So… the scoop: Lovemade is a one-day lifestyle workshop, taught by co-founders Janette Crawford and Jeanne Chan, to help women define a sense of intention about their home & nursery design, style & beauty, and support networks as they prepare for life with a little one.

When: September 27th, 10 AM – 5 PM.
Where: Catherine Kwong Design
Cost: $325 before 8/29, $375 after.
Space is limited to 15 beautiful mamas.

Each attendee receives a specially curated “New Moms Care Package” provided by The Honest Company, Minted, Freshly Picked, bareMinerals, International Orange Spa, Coatt, Little Sevi, Good On Paper and more. Following a morning of learning, there will be an “Ask Us Anything” panel with some favorite cool moms, professional makeup lessons & applications, mocktail hour, and bump photo sessions with Sarah Hebenstreit of Modern Kids Co. You can sign up here, or enter our giveaway below!

For non-Bay Area residents, please don’t be shy! If our winner isn’t local to the SF Bay, she’ll instead receive the new moms care package explained above.

For an extra entry, follow Lovemade on Instagram, Twitter, and/or Facebook. Giveaway runs through Thursday August 21st. We’ll email the winner on Friday the 22nd. Good luck!

**Congrats to Cindy M, the winner of our giveaway!**

*Lovemade is a new events series that celebrates the special intersection between what adults love and what kids love. We can’t wait to see what they come up with next!

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Which… is why we’re so so excited to see a modern line of nursing tops (and dresses!) that gets it. You don’t want to look like you’re wearing nursing clothes. Duh. You want to look like a normal person, who might even have some fashion sense even though you haven’t slept in three months and are likely covered in dried milk.

1. the flutter dress / 2. the tank / 3. the going home dress / 4. the x-back maxi dress / 5. the tee dress / 6. the day and night sweatshirt

Cue beam of light shining down from the heavens directly onto the lovely pieces from Au Lait. We’d wear the Flutter dress as a non-nursing person! So super cute and so super *normal* looking. Flat sandals, a cute diaper bag (maybe the one Joy designed for Feed?), and you’d look totally put together. And even better some styles are pregnancy friendly. Truly investment pieces for your child-bearing years.

There’s a reason these clothes are awesome. Au Lait‘s founder Emily Hsu has extensive background in garment and textiles technology and all of their garments are finished and constructed on par with pieces you’d find at Bergdorf Goodman. She personally quality checks every single piece!

We’re tempted to crank out a few more babies just so we can try these pieces ourselves. You, soon-to-be or already nursing mothers, are so lucky you might get to wear one of these pieces… and for free even.

Like Au Lait’s Facebook page for a chance to win the GOING HOME DRESS. It’s a piece that triples as a hospital gown, a nursing nightgown, and that perfect little dress you’ll love being seen in. Good luck, beautiful mamas!

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And even if you have no desire to lift a finger during that snuggly newborn time, Minted is still for you. They have so many adorable design options and their process is so easy and seamless… we’ve all made cards through their site multiple times, and couldn’t recommend it more. They’ll even address your envelopes for you. Yes!

Fill out the form below to enter to win a $150 credit towards the purchase of announcements on Minted.com. We’ll email the winner next week. Good luck!

Featured announcements: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7

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We use them for swaddling (obviously), for a stroller cover while baby is sleeping, as a light blanket when baby is a bit older, for an easy blanket on the grass at the park, for a nursing cover whilst about and about… the list goes on. They really are one of the key items you don’t want to leave home without when you have a baby.

And we love their changing pad covers, burpy bibs, crib sheets, sleep sacks, and skin care line too. Really they’re a brand that knows how to make useful, beautiful, quality baby products and that combination isn’t always easy to find.

Mum + Bub soothing ointment is so great for chapped cheeks, tiny scrapes, diaper rash, really anything that needs a little extra attention.

Kristina’s youngest, Forrest, is pretty thrilled with the giraffe friends on his changing table.

Now the fun part… the giveaway!

Fill out the form below to win the Jungle Jam swaddle pack, giraffe changing pad cover, and Mum + Bub lotion, body wash, and balm. We’ll email the winner next week. Good luck!

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Their patterns are adorable, as are their city alphabet prints for baby’s room. And don’t you love their place cards for a special dinner? They do beautiful custom work too, at their studio in New York or over the phone if you’re a fan from afar.

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