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Get yourself something, get your little one something, get something good AND FOR FREE with your $25 gift certificate!  One of my favorite blogs, This Mom Knows, currently has a giveaway contest for a $25 gift certificate for the online boutique Duck Duck Goose.

What do you have to do to enter?  Just visit This Mom Knows and leave a comment about what you’d like in your stocking this year.  Contest ends midnight December 12th.  I’ve already left my comment!

Babinese is a funky, hip and oh-so-stylish boutique based out of Tokyo.  This upscale online children’s store has expanded their extensive offerings with the addition of some liliputians NYC designs.  We’re thrilled to add them to our growing list of Japanese retailers!

I discovered this yummy cupcakecentric holiday shopping guide last night. It’s perfect for finding the tastiest goodies for putting under the tree for your cupcake lover this Christmas.

Nichelle of Cupcakes Take the Cake has put together this fun and thorough all-things-cupcake list of gift ideas. There are cookbooks, notecards, jewelry, bags, pillows, and clothes (even the liliputians’ cupcake dress in pink and brown!)

We love cupcakes! We love to eat them, are inspired by them, and generally like all things cupcake related. So it was a nice surprise to see the liliputians pink and brown cupcake dress and the lil’ cupcake dress on the super fun, cupcake obsessed blog, All Things Cupcake.

What else is cupcake inspired in the liliputians boutique? There are cupcake birthday tees for boys and for girls, cupcake shirts, cupcake skirts, cupcake outfits, another cupcake dress in purple, and even cupcake barrettes. Wow!

Here’s the scoop on a yummy contest give away for all you naughty mommies out there!  I entered as liliputians needs a sweet smelling but naughty mommy!
Here’s the facts:

• The contest is through the great new blog, A Mom in Red High Heels
• The prize is a gift basket of body care products valued at $125.
• It includes:  *Posh Wash Shower Gel, Beauty Bath, Touch of Silk Body Lotion, Deluxe Hand & Body Cream, Jojoba Bead Scrub, & Luscious Liquid Hand Soap
• Deadline for entries is November 23rd
• To enter go here and just follow the instructions
• Good luck!

Yesterday liliputians, or I guess I should say the liliputians garden Gnome Shirts, got a fabulous write up on the fabulously fun web site Tangled & True. We meant to blog about it when it was freshy posted, but we’re fashionably late around here. Anyway, here’s a quick snapshot of the article which is on our press page or go to Tangled & True for the real deal.

Take the Handmade Pledge this year for the holidays. Pledge to buy handmade this holiday season and request that others do the same for you. We did and it makes us feel so good . . . for a myriad of reasons.

Why buy handmade? Here’s why. Buying handmade is better for people, better for the environment, and better for giving truly special and well-crafted gifts. The ascendancy of chain store culture and global manufacturing has left us all dressing, furnishing, and decorating alike. The connection between producer and consumer has been lost. Buying handmade helps you reconnect, have a unique item, and support an artisan vs. a large corporation.

Here’s some great places to start for handmade holiday shopping (complete with coupon codes!):

liliputians NYC boutique (obviously for our fabulous handmade clothes & barrettes - FREE GIFT WRAPPING for all purchases & FREE SHIPPING through 12/31/07 just enter “FREESHIP07″ at checkout and indicate if you want your purchases wrapped)

Cool Mom Picks Safer Toy Guide 2007 (for lots of great toys that aren’t made in China!)

Sweet Juniper’s 2006 Holiday Shopping Guide for the Anti-Materialist* Indie Sonofabitch Parent (a plethora of handmade creations from clothing, dolls, toys, art & more - liliputians NYC was included in this completely thorough list)

Indie Finds (a great starting point for unique gift ideas, Indie Finds is an innovative co-operative comprised of many talented indie designers including liliputians NYC)

etsy (kind of like ebay, but with a soul - all handmade items and no bidding) some of our favorite shops that we have shopped with and will be shopping with again:

crazy cakes - chenille cakes, pin cushions, lavender sachets, Czech glass button jewelry & more!

gaudy goods - quirky, kitschy & original broaches

made with love by hannah - delightfully original hand screen printed skirts to & colorful kitschy knick knack art prints

magic jelly - art prints, greeting cards & other goodies

moxie and oliver - amazing handtooled belts, purses, wallets, flasks & more

twigs and heather - not on etsy, but this is my ABSOLUTE favorite place to buy jewelry!

Liliputians NYC extends a warm welcome to its two newest retailers;  Pekepeke Kiddie Goods Boutique and Twirl Shoppe.

Pekepeke is a super stylish brick and mortar boutique located in Uto-City Japan.  They’re now carrying a diverse selection of liliputians designs along with all sorts of other incredible items for fashionable mothers, kids and babies. I just wish I could stop by and say “hello” and do some shopping in person!

Twirl Shoppe is a fun online boutique that is the brainchild of Alyssa Jablonski, mother of four.  Inspired by her twirling daughter, her boutique carries all kinds of unique items for baby, mommy, gift giving, and now birthday girls with the addition of liliputians birthday clothing.

Meet Saige Nicoles, the newest retailer of liliputians clothing and barrettes. This upscale, online boutique caters to modern moms and their children. All of the items are hand selected by owner Wendy Navarro for their uniqueness and quality. We’re thrilled here at liliputians NYC to be included in the boutique’s diverse offerings.

In addition to the great selection, I was impressed with Wendy’s commitment for supporting breast cancer research and education by donating 10% of all Passion for Pink sale proceeds.

And if that isn’t reason enough to check out Saige Nicoles, how about their FALL SALE? 15% off of your purchase through the end of October! Go to the Saige Nicoles site for the coupon code and details!

Liliputians is in the spotlight today! Or to be more specific, liliputians and I (Heather Flottmann, Owner and Designer of liliputians) are in the WAHM Spotlight today. The interview gives you a peek behind the scenes of liliputians so to speak.

WAHM Spotlight is a unique web site and resource that I’ve mentioned before on the liliputians blog. It focuses, obviously, on work-at-home moms. In addition to interviews with mompreneurs, the site also has some great how-to articles for those that are thinking of starting a business venture and tips to help improve and streamline things for businesses already underway.