Jul
28
First things first: this is a sponsored post. I didn’t get paid for what I’m about to share with you, but I did receive a gift certificate to purchase some clothes for my kids. Now, hopefully you know me well enough to believe that I wouldn’t recommend a business to you if I didn’t sincerely like them, but just so everything’s understood: I got some free shit. Well, the boys did. As if they appreciate it, the jelly-smearing ingrates.
So, have you heard of Tea? They seem like a very cool little company with a unique approach to children’s wear. Apparently each year their designers visit a different part of the world to find inspiration for a particular collection, so they end up creating kids’ clothes that evoke things like street graffiti in Barcelona and vintage Mexican coffee bags. In fact, everyone at Tea receives an annual allowance to use toward international travel, which is a little factoid that makes me like them even more and may or may not have caused me to eyeball their Careers page. (Damn you, lack of marketable skills!)
Tea sounds like a groovy workplace and all that, but what I really like is their clothes. I suspect parents of girls have a much easier time finding attractive outfits for their kids than I do, because I sure notice a lot of cute girl stuff when I’m poking around Target or Old Navy or wherever, but I swear that once your boy is out of the young toddler stage clothes really start to suck. Hard. I mean, okay, Riley loves all those awful merchandising tie-in shirts festooned with LEGO Star Wars Spiderman Looney Tunes Etc, and both my kids are perfectly fine with the ugly-colored sports-themed crap, but sometimes I just want to dress them in something that doesn’t make them look like that scene from Pulp Fiction. You know the one.
“Dorks. They look like a couple of dorks.”
Which is why I kind of fell in love with the Tea Collection boys clothes. Their girls’ outfits are quite nice as well, but can I get an amen for boyswear that not only isn’t hideous, it’s downright awesome? Plus, the prices are very decent—most of the shirts I picked out were around $13.00 or so.
Here’s Riley modeling a few of his new shirts:
I think his favorite is the orange diving tee, but mine is definitely the blue hoodie.
Dylan was less interested in being photographed, but here he’s sporting his new HORSE! shirt.
Hello, could this be more perfect for him? (I also got him this layered tee, because BULLSHIRT!)
Cute designs, seem like good quality, shipped in a timely manner, arrived in a nice package, placing a phone order was super easy and unusually pleasant, customer service was top notch. I am totally a new fan of Tea, and if you have kids to clothe I think you might like them too.
Tea would like to offer one of you lucky ducks a $75 gift certificate, so if you’d like a chance at the giveaway, go ahead and leave a comment (any comment is fine, just be sure and include your email address so I can get in touch if the random number thingamajigger picks you). I’ll post the winner . . . oh, let’s say by Monday morning, okay? The only bummer is that Tea doesn’t yet ship internationally (which is a bit ironic, don’t you think, Alanis?), so unfortunately this is limited to the U.S. for now.
Thanks for enduring all my clothing-related blather! I hope you have a great weekend coming up.
**Comments are now closed, and I’ll announce the winner in a separate post. Thanks for participating!**
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Nothing like a contest to generate eleventy billion comments. Count me in. :)
I totally agree about the boys’ clothes. Old Navy’s toddler section is full of adorable things; move to the boy section, and it’s just plain sad.
Love your blog!
Shopping is the only time I wished I had a girl. Love your blog!
Love Tea and have a second baby on the way. I would love a gift certificate to purchase some new cute duds for this child-to-be.
Dude, LOVE Tea! (Both drinkable and wearable). As for the clothes thing,girls clothes above 2T can suck just as hard! If I see one more stupid bright pink t-shirt with a ZhuZhu pet on the front, I might lose it.
Tea? Yes, please!
I love their pajamas! Your boys look adorable in their new gear.
I’m here for Riley in the blue hoodie. Oh, and for my dumplings who could use some new threads. Thanks!!
Love the onesie I have from tea!
Gah, hope I’m not too late to enter.
Very cute! Could def use some new tees and stuff for the boy! I haaaate those licensed tees.
I got a new tea catalog in the mail the day before I read your post. So, it goes without saying I have a few things already picked out. Thanks for the post, the boys are stylin’.
I have a girl (insert embarrassed shrug) so I do know about Tea, but I also have a will-be-2-this-week boy and am already tired of logoed tshirt options. Will definitely shop at Tea for him, even more so than her.
Please include me! Thanks!
I would love to win!!!! Thanks so much for the chance!
My mother-in-law watches the Tea website like a hawk and snaps up stuff for my daughter and son on sale…
Given that you’ve over 500 comments, you’ve probably heard this already, but the problem w/ girls clothes (especially, in my experience, from less expensive stores, where I’d like to shop) is that once you get out of the 4-6x range 3/4 of the stuff looks like it is for little street walkers. Really, really frustrating. I don’t want to dress my children to a) advertise for the movie of the week or b) look like they are destined for stripper names.
We love Tea clothes, they are comfortable and hold up well to many many washings!
Mmmm, Tea. I’ll jump in!
As if I didn’t love Tea enough for their cute clothes, now I want to work there. Thanks for the post – love that horse tee!
Pick me :)
Count me in – I love the fabric patterns.
Thanks for the chance to win! Am bookmarking your work release post.
I am so glad I have three boys-except when I face the ug that is most boys clothes.
Throwing my name in before it’s too late!
Those are definitely cute without being stupid cute! Will check their website out for more options.
We discovered tea last spring, and bought a mix and match set of dresses and leggings. My two year old loves them.
Oh, man, I’m entering that age where it’s hard to find something for my kid (who’s name happens to be from Pulp Fiction: Jules).
I would love to win!
Also hoping it’s not too late to throw my hat in…I love free stuff, and cute free stuff is even better!
Sign me up please! Woot woot!
would love this for my daughter!
I’ll have to buy girl clothes if I win. So sign me up. I gotta say though, $13 for a shirt seems like a lot, when Target has whole mix and match outfits for that or less…but maybe it’s harder for boys. I don’t know.
I just love, love Tea collection! Their stuff holds up so well!
We got a Tea romper as a baby shower gift – and it was my favorite thing until he (too soon) grew out of it