Quemeez baby shoes: cuter than Robeez!

Watching Dragon's Den and they just showed an update on a company they put money into: Quemeez. These are handmade, leather-and-beaded baby shoes that are simply gorgeous! But furthermore, they support a native community just outside Ottawa.

a selection of Quemeez, $40

Visit Quemeez online. Way cuter than Robeez, made in Canada, made by young women on reserve, and they don't fall off. Loooooove them! They retail for $40 plus $10 shipping if you don't live close enough to a retail location.

The striped skirt

A simple A-line skirt doesn't work on a curvy, petite girl like me. But these striped skirts by Anne M. Cramer would work on almost anyone! They come in five colours and are now available!

Nautical, $160

Moss, $160



Sunshine, $160

Skirts also come in ink (black) and cherry (red). Found via MSW.

Fabric and Handle

My blog reader has over 130 blogs right now, which makes for a lot of reading, but also a lot of great finds! I think I'll start posting the best of what I'm seeing. You're welcome, Lorraine!

Loving right now, and purchasing tonight, is this fab tote from Fabric and Handle. The straps are adjustable AND removable! The bags are machine-washable! The straps come in different colours and widths! Le sigh.

Delmare Tote Shopping Bag, $29



Claire Tote Shopping Bag, $29



Margo Tote Shopping Bag, $29

Found thanks to Simple Song

Hidden animal cups are my next purchase

I think these cups are simply stunning! Can't wait to get my hands on them :)

$17 each on Amazon. Found via My Owl Barn.

The owl and the pussycat a possible wedding reading?

OK, I have always loved this book, The Owl and the Pussy-cat, and Chris remembers it as well. It's been republished so many times with different drawings, but the story remains perfectly the same.

I've been thinking I'd like to have it as a reading. The more I think about this still-fictitious-but-one-day-will-be-real wedding that Chris refuses to have in a Church, the more I think that that gives me leeway on, well, everything!

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea     In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money,     Wrapped up in a five pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above,     And sang to a small guitar, 'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,       What a beautiful Pussy you are,           You are,           You are! What a beautiful Pussy you are!'

Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!     How charmingly sweet you sing! O let us be married! too long we have tarried:     But what shall we do for a ring?' They sailed away, for a year and a day,     To the land where the Bong-tree grows And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood     With a ring at the end of his nose,           His nose,           His nose, With a ring at the end of his nose.

'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling     Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.' So they took it away, and were married next day     By the Turkey who lives on the hill. They dined on mince, and slices of quince,     Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,     They danced by the light of the moon,           The moon,           The moon, They danced by the light of the moon.

Written by Edward Lear