
It’s a girl! Or a boy! Oh, just read the banner.
This week on Brika, I was so happy to discover the beautiful work of stationer Kristen Ley of Thimblepress. There's so much to love in her shop, but what really caught my eye was this great DIY kit for your next baby shower. The DIY It's a girl...

Tough kids can still have sparkly toes
Move over, princess shoes. We've found the cutest sparkle sneakers that have a date with the monkey bars. For years we've loved shoes by See Kai Run for their combination of durability, fit, and looks. The new Adalynn sneaker with Mary Jane styling adds a fun...

5 tech picks you won’t want to miss this week
Here are 5 of our favorite tech picks from this week just in case you missed them. 1. Want to get your personal information off those sites like Spokeo? We can help. 2. We're completely obsessed with this awesome gadget. 3. You don't even have to be a vintage...

Gilt launches personalized sales, and a few other reasons this is still one of the best flash sale sites
If you're like us and visit Gilt every day (fine, three times a day), to find chic new items for your wardrobe, home, or kids, you'll be excited to hear about a new feature they just launched to make your shopping experience even nicer. As if getting great deals...

An eyecare system from Bliss that helps give tired eyes (like ours) a little help.
Soooo maybe your eyes need a little help like mine. Blame it on lack of sleep or parenting--way easier on the ego than blaming it on age. I found a really nice little eyecare system from Bliss that's been a pleasure to use. I've been a longtime fan of Bliss for...

Shoe-shopping just got sweeter: Buy a pair of Toms and a US child in need gets one too.
Kids don't need much to dream. But they do need a few basic, important things to succeed: education, food, exercise and clothing. So we're happy to support a company that aims to give one million pairs of shoes to underprivileged children right here in the US by the...

The Mountain Buggy Cosmopolitan Stroller is a seriously posh ride
With my youngest almost three years old, I'm almost out of the stroller world. I admit it: that bums me out. Because I loooove strollers. Especially the strollers from Mountain Buggy. I've fallen hard for their newest one, because it's pretty much perfect....

The coolest hoodies in the hood
Hoodies are wardrobe staples in our household. My husband, a hoodie addict with over 20 in his closet, has gotten my boys into sporting them too. For the most part, my guys wear boring old navy or black hoodies (yawn), with the occasional sports team or stripes thrown...

Two awesomely lightweight car seats your biceps will thank you for
Getting ready for baby #3 has required many a trip down to the basement to dig up all the gear we used with babies #1 and #2. Our old car seats were the size of woolly mammoths, though, ugh! Fortunately I've discovered two incredible new infant car seat systems on the...

Dinner’s on the table. Next to the markers.
We love making dinnertime more fun while keeping the kitchen clean. Voila! A washable tablecloth that also serves as gigantic piece of paper for your table of pint-sized artists. This Doodle tablecloth by Stitch in the UK is a fun way to get kids to stick around after...