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This Time It's Personal

designable images for your nursery!

You’ve spent months agonizing over the perfect name. One that stands out, but not too much. One that breeds confidence, but not cockiness. One that looks as good on letterhead as the Billboard Top 100.

Before you get ahead of yourself, we’ve got two ideas for making it work on the nursery wall.

Designable Images
Photog Perry Chudnoff’s framed custom digital prints ($125 and up) hit right at the intersection of thoughtful and clever. After discovering a corner with his newborn son’s name (Jackson and Taylor), he was struck with the idea of personalizing street signs to pay homage to little urbanites. Currently, the images he uses are mostly from NYC, but keep an eye out for creations from Miami, D.C., and Chicago in the coming months.

hoot design for your nursery!

Hoot Design Co.
Made-to-order, customizable ABC posters (start at $125) are a celebration of typography and your family. Choose from three levels of personalization. Levels one and two: You have creative control over four to eight key words or phrases (the rest of the letters comes from the premade Simply Baby Print). Level three: You supply ideas, names, and words for all 26 letters of the alphabet. Plus, once you’ve created your masterpiece, the company can turn it into a birth announcement about {insert clever name}’s arrival.

this week in dallas!

CHOW
Taste Addison

What: Feast on food from local restaurants, take a spin on rides, and catch performances.
Why: Work up an appetite at the Texas Wranglers’s dribbling clinic.
When: Fri., 6 p.m.-midnight; Sat., noon-midnight; Sun., noon-5 p.m.
Where: Addison Circle Park, 4950 Addison Circle Dr., Addison. Info at 800-233-4766. Tickets online at addisontexas.net. Adults and children, $5 before 5 p.m., $15 after; under 4, free.

DISCOVER
Farm & Ranch Day

What: Watch demos on milking cows and learn about statewide agriculture through interactive activities at this event hosted by the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and the Texas Agricultural Extension.
Why: Little cowboys will have a blast with the roping lessons.
When: Sat., 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Where: Reverchon Park, 3505 Maple Ave. Info at 214-559-7656. Admission is free.

PLAY
Republic Grill Reopens

What: Live music, face painting, and, of course, famous cheesesteaks.
Why: Fuzzy friend Deuce of the RoughRiders drops by for a visit.
When: Sat. Event, 1-9 p.m.; Deuce appearance, noon-2 p.m.
Where: 5813 Preston Rd., Plano (972-378-6898). Admission is free.

Photos: Courtesy of Designable Images; Jodie Allen / Courtesy of Hoot Design Co.

Location
Republic Grill
5813 Preston Rd
Plano, TX 75093
Addison Circle Park
Addison, TX 75001
Reverchon Park
3505 Maple Ave
Dallas, TX 75219
214-670-7720
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