Now I don’t have any kids but most of my friends have a few mini ones run­ning around. I’m for­ev­er on the hunt for decent gifts for them so a recent stum­ble across Lelu — the Baby Bou­tique in Kil­birnie, has been a bit of a rev­e­la­tion.

Lelu is oppo­site KFC near the Pak and Save inter­sec­tion and I’d not­ed their great sig­nage but nev­er ven­tured inside. But whoa, they have an awe­some selec­tion of cool stuff for mini midgets made by a lot of NZ mumpre­neurs and design­ers. The store is run by two friends who met at ante­na­tal class and the name LELU came from their two daugh­ters names LEonie and LUca. Super cute.

AND they’re open­ing an exhi­bi­tion TONIGHT of prints by Weta Dig­i­tal artist Daniel Zettl. They’re inspired by hang­ing out with his two year old and def­i­nite­ly worth tak­ing a look at. Plus the sale of one of the works will be donat­ed to “Izzy”, a wee girl with Bil­iary Atre­sia at Star­ship Hos­pi­tal. 

There’s also a new nurs­ery range of stuff  you did­n’t know your future or present wee one need­ed, but now you do.

©Daniel Zettl Art­work by Daniel Zettl.