• Qixels Kingdom Castle Attack Playset
    playing - toy review - UKMums.TV Preferred Blogger

    Qixels Kingdom Castle Attack Playset

    July 26, 2016 - By 

    About a year ago my son received the Qixels Turbo Dryer Playset from Character Online to review. He loved the concept, as did I, and I’ve bought him quite a few refill packs since. Today I’m sharing our review for the Qixels Kingdom – Castle Attack Playset. Qixels Kingdom Castle Attack Playset The Qixels Kingdom Castle Attack Playset lets you build your own design, one Qixel at at time! Qixels is a unique concept in boys creative play. With edgy designs each creation is made one pixel at a time, once finished you can fuse each cube together using just…

  • The BFG Dream Jar Trail Chinatown
    days out - London - Roald Dahl crafts - Sculpture trails

    Exploring The BFG Dream Jar Trail in London

    July 26, 2016 - By 

    We’ve had a couple of trips into the West End recently and managed to tick off some of The BFG Dream Jars that are currently in place around the country until 31st August. The majority of the sculptures are in London so we’re planning a few more trips over the holidays so we can visit more. The BFG Dream Jar Trail brings to life the long-held dreams of celebrities and artists with Dream Jars across London and beyond. Each jar contains “splendiferous” sculptures based on dream stories from the likes of Steven Spielberg, Stephen Hawking, the Delevingne sisters and more. You…

  • felt circle bunting
    crafts - die cutting - homestyle - sewing - Sizzix crafts

    Red white and blue felt circle bunting

    July 25, 2016 - By 

    There seen to be lots of things going on at the moment which I feel quite patriotic about. Andy Murray winning at Wimbledon for the second time, Chris Froome becoming Britain’s first three-time winner of the Tour de France, and hopefully lots of British success at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio next month. So I thought it was good time to share a quick and easy tutorial for my red white and blue circle bunting. I used a Sizzix die and machine to do all the hard work for me, but this could easily be done by hand. How…

  • last day of nursery picture
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    Monday Happy List – Week 96

    July 25, 2016 - By 

    Hello everyone. Another extraordinary week in my household. We started the week with my husband being discharged from hospital but unfortunately he was back in within 24 hours. I’ve had another busy week juggling hospital visits and childcare but I’m pleased to say my husband is back home again. I’m not sure how so much was achieved with so much going on in the last 7 days. My 6 year old had his final Beavers session of the term. He received 4 new badges for his jumper from all the activities they have been taking part in – these are…

  • Go Jetters Twitter Party
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    Join the fun with our Go Jetters Twitter Party

    July 24, 2016 - By 

    This Thursday between 2 and 4pm we will be taking part in the Go Jetters Twitter Party with Fisher-Price, CBeebies and UKMumsTV. My daughter loves watching Go Jetters on CBeebies so I knew she would love to take part in the Twitter Party. Go Jetters is a really fun and educational programme, all about four adventure-seeking superhero Go Jetters as they explore places around planet Earth. There are some really fun new Go Jetters toys from Fisher-Price and we are so excited to be able to share some of them with you today and during the Twitter Party. As usual…

  • Miffy books
    book review - Miffy Mums - parenting - What I'm reading

    Our Summer holiday essentials

    July 24, 2016 - By 

    I don’t share a lot of very personal things of my blog but you may have noticed that my blog posts and social media presence have been all over the place for the last 2 weeks. My husband had elective surgery recently but there were some complications, meaning he was in hospital a lot longer than we envisioned. Trying to juggle daily hospital visits whilst keeping the children in a normal routine has been absolutely exhausting and something had to slide. Hopefully my husband will be discharged from hospital any day and I’m hoping to be able to kick back…

  • Swallows and Amazons London tickets
    crafts - days out - film review - London - parenting

    Swallows and Amazons {2016 film adaptation}

    July 23, 2016 - By 

    I know there are some amazing and hotly anticipated films coming out this summer; think Finding Dory, Ghostbusters and The BFG. So I was pretty excited to learn about the new adaptation of Swallows and Amazons, the classic children’s story by Arthur Ransome, was being updated for the big screen. This morning we were invited along to watch it before it is released on 19th August. Swallows and Amazon is a classic, I read the book when I was a child and longed for the same adventures as John, Susan, Titty and Roger Walker. There has been one adaptation, back…

  • Mollie Makes Cacti & Succulent Mini Hoop Art
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    Jenny Makes Mollie Makes Cacti & Succulent Mini Hoop Art

    July 23, 2016 - By 

    Every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more! I’ve been making more time for crafting and I love to make the kits and hopefully try something new with each of the cover gifts. Issue 68 included the Mollie Makes Cacti & Succulent Mini Hoop Art kit. It contained everything needed – 2 mini wooden hoops, grey cotton fabric, embroidery threads and a needle. Inside the magazine was a page of 8 patterns for cacti and succulents.…

  • blogging - days out - homestyle

    Hell Yes and thoughts on Blogtacular {Part III}

    July 22, 2016 - By 

    Last month I treated myself to 24 hours away from my family to attend the annual Blogtacular conference in London. I can’t really explain why I booked a ticket for this year. Looking back at the previous year, I enjoyed myself, took some notes, but nothing really changed for me. I had some ideas on how I wanted to improve my blog and my Etsy shop, but they either weren’t exciting enough to make me do them, or didn’t seem that important. Roll on 12 months and I found myself sitting in a room surrounded by creative types again. I…