Baby Roots!
An amazing idea that comes from a small family business based in Bardsey, a village on the outskirts of Wetherby, Leeds. Beautifully presented tree gifts for special occasions! All trees are home grown, hand picked and packaged . They come personalised by hand onto a wooden tag and include a pencil drawing of your gift . … Read more
A Baby Mat For All Places!
Last week *hoolaboola was invited to the Biggest Baby Shower hosted by Big City Moms of New York. And what an evening! To find out more check out read here. One of the new products that intrigued us was Oshi Mat. A mom in search for a safe alternative to dirty blankets on baby classes … Read more
10 PICKS: Advent Calendars
The store windows in London are already decorated with Christmas ornaments and the preparations for the holidays are in full swing already! Unbelievable but true….! One thing that does need advance notice is finding a great advent calendar. Finding one that isn’t an eyesore to grown ups but still fun and playful enough to appeal … Read more
Practical & in style!
London is home to a variety of new designers that work out of small but powerful studios and rely on the inspiration of their friends to make amazing work! We recently discovered Robert Barnby who has designed a line of smart of miniature tables and chairs/stools for the wee ones - they transform the room … Read more
Get the LOOK: BACK TO SCHOOL
Autumn has arrived in both London & New York (our respected homes). Leaves have started to fall and London, especially, is now covered with colorful hues of yellow – orange – brown The sidewalks are packed with children in pressed uniforms and matching backpacks walking, riding scooters, bicycles…… (*New York is still green! Wet and … Read more
London Love
As you might know, half of hoolaboola (Monica) lives and writes from New York. The other half (Elena) is now living and writing from London! A major change that will give us many more ideas and new discoveries! The first thing that came strongly in our lives is the fact that it can rain at any moment! … Read more
TGI Friday {8}
Now that camp is a part of everyday life, I can’t get over how many bags we need! A bag for camp, a bag for swimming lessons, and bag for weekly dance lessons, and on and on… Since we are always on a look out for some cool bags to stuff all the paraphernalia that … Read more
“ A r g a l l i o s ” installation from *Kollektivemind @Chania, Greece
Argallios by Kollektivemind* is a public, interactive installation that took place in the island of Crete. With the help of students, teachers, parents and citizens of Chania, some 2100 recyclable plastic water bottles were gathered, cleaned, painted and placed on the fence of the 7th Primary School to create a colorful pattern based on traditional … Read more
Let’s have a picnic!
There are some cities that offer just so much more than others! New York City and London just seem to be those cities (for us!). Walking through the numerous parks on any day you can see watching kids play vigorously, grown ups chatting while picnicking small delights and babies crawling the vast green fields! We … Read more
Get the Look: OCEAN
Since even the official start of summer is here, how could we not capitalize on what is on everyone’s mind! The Beach!! We start with the magical ocean city blue 718 of Benjamine Moore that we love combined with dunmore cream that resembles sandy beaches and ferret brown that can only make you think of … Read more
