Monthly Archives: December 2010

The Peach’s Holiday Hits.

Real Life, Real Life : Dottie

Little Miss Peach ended up on the nice list this year, so Santa was extra good to her and brought dropped off some lovely toys under our Christmas tree. But two seemed to rise to the top.

The first, which she ran to as soon as she woke up: the shopping cart.

It was the most expensive prezzie, but was worth it as she’s put all of her babies in it and run it all over the house every day.

I thought it was a good call because every time we went into this one kiddo store, she ran right to the shopping cart and pushed it all over the store until I had to tear her away to leave.

Oh yes, and the babies in the cart are named “the other one” and “the big one”. Quite descriptive, no?

The other big hit was the $3.99 Golden book, The Fire Engine Book by Tibor Gergerly that we bought along with four others and we’ve read it at least 15 times a day.

But we don’t mind, when the illustrations are as stunning as these.

Like WPA work.

What were the big hits at your house?

Post Christmas Sale Vintage Kiddo Retro Round up!

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I hope everyone had the best holiday ever filled with friends and family and good health.  I’m still sniffling a bit, but had quite my fill of egg nog and laughter and kisses under the mistletoe.

Well, it is the week after Christmas and every retail shop out there is offering terrific sales right now, so I thought I would find all clothes under fifteen dollars for this week’s vintage kiddo retro round up. Hurrah!

How could I not add this goodie to the list!  Vintage Polly Flinders 4T cuteness.  From eBay seller, Beverly and Duane.

Rah rah vintage school sweater to keep you warm this winter. From eBay seller, Blue Sky Diner.

Or the ric-rac cuteness of it all!  This little peachy summer pinafore is dreamy! From eBay seller, 49 River Girl.

Now this little red vintage sports coat is too darling for words.  And the little sailboat on it is killing me! From eBay seller, Mitcho.

Little Miss Sunshine dress is so aptly names and only $15.00 for this sweet size 6.  Such a good deal! From Pussycat Vintage.

Etsy seller, BabyComeBack says this sweet plaid turtle orange corduroy jacket kills her and I’m just as dead as she is!  And only 15 smackeroos.

Oh, this darling vintage red cardigan with white stripes and sweet white floral embroidery at the neckline is just lovely and comes with matching ducky gloves that are too adorable for words!  And just under EIGHT DOLLARS!!!  From Etsy seller, PrimitiveWhiteHouse.

Lishyloo always has a great selection of clothes at amazingly decent prices.  Like this terrific stripey shirt she’s calling the Bert & Ernie shirt.  For only FOUR DOLLARS.

I’m really in love with this pink stripe puffy sleeved girls blouse that 3 Ring Circus is selling for only 15 bones. I could see it at Janie and Jack for $40 at least. Such a nice deal!

And here is the best deal of the week–seven pieces of vintage HealthTex sweetness–BOYS CLOTHES–with a starting bid of $9.99.  From eBay seller, ktjetta.

Not too shabby of a round up today! Happy Monday!

We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Groovy New Year!

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Dear Modern Kiddo friends,

Thank you sooo very much for a glorious year and for all your love and positive energy and enthusiasm! Thanks for all the lovely comments and support. We’re also so thankful for all the cool friendships we formed that have blossomed beyond the pages of Modern Kiddo….and it makes us so happy seeing friendships form between our fabulous readers!

Most of all, thank you for letting Dottie and I into your homes and lives via this kooky blog of ours. You make this whole bloggin’ thang pretty darn grand!

Real Life: Christmas Eve

Real Life, Real Life : Dottie

For some, the holidays are times of traditions. I am lucky enough to come from a family who loves its traditions and looks forward to them every year.

Of course some are traditions that many people also share, like hanging ornaments on our Christmas tree. My family prefers a really FULL Christmas tree choc-a-block with ornaments collected over the years. Not very designerly, but each one brings back a memory. The painted wooden one was created in Kindergarten and the stuffed candy cane toy was a relic from my Girl Scout Days.

And like many other families we spend a good chunk of time decorating Christmas cookies for the onslaught of kiddies…

Hmm… This one looks a lot like it’s model, our kitty, Minnow, yes?

For more than a decade, I spent my Christmas back East on Cape Cod, where my parents had a summer  house on the water.  My sweetie have a new tradition of a canoe ride from the house on Christmas day.

See how good he is with a paddle?

And of course the tradition that is almost a century old in our family–the trains. Still magic.

Unfortunately, my parents decided to sell the house on the Cape, and we’ve spent the last few Christmases here in the Bay area slowly creating our own traditions with our own family.

Who knows what new traditions await us? What new traditions are you starting with your family and your kiddos?

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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It’s the Modern Kiddo ornament party! Featuring tweedlebop!

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Ho ho ho, kiddos! Well, well well, it’s Christmas Eve day…can you believe it?? We are so soooo excited over here. Wolfie is just bustin’ and can’t wait for Christmas morning…he keeps asking me if I think Santa will know that Tuxie is here (our cat we dragged all the way to Michigan) and if he’ll bring him something….and also will Santa know how much he reeeeeally reeeeeeeeeeeeally wants a new Wii game or maybe a DS game or MAYBE even BOTH! But also a Lego Harry Potter thingy and could we possibly TEXT Santa to remind him of all this?? Oh yes. Text Santa. This is the modern age, my friends.

As this week draws to a close I have one last addition to the Modern Kiddo Ornament Party. So far we have seen amazing ornaments from Kristin (klt:works), Pilgrim (draw! pilgrim) and Danielle (Kitschy Digitals). Our final artist is the amazing Michael Fleming of Tweedlebop! I’ve sang his praises before (here!) and I’m about to do it again. Just look at these super adorable spacey snow peeps he’s created for you guys!!!!!!! I’m in adorable snow-bot heaven:

Simply download and print out on card stock for best results. As always I’m partial to a little embellishing with glitter or tiny pom poms, but these little bad boys look pretty darn adorable as-is too. A wee hole punch to the top and string with baker’s twine, ribbon or string and yer all set!

Download your special modern kiddo * tweedlebop holiday ornament here! (Ornaments are for personal use only!)

And because several people have emailed me, here once again is a link to my vintage vinyl Retro Holiday Music Mix! Have a listen while you wrap those final presents and place this last special ornament on your tree!

Oh! And here is the genius behind all this spacey goodness—Michael Fleming!

Michael is supremely talented and just an all around groovy guy. In addition to being an incredible artist, he is also the proud papa to the fabulous Winston Theodore and Olive!


(sorry, couldn’t resist one more shot of little Olive….)

Please show Ze Tweedlebop lots of love and swing by  his site or his shop (where you can pick up some amazing stuff!). You can also become a Fan of Tweedlebop on Facebook!

Thank you so much Michael for this amazing set of ornaments and being such a wonderful friend to modern kiddo. I’m so honored to have you as part of the modern kiddo family!

Download your special modern kiddo * tweedlebop holiday ornament here! (Ornaments are for personal use only!)

To everyone else, a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and your loved ones!!!!!

PS I’m signing off for a few days….I have a couple of things scheduled, but don’t you worry friends. I’m most definitely not workin’ over Christmas weekend. Can’t wait to hear what Santa brought you guys!