Monthly Archives: May 2013

We spent Memorial Day weekend in the Berkshires, shooting an editorial style “story” for Babesta in the woods. (You can take the girl out of the city…) We rented a U-haul and brought up cribs, strollers, Fall 2013 fashions and more! There was definitely a point in time that I thought I had totally lost it (light rain, wind & back-breaking set building) – but the result will be beautiful, thanks to an amazing team, including photographer Katrina Tang & stylist Michel Onofrio! Stay tuned. Here’s a little behind the scenes peek! (who's behind that big, big book!?) [caption id="attachment_859" align="aligncenter" width="300"]

    [caption id="attachment_867" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Some of our favorite designs at ICFF this year![/caption]   ICFF was awesome this year – and despite the trickle of kids-related things, we found some great new products and connected with some of our favorite vendors. Check out these goods that will soon be seen at Babesta Cribz.

Just got our Wild & Wolf back in the store – some magical gifts for summer birthday parties and for today and tomorrow only, we're offering 20% off. We read in Departures that with the return of Arrested Development, magicians are totes “in” so you can help kids get their magic on with some tricks of the trade. (Gotta love G.O.B. Bluth as a role model). Balloon Animals, Juggling Sets, Magic Tricks and more! http://www.babesta.com/Wild-and-Wolf/ For 20% off all Wild & Wolf on Thurs & Friday, use code WildMay.

We can't decide which we like better, but here are two color choices for some awesome summer jeans by ESP No. 1  paired with my very favorite indie-spirit "Declare Independence" tee by Mini & Maximus and a cool necklace by our friends at Atsuyo et Akiko. Kids' style at its coolest. . . Which do you prefer?

It was a gorgeous weekend for TOAST of Tribeca this month, and I scooped up the kids and decided to make the artwalk our Sunday event. Both of my girls love art and I thought it would be fun for them (and me) to see how many artists and how much creative talent is all around us. The work we saw was amazingly diverse and it was really a kick getting into all of these studio spaces that dotted around the area. We do see a lot of spaces of course when doing local deliveries, but many of these were in buildings that I’ve never been in, with hallways dedicated to artists and their work. Although I loved many of the artists, a couple stood out to me from a “Babesta” point of view. The first is Elizabeth Pantirer, who’s unique shoe-art featured running shoes morphed with creatures of the sea and land. Very cool stuff and I thought something that would be awesome for a kids’ room (something sweet for a newborn crafted from a first pair of shoes? Or something super cool for a tween/teen room with

At Babesta, we curate everything for a cool city child. That's any global urban mecca - from Stockholm to Sydney, Brooklyn to Berlin. For any NYC aficianados we have mixed together some of our hometown faves! Check out our latest goods answering the call of the city kid!Go to http://ow.ly/kO1rf to check out our full city selection!      

Grab your walking shoes and put your art hat on, it's TOAST Artwalk time in Tribeca this weekend! Tribeca has historically been known as an artists' neighborhood and this is a great occasion to show support to our local art community! Download the map at TOASTartwalk.com. Artists open their studios to the public and galleries get in on the game as well. There's nothing like supporting your 'hood with some art for your crib!