I'd passed the store several times before but never gone in, because it's right on the way to the rubber ball pee cesspool that I cringe-fully allow Nolan to wade through on occasion. But today I saw some super funky, wide bracelets on display, with birds and trees painted, skinny and delicately on them.

"You can go play in the pee-balls for 5 minutes,"I told Nolan,"if you are good and let Mommy take a quick look in this store on the way back."

I actually let Nolan flail around in the balls for 15 gleeful minutes, so when he emerged, electrocuted and disheveled, he was also willing to accompany me into my adult store. And I'm so glad he did. The store is a small boutique full of artisan goods from local artists. A lot of the stuff was jewelry, belts, and awesome lotions for Mom, but there were some kids t-shirts in there that were so adorable, I had to snag one for Nolan. Actually, it was so appealing that I co-erced him into the restroom after I bought it for him and made him, wear it home. He got two compliments on how cute it was on the way out of the market.

Burby shirts is the brainchild of a Canadian artist by the name of Kent Southwell. Kent designs simple yet incredibly appealing designs for kids and adults. They're relatively reasonably priced and super cute -- funky, smart, and nowhere near "cutesy", which is one of my criteria when shopping for clothes for Nolan.

I bought Nolan the slightly beligerent looking bird-creature (burby?) but I may have chosen the tiny shirt that proclaims that "Rockin' is my business and business is GOOD" if it hadn't been sold out. But, oh, the Magic is Stupid shirt is awesome too.

Birby shirts ship all to the US, Canada, Australia and the UK.