Photo Stacey Vaeth
Mirasa Designs is an online store of gorgeous handmade gifts for babies and children. Using the traditional Indian ari and kantha embroidery techniques and bright, happy colors, these are truly unique presents to bestow at the next baby shower or birthday. All of the stuffed animals, pillows and other products are fair trade, and with each purchase, a donation is made to Room to Read, a foundation dedicated to promoting education in developing countries.
EVENT & 10% OFF
Want to see these beautiful products in person and have a fun family playdate? Then mark your calendar for next Saturday’s event in Mount Pleasant! From 4-7pm on Saturday February 27 at the Past Tense Studio 3253 Mount Pleasant Street NW there will be juice for the kids, wine for parents and fun playtime and shopping. If you attend the event and leave a comment here, you’ll receive 10% off your purchase by bringing a printout of your comment on A Parent in Silver Spring. If you’re planning on attending, you can RSVP to Mirasa owner and artisan Aashumi Shah at aashumi@mirasadesign.com.
Photo Stacey Vaeth
GIVEAWAY & GIFT WITH PURCHASE
To celebrate the launch of her line and show the love to all you readers that live in the U.S., Mirasa Designs is giving away a lovely Lion Wristband (pictured at right) that babies, toddlers and little kids can all enjoy. One winner will be drawn from the comments on this post. Just go to Mirasa Designs and then comment here with the product you like best. The winner will be randomly drawn on Sunday February 28.
And get this, if you make a purchase at Mirasa, you’ll receive exclusive gifts with purchase: your purchase will arrive in a special 100% cotton handmade gift tote and accompanied by a set of four handmade notecards featuring the charming Mirasa animals – a rhino, hippo, monkey and giraffe. To receive these special gifts, all you have to do is type A Parent in Silver Spring in the comments section at checkout.
No compensation or free products were received for this review, it’s all for the love of the readers and the promotion of a local woman’s wonderful new busness and event!
National Building Museum Discover Engineering Family Day this Saturday
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Maple Sugaring Festival at Brookside Gardens, 11am-3pm both days, no registration required. Stop by and see an American tradition, watching the whole maple sugaring process from start to finish. Everyone gets to sample a tasty treat too!
SATURDAY
Family Fun at The Electric Maid in Takoma Park: Let’s Pretend, 10:30am. Let’s Pretend will include an imaginative adventure with theater games and an interactive performance. Takoma Park’s very own Gretchen Weigel Doughty will lead the “actors” in a warm up, read a story, engage in exercise and experiments based and direct the groups performance. Fun for kids 8 and under! The event will last approximately 45 minutes. Suggested donation is $5 per child. The Electric Maid is located at 268 Carroll St. NW near the Takoma Metro station.
Discover Engineering Family Day at the National Building Museum, 10am-4:30pm. Touch robots, make slime, build a few things, learn a bunch of things. The National Building Museum and the National Engineers Week Foundation invite you to debunk the myths of engineering and discover how professional engineers turn an idea into reality by participating in this free, hands-on and fun-filled festival.
African American Pioneers in Aviation at the National Air & Space Museum, 10am-3pm. Hands-on activities for kids and the chance to meet some of the original Tuskepee Airmen!
Magical Stories Out of Africa – free performance at The National Theatre, 9:30am & 11am, tickets distributed first-come-first-served 30 minutes prior to each performance, seating limited. Long before children heard Mother Goose rhymes or “Jack and the Beanstalk,” stories were told in Africa about wise lions, wily snakes, and how the world began. Anna Mwalagho brings alive these tails in a cultural journey. Helen Hayes Gallery at the National Theatre – 1321 Pennsylvania Ave, NW.
Black History Month Family Celebration at the National Postal Museum, 11am-3pm. Family activities that celebrate the history of African-Americans in U.S. history and the postal service.
Rocknoceros Family Happy Hour at Jammin’ Java, 7pm. What’s a Rocknoceros Family Happy Hour? It’s a night out for the whole family, where the signature drink special is buy a beer, get a juice box, the kids hear their fave Rockno classic songs and the three guys even play some classic rock cover tunes for the parents. $10 per person age 1 and older.
SUNDAY
Sixth and I Purim Party, 10am. Make your own costume, decorate Purim cards, assemble mishloach manot baskets and eat delicious hamentaschen. Bring your own king size pillow case for the costume making. Cost is $8 per person/$18 per family in advance, $10/$20 at the door.
The Great Zucchini Performs Great Kids Village Silver Spring, 10:30am. The children’s Adam Sandler takes the stage at this great children’s play space. What could be better? Melted snow? Hey, we can’t have everything.
National Zoo’s Wild Side Stage: Lucas Miller Performs, 11am & 1pm. This hilarious singing zoologist will entertain and educate kids. Special exhibit tie-in at the Invertebrate Exhibit. More info here.
Sunday Experiment for Families at the NASA Goddard Visitor Center, 1pm-3pm. Elementary school students and their families are invited to the Goddard Visitor Center on the third Sunday of every month, from September to May for a free afternoon of eye-opening, hands-on activities that will help you experience what it’s like to be a NASA engineer.
Chinese New Year Parade in Chinatown, 2pm-5pm. Bring in the year of the tiger with a roar. There will be lion and dragon dances and a five-story high firecracker to be be lit at 3:45 p.m.
