss used to say to me: "just accessorise, accessorise, accessorise darlin' and any old outfit will look fab". I'm not saying that the BgR (Baby goes Retro) range needs spicing up as it's very funky and colourful already, but I have to confess that I have a soft spot for fun little extras for tiny people. In Shop 4 Kids, some of our beautiful accessories are featured. Check out the pink retro bib by Katvig and too cute to resist pram mobile by Snoffs Design. Perfect little gifts for baby girls with an attitude. A funky yellow circus hat by Plastisock propped on your baby's head will brighten up a summer day even more.

Boy or girl?

We love unisex clothes for kids! It really is the best thing because you can make it into what ever outfit you want and to suit a boy or a girl equally. There are no rules with colours that you have to follow just play around and have fun. A lot of our featured labels are thriving on the unisex theme with their colours and designs. Plastisock springs to mind as having embraced this trend whole heartidly. The brand was created by two young women from Sweden. They didn't think the huge gender divide in terms of colours and designs for girls and boys was too exciting so they decided to think outside the square. These very funky and comfy 'Red things' Baggy pants is the perfect example of a great unisex garment. The pattern has fire engines (boy), hearts (girl), tomatoes (?), ladybirds (?)..there you go, who can tell. My son is certainly happy with his shirt in the same style and paired with his denim shorts he looks very cool indeed.

Not only does it look edgy with unisex but it has a practical part to it as well, as many of our customers has pointed out. You can pass them on to younger siblings regardless of their gender! Very handy indeed. My second child was a girl and I tell you that there wasn't a lot amongst my son's outgrown baby clothes that was suitable for her. Now at least she can have the shirt when he is finished with it.

Busy times

I don't know about you but what is it with this time of the year? I (Anna) have been so incredible busy in the last couple of weeks (explains the lack of posts on the blog, sorry) and in a strange way it seems to be my own fault as I try and cram everything in at once. I have just "survived" organising and hosting my son's 4th birthday party. And I tell you that it's an achievement, no doubt. Ten sugar loaded 4 year olds running around wanting to be entertained + siblings (meaning toddlers that wonder off, including my own!) and parents (that don't know each other and need to be introduced), it's a challenge for even the toughest super mum, which I have no claim to be whatsoever. Anyway, it turned out to be a great day, the sun was shining,(thank god as the party was in a park and I had no Plan B) the kids were happy and all was good.

Amongst all these preparations for the party (buying/cooking food, balloons/decorations, organising a Spiderman cake, planning games etc) we had to run our business of course! A big Baby goes Retro sale was planned and is still running. We love to give our "old" as well as new customers some extra special offers so everybody that is signed up to receive our newsletter will get a 25% discount on our entire range! What's even better is that on already reduced items it means 50% off. Snap it up girls! As those who shop regularly with us already know, we don't stock a huge amount in each style, we like to keep certain styles limited and admit it, we all like to have something extra special for our babies that everybody desires but can't have! It's not too late to sign up, the last day of the sale is on Monday. After that it will be a fabulous Winter sale on selected styles only, and trust me they are great! What a perfect opportunity to send in some pics of your little retro bubs for world wide admiration!