Kids & Family - May 27, 2009
Plan a kick-booty baby shower or blessingway
Planning a shower or blessingway for yourself or a friend? Before you run out and buy pink-and-blue party favors galore, consider a few important details so the mom-to-be is pleased-as-punch with your pre-baby bash.
Tags: Sprout, Freckle Face, baby shower, blessingway

Music - Oct. 18, 2008
Little Martin is perfect for dad and son
While searching for a small guitar to nourish my son's hunger to make music, I ended up buying us both a guitar. Despite being fashioned from high pressure laminates (which means no trees died to make this guitar), the LXME has a warm, bright sound.
Tags: Little Martin, LXME, Wade's, Fender Squier, Cascio, guitar, Sprout

Kids & Family - July 27, 2008
Funky Frog announces opening date
The Funky Frog, a children's consignment shop with a "green" focus, opens on Friday, Aug. 15.
Tags: Funky Frog, Sprout, Freckly Face, consignment, children's clothing, Fox & Branch

Kids & Family - July 6, 2008
Freckle Face opens Tuesday in new digs
Freckle Face children's boutique will open in its new space on Tuesday, July 8. The new shop's address is 244 N. Broadway.
Tags: freckle face, kid's clothing, sprout

Kids & Family - April 23, 2008
Going green with baby
Kristin Vailliencourt of Sprout baby boutique in the Third Ward, has boosted the presence of environmentally-friendly options in her shop to meet heavy demand from parents. Here are some ways you, too, can make a difference.
Tags: green baby, organic, green month, global warming, Sprout, Vailliencourt, Beans and Barley, Whole Foods, Seventh Generation, Under the Nile, California Kids

Marketplace - Nov. 7, 2007
MyHuggy embraces and erases kids' fears
The MyHuggy teddy bear was born out of loss and offers support to kids dealing with separation.
Tags: MyHuggy, teddy bear, military, deployment, Sprout, A Floral Affair, Home Shopping Network, Thiensville, loss, NPR

Travel & Visitors Guide - April 10, 2006
Third Ward businesses turn Tax Day into "Tax Free Day"
For most Americans April 15 has become synonymous with Tax Day, a not always pleasant reminder of the large lump of change we all fork over to the government each year. But for certain retailers in Milwaukee, Tax Day is becoming synonymous with savings.
Tags: Third Ward, boutiques, Tax Day, Tax Free Day, Lela, J. Bird, shoo, shopping, retail, Fred, Sprout, April 15, Rubin's, New World WIne, Broadway

Kids & Family - March 23, 2006
Foo Foo Bunnies offer cuddly alternative to Easter candy
Foo Foo Bunnies are the "it" Easter basket stuffer this year. So instead of seeing your kid bite the head off a chocolate bunny this Easter, you can see him play with a soft, cuddly one that won't result in a giraffe-sized sugar buzz.
Tags: Dot's Toys, Freckle Face, Sprout

Milwaukee Buzz - Feb. 13, 2006
Cieslik Celek earns two ASID awards
Milwaukee interior design firm Cieslik Celek won two American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) awards Feb. 9 at a ceremony held at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Tags: Cieslik Celek, Sprout, Cranston, ASID, award

Kids & Family - Nov. 3, 2005
Freckle Face dedicated to dapper duds for kids
Deanna Inniss opened Freckle Face Boutique, 407 E. Buffalo St., this summer. The sophisticated-meets-retro shop specializes in clothing, specialty gifts for kids, books, bedding and footwear.
Tags: Sprout, kid friendly, family friendly, Motherfest, Inniss, Freckle Face, Third Ward, baby, infant

Kids & Family - May 23, 2005
Doodlebug draws business from environmentally conscious parents
Every other week, Bethany Paar transforms her Riverwest kitchen into a production site for her natural baby product business, Doodlebug. "By buying natural, we all can do our little part to help the environment," she says.
Tags: Mia Putia, Sprout, Coral Slavin, hippie

Marketplace - Nov. 24, 2004
First kids shop sprouts in Third Ward
Sprout, a new children's boutique inside the Katie Gingrass Gallery, carries toys and clothes for kids ages 0-6. Most of the merchandise is not available in malls, like bibs printed with sushi rolls, wooden toys from Germany and musical instruments.
Tags: Sprout, Kristin Vailliencourt, Stephanie Sherman, Lela, Motherfest, Dye Building, kids toys

Milwaukee Buzz - Oct. 12, 2004
Kids' store sprouts in Third Ward
Sprout! is set to open in the Third Ward at 241 N. Broadway, a space that formerly housed Eccola.
Tags: Sprout, kids, toys, Third Ward