Ahoy Matey!

Our family is really into pirates right now. I should specify  - the kids are really into pirates right now. They are fans of the Disney Junior show, Jake & the Neverland Pirates. It always amazes me how quickly children can memorize the songs from their favorite shows. Although this is just a photo above, I can assure you they were singing the Jake theme song here. I know my neighbors can attest this is true.

Recently, we also went to the Arvada Center (www.arvadacenter.org) in Arvada, CO. They had the book "How I Became a Pirate" by Melinda Long and illustrated by David Shannon on the Children's Theatre Stage. This was a one-hour musical and actually held the attention of Christian, 3 and Molly, 6. They did a fantastic job with Jeremy Jacobs and Captain Braid Beard.

I also found a very adorable smocked Jon Jon for your pirate loving guy. Claire & Charlie made this great light blue stripe Jon Jon, perfect for any pirate performance, playtime, summertime, etc.
 

Claire & Charlie Smocked Pirate Jon Jon

I really appreciate these great companies like Claire & Charlie, Anavini, et al who capture the innocence of little children in their whimsical clothing. I hope your children saying "Aarrgh!" "Ahoy matey!" "Blimey!" brings a smile to your face as it does to mine.

Happy Shopping!

Happy Easter, Happy Spring!

I hope everyone had a very Happy Easter! We had very happy, excited children in the morning and then very sugared, exhausted children by evening. Our little man was a hit in his seersucker suit, photo below.



It is noticeable that people appreciate well dressed children. We had many compliments throughout the day. I grew up being dressed for the holidays and I enjoy continuing the tradition, as many of you do also. Thank you for your continued business at Maison de Belles Choses as you dress your children in classic clothing.

Happy Shopping!

Jennifer

Bathing Suit Sale - Ending Soon

Our bathing suit sale will end on Saturday, April 7th. I wanted to share a photo I took of my daughter Molly fishing in Florida while wearing her adorable Funtasia Too hot pink seersucker suit.


Children can wear attractive swimsuits for any occasion! (By the way, she caught a catfish.)

Happy Shopping!
Jen

Bathing Suit Sale

20% off Sale on Swimwear at Maison de Belles Choses for two weeks only. Sale begins today, March 24th and continues till April 7th.

Prices reflect the 20% reduction.

Adorable suits from Funtasia Too likes this pink striped seersucker with blue polka dot ribbon trim.

And, classic, simple options for the little man in your life.

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I hope you enjoy the sun and swimming as much as we do.

Happy Shopping!

Shipping

I wanted to let you know that I have updated our shipping options. Due to the significant increase in cost of UPS, I have added US Postal Service Priority Mail as an option. This option will include tracking and delivery confirmation. To be honest, I have done a test run and USPS Priority mail actually appears to be delivered faster than UPS. I have left UPS as an option for delivery but have had to adjust the prices to reflect the increase in cost that occurred as of the beginning of this year.

The good news - this is just in time to order some of our fabulous spring/summer clothing like the very sweet Anavini cherry smocked bubble. I love the green and red together.

I can't forget my little guys. Vive La Fete created this adorable light blue striped Construction John John.

Don't forget to check out our attractive swimsuits also! I think this Anavini Watermelon Smocked Bathing Suit may be one of the cutest one's I have seen on the market to date.

Thank you for your understanding. Happy Shopping!!

The Perfect Nursery

As I find myself searching the Internet so I can learn and grow Maison de Belles Choses, I am finding great blogs and online stores.

My recent "searching" led me to Project Nursery (www.projectnursery.com)

This blog was created by two Moms and business partners, Melisa Fluhr and Pamela Ginocchio. They have some beautiful ideas for your baby's nursery and share photos of their projects. They also sometimes mention children's clothing, like Busy Bees, and resources for Moms. Their site is a wealth of information while also aesthetically attractive.

As I was checking out their projects, I pictured an adorable baby dressed in sweet Pixie Lily layette clothing, including the convertible gown for wrap romper photographed below.

Pixie Lily is a line out of Charleston, South Carolina created by a lovely woman named Leda Jackson. This layette line is made with the most wonderful, softest pima cotton sourced from Peru and is finished by hand with french knotting. It is lovely and compliments a nursery finished by Project Nursery beautifully.

It is amazing the volume of resources available on the Internet. I hope you find Maison de Belles Choses, www.maisondebelleschoses.com, as your resource for classic, smocked clothing for children.

Happy Shopping!

Jennifer

Happy New Year!

I am finally feeling settled here in Colorado. We arrived just in time for the holiday season

Halloween

Thanksgiving and Christmas.

This made for an exhausting few months and little time to truly get settled.

Now, as the New Year begins, I thought I would share my resolutions:

1. Continue to enjoy Colorado! It is truly beautiful and offers many family friendly activities.

2. Organize my photos. I expect I am not alone with this task. I love the convenience of digital cameras but the photos are often trapped in my computer.

3. Focus more on Maison de Belles Choses. I truly enjoy seeing children, including mine, in classic, smocked clothing. I will continue to seek out well made, affordable clothing so this can be attainable for many of us.

4. I will be more active on Facebook and blogging so you, the customer, can be aware of sales and new items arriving.

5. I will offer more sales. These sales will be more specific to brands or items so they can be more frequent. I will also continue to offer our seasonal sales as well. Like right now - Busy Bees is 50% off. Every item we have ever carried from them is 50% including the great pajamas.

I hope your New Year is starting off well. Please continue to find us on the Internet and "like" us on Facebook. We really appreciate your support.

All the best,

Jennifer

Christmas is here, already?!

It was amazing to me when I walked in Target two days after Halloween that Christmas was here but Thanksgiving had been forgotten. There was not a turkey in sight but the Christmas music was already playing.

I am a huge fan of the holidays, every holiday, and I particularly love dressing my children up for the occasion. My children have complimented each other in the Little English scarecrow outfits for Thanksgiving and for Christmas this year, Molly will be wearing the red cord dress by Zuccini this year.

Christian is coordinating with her in the IMP red plaid longall. I actually just found an embroiderer here in Colorado so feel free to ask me to embroider any of the clothing on Maison and I can.

We also have a few new options from Carriage Boutique. They have done a red corduroy Christmas scene every season and they are a true classic.

I am absolutely thrilled with a sweater Funtasia Too created for the season. The red is perfect and the ruffle plaid detail is done well.

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween and are looking forward to eating plenty of turkey this month. Enjoy checking out the new clothing at Maison de Belles Choses.

Happy Shopping!
Jen