Lake Tekapo love!

Lake Tekapo, aka my new favourite place in the world, is a stunning, turquoise blue glacier-fed, high country lake in the Mackenzie District, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Best place to be and explore on a perfect, still Autumn day. x

Maja & Ju ju, "books and play"

I love the whimsical, creative, and wonderfully childlike style of MAJA and JU JU, two books about kids and imaginative, creative things to make and wear, and from the simplest household material and treasures on hand or found.




It reminds me so much of the fun and play my children and I love to experience and create as well, and something of which we need to do more of lately. :)




The miniature children in the Ju Ju photos are so sweet :)



And this fabulous kid-imaginative room reminds me of the fabric strip baby amusement tactile hanging ornaments we used to make and hang too.
This room also looks a little 'Where the wild things are' to me. :)



MAJA and JU JU

What do children wear around the globe

I really like this feature by the wonderful kid's design blog, Bloesem kids, What do children wear around the globe, where people describe what some of the kids wear in their city.



The above designs are from MarMar in Copehagan, Denmark, and the owner describes the children's clothing on the street near her, and the second story in this post is from Hong Kong. Go see it!

I also enjoy reading about the kids in their city because the kids in mine dress, let's say, kind of boring and trademark this and that, and same as everyone else, which is mainly the average local clothing shop's fault. Their lack of range, imagination and stereotypes drive me nuts.  Ha! This is also another reason we like finding treasures in second hand clothing shops. The variety and colour is a lot richer than the general clothing shop's 'everything must be pink for girls' etc cliches.