These are a few of my favorite things...

So, here's some tidbits for the adoption community:

Great online Asian Adoption shopping websites:
Chinasprout

Asia for Kids

Half the Sky - Orphange Non-Profit, fantastic organization.

Attachment Disorder Website

where to find 'RED stuff' for Chinese New Year or gifts of significance:
Gift bags, $1 each

Envelopes - chinasprout

RED wrapping paper -IKEA, fun store anyway!

Some of my other favorites:
blankets -flannel/satin, many asian themed, we ordered China Calm, you pick the fabric and the backing :)

More blankets - on our wish list, 10% goes to Half the Sky. The fabrics are lucious.

Ling, Mandarin speaking doll

Good Morning China - a beautiful old world style bound children's book, till December 31st.

Asian Wrapping paper

Chinese New Year's Cards -beautiful selection

Mandarin(Pinyin)/English Children's books (both languages printed) -Includes SChinese Fables

More Children's dual language books - Dr. Suess!!!

Beautiful, original baby announcements -yeah, I know, we're a long way off. I especially love the idea of the trifold with pictures... One of the Great Wall, one of Forever Day, one at another time... can't wait!

DETAILED history reports on your child -controversial, but I'm putting this out there as you may want to take advantage of getting detailed medical, personal, orphanage history on your child. More than you get normally, personal caretaker interviews, additional pictures...

Asian Charms -for the Charm Bracelet lover in your life!

Year of the ... Mugs -wonderful designs
More Year of the ... Mugs, see year of the shirts below, you're gonna have to dig around!

Year of the ... Shirts -cool styles/designs

China travel Vocabulary cards -this is pretty cool and we plan to get them! A great website.

Chinese Lullaby CD's -also available on Chinasprout.com

lotus travels

orphanage question book -(see pictures at top of page) handmade, by Maureen, with English and Chinese translations, page by page, pre fillend in with tons of questions, you pick the ones you want answered. it's a beautiful book I can't describe. She has no pics online. Email her for info.