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 Ooh, the yellow Ranunculus, how I love thee. Here's why "farm direct" matters: with Flower Muse, you can get two dozen orange roses to travel directly from a farm in Ecuador to your door. There's no middle man, and this direct connection gives you the freshest, most lush flowers around — and you get them at wholesale rates. Plus, Flower Muse flowers are Fair Trade Certified… which is probably more than your local market can guarantee. 
When I first heard about our sponsor Kiwicrate, I was all "Why do I need someone else to send craft supplies to my house? I CAN DO THIS MYSELF." And then… I looked around at our "craft and activity area," aka a small corner of our kitchen that's overflowing with stuff we rarely use. This is where Kiwicrate steps in and showers you with its brilliance: you sign up for their monthly or annual service, and they start sending amazing and inspired age-appropriate activities right to your front door. 
You guys already know how I love Blurb books, but what you may NOT know is that now I love them EVEN SUPER DUPER MORE. A friend recently brought it to my attention that you can make books from your Facebook and Instagram photos — an idea that had me shrieking from glee a little bit. Between those two apps I have hundreds of photos just sitting in albums online, and they're not all saved somewhere else. In fact, the photos I'd most want to put into an album are the ones that are straight from my phone — the same ones I'd never think to print otherwise. 
Every so often I can't resist the urge to gawk at material cuteness, and right now I am totally in love with little baby and toddler feet wrapped up in Robeez. I (foolishly! FOOLISHLY!) spent my son's infancy under the impression that it would be silly to put him in shoes. I distinctly remember being told once that he should be in shoes because it was cold out, and I remember looking the person in question in the eye and pointing out that my child had on two layers of socks. 
We all know Mother's Day is coming up, and believe that you don't have to buy anything to celebrate it. But when we introduced you all to longtime Offbeat Empire sponsor Gemvara last year, you guys loved it. It's not hard to see why: the company offers you the chance to totally customize your jewelry — you pick everything from the band to the color of the stone. Want to show off your kiddo's birthstone? Go for it! Gemvara makes it EASY. 
I'm Australian, my husband is American, and we live in China with our one-year-old son, Xavier. In the last year we've traveled to Australia, the USA, Germany, China, and back to Australia — and we've amassed a ton of tips to help our fellow traveling families! 
ATTENTION OFFBEAT UTAHNS: Offbeat Mama sponsor Blooming Within Birth Services is a Utah-based birth services business owned by doula Valerie — and she wants to work with... 
Remember sponsor Hot Mama Ink and their Mother's Milk tee? ME TOO! The biz has recently gone and made your badass attire shopping that much better with the launch of their new registry, Mama Wants. |
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