Introducing the Rose Bouquet Felt Headbands

Rose Bouquet Felt Headbands in Heather Gray, Hot Pink and Yellow

My sister, Nana, fell in love with a couple of my daughter's headbands that we got when we were on vacation a few of months ago.  After months of trying to get our hands on the felt headbands with no luck, my sister decided to use those headbands as inspiration and created the Rose Bouquet Felt headbands.  They are now available at www.kittenandnana.com!  The colors above are my favorite though if you want to add a little spunk, this one could be perfect for you:

Zebra and Fuchsia Combination

This collection comes in 9 different colors, all solid with the exception of the Zebra and Fuchsia combination above.  She PASSIONATELY handcrafted each and every headband with love... I must share though that she even got burnt by the glue gun at one point while making these.  My poor sis!

Show her some love and check out these headbands at our store!

♥,

kitten

Vintage Moderne GLAM Headbands

We have added 6 new items to our Vintage Moderne collection over at Kitten and Nana:

Vintage Moderne Glam Headbands

These headbands are designed and personally handcrafted by yours truly.  I really had an awesome time making them this past week.  :)

Check them out and let us know what you think!

Also, stay tuned for another set of headbands that are personally handcrafted by my sister, Nana.  It should be available at www.kittenandnana.com some time this week!

Cheers!

♥,

kitten

Going Bananas!

With one week left before the 2011 Walnut Creek Family Fest, we have been very busy with preparations for the event and making new products to add to our collection of hair accessories.  Add to that chasing after our three girls, being carpool drivers, homework, attending playdates, etc. and we are indeed going bananas!  In as much as we have been so busy, we really can't complain.  The joy and excitement we feel over the overwhelming response we have gotten so far for Kitten and Nana more than makes up for it.

We just added these cute little monkeys to our store.  The Trisha & Francis Hair Elastics are sold in pairs.  Like the Corduroy Owl Clips, they are handmade with love from felt and are  perfectly imperfect.  I must say, we really are getting very good at mastering our clip-making skills.

Trisha and Francis

You know how some of our products are inspired by or named after actual people, places, events, etc. in our lives?  Well, as I was making these hair elastics, they were the first ones to pop into my head.  Meet my good friends, Trisha & Francis...

Theirs is a story of true love and friendship.  They have been together for so long, yet everything about them is so new.  I have such admiration not only for their devotion and commitment to each other, but also for proving that the honeymoon never ends.

Oh, and did I mention that they happen to LOVE monkeys??? :-)

love,

Nana

http://kittenandnana.com/item_110/Trisha-and-Francis-Hair-Elastics.htm

Who doesn't love leg warmers on your little ones?

We have just added a collection of Leg Warmers at Kitten and Nana today.  We are truly excited about this because our kids are a leg-warmer-wearing bunch!  Leg warmers help them keep warm during cold weather but when it is not too cold, we find that:

♥ it helps protect new walkers' knees from scrapes when they fall down
♥ it gives crawlers a little bit of padding when they move around
♥ if worn with a onesie, it makes quick diaper changes even quicker
♥ it makes potty training easy
♥ it completes an outfit, wear them with onesies, shorts, skirts, dresses, pants... the possibilities are endless!

It's definitely a STYLISH, FUN and FUNCTIONAL accessory for any child!

Are you one of us?

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Busy Mommas!

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau

I surely wish that Mr. Thoreau, an American essayist, poet, and philosopher, is correct on this one!  My sister and I have been really very busy the past week making more items for the store in preparation for our very first festival on Labor Day weekend.

We've been busy brainstorming and making new stuff for Kitten and Nana, busy chasing after and taking care of our daughters, busy being homemakers, busy being momtrepreneurs, and the list goes on... The past week has been crazy-fun and it will continue to be this way (or even busier) until our first vendor appearance in the Kids Fest in September.

This morning, in the middle of all these, I realized that we've been socially quiet as well, and a part of me felt a little guilty for forgetting to update this blog, our Facebook page and twitter account.  I used to have a mommy blog which I committed on updating DAILY during the first year of my daughter's life that a few days of inactivity on this blog felt like I was slacking, haha! But, despite being missing in action the past few days, we can't be more thankful because we have seen the most activity on our Facebook page.  We have seen a rapid increase in Facebook fans this past week, we are at 345 fans (and growing!) as I write this blog entry! Thank you so much to all our family and friends... old friends and NEW friends, for the love!

♥,

kitten

Our First Appearance

We will be very busy this Labor Day long weekend! We are excited to attend our very first festival as vendors!  Yes, Kitten and Nana (and the whole gang) will be in the Annual Walnut Creek Family Fest!  It will be held at Heather Farm Park so if you are local, join in the fun and say hi!

"Walnut Creek FamilyFest has moved to the 3-day Labor Day Weekend for our outdoor childrens and family festival in upscale Walnut Creek, CA. Our spacious venue in tree-lined Heather Farm Park with several entertainment stages including music, dance, ethnic performers, animal shows, martial arts, gymnastics, circus and much more. Free kids activities, face painting, carnival games, balloon hats, inflatables, Sports Field of Dreams. Rides include ferris wheel, climbing wall, giant slide, EuroBungy trampoline, mechanical bull, ZippyPet cars, petting zoo and more. Eclectic Food Court and over 100 arts & crafts and exhibitor booths. Admission $5 with donation of canned food to Food Bank." --www.festivals.com

To learn more about the event, please visit www.WCFamilyFest.com.  For directions to Heather Farm Park, click here.

See you there!

Vintage Moderne Collection by Kitten and Nana

After a very long time of personally making the first set of headbands for our Vintage Moderne Collection, we finally put it up for sale at www.kittenandnana.com!  These versatile headbands come in one size that fits most so it's perfect for mommy-and-me outfits.

For now, we have released 5 vintage-inspired prints perfect for fall...

Stay tuned because we are planning on releasing a couple more prints in the near future.

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