I just have to take a moment to rave about how fabulous Kind Boutique is!! I recently ordered a pair of shoes and a dress from Erin at Kind Boutique and not only do I love my purchases, but her packaging is absolutely ADORABLE!!!! Little touches make huge impressions in my mind. At first sight even the normally ugly brown shipping box was cute – she decorated it with a couple little animal stickers – it made getting the package even more exciting! Now I really should have taken a photo of it so you could see first hand but of course I just wasn’t thinking. Anyway, upon opening the shipping box, my dress was neatly wrapped in tissue with more adorable stickers of cute furry friends and a little handwritten note thanking me for my purchase. Erin has definitely found herself a new, loyal customer!
I have a baby gift to purchase and am super excited to check out Nat & Helens. I’ve been looking at the website but can’t wait to go into the store. Check out the online site or visit their Chicago store – I’ll let you know what I think once I make it in there but the online store as lots of super cute stuff – organic cotton, bamboo, etc.
I found a new clothing line that I’m loving. ecoSkin uses only environmentally sustainable luxury fabrics woven, dyed and sewn in the USA. My first purchases from the line were a cute top as seen below and bamboo/spandex leggings with – coconut buttons on the back above the ankle (I couldn’t manage to copy a photo of them from the website – so you’ll have to check them out on your own)
snowbell top - hemp jersey
I’ve really been making an effort to purchase organic fabrics. American Apparel, which I already love as they make their stuff downtown Los Angeles, has a few great pieces.
I currently have this:
American Apparel Organic Unisex Fine Jersey Short Sleeve V-Neck $19
Today I found this cute dress online and plan to purchase it soon:
American Apparel Organic Cotton Baby Rib Cross-Back Summer Dress $39
Did you know…
Conventional cotton is one of the most chemically-dependent crops, sucking up 10 percent of all agricultural chemicals and 25 percent of insecticides on 3 percent of our arable land; that’s more than any other crop per unit. That adds up to 1/3 of a pound of chemicals to produce enough cotton for a t-shirt, and 3/4 of a pound for a pair of jeans. And that’s just not bad for the planet; 20,000 deaths occur each year from pesticide poisoning in developing countries, many of these from cotton farming, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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