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15 Nursery Must-Haves Featured on Etsy
We've searched Etsy high and low for the best of the cute in all things nursery and baby gear... and believe us when we say, there is plenty of good stuff to choose from! We also recommend checking out Etsy Kids for homemade awesome items -- it's a seasonal A to Z shopping guide for Etsy stores tha
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Etsy holiday gift guide for 2010
Rather than fighting for parking at the mall this year, consider going local online instead! Etsy is a treasure trove for great deals, thoughtful gifts and most importantly, all of the heartfelt homemade goodness that you won't ever be able to find at a big box retail store. So pour yourself a
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Holiday gift guide for 2010
We love local here at ParentMap. Why? Because local stores know our communities. You may save a few bucks at a big-box store, but staff there won’t spend 20 minutes with you helping you pick out just the right holiday gift. We polled five delightful independent toy store owners about their favorite
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15 books we love for Thanksgiving
Looking for some new Thanksgiving books to read this year as a family? We've gathered up some of our favorites that will surely make your holiday reading extra fun and memorable. Head out with the kids to your local library or your favorite independent bookstores for this year's family holiday read-
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Event Picks, November 2010
Red zone. Get to know the musical world’s other red-headed orphan at Village Theatre this month. Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley (her hair is auburn, thank you) arrives in the little town of Avonlea to live with siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, and even though she’s not quite what they expected,
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Raves: November, 2010
Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg. The sweetest silver-lining book in recent memory, Beautiful Oops is a mixed-media exploration of boo-boos, screw-ups and spills in all their many forms. Colorful, sturdy flaps reveal the many possibilities of bright-side thinking about inkblots, bent pages, stain
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15 Homemade Halloween Costumes Featured on Etsy
We've hit the Web in search of the hippest ready-made Halloween costumes featured on Etsy and boy, was it tough to narrow down our favorites! See below for plenty of unique kids' costume ideas and the very best of the coolest and craftiest. Looking for more in Halloween fun? We've got you covered!
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Raves: October, 2010
Frightfully cool stuff for October! In the hood Bling out your baby boogeyman in this adorable monster hoody, made in Seattle by a crazy-talented mom who really gets it. Elise Hooper knows that dressing kids up in funny outfits is fun! And she understands that kids need comfy clothes with flat seam
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