Sometimes it’s good to think about the little things in life that make you happy. Here are Five Things I’m loving today……
1: Art & Design Books
2: Pretty Flowers
3: Vintage Dresses
4: Aqua Blue Nail Polish
5: A Pink Balloon
Happy May Day!
Category: INSPIRATION
What She’s Wearing: Kid Style
What she’s wearing……..Now that Kaiya is getting a little bit older, her personal style is really taking off…..I love how she puts her outfits together every day & that she loves to wear Juliette Sunshine, it makes me long for the day I’ll have time to start designing & producing some new collections again…..
Bumblebee headband: recycled from past Halloween costume/ jacket: Gap Kids/ dress: Juliette Sunshine
DIY scarf: “Handmade”/ dress: Juliette Sunshine/ socks: Gap Kids
DIY scarf: “Handmade”/ jacket: Gap Kids/ top & leggings: Juliette Sunshine/
shoes: Twinkle Toes
Lovely Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s a beautiful day to celebrate & daydream about all the people you love in your life…..what are your plans for today?
Some Valentine’s Day inspiration
…..it’s a good day for a walk on the beach…..reading a book to someone you love…..making a gift by hand….giving a big hug ….remembering special moments….and celebrating all the joy in your life. Have a beautiful day!
Time Flies
Happy New Year! There’s been so many changes & I can hardly believe that after more than five years of being a Mom to my little girl, we welcomed a new soul into the world……a beautiful little boy named Kingston who is now 6 months old.
He is so sweet and happy….. we love him so much! But time is flying & these past few months have passed so quickly….
a little moment in time of nesting in and becoming a Mom all over again…
and my big girl is getting adjusting to Kindergarten life….
Things have changed, life has evolved and honestly I never ever thought I would find myself in the place I’m in right now…..Soon after my husband accepted a new job offer and we relocated from sunny LA to the San Francisco Bay Area, I came to realize that the best thing for me to do was to put my ever demanding clothing business on hold for a bit, to take a break from the long hours I was working day and night, and to spend some time with my daughter. A few months later, I became pregnant again and so the story goes on….
For someone like me who has been working hard all my life since I was 14 years old (!), has traveled the world as a designer, and has launched and run my own clothing business for several years…it’s been a huge adjustment to stay home and focus on being a Mom…..Sometimes it’s really hard, but most of the time, it’s pretty amazing….
Now my days are filled with cooking, cleaning, drop offs, pick ups, play dates, homework, nursing, nap times, diapers and more diapers, reading, dancing, SO MUCH LOVE and many exhausting sleepless nights.
a peek into the nursery…
I will always cherish this time in my life and I’m truly grateful for the chance to spend so much time with my daughter and the new baby!
But that being said, a girl can always use a little GLAMOUR in her life & sometimes I do really miss the frenetic pace of working in the fashion world and having a good reason for getting dressed up every day….
So, after a long hiatus, I’ve decided to get back to working on the Juliette Sunshine blog by taking it to a new direction. Instead of focusing on my designs, I’ll be focusing on all the PLACES, PEOPLE and PRETTY THINGS that INSPIRE ME and taking a more personal approach to blogging about my family life and all the things that I LOVE…..with a new life and style blog for you and your little ones.
It’s a month into 2013 and seems like the perfect time for a new beginning!
With Love,
Zoe
Baby Love: Inspiration for the Nursery
My latest obsession is all about getting ready for our new baby! I’m so excited about the new addition to our family….and having fun researching all that comes with the new bundle of joy. Here is some of what I’ve been admiring and getting inspired about for baby’s new arrival.
Getting Inspired for the Nursery…..I want to do something modern and simple, but still creative….the look has to fit in with the rest of our house, a little bit modern, a little bit retro. I’m loving the colors black, white, grey and red. Here is some inspiration:
love everything about this room so much!…. from Design Crisis
so cool & modern…..from apartmenttherapy.com
most amazing color composition…..from kristineeldrige.com
love this!……from highway-design.blogspot.com
Will be adding photos of the baby’s new nursery area once we have it all ready….so much fun!
All About Easter
Seeing as I love all things vintage, I’ve been on the hunt for some cool retro Easter items, here are some of my favorites: Let’s start the week off with some Juliette Sunshine vintage Easter picks! I spend some time on Etsy searching for the cutest retro Easter items for the season….
Vintage Easter Boxes from Lishyloo Vintage
Vintage Easter Cards from BettyAndDot
Vintage Easter Eggs from BabylonSisters
Vintage Easter Children’s Suitcase Box from greatvintagefun
VIntage Easter Miniatures Bunnies and Ducks by Paisleyana
Some other great Easter finds from Belle & Boo…so sweet with a modern vintage vibe & cute Easter craft ideas to try from the LMNOP blog
….and our bright vintage remade dresses for girls: Juliette Sunshine.
What are you planning for Easter this year? I love Easter mostly because of fond childhood memories of meeting Easter bunnies, decorating eggs, eating those fluffy marshmallow bunnies & jelly beans and how one year I received one of those giant eggs with a special scene inside. Did you ever get one of those…..?
Happy Easter!
Apple Picking
I forgot to post about the weekend when we went to a farm to do apple picking for the first time! So fun…and in such beautiful surroundings….can you imagine living a simple, quiet life on a farm? The apples were so tasty…I was so inspired, I went home and baked a pie from scratch-yum!
We also got to visit some lovely & lazy pigs, sheep and chickens……
Getting Inspired…..# 7
Getting inspired to start creating the new collections, feeling crazy for color & flowers & pattern mixing but also…..
…. for cool, calm &
dreamy sparkly things……
….& soft colors…..
so cute & so pretty…..
…& places where I’d really like to be….
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Book Love
I’m always drawn towards beautiful illustrations in children’s books….here are some favorites from our shelf we’ve been reading… both new & old….
I really love the illustrations from The Yellow Tutu…..
And when life starts to imitate art…….
Have a beautiful day!
A Sunny day in San Francisco
This past weekend we went to the new opening of the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco. (formerly Zeum)
http://creativity.org/
What an amazing place! I’m not sure who had more fun, me or my 4 year old daughter? …..I just love to go to well designed places with amazing interiors….I am most happy in a beautiful, fun atmosphere with my family. If you can, you should check it out, there are so many great interactive things to do! Kids get to dress up in costumes, perform & sing, create their own videos (complete with green screen), do puppet shows & create music & animation.
monster mobile
cool stairway
playing dress up
glittery drum circle
puppet show
I need this in my office
It was a fun day!!
Juliette Sunshine 
