fawn&forest

Nope. Not an I-O-U... but a gift card. Of course! A fawn&forest electronic gift card.

Click here, fill out the information, add to your cart, enter your digits + a sweet email containing good news will instantly be sent to your loved one. 

Happy merriment for all.

Just in time: printable wrapping paper from Karen of Olli & Lime. You know the awesome Olli & Lime George pattern (like this?)... well it's all yours to color in (or print on colored paper) and make into giftwrap or a gift tags! Hooray!

Download the PDF, and you're good to go.

Be sure to view all Olli & Lime products. Thanks Karen!

Christmas is 10 days away (gasp!) and Hanukkah begins at sundown on Sunday December 21. There is still time to shop online (which is my only choice right now in cold+snowy Portland!). Gabrielle of the amazing blog Design Mom has put together a fun + thoughtful selection of guest gift picks, with her own comments, which is a lot of fun!

To check out Gabrielle's picks, click here and be sure to visit her blog, Design Mom!

Thanks Gabrielle!

I am having a lot of fun with these Guest Gift Picks! Ez from the blog Creature Comforts has a cozy + fun selection. To view her picks, click here. To visit her blog, Creature Comforts, click here.

Thanks Ez!

Check out the new feature in the Gifts+Ideas section: Guest Gift Picks by some of our favorite bloggers! Fun!

Jaime from Design Milk (design-milk.com) kindly chose her top picks - awesome! To check out her picks, click here.

Thanks Jaime!

Give handmade family heirlooms. Memories are irreplaceable. Save them, already!

We've got options:
1. Famille Summerbelle Family Tree (available in 3 amazing colorways) pictured above, right.
2. Good Stock Fill-In The Blank family Tree
3. Miss Natalie Heirloom Growth Chart shown above, left.
4. Notion Farm Tooth Fairy Kit
5. Alyson Beaton Baby's First Words ABC set

What a lovely time of the year to celebrate family + preserve memories.

Check out the fawn&forest gifts + ideas & the see the entire  Notes '08 Gift Guide!      

The ultimate mother-daughter gift? The handmade tea set by Kata Golda.  It's amazingly lovely. Not only is it soft-white glazed stoneware but it is incredibly cute with Kata Golda's signiture whimsical illustrations.

Hours of play + a family heirloom all in one gift. Available in 3  different sets (illustrations). Pig Party, pictured above.  Bunny + Horse also available.

Check out the fawn&forest gifts + ideas & the see the entire  Notes '08 Gift Guide!      

If December 1st caught you off-guard, here is the most perfect advent count-down project to do with the kids (that you can start anytime!). 

Felt Advent Chain by Psalms of Psalms.

supplies needed:
wool or craft felt
'sew on' velcro
scissors
sewing machine

1. take the felt (i used wool felt because i like the feel of it better) & cut it into 24  two inch by nine inch strips.

2. cut the velro into two inch strips to fit the ends of the felt and sew them on.

3. connect them all together like a chain and hang them in a door way, near your fireplace, or anywhere you like.

4. starting the first of december (or the 5th!) detach one of the felt pieces, counting down everyday until it is christmas.

5. when Christmas is over, pack it away and reuse it next year......

 

Thank you Psalms! Be certain to check out Psalms, the children's clothing collection. (Images from Psalms.)

Give handmade.... organic cotton baby toys! My latest discovery?

1. Organic cotton teething toys soak up all the drool when they get chewed on.
2. Both the Teething BonBon and the Speesees teething "chew" toys are easy for babies to grasp.
3. Traditional fabric + plastic toys (you know the ones) for baby to chew on are about as healthy as MSG.

The Teething BonBon  by Dress Me Up is a fawn&forest top 5 best seller. Enough said, it's a brilliant twist on the old standard. Designed by a mom, of course. Dress Me Up  also has a lovely selection of other organic cotton goods.

Speesees, designer of amazing organic cotton baby + toddler clothes has recently debuted their trio of organic cotton "chew" toys. Owen, my 5 month old has been test-chewing through them, and from the looks of it, thoroughly approves! His favorite?  Hop.

Give handmade... ABC posters! Learn you ABC's and animals at the same time with Ink+Wit and Decoylab.

Ink+Wit's ABC's (pictured above,left) is off-set printed on 100% post consumer recycled paper and printed with soy inks in a lovely yellow, blue + silvery-grey colorway. Love!

Decoylab's ABC poster are available in 2 colorways: pink+blue and orange+green  silk screened on 80 lb. Finch Opaque Bright White Uncoated Paper using environmentally friendly water based inks. Fun!

Woo! It's "Give Handmade" week here on the Notes. F&F is stocked with oodles of handmade items made by talented designers + craftspeople. Today? Wood baby toys by Earnest Effort (pictures above left) and Little Alouette (above right).

It's no secret that babies like to put stuff in their mouths. Skip the plastic + piercing noises and go for wood. All natural!

The teething rattles by Earnest Efforts make a gentle noise + are available in variety of woods. My 5 month old's favorite? Walnut.

Little Alouette makes the most delightful wood teethers, available in 3 shapes, made of maple. Owen's pick? The Waldorf Handle Teether.

Check out the fawn&forest gifts + ideas & the see the entire  Notes '08 Gift Guide!     

A bit comfort for the biggest online shopping day of the year?  It's only December 1st! Woo!

Take  note:
1. the sale page.
2. our sweet gift guide (with added snow!).
3. free gift wrap! just look for the free gift wrap image on hundreds of products.
4. our HUGE Holiday Promotion :: a free gift for all orders over $75!
5. and if that is not sweet enough, just enter CYBERFAWN (entered in all caps) into the discount field at checkout for a surprise discount. 

(surprise discount ends midnight 12/1 pst. and does not work with any other store discounts or promotion)

HAPPY!