Already one of our favorites, Appaman debuts their own denim line for fall! Their adjustable waist jeans - straight leg jeans for boys, boot cut fit jeans for girls - and mod denim jumper feature a dark wash finish, and look great dressed up or dressed down. Pair them with an Appaman tee, a Wonderboy button-up, or a Cotton Caboodle Modal tee for a hip back-to-school look.

Karmel & Alden is our newest line of denim. Their vibrant colored jeans are super stylish. The denim is made in the USA and is so soft and comfortable. The jeans go up to a size 8, feature an adjustable waistband, and look great with all of our new tees!

Summer’s almost over (yay!) and it’s time to start shopping for school supplies. At the top of our list is a bag for school. So many of the bags out there are huge, coated in some weird plastic with pictures of random “characters” on them—we are not fans.

That’s why the mini-backpack and mini-messenger bag from Dickies are great. They are the perfect size for the younger crowd. There’s enough room for pencils, folders, notebooks, but are small enough to not weigh your kids down. They come in great prints (stripes, hearts, polka dots) as well as solid colors like black, navy and purple. These bags will clean up quickly with a damp cloth.

The new Fleurville bags are pretty rad, too. 100% PVC-free, they can be worn as a backpack or as a messenger bag, and they come with their own lunch bag!

Appaman has long been a favorite here at Black Wagon. The designs are simply beautiful, the colors are brilliant, and the cotton is the softest around. The Zebra onesie is fun and playful, and the Digger onesie is perfect for the little guy in your life! The Motorcycle and Giraffe styles are quickly becoming classics.

Even better, they all look great paired up with our favorite BabyLegs! How about Organic Pebble to go with the Digger, or Dark Rye to accompany the Motorcycle design? We’ve included BabyLegs recommendations with each onesie, so make sure to check out the bottom of each product page!

Happy Anniversary to Us! Next Thursday, August 14th, from 6-9 PM, we’ll be celebrating the second anniversary of our store on Mississippi Ave. We’re gonna have a RAD party with a photo booth (courtesy of Melissa Hathaway), kids art show and tons of giveaways, including Baby Loves Disco Family 4 packs, Portland Pirate Fest tickets, Black Wagon gear and gift certificates! We’ll also have a storewide sale, including all new fall arrivals from Appaman, Cotton Caboodle, Glug Baby, and many more!

A special thanks goes out to all of YOU, the best customers ever! Thank you all for your support and love over the past two years! We look forward to dressing the babies and kids in your lives for years to come.

xo,
The Black Wagon Crew

We also recently stocked some new books—we enjoy reading, too!—by artists Seonna Hong, Ragnar and others. Follow a little girl as she races to get to the Moon on time in Izzy’s Very Important Job - will she be late? In the pages of Got Your Nose!, find out what smells Horace and Boris inflict upon each other’s noses! (Some of them ain’t so good.) Make up stories to go along with the amazing artwork by Amanda Visell in Popping Through Pictures. Also check out the Animus pop-up book!

We love to have fun here at Black Wagon, and right now we’re loving these new toys from BRIO. The Pick-A-Pair Memory Game features vintage-inspired artwork on wooden ‘cards’. Caty the Cat and Shorty the Dog give your little ones the joy of pet ownership (without any of the poop) and can be used with any standard wooden train set. And look: A Black Wagon Toddler Wobbler! Sweet!

Thanks to all of you who joined us at The Mississippi Street Fair on July 12th. It was a lot of fun: from the B.O.O.M. Pirates who came to party with us, to Lifesavas, who closed the main stage!

Check out these photos of the B.O.O.M. Pirates who visited us!:

We’re buried in boxes over here at Black Wagon - the new arrivals are showing up by the truckload as we get stocked up for fall! Over the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting a bunch of our favorite new items and brands. Today we’re featuring shirts and hoodies from one of our newest lines, Little Thieves, as well as new gear from an old standby, Small Paul.

Little Thieves is a new boys line from the folks at Bunny & Bee. This USA-made, sweatshop-free collection features fresh graphics that are urban yet playful. Catch a wave with Hang 10 Hoodie, hit the town in the Express t-shirt, and blast off with the Zap + Rocket T-shirt!

With their Pedals t-shirt, Small Paul continues their proud tradition of encouraging little rockers. The encouragement doesn’t stop there, either: check out the Most Likely To $ucceed onesie and the My Mom Thinks I’m Rad tee!

Are you a busy parent? Do you have days when you can’t seem to find the time (or energy) to shop for food? What about the times you can’t bear the thought of taking your kids to the market? (C’mon, we’ve ALL been there!) Luckily for us Portlanders, New Seasons Market makes food shopping easy with their online shopping & delivery service. Shop from home or the office, pick a delivery date & time, then enjoy the experience of groceries right to your home!

Now through August 5th, shop at New Seasons online and enter their Summer Online Enter-to-Win contest. Each time you spend $100 or more on your online order, enter promo code WIN at checkout and you’ll be in the running for six awesome prizes from local businesses. These include an Oregon Zoo Membership, a $100 gift certificate to Black Wagon, a $100 gift certificate to Zenana Spa (a true oasis for mamas and mamas to be!), and much, much more! Use the WIN code each time you shop online to improve your chances of winning!