Baby Lifestyles Spring 2013 Magazine April May

Baby Lifestyles Spring 2013 Magazine

Baby Lifestyles LAUREN HALPERIN Publisher, Creative Director

TARA STEINLE Managing Editor

ELLEN FELDMAN, BETH MERAN Contributing Editors

LOLA STEEVENS Sales Director

AUSTIN “Mr. Z” RAPPAPORT Website Architect

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On the Cover We Immediately thought of the spring season when we saw this cherubic face growing out of a flower pot. Check out the rest of this photo shoot on page 114.

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We Heart Contributors

Shanin Arce All things that go POP were used in this red and black baby shower. Bubbles, pop rocks and of course flavors or popcorn were captured by Shanin’s lens.

Sarah Osmotherly

Sofia Morgadinho

Sarah’s husband propsed to her Religious celebrations are often on a hot air balloon, so it’s no overlooked as actual reasons to have a party. As sofia runs secret that she loves these airy Awespiring Weddings and creations. Check out how she Design, her son’s baptism was used them in a baby shower as beautiful as another big day made of paper lanterns! will be in his life.

Thuy Bui

Courtney Dial

Katie Nguyen Wellsof

Thuy knows that Easter is a great holiday for kids. From decorating their eggs to hunting for them in the backyard, it’s a fun time. She added to it with a backyard peep-filled picnic party.

The mind behind Pizzazzerie worked together with team at Anders Ruff to find away to celebrate Halloween and raise money for breast cancer charities at the same time.

Sneak a peek at her Pink-o-ween bash on page 11.

Putting a feminine twist on a farm animal theme, Katie gives us this spring feeling party featuring animal cake pops and a scenic barn dessert table.

Hayley Lord Months ago we saw the cover of this issue photographed by Hayley. What really made us fall in love were the pictures she took of this little angel with her parents. They really make you go aww.

Type A Photography

Keao Sunaoka

Hawaii is known for its The way Angela photographed this maternity shoot against mist picturesque landscapes, which also makes it an incredible and a naked tree were place for maternity photography. awe-inspiring and have a magical quality to them beyond Check out this shoot done by Keao at a gorgeous waterfall. the creation of life.

Feeling Floral Photography by Sarah Layne

Adalynn’s Lavender Luxury The one word that Jamie uses to best describes her daughter Adalynn's room is "simple". Or at least that was her goal when this grey and lavender nursery transformation first started. "It's been a big work in progress and one that I am happy to have done."

Wanting a pattern to draw your eye to the wall with the crib, Jamie used a stencil pattern to create this effect.

"The nursery wall art is one of my favorite parts to her room. Reading it just puts a smile on my face."

Finding the perfect set of curtains proved to be a challenge and in the end, Jamie went with classic white than a purple that was not to her liking.

Playing it safe with sheer white allows the light to filter in softly.

"I must say the purple really brings out the color factor and I feel is just what her room needed.

Just picture a pregnant women in the front yard with a huge slab of bead board and a hand saw."

Need Some Bunny To Love By 1985 Luke Photography

Step by Step to a Perfect Nursery Room

By Tara Steinle Kelly Kim hopes her son Matthew's nursery can inspire others to spark their creative energy and help convert that boring white walled room into a little baby's paradise! Here is how she designed Matthew's nursery.

1) Choose a paint color.

"This is by far one of the hardest things to do. The paint color will set the tone of the room. It took us a few trips to the hardware store to finally select the right color for us. My advice is to go to your local hardware store and take home a bunch of the free paint swatches. Take a few days to think about it and then narrow it down to your top three. Then go to the store again and purchase small sample pints of the paint. Try those colors on your wall in a large enough section and then choose what you like, after all if you like it, your baby will love it!

Kelly’s Paint: Benjamin Moore HC-144 Palladian Blue

2) Select your furniture.

Nothing is easy when it comes to putting together your baby's nursery! Furniture is no exception! "We knew that we wanted to go the modern contemporary route, and that narrowed the selection down to a few boutique brands, but when we saw the Oeuf classic collection, we knew that this was The One!"

Rocker/Glider Reclining Arm Chair: Monte Design Grano Glider (Monte Design Group) The perfect complement to your rocker/glider is the side table. "The martini table so cute and really sturdy too! Its completely made out of metal!"

Side Table: Martini Side Table The Crib, Dresser with Hutch West Elm and Changing Station, and Bookshelf: Oeuf Classic Col- "If you have hardwood or tile lection in Walnut (Simple floors you definitely want to Shapes) invest in large area rug. It will warm up the room and be "The rocker was an easy useful when your little one choice because there are re- starts to crawl. You definitely ally not many modern contem- want to go to the store to pick porary rocker/gliders out there. this one out because you will We looked everywhere and re- want to touch and feel the ally the choices were limited. texture of the rug.

Pick We're glad we finally found something that not only looks Monte because their designs nice but is somewhat soft to are so clean and the quality is the touch too!" top notch and the gliding motion is so smooth. Matthew Area Rug: West Elm loves nursing on this!"

3) Finish your room with accessories.

The last and final step which will personalize your nursery and make it originally yours is to accessorize it. You might choose to use accessories in a certain color or if your room has a theme, choose items that compliment it. "If you're like us and have no built in room lighting, you need to look for some quality Floor lamps and accent table lamps. We love the dachshund lamp from OFFI. We actually use it as a night light too!"

Lighting 1: Tripod Wood Floor Lamp (West Elm) Lighting 2: Basisk Floor Lamp (IKEA) Accent Lamp: OFFI Dachshund Lamp (Design Public)

Curtains: Bella Porte Citrine Curtain Panel Crate and Barrel Kelly came across Simple Shapes website while searching for wall decals and then found that they sold the Oeuf furniture she wanted too.

"They have a great selection of wall decals and we thought the Birch Tree with Owl and Birds design would be the perfect fit! In the end with the furniture we purchased, the decal was free! We had it up in about 1 1/2 hours with the help of the nifty applicator tool they included."

Wall Decal: Birch Tree with Owl and Birds (Simple Shapes)

Accent Pillow (on glider): Oilo Cobblestone Pillow (Simple "We love how the curtains Shapes) add a splash of color to the room. All of the yellows Lamb Kids Chair: Lamb Critter match perfectly!"

Chair (Pottery Barn Kids)

Rocket Away from Inspiration To Space

By Lauren Halperin

The 'space' theme was mom-to-be Dacia's husband's idea as he has a fascination with all things outer space! Dacia says she is influenced by all kinds of design styles, but would say her design style is modern with a touch of character. "I like building a base of neutrals in a room and then adding in fun doses of color and personality. I think our nursery is the perfect example of the direction I'm taking our whole home in."

Before this room was a nursery, Dacia was working on making it a craft room for herself. The walls were a pale pink, and she had plans for it be a very bright, feminine space." That all changed when she found out she was expecting a lit-

tle boy and began plans for her son Roarke to become a space explorer!

After seeing an Outer Space Rocket Baby inspiration board at LayBabyLay, Dacia knew the direction her room would lift off to.

"For me, having an inspiration board made this process a breeze. I sometimes have a touch of design ADD, so if I don't stay focused on the specific vision I have for a room, it can start to just look jumbled and not at all cohesive.

There are two rooms in the house that I would call "done," and I've used an inspiration board for both of them." You can see the influence in the yellow furniture, the moon prints and of course the grey walls.

When you walk in the room, the first thing you see is the crib and planet wall. "It really set the tone for the whole room!"

Using embroidery hoops in different sizes, Dacia placed the solar system planets in their proper order, and put cute spins on their shapes and colors. Notice how Mars is red and Saturn has little yellow rings!

The details and accessories of the nursery include some of Dacia's favorite things! The number '3' that is displayed on the floating shelves was used as a prop in the photo she used to announce her pregnancy to her family. "While our son's name doesn't necessarily have family significance, choosing a masculine name with a strong meaning was important to us. So I designed a print featuring the meaning of Roarke's name, and it ended up being my favorite piece of art in the nursery." And the Darth Vader light from a galaxy far, far away is just so fun!

Like most expectant moms, Dacia found herself stressing about the bedding, scouring area stores and the Internet to find the perfect out of this world bedding. "I ended up putting it on the back burner and working on other aspects of the nursery, and by the time I got back around to it, less seemed like more. A non-fussy white crib sheet and a no-sew gray crib skirt were music to my very pregnant ears."

with the planet wall, which definitely creates a major impact in the room, and followed it up with several more items including the changing table, adding more storage in the closet, embellishing the plain navy curtains, and designing the crib skirt. "There's nothing like a good DIY to make you feel really accomplished!"

Now that this room is complete, Dacia cannot wait for DIY played a big role in this little Roarke to touch down in nursery. Dacia launched it his room.

She’s About to Pop! Photography by Shanin Arce

Photo by Sabra Creative Photography

Celebrating Mother’s Day: Maternal Majesty

Photo by Ashley Roper of Ashfall Mixed Media, inc.

Photo by Jenna Norman

Photo by Kelly Is Nice Photography

Photos by CivicPhotos

Photo by Jessica Vogelsang Photography

Photo by Kristie Bradley Photography

Photo by Iliana Morton Photography

Photo by Casey McGaffick of McGaffick Photography

Photos by Sheaulee Ng Photography

Photo by Whimsey Photography by Cana

Photo by Cariad Photography

Photo by Kelly Ewell Photography

Photo by Justine Yandle Photography

Egg Hunting Happiness!

By Thuy Bui

Event Styling: Thuy Bui, My Paper Pinwheel Event Photography: Lindsay McDaniel Photography Easter Printables: Carli Eklund, Dimple Prints Cupcakes: Cara Leavitt, Sweet Mama Cupcakes Bunny and Chicks Cakepops: Autumn Lynn's Chocolate Sins Chevron Wooden Spoons: Sucre Shop Paper Tassels: Mika Beverly, Party Creative

Mother Nature’s Maternity Photos by Keao's Photography

Spring Time Farm

By Kiss M

m Birthday Party Me Kate

Maternity at Dawn

By Type A Photography

Styling: Awespiring Weddings and Design Photographer: ENV Photography Florals: Fabloomosity Rentals: Elegant Touches, D'lusso Draping: Site 6 Events Cake and Cake Pops: Cake Couture Stationery: Love+Design Venue: Chateau Louis and Conference Centre

For her son's baptism, Sofia of Awespring Weddings wanted to set the atmosphere for a very classy reception which reflected the purity of the celebration. When selecting her color palette, Sofia considered about what the day truly meant and chose to mostly keep with whites and ivories for the wholesomeness but wanted to add another color as an accent. "I knew that I definitely was going to use whites but wanted to add another color that would fit for a baptism for a boy but also with the "pure/heavenly" feel I wanted." Since Joel's big day was being held on St. Patrick's Day, choosing a mint green was a nice reflection on the holiday.

Sofia began by designing the tables and slowly added to the details that would personalize the event and create a soft, classic look. From hand picked dahlia overlays adding to texture to white Chloe chairs, and rosaries hung from the birch within the beautiful centerpieces, she wanted guests to feel a sense of calming tranquility when they sat at their table.

Draping was added to select areas of the space to give it a nice flow and provide a relaxed, soft "heavenly" atmosphere. "I was so pleased with the final design of the reception space. I thought the details complimented each other well."

The celebration was intimate with 40 guests who were directed by signage to the venue and greeted with personalized cake pops to direct them to their table.

Before guests walked in to the main reception room, they were asked to write a blessing in a heart for Joel.

This was later framed and placed in Joel's nursery as a keepsake.

Succulents were used within the room to reflect earth.

"One of my favorite details were the florals. The floral designer did an amazing job creating a giant "J" for Joel as well as a few crosses that were hung. It turned out amazing and really was a main focal point in the space, something I wanted so we could use also as a backdrop for family photos."

Springtime Sunshine and Smiles

by Haley Lord Photography

Here Comes Baby Cottontail

By R.T. Photography

Up Up and Away Shower

By Sugar Coated Mama

Sarah had always wanted to create a party with an up, up and away hot air balloon theme, but the opportunity had not arisen! When she was given free reign from the client to create whatever she wanted for her friend's baby shower theme, Sarah knew exactly how to make this party take flight!

"I love whimsical styling, it is very much the look and feel I try to flow through all my parties. I especially love the whimsical dreamy feel of hot air balloons. They take you away into another world.� The printables Sarah used not only matched her blue and yellow color palette, but also evoked a touch of retro cuteness to the baby shower.

While it looks intricate, the backdrop is one of the most effective and easiest ones to make. It was made of crepe paper fringe garlands. Sarah folded crepe paper in half, cut down the middle then edges cut with scissors to make fringe effect.

Sarah had seen similar lanterns from the Queen of Craft Martha Stewart, but she wanted to put my own stamp on them and transformed them into hot air balloons ready to lift off. "I love these scalloped tissue paper lanterns, can't get enough of them. They put the W in whimsical and give any party a unique fluttery charm. They were what I framed the whole table with. They are simple and beautiful but time consuming. They are a basic Chinese style lantern you can get from your local party shops. Then I used tissue paper and cut out circles all in the same size (around 5inches in size). Starting from the bottom of the lantern, use small squares of tape to begin attaching tissue-paper circles around the hole, overlapping them in a fish scale style. Then working toward the top, continue sticking and overlapping disks to cover the lantern. You can go crazy on the different colour themes and cardstock you can use."

Styling and printables: Sugar Coated Mama Photography:Natalie Latu Photography Cake and Cupcakes: Get Frosted Cake Garland: Pom Pom Princess

“ Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.”

- ILin Yutang

Photo by Jessica Lewis