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POPPING UP ALL OVER

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Jessica

We often show you clever and creative ways to incorporate personalized growth charts into your kiddo’s nursery or bedroom, but we realize there are a lot of other great rooms, nooks and corners in the house to hang a personalized growth chart, like the laundry room, bathroom or behind the kitchen pantry door. Much valued feedback from our customers indicates that our personalized growth charts are popping up all over the house, and we couldn’t be more pleased!

Here’s a list of places you might consider hanging wall growth charts:

Playroom
Hallway to the Bedrooms
Tree House or Backyard Play House
Laundry Room or Mudroom
Mom or Dad’s Office
Garage
Bathroom Door
Kitchen Pantry Door

And here are a few personalized growth charts that we think would look great in any room in the house:

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NEW TSHIRTS FOR BOYS

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Jessica

Our Big Brother Tshirt and Big Sister Tshirt collection has been so popular (yay!), so as we mentioned earlier this week, we’re just about ready to launch the latest designs of individually personalized shirts for kids. The line features initials, birthdays, ages, and other fun, colorful options on a short sleeve tshirt, long sleeve tshirt, or baseball tshirt, as well as on a personalized baby onesie because we couldn’t forget the really wee ones.

We already offered up a sneak peek of the newest designs geared specifically for girls in our line of personalized shirts for kids and promised we’d share some designs for boys – so here goes!

We love these new looks for boys, which are your favorites?

And be sure to stay tuned for more news on our soon-to-launch personalized birthday shirts.

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PAPER OR CANVAS

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Jessica

Because this question is always coming up, we thought we’d rerun this blog post from last September to help answer any questions:

Our personalized growth charts are available in our signature poster paper and our thick, fine artist canvas — and we’re often asked, what are the pros and cons of each material? So, we thought we’d put this post together to help you figure out which of our personalized growth charts makes the most sense for you and your little one.

We’ll start with our beautiful signature poster paper growth charts. These wall growth charts are printed on a heavy weight, matte finish paper — with bright, long lasting archival inks. Paper growth charts are less expensive than canvas, so they make a great gift or are affordable wall décor for your little one. Our poster paper is thick, however paper can tear if your little one is excitable and has a tendency to handle the growth chart roughly.

Our canvas wall growth charts are printed on a thick, fine artist canvas with a matte finish — printed with the highest quality, eco friendly archival inks. Our canvas growth charts include aluminum grommets in each corner for easy display. Canvas is a bit more expensive than our paper option, however our thick canvas is more durable with little fingers and little people. Our cotton canvas personalized growth charts can also be wiped down with a soft, dry cloth if they get dirty. And lastly, personalized canvas growth charts are durable long lasting keepsakes of childhood.

Here is what our fine artist’s canvas looks like, along with an aluminum grommet.

Whether you choose paper or canvas, we suggest displaying your personalized growth chart in a place that isn’t in permanent, direct sunlight. We suggest using a fine-tip permanent marker to write on your wall growth chart.

If you’re looking for ways to display your canvas, check out this previous post.

Cheers,
Petite Lemon

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GO OUTSIDE & PLAY

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Jessica

The weather has been pretty wonderful lately and summer is almost here, which means it’s time to get outside and have some fun. We’ve rounded up five fun things to do with the kids that’ll get them (and you!) out of the house.

1. Get Sporty – whether the kids are in a league or just want to have some fun, hit the playing field (or court) for a game of soccer, touch football, basketball, or just simply throw the ball around.

2. See the Animals – if there’s a local zoo or wildlife refuge, spend a fun day visiting, and learning about, the different animals and their environments.

3. Play Tourist – sometimes we forget what makes where we live special. Identify some popular or historic landmarks in your city or town and spend the day there, pretending it’s your first time or just seeing it with fresh eyes.

4. Get in the Garden – plant a garden with their favorite berries, veggies and/or herbs – or inspire them to like them by growing their own. Having to water and care for a garden is not only fun, it’s also a great opportunity to learn about plants, nutrition, and of course bugs!

5. Be with Nature – sometimes just being outside, enjoying the wonders of nature is all you need, either at the beach, a park, or on a hike. It’s a great opportunity to teach the kids to stop and smell the roses.

Continue their love of the outdoors by decorating their room with accent pieces, like personalized growth charts or an alphabet poster, that are in line with their favorite activities.

Zoo Friends, Butterfly Kisses, and Junior Varsity personalized growth charts.

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NEW TSHIRTS FOR GIRLS

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Jessica

We’ve had such a great response to our Big Brother Tshirt and Big Sister Tshirt collection – not to mention how much fun we’ve had designing them – so we figured why stop there? Why not expand our line of personalized shirts for kids?

We’re just about ready to launch new individual Tshirts, and of course each design is also available as a personalized baby onesie – so cute, right? The new designs highlight personal preferences, like “I Love Robots,” or their name as a dinosaur species, like “Peyton-o-Saurus.” Plus our new personalized birthday shirts let kids proudly show off how old they are.

Here’s a sneak peek at some of the new personalized shirts for kids designs for girls. Which of these are your favorites?

Oh and be sure to check back on Thursday when we offer up a sneak peek at some of the newest designs for boys.

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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Jessica

Petite Lemon wishes all moms a wonderful Mother’s Day!

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TRENDY BABY NAMES

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Jessica

Being all about personalization, we are fascinated by names and what inspires trends in baby names. What makes a name so popular one year and then out the next or a classic that never seems to go out of style?

A down economy can create a sense of nostalgia for “the good old days,” which is probably why old school names like Mabel, Hattie, Gus, and Oscar are making a comeback. But right now it seems like musicians, celebs, and characters from popular movies, TV shows and books are the biggest major influencers for today’s trendy names.

And since it’s Friday, we thought we’d have a little fun and create a few of our personalized shirts for kids using some of today’s most popular baby names.

1. Jessica Simpson just gave birth to baby girl Maxwell Drew, but someday she may be wearing a Whale of Fun Big Sister Tshirt. Could A Boy Named Sue be next?

2. Rumor Has It the amazing voice of singer Adele is the inspiration for the increase in popularity of this name and will be showing up on many a baby girls’ personalized onesies, like this feminine Flower Power one.

3. If one day Christina Applegate gave daughter Sadie a Colorful Big Sister Tshirt, it could be a hint mama may soon be staying Up All Night again.

4. Good looking, sweet, and just a little goofy describes our Playful Doodles Big Brother Tshirt, as well as the hunks that play characters named Grayson on “Drop Dead Diva” and “Cougar Town.”

5. Like Maxwell, is Arlo posed to become a girl’s name? Johnny Knoxville may have named his daughter that, but we think Toni Collette’s son is among a slew of Arlos who’ll be wearing a Little or Big Brother Tshirt, instead of a sister T.

6. Was it a love of Westerns that spurred Jenna Fischer to choose the name Weston for her lil guy? Whatever it was we think it’ll create a stampede of dudes in need of a Little or Big Brother Tshirt.

We have a lot of fun coming up with names for our personalized growth charts, alphabet posters, and of course personalized shirts for kids.

What names do you love most right now?

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SWEET DREAMS AND DREAM BIG ART – FREE DOWNLOAD

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Jessica

“If you can dream it, you can make it so.” – Belva Davis, Award Winning Journalist

These are great words to live by and a wonderful message to pass on to your little ones, which is why we created these adorable 8×10 downloadable prints to hang in a nursery or kid’s room. We hope they help inspire your kids to dream the impossible dream.

To download a high resolution PDF of these designs, click here.

And if you want to add in some complementary décor, these are some great choices for wall growth charts and alphabet posters:

For the owl prints, we’d choose the Hoot! Hoot! or Woodland Fun personalized growth charts

For the transportation print, we’d accent it with the On the Go personalized growth chart and On the Go alphabet poster.

Dream on!

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SIP ‘N SEE

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Jessica

photo by Allyson Wiley

We recently provided some mini alphabet posters for the gift bag of a special 1st birthday party* planned by A Little Savvy Event, a Sonoma, CA-based event company that throws some pretty amazing shindigs for the wee ones. That’s when they introduced us to a great concept, the Sip ‘n See. We just love A Little Savvy Event’s “Welcome to the World” themed Sip ‘n See that Daily Candy Kids recently featured.

When you’re pregnant with your first baby, there are showers and gifts galore, but along comes baby number two, three or more and having a shower is usually considered unnecessary. But that doesn’t mean people don’t want to see the new bundle of joy and celebrate his or her arrival with a glass of something sparkling and a few treats.

Because you already know the sex and name of the baby, what better time than a Sip ‘n See to gift baby with their first personalized onesies, as well as present a Big Sister Tshirt or Big Brother Tshirt to the new sis or bro so they can celebrate their sibling status too.

In addition to personalized shirts for kids, other unique gifts with baby’s name, like a personalized growth chart or alphabet poster, are also ideal.

We think these Cheeky Dot personalized growth charts would go great with a Welcome to the World theme, don’t you?

* Watch CBS Eye on the Bay on May 22 to see this over-the-top adorable birthday party

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CHEVRON PRINT NURSERY ART – FREE DOWNLOAD

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Jessica

We love a classic Chevron print in fashion and home décor, but we think it looks especially good in a nursery for a sophisticated, yet fun design. Which is why we created these free – yes, free! – downloadable 8×10 prints. And to add a little wit and whimsy, we used the sweet “you are my sunshine” with the silly “crying is for babies.”

Download this high resolution PDF by clicking here.

Here’s how we used them to decorate baby Lily’s room. Wouldn’t the Picture Me personalized growth chart in Soft Pink and All Mixed Up alphabet poster in Chill Blue complement these free downloadable prints perfectly?