Holiday Shopping: How To Spend Prudently On Winter Baby Wear And Shoes
Winter Solstice, Holiday Break, Christmas, New Year, and every day in between
Winter is a time for bonfires, roasting marshmallows,
While having fun and enjoying this precious season with the family, bear in mind to protect yourself and your children from the cold. Choosing the best winter clothes for your family, especially for your little one is your key to enjoying the winter with your family.
There are a number of considerations that you might want to include in your quest in finding the best winter wear and kids fashion wear this season. Price may be on top of every list of factors, as well as free shipping.
However, to spend your money wisely, you need to know what to look for. It's not always that you would be relying on baby discount store sales, but more on getting more for what you pay for.
Here is a list of features that can help you spend your money sensibly on winter clothing for you and your little ones:
- Strength and Durability - Winter apparel should be “enduring” to withstand the rough winter weather. How much could a fabric take before it breaks?
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Warmth - Winter can be brutally cold, especially for your toddlers. Layering is not always the answer as it can inhibit free movement. It is important to know the type of fabric. Top choices would be
wool and cotton coupled with a synthetic fiber that can help keep body heat. Ensuring that the fabric is water resistant helps keep your babies dry and warm underneath.
- Functionality - Warmth and protection are not the only things that you need to look out for when choosing winter clothes for your children. You should be able to easily take them off when needed. Zippers that go all the way from the neckline down to the hem can give you easy access, as well as pull down pants, can give you ease in assisting your little ones.
- Safety - Many parents debate over having drawstrings on their toddler's clothing; whether for winter or otherwise. Drawstrings can easily get caught and can pose a high safety issue. Some clothes manufacturers have those little clasps that join both ends of drawstrings, some do away with it totally and use either Velcro or elastic bands instead.
- Flammability - With winter being a time for bonfires, making sure that the outside layer of your tad’s winter clothing is made of fabric that is also fire retardant to keep them safe.
- Size - Size matters all the time! Ensuring that your babies get the right baby shoe sizes, as well as winter baby clothes sizes, could mean your baby's comfort.
Because your baby is our boss, you can enjoy the winter outdoors with the family without leaving your little one behind!
Winter Is Coming: How To Choose The Best Winter Clothes For Your Little Ones
Winter baby wear is not just about keeping your toddlers dry and warm. When your little one enters the "age of exploration,” bundling them in layers of clothes is not the only thing you need to think about in kids fashion wear. Accessibility, mobility, and functionality are some of the things that should be on top of your list.
Early walkers need to move around. This is the time that your baby starts to explore the world; this is their time of discovery. With your little one being constantly on the move, safety should always take a big chunk of your considerations when choosing winter clothes.
Under Matters
Your little one's skin is sensitive. It is best to start with soft materials as this would touch your baby's skin. This can also help to comfortably trap the warmth.
Your baby's socks should also be made of soft cotton, not too thin, not too thick; just right to fit snow boots over them!
Winter Find
Finding the best winter clothes for your little one takes a number of considerations. We are giving some shopping tips that can help you get the best finds of the season and you're on your way to dressing your little one in style without getting a headache!
Winter is wet and windy. Ensure that the outside of your little
Ensuring that it would be easy for both you and your child to take off their coats when it's time to change nappies or go potty is something to consider. A zipper that goes all the way down to the hemline can give ease and functionality for your little one’s needs.
These may just look like a bunch of lists for you, but these can help ensure that you get the best winter find that can help you and your little ones enjoy the winter outdoors with the whole family!
Online Shopping Help
Keeping your toddlers warm is your utmost concern. By keeping your baby warm, you ensure that they do not catch a cold and that the winter clothes you had chosen is of the best fit.
Much of the body warmth escapes through the head. Choosing a head cover that can keep your baby’s head warm helps in maintaining your child’s body warmth.
Take the time to check our baby or toddler clothes size chart in our baby store online. Different brands, different make, and different sizes!
We understand how important making the right choice means to you and your toddlers. Because you and your baby are important to us, we make sure that your little ones get the best winter apparel at the right price with free shipping plus a free pair of cute baby shoes!
So what are you waiting for? Choose the best winter clothes and winter boots that could match your baby’s needs. Only the best winter finds for your toddlers at PlushyTadWear because your baby is our boss!
Baby Fashion Trend: How To Dress Up Your Babies Like A Boss
Dressing up your toddler is a great time for making memories and encouraging your child's imagination. With baby
The Laid-Back
No matter how busy the world may be, your little one is entitled to a laid-back lifestyle. What
A set of clothes that can be used for play times, casual walks in the neighborhood, and short trips to the local supermarket - something that your little one can use as they explore the world.
The Casual Chic
Early walkers start to have an active lifestyle and often loves going out with Mom and Dad. Everybody has their own idea of casual
Mix and match clothes. It's about being free and having fun to the fullest! Free to explore the world, to move about, and most of all to have fun!
The Chip From The Old Block
Suits and dresses are something that Mom and Dad would wear, right? Wrong! Your little one would look adorable in Gentlemen Suits and Princess Dresses!
Twinning between Moms and daughters, as well as Dads and sons, is a fad based on the same idea as The Chip From The Old Block. Little Daddy, Little Mommy - so cute and posh!
The Le Petit Fashionista
Fashion is not just about the latest in haute couture, it is more on choosing apparel that is most appropriate. Whether it is for a photo shoot, a formal family occasion, Sunday Service or simply to go about town, it is never too early to teach your little one some fashion sense!
Be The Smart Parent
They say that a baby is a reflection of his parents. Ensuring that your baby looks
No matter what the occasion is, type of season it may be, fashion style your toddler needs, PlushyTadWear is committed to giving you the best in baby and toddler apparel for that smart look that does not cost an arm and a leg. Clothe your little one in quality clothes that can help your little angel explore the world around them and allow them to dream of what they want to be when they grow up.
Encourage imagination in clothing and that is what PlushyTadWear is all about because your baby is our boss!
Best Mommy Pick Of The Season
It's the most wonderful time of the year - a time for shopping and gift giving, and your little ones are on top of our list!
As a mom, I look for the best for my toddler. Functionality, ease, and practicality, come top on my list. When I shop for clothes, I want outfits that my little one can use for a number of times, on different occasions and a number of seasons. Durability comes under practicality, too!
Rompers are great for sleeping, playtime or visits to the park. A full
Smart apparels can be used for special occasions and footwear that you can mix and match with your baby's wardrobe, Sundays, and visits to the pediatrician or even dress up days. These are the types of clothes I look for.
Fortunately, taking care of our little ones, as well as shopping, can now be done in the comfort of our homes. There's no need to go out and rummage through all the displays at children’s clothing stores just to find the perfect addition to our
There was a time when I was skeptical about using the Internet for buying my little one's clothes. I needed to physically see the item, feel it, and make a comparison. So for a long time, I would pack my kids in the car and bring them to the mall. Imagine the horrors of having 3 tads while doing the shopping - it was a total mayhem!
My
But thanks to technology, we now have the luxury of choosing kids clothes fashion and footwear, learning the materials in the description, and exploring possibilities with a few clicks! Now I do not need to wait for Daddy to come home before I go shopping. What a relief!
So Moms, what are you waiting for? Check out one of my smart Mommy finds, PlushyTadWear, where you can find boots baby clothes and more for your little tots in the convenience of your own home! Oh, don't forget the adorable beanies and neck scarf, too!
The Lost Watercolours of Edward Bawden
Widely admired today as an illustrator and printmaker, Edward Bawden (1903-89) is hardly a ‘forgotten artist’. Yet one aspect of his career has been neglected until now: his role in the 1930s as a critically-acclaimed modern painter.
The Lost Watercolours of Edward Bawden sets the record straight by bringing together the largest collection of the artist’s pre-war watercolours ever assembled. Most were originally exhibited at one or other of Bawden’s major solo shows – at the Zwemmer Gallery in 1933 and the Leicester Galleries five years later – exhibitions that impressed critics and delighted collectors. Continues below...
It has taken three years to assemble this remarkable collection of pictures, many of which were, as the title of the book suggests, lost. The remarkable quest to find and identify Bawden’s pre-war watercolours is described by publisher Tim Mainstone in an amusing, informative essay, which forms the third part of this richly illustrated volume. James Russell, author of the popular series ‘Ravilious in Pictures’, contributes an introductory essay exploring Bawden’s life and career in the 1930s.
The watercolours themselves are grouped by exhibition, with additional sections of works from the mid-30s and from the decade’s end.
Find out more about The Lost Watercolours of Edward Bawden and purchase a copy from our St Jude's Prints website.
Camera Ready 1983
Matthew Rich, Master Printer at Jealous has just created Camera Ready 1983, a new nine colour screen print which painstakingly recreates a piece of rediscovered artwork from Matthew's time printing fly posters in Manchester for Factory Records and their Haçienda club. Matthew explains...
"I started screen printing in the early nineteen eighties at a Manchester print shop called Community Expression. I printed posters, stickers and t-shirts for local bands and clubs, political groups and the students' union. Our first premises was in a university building on Oxford Road and then I can remember 3 or 4 more places before we moved to a bigger shop called Lola Publicity on Claremont Road in Moss Side.
I joined forces with the Manchester fly posting crew so as well as being poster printers for the Manchester music scene, we would pick up record company posters sent from London to the Piccadilly station Red Star depot. We would (not entirely legally) paste them all over town, sometimes travelling as far afield as Sheffield and Leeds. Continues below...
We had a good relationship with local promoter Alan Wise, making posters for his acts the Fall, The Blue Orchids and Nico for the brief time she lived and worked in Manchester. But most of our work came from Factory Records, firstly making fly posters for the original Factory club (AKA the Russell or PSV Club) in Hulme and then, from 1982 onwards, gig posters for the brand new Fac 51, The Haçienda.
Arriving at the club with a roll of freshly screen printed posters guaranteed free entry, strolling smugly past the queues and some cash in hand to spend at the bar. There were many memorable nights like Einsturzende Neubauten attacking the pillars holding up the roof with a jack hammer, Madonna's first ever show in the UK and William Burroughs on stage reading from his new book, 'The Place of Dead Roads'. Continues below...
Back in the printshop we set out the poster artwork with Letraset, Rubylith and Rotring pens. Shot negatives onto Lith film using a huge horizontal process camera - all brass hinges and ground glass screens - and hand printed onto MG poster paper with very smelly old solvent based inks. No health and safety back in the eighties!
Many many years later I found this bit of poster artwork in a box in the attic. So many people of a certain age remember that era of the Manchester music scene with such fondness and a few suggested I do something with my bits and pieces of memorabilia. Continues below...
I scanned the ancient artwork and dissected it layer by layer. The ageing off-white card of the artwork sheet. The palest blue lines (invisible to the camera) of the layout grid, some scribbled notes in pencil, a bit of Tippex covering a mistake and the matt black of the Letraset itself. We definitely ran out of letter Ys but that's fine, make a negative and print off as many new ones as you need.
There's a story here of my journey in screen printing from knocking out one colour posters on the cheapest stock to this nine colour, limited edition print in expensive Swiss water based inks on 100% cotton mould-made Somerset paper."
Find out more about Camera Ready 1983 over at Jealous Prints.
Rena Gardiner at MMU
Manchester Metropolitan University's Special Collections are currently hosting an exhibition dedicated to the work of Rena Gardiner.
Rena Gardiner (1929-1999) spent her life entirely devoted to her art, creating books, prints and paintings. She is best known for a series of guidebooks to historic places, buildings and the countryside, each of which she wrote, printed and illustrated herself. This exhibition will include some of these guidebooks alongside paintings, pastels, linocuts and sketch-books and a display of work by some of the artists who influenced Rena including Eric Ravilious, John Piper and Edward Bawden.
The exhibition is based upon the book Rena Gardiner: Artist and Printmaker by Julian Francis and Martin Andrew, published by Little Toller Books in association with the Dovecote Press, 2015.
Rena Gardiner: Artist and Printmaker at MMU Special Collections runs until 18th November 2016. Visit their website for full details
