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Deals to your door Kids on 45th has been a consignment destination for Seattle parents since the ’80s, but new owner Elise Worthy took the store into the 21st
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century. The company just celebrated their one-year anniversary of subscription service. Busy parents can sign up for seasonal wardrobe delivery and get the same great (and delightfully weird) stuff without spending hours combing the racks. kidson45th.com
“I started Rad Gal because I wanted to give my girls an imaginative toy that was wild, adventurous and that they could see themselves
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and their limitless potential in,” says Sarah McCammon, Des Moines mother of two. The durable canvas dolls come in Zola the Zoologist, Ruth the Judge, Greta the Artist and Astrid the Astronaut. 3 shopradgal.com
Bernadette and her daughter show off an artistic rendering of The Princess and the Pea by Rachel Isadora.
Teething treasures Jennifer Choi wants to soothe your baby’s teething aches with a French Bulldog. The Lynnwood mom works as a dental manager by day and runs her Etsy shop I Got Chew by night. With Choi’s creations, your baby can gnaw on a cute unicorn, bubble tea or flamingo and get the relief you’ve been dreaming of.
Weaving a new story Local artist Bernadette Merikle reinterprets classic children’s tales to heal from loss by C A R L A B E L L / photo by J O S H U A H U S T O N
After months of fertility treatments, Bernadette Merikle and her husband Robert had finally made it to 20 weeks — the longest yet. The couple was elated, but ever so cautiously.
They had discussed and planned for this day — decoration of the nursery at 20 weeks — but with wisdom gained along the way of their journey, they tempered the desire to go headlong into it. They allowed themselves a timid
kind of joy, and waited. Then, in a follow-up sonogram, she sensed something was off. “Trying not to panic, trying to keep my mind occupied, trying not to expect the worst,” Merikle says, “I did what any artist would have.” She became inspired. And through her rediscovery of characters in childhood tales, Storybook Weavings, a work of CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE >
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