mini mioche May window: Nautical cuteness

I think our May window might be one of my favourite yet! Thank you once again to the super talented Renee from Re: Creative for putting this together for us.

Guest Style: Cool Looks for Spring

Hi it's Renee again back with another guest post. This time we're talking style. I decided to put together some cool looks (one for a girl and one for a boy) from pieces I pulled from the mini mioche website for spring. Nothing like a little outfit inspiration!

Guest Post: Creative Children's Spaces

Hi I'm Renee from Eat.Live.Shop. and Re: Creative. I love designing a fun child's room or nursery because there are no limitations - have fun with it! There's no need to be boring or too cutesy when deciding on the decor of this type of space. Here are some creative detail ideas that will give your child's space tons of character. Enjoy!

images clockwise from top left: Apartment Therapy, Design*Sponge, Apartment Therapy, Marion House Book, Apartment Therapy, Design*Sponge

April window & brand we love: TOMS

It's no secret that I absolutely love baby and kids shoes and there is almost nothing cuter to me than a mini version of a super cool adult shoe. We have been carrying TOMS for several seasons now and we can't get enough of them (literally). They are amazing - easy to get on and off, great looking, well priced, unisex and on top of all that, because of their one for one campaign, you can actually feel good about buying them for your little one. For April, we did a whole TOMS window. Thank you to TOMS for providing most of the props that went into this display.
 

Spring Window

I am REALLY behind since I am only getting around to posting photos of the spring window this week (which went up at the end of February) however another one of my many mottos is 'better late than never' (I use this one A LOT), so here you go! :-)

For this window, Renee of re:creative and eat.live.shop. used an origami crane mobile, bird cut outs, bird cages and bird houses to create a super sweet and whimsical display.

mini mioche pop up outlet

We are very excited to be opening our first pop-up outlet store tomorrow (April 11th)! The store is opening at 700 Queen Street West - directly across from the mm flagship store. There will be some seriously good deals!

Brand we love: Native

I blogged about Native shoes last fall when we first got the line in but I feel compelled to do another post now that we have started to receive the spring collection. These shoes are amazing - lightweight, super comfortable, waterproof, well-priced ($35!) and great looking. They are the cool version of a Croc. I picked up a pair for Emi and she absolutely loves them (wears them around the house non-stop as it's still a little too cold here in Toronto for outdoor use).

Weston King's nursery

As you may know, I had my second child at the end of September - a little guy named Weston King. Things were definitely a little different with number 2 - with Emi, I was so excited to decorate her room and had everything perfect weeks before she arrived. With Weston, I still had boxes of crap and Emi's old nursery furniture just shoved in the room randomly a few weeks after his arrival.

I just felt more tired, less inspired and also had a lot less time available this go around, so I enlisted the help of my favourite designer and stylist Renee from Re: Creative to take over the project. On a very tight budget, she managed to turn the space into a cozy, cool, creative and not too cutesy nursery that was absolutely perfect for West.

Renee gave us the awesome oversized beanbag chair as a baby gift.

She painted one wall with dark green (classroom style) chalkboard paint and had another wallpapered with a fun abstract frame print.

She made this totally amazing piece of crayon art which my husband and I absolutely love!

The owl piece I already had and Renee made the 'KING' scrabble piece and the reclaimed wood art.

Renee had these shadow box shelves made and my husband and I picked up the dye holder from an antique store which made a perfect display for the hot wheels (all saved from my husbands collection when he was a kid)!

Great vintage light fixture and mobile which was made by hand by local artist Jess Koehn

Hugh Maw and the Sick Kids Hospital Foundation

One of my close friends, Kate Maw has had quite the year. Last spring, her little guy Hugh, who is now 5 years old, was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour - every parent's worst nightmare. Over the course of the past year, Hugh has undergone treatment at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto - from several surgeries to chemotherapy and radiation. While he is not 'in the clear' yet and his treatment continues, he is thankfully doing very well.

Hugh was recently chosen to be the Ambassador for Sick Kids (not surprising as he is absolutely adorable), which means he has been featured in everything from their blog to their lottery materials and in all of them he is rocking his mini mioche duds!

Please click on the links below to learn more about Hugh's experience and please consider purchasing a ticket (or a few) for the upcoming Sick Kids lottery - definitely a worthy cause and one that mini mioche will continue to support.

Hugh's story on Youtube

The Sick Kids Blog

The Sick Kids Foundation Lottery

Hugh in the comfy cardi, serenity short sleeve tee, mini mioche slim fit denim and Toms Botas

Hugh in the lush hoody, serenity short sleeve tee, mm slim fit denim and Toms - what a cutie!

mini mioche in Canadian Family March issue

Thank you to our lovely friends at Canadian Family for featuring mini mioche in the March issue of their awesome magazine. We love how they have styled two of our simplest basics - the bloomer and love beanie.

Spring 2012 Sneak Peek

Ok, first off I want to say sorry for being such a brutal blogger of late. With the holidays, the new baby, a short vacay and then getting back into work mode in January, I've been a little spun or should I say 'more spun,' than usual. I am going to try and get my act together (but I'm not making any promises).

So I thought I'd start the new year off with a post about what's coming in just a few short weeks. Here are a few of my favourite styles from the new mm spring collection. I will keep you posted on when this will be in store and online (it will likely be around the middle of February).

the hoody robe (the perfect cover up post pool or lake come summer)!

the twirly tiered skirt

the dandy henley tunic

the airy a-line dress

the beloved bloomie short

the heavenly hoody dress

the fresh dress

the snappy romper

the rockin' romper

the darling ruffle dress

the ball tee and buck short

mini mioche - holiday gift picks for guaranteed merriment!

I can't believe that it's December and the holiday season is right around the corner. As usual, I'll be leaving everything until the last minute and then will be racing around in a panic trying to think of and find gifts for all the peeps in my life.

In an effort to try to help all of you avoid this stress inducing situation, I have put together my top holiday gift picks for the little ones in your life - all available at the mini mioche store of course! :-)

1 . The coolest hats from Barts and Kangol

2 . Non toxic fun from Piggy Paints and Clementine Art.

3 . Ridiculously cute shoes from Toms, Frye, Native, Keep, Bloch, Sorel, Minnetonka and more

4 . Rock a bye baby discs- lullabye versions of Coldplay, U2, Bob Marley, The Cure, Radiohead, Floyd, Sabbath and more.

5 . mini mioche signature super stretch denim - hipster cool and comfy.

6 . The coziest slippers from Kina and Collegien (and they stay on)!

7 . Backpacks from Beatrix NY and Herschel

8 . Handmade stuffed animals and toys from Needlings, Cate and Levi, Arks and Angels and Tiny Warbler.

9 . The bundler/beanie/bib gift set - the perfect newborn gift.

10 . The mini mioche Happy Romper and other super cozy fleece fashion.