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Off the Wall - Fun Wallpapers by Isak and Aimee Wilder

I am tempted to eschew our plain painted walls for wallpaper in our playroom and small bathroom. There are so many great designs - contemporary and cheerful. My perennial favorite wallpaper designer is Aimee Wilder (her pigeons are city cool and her boomboxes and robots are amazing!), and I just discovered (through designspongeonline) Isak's Harvest print which I just love. The color and graphic design will definitely give rise to a happy place.

Aimee Wilder's prints

Wilder's Robot print

Isak's Harvest print

ABC&W - A Country Western Alphabet

Just in at Babesta! 

If boot-scooting is your bag, you should be fixin' for this alphabet book. Riffing on Dolly and Johnny Cash, Billy Ray's Achy Breaky and Yodeling, it gives the basics cowboy-style.

New board books by Ugly Dolls!

The new board books by Ugly Dolls are decidedly awesome. 123 4U about counting and ABC U Later for the fundamentals of letters. These are great gifts that pave the way to many years of ugliness. And by that I mean Unique with a capital U!

Check these and other super cool books out at Babesta.

Kit N Lili Fall Has Arrived!

The bold prints are back by Kit N Lili! Popping pinks, royal purple and navy florals abound. We love this spinning dress and the 3 tiered polka dot number. Check out the whole collection here - and note, size down from what you normally wear - they are cut generously.

Amazing playspaces via The Coolhunter

The Coolhunter always aggregates the BEST examples of playspaces. I can imagine kids going crazy for any of the spaces they showed on the July 16 post. And a great point they bring up to: our communities should invest in artistic, interesting, compelling and appropriate community playspaces - we spend mucho dinero on adult playgrounds - so should we for our children. 

Photog Phenoms! Babesta Faves - Christopher Auger-Dominguez and Sarah Sloboda

Just going thru some of our material over here and reveling at the beautiful kids photographs by local photog Christopher Auger-Dominguez from Studio 4B. He shot our Superhero event last year and sends us updates of his amazing kids work. Always creative and interesting, his work is currently being shown at the NoMa group Photo Exhibit "Economy" at The City College of New York's Compton-Goethals Gallery (Amsterdam Ave btwn 139th and 140th.) It ends tomorrow and with the forecast of rain, it might be a fun indoor activity. If you miss it check out his work at Studiofourb.com.

Another fab photog we have our eye on, is Sarah Sloboda. First of all, we well appreciate a photographer "optimist" as she calls herself! Glass half full, hooray! Her children's work speaks for itself and she has been touted by many mags and media as one to watch!  find her at sarahsloboda.com

Moomah in Tribeca

I was really stoked reading in Design Sponge this morning that creative arts cafe Moomah was moving into the hood. The pics on DS look Amazing - a really well designed, fun, whimsical space to indulge in creativity and get a nutritious snack. Check out on DS here and Moomah's website here.  This will be a great addition to Tribeca!

How to Pitch: baby market

This little piggy went nowhere. If you don't study the place you are pitching the piggies won't fly.

There are so many things that come by our desk - from clothing to cribs to the latest mom-friendly gadgets. The problem is, so many pitchers don't qualify their leads. They don't research the company they are giving the heads up about their product and well, it falls flat. We urge you to make sure every pitch rocks  and resonates llke a sound 1-2 check.

Rocker Princesses Get Ready! The Black & Purple Tutus have arrived!

We're super stoked here at Babesta as our shipment of Rocker Princess tutus have arrived. In black and purple, black and pink, lavender and fuschia. They're $32, and are at their best paired with a Cinderella tee or a stones concert shirt. Get out your lighters & your finger sandwiches. This is high-low at its best. www.babesta.com

New Babesta Ugly Doll Models Out and About in NYC

Here are just a few of our most recent Uglies. Check out more after the jump.