Hoo boy!  This is one of those times when I wish I could win our giveaway because its for this insane-in-the-membrane little dressie from our new favorite kiddo designer, Misha Lulu. Presenting the “Red Sea Dress”!
Amazing, no? Karen Salazar and her husband Joe are the masterminds behind this gem of a design line. This is a lady I want to have drinks with. Like, really good drinks involving high quality liquor.
Clearly this retro-inspired design line is a family affair. Oh, and what a cutie family too!
I sat down for a little e-chat with Karen, the creative mastermind behind  Misha Lulu.
MK: What inspired you to start this wonderful line of girl’s clothing?
Karen: First of all it was my daughter Bela—our muse. The thought of being able to be at home and spend more time with her was very appealing. Next it was the love of everything retro. My husband and I love to collect vintage children’s book illustrations, so that is also a big inspiration. They bring back many fond memories from our
childhood. (MK: clearly, we need to hang out!)Â Finally we just wanted to be able to do something on our own that we could hopefully pass down to Bela.
MK: You call this a family affair—can you tell me how everyone is involved with your product line?
Karen: Usually I come up with the concepts or sometimes Bela is interested in something that will give me my inspiration. Then my husband and I start brainstorming and both of us will start sketching out our ideas. From there we will refine the graphics we like and we both art direct each other. We wear many hats in this company and we have to multi task constantly.
MK: But I bet they are fabulous hats!
Karen: Ha ha! Indeed! Also, my mom hand paints the aprons and Joe’s mom does crochet bows and hats that we offer for Fall. Bela is also involved by getting her hands into anything she can.
MK: I love it! Go Grandmas! That might be the best thing I’ve ever heard about any fashion line EVER! But I must ask one last question—what is your favorite item in this line?
Karen: I really like the “Click” dress, I love this mod silhouette and I adore stripes. This is a dress that I would definitely wear.
MK: Mod! Stripes! Karen, honey, you are speaking our language! Sigh, will you be our BFF? And make clothes in mama sizes? Hee hee! Thank you Karen!
So, now you see why we are so mad crushing on the Salazar family and the awesomeness that is Misha Lulu!
And why we are just tickled pink to offer you this gorgeous Red Sea dress for any little girl from the sizes 12 months to size 6. Amazing.
Now, to win this dandy little dressie of insane cuteness here’s all you need to do:
- Leave a comment on this blog entry
- Follow us on Twitter. If you are already a follower, tweet about this giveaway—don’t forget to include @modernkiddo in the tweet please! You can also follow our personal twitters @galexina and @missdottie
- “Like†us on Facebook
- Stop by the Misha Lulu blog and leave a comment! It’s a great blog that you’ll want to come back to again and again!
You’ll get one entry for each thing you do. If you do all three (or five) you’ll be entered three to five times.
Because I will be away on vacation, this fabulous Misha Lulu Giveaway ends on Friday April 29 at 8:00PM-PST and the winner will be announced Monday, May 3rd.
Good luck, and I’m crossing my fingers you win!
Mishalulu loveliness always makes me swoon. I don’t FB or twitter so I hope this one little entry is the one that wins!
thanks for the fabulous giveaway.
✿ the red sea~~ dress = 100%♡
Love Misha Lulu! I have literally spent hours on their website. It is so beautiful and inspirational.
Amazing work! I want o win!!!
is it bad luck to leave the first comment? hope not! what a cute dress, thanks for giving one away.
Gorgeous! (The model and the dress) Fingers crossed – thanks, lovely mamas!
adorable dress! thanks for the giveaway!
umm, yes please! this is the cutest dress!
Love this dress!
We are possibly Misha Lulu’s biggest fans! Ivy has several of the new pieces including Click dress! BUT we don’t have the red dress! Would love to win.
Steph
mondo adorable dress! love the styled shots with the globes, so inspirational.
That is soooo beautiful!!!!!!!!
Holey moley what a dress!!! and what a giveaway count me in 🙂
Zoe x
Aspen would look great in this beauty!
Ahhh! Obsessed! This dress would look downright AMAZING on my little rascal, Everly.
Following all 3 of you on twitter!
And I really, really truly Like you on facebook 🙂
I love Misha lulu mostly because of the wholesomeness of the designs but also because my dd is sensitive to alot of materials and she doesnt react at all to misha lulu at all.
Such a super cute dress! Thanks for the opportunity!
love misha lulu!
And following @modernkiddo!
Thank you for introducing me to yet another swoon worthy brand! fingers crossed!
So cute!
Mishalulu is to die for. I design kids clothes and always feel like they are the line I’d most like to be some day 🙂 Pick meeee!
I’ve liked you on facebook for awhile. how do you think I heard about this awesome giveaway! 🙂
ooooh I LOVE Mishalulu and have been longing for one of their little dresses for ages. So happy about this giveaway, and loved reading your interview!
….liked on facebook….
….and commented on Mishalulu blog too!
tweeted about it under the name flippincool
am following MissDottie now under the name flippincool
am following Alexandra Tayler
I love those dresses! My girls need those dresses! I must win!
I follow on twitter and I tweeted!
@rosecityqueen
http://twitter.com/#!/ModernKiddo/status/60368635809636352
I follow MK on FB.
Love this!!!! So beautiful!
Just amazing!!!
Love, love, love that dress!
I like you on Facebook 🙂
I commented over at Mishalulu blog too!
I Love the post! so much fun!
We love YOU! You are so talented chica!
These are really cool. Thanks!!
<3 soo much!!!
Wow, what a family! I’m so jealous that she’s surrounded by such amazing creativity. Thanks for the chance to win. 🙂
Happy to follow on Twitter!
And I “LIKE” on facebook, too!
Love that dress!
I like you on the facebook!
I commented over at Mishalulu blog too!
I follow MK on twitter!
@greengoat77
I tweeted this giveaway!
@greengoat77
LOVE Mishalulu
Love that dress!
Holy cute city!!!!
Such a cute dress!!
my little Nova bean would look glam in that dress! love mishalulu!
i follow @modernkiddo
@rugratvintage
we’re friends on facebook!
🙂
i’m also a follower of @missdottie
@rugratvintage
so many times i can leave a comment lol
i also follow @galexina.. and pout over her palm tree photos JEALOUS!
@rugratvintage
i tweeted!
insane! @mishalulu giveaway over @ModernKiddo http://bit.ly/hgH3DB hope nova bean wins!
Oh my goodness — what a lovely little dress!
If only I could get lucky this time. Lovely dress. Thanks.
LOVE this brand!
Love Misha Lulu! What an amazing family and clothing line!
That dress is too cute!
Like you on FB!
i love this line! the photography is great too! so cute!!!!
Positively beautiful and I love the story behind it. Thank you!
Misha Lulu is my absolute favorite line of girls’ clothes!! The dress here is so adorable!
I liked you on fb!
I left a comment on their blog : ) really really hoping I win….
yes please with sugar on top!
~Emily
i have a little ladycakes i would LOVE to see in this dress!
like you on fb.
comment on misha lulu blog. thanks!
I liked you on facebook and left a comment on the Misha blog and here!
I hope I win 🙂 thanks!
love love love misha lulu, thanks for the great interview!!
Love Misha Lulu! And this is totally one of my fav dresses! Of course I like you on FB! 🙂
Huge fan! Wish I could shrink down and squeeze into misha lulu! They dressed my daughter for her first day of kindergarten. Love it!
i want to win
like u on fb
What a gorgeous dress! I would LOVE to dress my little girl in that. Too bad I can’t get one for myself! 🙂
I would love to win! My daughter would look darling in that red dress.
I am now following you on twitter and have tweeted your contest.
Just liked your facebook page.
I LOVE Misha Lulu!!!
Just had a girl 8 days ago and I’d love to see her in some Mishalulu!!
I blogged about this today- http://www.adventuresinbabywearing.com/2011/04/small-style-mr-sun-where-did-you-go.html and also comment on the Misha Lulu blog! 🙂
Steph
I like Modern Kiddo on Facebook!
Steph
Oh my goodness! That dress is gorgeous!
wow, so excited for this giveaway! I adore Misha Lulu and would LOVE to win a new dress for my girlies!
I now like Modern Kiddo on fb!
Following on Twitter as well!
Comment left at Misha Lulu blog. Yay!
I LOVE MISHA LULU. My daughter would look so cute in this dress.
pica_princess_88@yahoo.com
Like Modern Kiddo on FB
Chelsei Ryan
pica_princess_88@yahoo.com
Just found your blog through Misha Lulus blog! Love it!
Following you on Twitter!
Liked Modern Kiddo on Facebook.
commented on Misha Lulus blog.
LOVE Misha! I want to have drinks with Karen as well!
Bri
Commented on Misha Lulu’s blog. 🙂
This is my new blog crush! Love that dress!
I LOVE it! The photos are great and the clothing… even better!
comented on karen’s blog, liked on facebook and comenting here! crossing my fingers!!
Oh I love Misha Lulu! SOOO CUTE!
I now like you on Facebook! My fingers are crossed! 🙂
SO darling!
I love knowing about the visionary behind the designs!
Misha Lulu rocks!!!!Love the new spring -summer collection!
oh how I would love to dress my little Mabel in such a fantastic frock!
Love, love, love! My little Meadow would look darling in this sweet dress!
I’m following ModernKiddo on Twitter, tweeted about the giveaway on my personal account , “liked” on FB, and posted all necessary blog comments (here and at Misha Lulu!!
Love this dress! Misha Lulu is a newfound favorite clothing brand!
I’m following @galexina!
Following @MissDottie too!
I die, DIE, of love for Misha Lulu.
There isn’t a single item in any of the collections that I’m not crazy about—I love that children’s clothing has become so creative. Totally wishing these styles came in my size!!
<3
Tweeted here: http://twitter.com/sarasophia/status/63425227069202432
CROSSING MY FINGERS AND TOES!!!
Liked you on facebook and am now following your personal twitters (although that sounds cheeky).
😉
Commented on Karen’s blog!
S.S.
This dress is adorable and would look perfect on my niece!! 🙂
I am now following ModernKiddo, Alex and Dottie (Happy birthday, girl!) on twitter. I tweeted the link to the contest (even though my odds of winning will diminish) – lol. I “liked” the MK FB page and am now off to visit (and comment on) the Misha Lulu blog!
Left my Misha Lulu blog comment on Annie’s birthday entry! Yippee!
Absolutely adorable! I don’t have any little girls of my own but a lot of my friends do and I would love to be able to gift them one of these beauties.
My almost 2 year old bull-dozer of a boy will not do this dress justice. Crossing my fingers for a baby girl and this R-A-D dress. Yes, PLEASE!