I love this art company for children. Formed in 1999, the company’s collection has over 600 works of art. They offer stretched canvas art along with framed art, nightlights, placemats, growth charts, door décor and canvas mural banners. View their art at http://www.oopsydaisy.com/home.htm

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The Laundress (http://www.thelaundress.com/) is a collection of high-end fabric detergents and care products.

When Lindsey Wieber, a sales executive for Chanel and Gwen Whiting, a senior designer for Ralph Lauren, realized that their expensive clothes were suffering from dry cleaning, they took matters into their own hands and created The Laundress. Their line of premium fabric care products provides detergents for superior fabrics, from wool/cashmere shampoo to baby detergent. In their own words: “All fabrics are different - everything needs to be treated differently. All of our products were developed for a specific reason.”

Adding to the sense of luxury, detergents and care products come in four signature fragrances: Classic, Cedar, Baby and Lady. The Laundress range also includes laundry bags and ‘wet’ swimsuit pouches.

Previously, Springwise wrote about Laundry Spa (http://www.thelaundryspa.com/) and Slate (http://www.slatenyc.com/), two laundry services with a deluxe touch. Unlike these services, which are both based in Manhattan, The Laundress extends the luxury laundry concept to consumers all over the United States, and is making its way across the rest of the world.

Courtesy of www.springwise.com

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A growing number of families - 32% of 1,000 adults surveyed nationwide - are trying to eat dinner together at home more often. That number jumps to 50% for younger households (age 28-41) and 47% for Hispanic and African-American households. Orlando Business Journal 4.24.06

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On May 4th, the launch of Kinerase’s new lotion and cream with SPF 30 was announced. Courtney Cox Arquette (Friend) is the Kinerase spokeswoman. Cox says that the Kinerase regimen is for women like her, who are “trying to juggle family and career and no longer have the time or patience for time-consuming beauty routines.” The new products will be available in May through dermatologist, at Sephora and Nordstrom nationwide and at www.kinerase.com.

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One of my favorite online baby boutiques is Baby and Me Boutique (http://www.babyandmeboutique.com/). Their top 10 most popular brands last month:-Bugaboo strollers -Mustela skincare, especially Dermo-Pediatrics-Bumbleride Strollers-Stokke Kinderzeat-Bratt Decor Dick Crib-Trumpette Mary Jane Socks-Petunia Picklebottom Diaper Bags-Oeuf Cribs and Changers-Barefoot Dreams Blanket and Robes-Beca Diaper Bags. I especially like the Petunia Picklebottom Diaper Bags.

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Mommy Lit is hot, hot, hot. One of the books that has been receiving a lot of praise is Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay : And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom written by Los Angeles comedian and television writer and producer Stefanie Wilder-Taylor. In the book, she talks about sharing parenting responsibilities with your husband, meeting other new moms, and other areas of new mommyhood. The greatest thing about this book is that it is written in busy, Mom-friendly short essays. You can order it at www.amazon.com

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New beauty and health products were revealed during the annual 2006 Spa & Resort and Medical Spa Expo in Los Angeles. Trends included: LED (light emitting diodes) Light therapy; Vinotherapie (wine therapy); Ayurveda (the science of longevity); Travertine Spa products; Natural hangover relief in a spray; and much, much more. For more information, read the article from Splash magazine at
http://www.lasplash.com/BeautyAndBody/Los_Angeles_Medical_Spa_Expo_2006_The_Most_Exciting_Trends_Yet_.php

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