Mother's Day Feature 3 of 3

For our final Mother's Day Gift Guide Feature, we are featuring a mom of 4 who adds style to clipboards. Yes, clipboards...just check out the image below to see what we mean - what mom doesn't want a fun and trendy clipboard? She uses the oh so fun Amy Butler paper prints and adds fun ribbon and jeweled accents. She can even personalize it with your name or mom's name. Check out her other items in her shop, J Designs.

Mother's Day Feature 2 of 3

In our second Mother's Day Gift Guide Feature - we are spotlighting the Marie-Madeline Studio. Trendy picks include the super fun pincushion (could also be used as a sachet) and the recently designed Brooke Shoulderbag (both of which are items we'd personally love to get for a Mother's Day Gift - hint hint hint to any of our male readers). The half aprons would also be a great gift for Mother's Day - help your mom feel trendy even when she's cooking.

Mother's Day Feature 1 of 3

Mother's Day is just around the corner so we thought the next three features should be geared towards gifts for moms.

Our first feature is Sharma Designs - Accessorize your originality. Sharma Designs has the trendiest jewelry around. Sharma designs the jewelry herself and handcrafts it - each piece is one of a kind (which we think is really cool). The best part is that if you order now - you can get it in time for Mother's Day - she ships within 48hours of payment receipt - so HURRY!

These are just a few of our favorite pieces - but she has 108 items in her etsy shop right now - so you're sure to find something you absolutely LOVE!

Giveaway: Trendy Mommy Wear Winner(s)

NOTE TO COLE and CHRISTY: Your email is hidden and when I click on your profile your blog is also hidden - so I have no way of contacting you. Please send us an email to thetrendymommyspot (at) gmail.com with your address so that we can get your necklace to you! Thanks!!!

Ok - so we had originally said we'd pick one trendy mommy to win one of our custom designs - well after the great response we had (and on the last day of the giveaway) - we decided to go ahead and select three winners - so all three of our potential prizes would be won!

Aren't we nice? That's just who we are! So bookmark us and check back often for more fun giveaways and great gift ideas, help a mommy out ideas, trendy tots ideas and you get the point - everything a trendy mommy needs to know ideas :)

and the winners are:

1. Winner of the Purple Tones Necklace - WorldsGreatestMommy

2. Winner of the Blue Necklace w/ Lady - Cole and Christy

3. Winner of the pendant and box - windycindy

Giveaways: Trendy Room Decor Winner(s)

We received lots of great rooms! Thanks to all those who followed the rules and sent in their pictures!

and the winners are:

1st Place - Ashley A.

2nd Place - Noreen L.

3rd Place - Brittney

Winners have been notified via email! Thanks again to all who sent in their pictures!

Stay tuned for the launch of the Trendy Decor section of our site where we will feature these awesome rooms!

Giveaways: Tuthillo Pillow Winner

and the winner of the purple Tuthillo pillow is...

Heather who said...
Tugo full body in purple is my fave! I love this idea and the other tooth pillows I've seen are way too cheesy!

Heather has 5 days to contact us via comment or return email to claim her oh so cute pillow! Thanks to all who participated in this super fun giveaway!

Giveaway: Trendy Mommy Wear

Our final giveaway in this super fun bloggy giveaway carnival is a choice of the following three Trendy Mommy Wear - designed by The Trendy Mommy herself.

All you need to do is take a look around our site - find your favorite feature we've done so far in the past two years and leave us a comment and tell us about it...also tell us which of the three you'd love to win! It's that easy!

RULES:

1) Take a look around our site - find your favorite feature

2) Tell us about it

3) Tell us which "prize" you'd love to win (purple tones/blue w/ lady/or pendant & box)

Winner will be selected Saturday at midnight!

The Weekend Edition: Dallas Trendy Moms

What: Frisco's Annual Fair in the Square {Midway rides, food, games and other attractions}

Where: Frisco Square Blvd & Coleman Blvd

When: Wednesday, April 23d through Sunday, April 27th -- Times vary so check the website for detailed info. on times. Friday 5pm-midnight, Saturday 11am-midnight, Sunday noon-11pm --- other nights open till 10pm

Cost: Free General Admission - ride tickets are $1 each and food varies

Need More Info: http://www.friscosquare.com/index.htm

Giveaway: Show Me Your Trendy Room Decor

We have something fun in store for The Trendy Mommy - and we need your help!

So send us a pic of your oh so trendy nurseries or little munchkins rooms. We want to feature other Trendy Mommies out there who have a fun and fresh sense of style. We'll select our favorites to put up on our site in our new Decor section when it's launched...and of course - we're giving something away to 3 lucky winners deemed by us to have the trendiest room decor!

We're giving away a choice of the following (the winners will need to rank their choices 1st, 2nd, 3rd - first winner to respond gets first choice and so on - but you won't need to worry about that until you win!). And the giveaways are:

$10 iTunes Gift Card

Infantino Cart Tunes Musical Cart Bar Cover (value $19.99)

Prince Lionheart Ultimate Wipes Warmer & Package of 2 Ever Fresh Replacement Pillows (value $30.98)

Send your pictures to thetrendymommyspot@gmail.com and put ROOM DECOR CONTEST in your subject line - Each room you send us a photo for will get you one entry in this contest. You can enter as many times as you'd like - as long as the rooms you are sending are in your house. We can't wait to see your trendy rooms! Oh and only baby and kid rooms PLEASE! Thanks for participating in our giveaway! Contest will close on April 26th at midnight - so hurry and send in those photos!

And don't forget to check out all the other giveaways going on around the blogosphere - go to bloggygiveaways.com to see them all!

C Berry Baby Boutique

We absolutely love the reversible crayon apron found at C Berry Baby! It is really cute and a little sassy - we also love that it's reversible (so it is useful for cooking too).

We also think the 24*7*365=MOM t-shirts are very fun! and oh so appropriate!!!!

Giveaway: Tuthillo Lost Tooth Companion

Oh boy, you are going to LOVE this giveaway!

The super cool people over at Tuthillo, have given us one of their ever popular Lost Tooth Companions to give away to one of our readers! We are really excited about this product!

So excited in fact, that we thought about keeping it for ourselves....but we wanted to share it with all of you even more - because it is so fun! It is really soft and our little tester went absolutely CRAZY over it! You can't help but fall in love with this goofy little thing!

So you might be asking what is a Lost Tooth Companion? It's a lifesaver for all you parents out there who have almost gotten 'caught' sneaking into your child's room at night pretending to be the Tooth Fairy. This new twist on the old tooth pillow is super fun and sure to make your child giggle. It's a little silly looking and comes in vibrant colors sure to get your child to show you that toothless grin.

You see that gap in the teeth? The Lost Tooth Companion has two 'hidden' pockets (they aren't really hidden, but they aren't really visible unless you know they are there). The smaller pocket is where your child puts his/her lost tooth and the other larger pocket is for the tooth fairy to leave a little something special, making it very easy to find in the dark!!!! Tooth Fairies around the world are cheering!

The owner, Heather Crow, embarked on the journey of creating something that would revolutionize the tooth pillow world. She wanted to create something that would altogether replace the boring square shaped little white pillow (you know the one, it's the one that is always getting lost when your child actually does lose a tooth). Somewhere along the way The Lost Tooth Companion was born - and children all over the world are loving it! The best thing about a Lost Tooth Companion is that your child can play with it all the time!

Super Fun & Super Trendy!

There are two ways to enter this CONTEST:

(contest ends at midnight on April 26th)

1) Visit the Tuthillo website and leave us a comment telling us what your favorite Tuthillo product is.

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2) Post something on your blog about the giveaway - make sure you mention Tuthillo, the giveaway and Trendy Mommy (links to Tuthillo and Trendy Mommy are appreciated!), and leave us a comment here with a link to your blog.


And as Heather, Tuthillo Founder & Owner, says, "From One Tooth Fairy to Another....ENJOY!"

It's bloggy carnival time! Don't forget to check out all the cool contests going on around the web this week!

The Weekend Edition: Dallas Trendy Moms

We have two fun events to fill your families weekend calendar with.




What: Ft. Worth's Main Street Arts Festival (TONS of amazing artists showcasing their wonderful works, fun stuff for the kids to do, great food, live entertainment, nice weather - we're crossing our fingers on this one)


When: April 17- 20th -- 10am to dusk


Where: Downtown Ft. Worth - around Main Street --- there will be signs this is a HUGE event!


Cost: Free (sorta - guess it depends on if you purchase any artwork or food)


Need More Info: http://www.mainstreetartsfest.org/Home.aspx

What: Trinkets 2 Treasures (HUGE new & gently used furniture, babywares, clothing, electronics, office supplies, toys, you name it sale - proceeds from the sale benefit local charititable organizations)

When: Saturday, April 19th 8am-3pm

Where: Plano Centre - 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway

Cost: 8am-10am $5......10am-3pm $3

Need More Info: http://www.jlplano.org/plano/npo.jsp?pg=fundraiser&article=503

Got A Stellar Nursery Decor Goin' On at Your Crib?

We want to see it! We have something exciting in the works for the direction of this blog...we want to bring you not only the latest in fashion and accessories, toys and games, fun stuff to do - but we want to bring you the latest in decor ideas too (starting with your kidos rooms of course - something you're all interested in)!
So come on...dust off those photos of the nursery/young child's room that you spent months agonizing over the choice for the wall paint, and the perfect letters you found to spell out babycakes name with...or maybe you spent countless hours making something really special to hang in the nursery, got some really cool bedding made, a funky paint technique....whatever it is.....we want to see it!!!! So send 'em in.

We will select the "best in class" (which could be all of you if you're all closet designers) for inclusion on our site so that you can be an inspiration to all those other mommies out there striving to be a "trendy mommy". Just make sure that if you send it in, that you don't mind us posting the pic on our site - we'll give you props if you'd like with your name and blog address...or we'll make up a name for you if you'd like to be kept annonymous so you don't get hounded by the press!


....and to entice you to actually send us some of your photos....

we're giving away an....


iTUNES giftcard... ($10 value - we're not super rich here...but that'll get you a few new songs)




for the person who we think has the coolest nursery on the block! So come on....send us your photos - you can email them to us @ TheTrendyMommySpot@gmail.com --- we can't wait to see them! Please put Room Decor Entry in the subject line. Contest ends May 6th....winner will be announced on May 7th!




We'll start things off - here are the stripes we painstakenly painted in my daughter's room (not once - but twice b/c we moved when she was 3 months old). We used a flat paint and super glossy paint of the same lilac color for the alternating stripes - this created a really cool effect in the room!

BEACH BABY!

Can we say summer vacation?!?! We're dreaming of the beach and while our summer trip is still a few months away - we went ahead and started looking for the perfect beach tote. We found one at Bella Boutique Creations and had to post it here for you all to see. SOOOOOOO STINKING CUTE! Bella Boutique Creations also has other great items like diaper bags, vintage chic bags, and burpies and bibs. They have some super fun fabrics and extremely reasonable prices - believe us ---- we know!

Giveaway: Hair Bow Trio

We've featured Uniquely U boutique before - but we just wanted to pass along a giveaway we just found out about. Uniquely U boutique has a monthly giveaway and the above pictured hairbow trio is April's giveaway. We have one of each of these oh so very unique bows and I cannot tell you how many compliments our daughter has received while wearing them! Here is the link that tells you what you need to do to enter the giveaway.

These bows are definitely Unconventional, Unexpected, & Unforgettable!

The Weekend Edition: Dallas Trendy Moms

What: Storytime and interactive singalongs

Where: Galleria Mall - near the children's play area

When: Saturdays @ 11am

Cost: Free

Chores Got Your Little One in the Dumps?

Why not make tracking chores more fun with this chore tracker created by the fun people over at My Reward Board.

So how does it work? From the My Reward Site:

The My Reward Board program emphasizes a positive approach for encouraging kids to complete their chores, achieve their goals, improve their behavior, and save their money.

New chores and goals can be added at any time, and kids mark off their own work using a cast of
engaging happy face characters. Parents can configure the program to conform to their own parenting style, controlling how frequently rewards are earned and which rewards are available. Achievement certificates - suitable for framing, or at least hanging on the refrigerator - are printed at the end of each week, and an animated piggy bank squeals in delight when allowance is earned or a savings goal has been met.

And here's our favorite part - you can get a free 15 day trial to see how it all works and if your kids are into it or not.

Say GOODBYE to Grocery Store Madness

In and Out is the name of this game! You can get a free trial of this software - Aisle by Aisle - which claims to save you tons of time and even money by allowing you to:

1. Print aisle-by-aisle grocery list for any store

2. Compare prices between stores

3. Go coupon crazy

4. Integrate recipe ingredients with shopping lists

5. Simplify meal planning

6. Reduce impulse buying - stretch your pennies

7. Email grocery lists to friends (or husbands) - so they can shop on their way home

Let us know if you try this one and how it works for you --- we haven't tested this one and are very curious to know if it does save time and money!!!

Mother Goose Time

Someone recently asked us what they could use to make learning fun for their 3 year old who is not yet enrolled in a traditional preschool class. So we got to work scouring the internet looking for something that was prepackaged and would include several different fun learning oriented activities....so here it is.....and please note that we haven't actually seen this product first hand.

Ever have those days where you just don't know what to do with your 2 1/2 to 5 year old? We do! You've been to the park 5 times this week, you've been to the mall play area, you've even had a lunch date with baby cakes best little friend, and all baby cakes toys have been played with to exhaustion.....so now what? Why not try out a month's curriculum from Mother Goose Time? They offer a planned preschool curriculum that will allow you to work with your child to learn new things and have a blast spending time together, all the while adding some variety to your days. Mother Goose Time has a new curriculum each month - although the site may be geared towards actual preschool classes taught outside the home....they do offer the curriculum packages for one student - $44 for a month's worth of activities. Here's what the April curriculum entails:

HUG THE EARTH:Even the youngest preschooler should practice “earthhugging habits.” The crafts and activities emphasize reducing waste, recycling, preserving energy and cleaning up litter.
AROUND THE WORLD:Experience the adventure of a visit to foreign lands in a way that combines learning with fun.
Letters: Aa; Hh; Rr
Colors: Green; Blue
Number: 6
Shape: Circle

BlaBla Kids

CUTE, CUTE, & SUPER CUTE!

You've got to check out these adorable little hats and booties from BlaBla Kids - we're thinking ditch the blue/pink universal stripped cap the hospital hands out and put your little newborn in some of these adorable duds!

BlaBla Kids has 16 different choices - from cute animals to funky flower hats. And don't forget to grab some of the matching booties! FUN FUN FUN!

Cow-A-Bunga Baby!

We didn't intend this post to be about all cowprint....we went to this site, The Piggy Story, to check out their traveling crayon kit - and started finding more and more cowprint cuties....so make sure to check out their site because they are definitely more than just cowprint!

And on a side note - to celebrate our 100th post --- I stayed up late and gave The Trendy Mommy a makeover....like our new look? We can give you one too :) Check out our site TrendyMommy Blog Design.

All the Sweetness without the Guilt!

This post has nothing to do w/ April Fools ~ it's full of yummy goodness! We must admit that we did not find Posie and Me on our own, our friends over at the Sassy Pink Boutique Blog found these great products and we're jumping on in with our own post about their adorable products! OHHHHH they are just so cute, we could EAT them up! We will definitely be ordering some of these for our own little chef to play with!

Straight from the site: Made by hand with wool felt and floss and beads only, no glue. These cookies will last and measuring two inches across, they are the perfect size for little hands to feel a little bigger.This batch of six cookies, Ginger Bread Girl, Wooden Rolling Pin and real Cookie Cutter comes in the beautiful Gift Box shown here and she will love putting her play felt cookies back in this box when she is done playing.Rolling pin and cookie cutter are actual kitchen utensils so they are perfect for taking in the kitchen for baking real cookies with Mommy!