Five Easy Pieces - Mix and Match Wardrobes for Kids

Written by Meredith Simmons


Let’s face it, life is hectic enough without having to worry about whether your little guy or gal is going to have a matching outfit to wear every day. Torepparttar relief of parents everywhere, there are several fashion forward baby and children clothing lines that offer enough mix and match pieces to stretchrepparttar 136976 days between laundry to a palatable number. (Baby’s top gets soiled? No problem, just pull another one that goes with those pants out ofrepparttar 136977 drawer). With as little as five pieces -- two tops, two bottoms, and a jacket or cardigan -- you can have as many as six different outfits.

One of our favorite mix and match brands isrepparttar 136978 Australian line Oink!Baby and their new Jaffa fashion collection. Oink!Baby Essentials offer an assortment of body styles in a variety of coordinating prints and solids for infants 3-24 months. Most items are priced between $15 and $20, (jackets are $25, beanies $7), so for less than $100 you can get enough pieces for a mini-wardrobe. The Jaffa fashion collection expands from infant to toddler sizes, and each season’s collection revolves around coordinating color schemes and themes. While a bit pricier thanrepparttar 136979 Essentials,repparttar 136980 Jaffa items also offer more unique details and fabrications.

For Euro-minded shoppers,repparttar 136981 Dutch line Cakewalk has long been a mix and match favorite of upscale children’s boutique shoppers. Featuring unique prints and fabrications with a proclivity towards whimsicality,repparttar 136982 Cakewalk Collections are really made to mix, not match – florals with stripes, plaids with prints, anything goes.

Traditional Anniversary Gifts Year by Year for One Hundred Years

Written by Elly Kendall


It’s impossible to remember what gift is traditional for each anniversary. This article is perfect to print out or post on your website for easy reference,please keep my site links complete with this article. Plus gift ideas for each anniversary makes it easy, you’ll never miss gettingrepparttar perfect anniversary gift again.

The traditional gift forrepparttar 136975 first anniversary is paper. An addition ofrepparttar 136976 newspaper fromrepparttar 136977 year you were married, an old edition of a classic book like “Gone withrepparttar 136978 Wind”, a postcard that’s of a place meaningful to both of you, board games, plane tickets, football or baseball tickets, photo album filled with memories, write a love letter, drawing or pictures for your cabin, home or office or a gift voucher are all great ideas.

The second anniversary’s traditional gift is cotton. New bed linen, attractive underwear or lingerie, cotton towels, a hammock, personalized T-shirt, cotton clothing or a cotton canvas shopping bag with your photo onrepparttar 136979 front.

Leather isrepparttar 136980 traditional gift forrepparttar 136981 third anniversary. Leather, boots, shoes, vest, skirt, pants, wallet, gloves, purse, belt, luggage or briefcase will do nicely. But how about something a bit more updated like leather cell phone case, leather framed photo or leather throw pillows?

Traditional gifts forrepparttar 136982 fourth anniversary are fruit or flowers. Of course having a fruit basket or flowers delivered torepparttar 136983 home or office is appropriate. However, sharing a fresh fruit cocktail, floral bubble bath with floral scented candles set about and rose petals scattered acrossrepparttar 136984 bed sounds a lot more fun, exciting and romantic!

The traditional gift forrepparttar 136985 fifth anniversary is wood. This is a very good year for practical gifts like wooden deck furniture, frames or wooden utensils forrepparttar 136986 kitchen and new wood fencing. The romantic side of wood could include a weekend in a log cabin, camping inrepparttar 136987 woods, a walk inrepparttar 136988 woods, wooden plaques or signs engraved with words of love or an artistic wooden sculpture.

Iron isrepparttar 136989 traditional gift forrepparttar 136990 sixth anniversary. Golf clubs, iron sculptures, wrought iron furniture, iron skillets, a new iron or an Ironwood tree are good ideas. Don’t forgetrepparttar 136991 possibility of tools, hardware, a wrought iron bed or a set of weights.

Traditionally, wool or copper are gifts forrepparttar 136992 seventh anniversary. Gifts of woolen socks, scarves, blankets, hats, coats and copper kettles make very nice presents. A new wool suit, copper sculpture or copper fireside accessories are a bit more upscale.

The eighth anniversary’s traditional gift is bronze. This isrepparttar 136993 year to make an impression with a bronze sculpture, antique bronze bell or a trip to a tropical beach with a bronzing lotion forrepparttar 136994 two of you.

Pottery isrepparttar 136995 traditional gift forrepparttar 136996 ninth anniversary. Planters, vases, bowls and coffee mugs fall into this group, so does joining a pottery class together!

Traditional gifts forrepparttar 136997 tenth anniversary are of tin or aluminum. Personalized license plate, tin of caviar, tin toy car, tin signs or plaques and vintage aluminum serving pieces are fun ideas.

The eleventh anniversary traditional gift is steel. Stainless steel cookware, watches and steel engraved key chains are great but a Calypso steel drum, steel ice bucket and cocktail shaker or modern steel sculpture are unique gift ideas.

Silk and linen arerepparttar 136998 proper traditional gifts forrepparttar 136999 twelfth anniversary. Silk lingerie, bed linens, linen table clothes, napkins, handkerchiefs and silk or linen clothing will surely be appreciated.

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