Happy Monday everyone! We had a lovely relaxing weekend so I’m feeling refreshed and ready for a new week. Over the weekend we celebrated Father’s Day with homemade gifts and yummy meal out. After the children had gone to bed we shared a bottle of wine from the i heart range. i heart is an exciting new range of great quality, fruit-driven wines in stand-out, innovative and iconic packaging. The wines are ‘true to varietal’ in style which means if you love Pinot Grigio then you will love i heart Pinot Grigio! There’s a range of miniatures too if you…
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Today Miffy turns 60 and I think she’s looking pretty good for her age. We were lucky enough to attend Miffy’s party before attending the UK charity premiere of ‘miffy the movie’ this morning. We were also able to meet Miffy herself. As today is her birthday I thought I would share 6 ways to celebrate Miffy’s 60th birthday. 6 ways to celebrate Miffy’s 60th birthday 1. Miffy UK online shop The Miffy UK online shop relaunched today and is full of beautiful products. I love miffy’s dream lamp and some of the cushions may have been Pinned to my…
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Motivational banners are really fashionable at the moment. I made a cute little one at Blogtacular last weekend and thought this would be a fun craft to try at home with the children. Materials needed to make a kid friendly motivational banner: card self adhesive faux leather letters bakers twine hole punch How to make a kid friendly motivational banner: With Sports Day coming up I wanted to make something easy to read and to the point. I found some brilliant faux leather silver letters in The Works and knew these would work perfectly. I chose a brightly coloured card…
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At the weekend I attended my first Blogtacular which bills itself as ‘a place for bloggers whose hearts beat with creativity to come together to meet, share and inspire’. I’ve been to a few blogging conferences in my time but none of them ever felt like I really belonged there. I had high hopes that Bloctacular would tick all my boxes, and guess what? It did. Blogtacular and photowalk with Xanthe Berkeley I was lucky enough to get a place on the Photowalk with Xanthe Berkeley. The only problem was it started at 7am on the Southbank before the conference.…
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Do your children like Batman Unlimited, DC Super Friends and Scooby-Doo? If so you will love the giveaway I am hosting today for a Batman Unlimited /DC Super Friends toy basket worth £40. There are some amazing new videos from DCKids & Warner Bros’ new Youtube channels – included are favourites such as Batman Unlimited, DC Super Friends and Scooby-Doo! There will be many more updates over the next year, so don’t forget to subscribe to DCKids Channel and WBKids Channel! Take a look at this fun DC Super Friends clip. These are so popular amongst the children in my…
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As a big Miffy fan I’m so excited to bring you the chance to attend the UK charity premiere of ‘miffy the movie’ on Sunday 21st June, the date of Miffy’s official 60th birthday, at VUE West End cinema, Leicester Square, London! I have 5 family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) to giveaway. Win tickets to the miffy the movie premiere Based on the stories by Dick Bruna, miffy the movie won best children’s film when it opened in the Netherlands in 2013. The film uses stop frame animation to tell the story of Miffy and her friends going…
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This morning I’m still catching up on sleep from attending the amazing event that was Blogtacular. I found it totally exhausting but fun and will hopefully write more about it another day. Back to my weekly Monday happy things post. As usual lots has made me smile this week. – Last week I took myself off to Chesham to scout out the local charity shops. I haven’t done it for ages and I loved every second, especially the tube journey through the beautiful Chiltern Hills. – The article I wrote on tips for creating a fairy gardens has appeared on…
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It’s been a while since I’ve put together a fun bento lunchbox. However this weekend we planned a fun day out and I wanted to make the children a special lunch. We’re all excited about the new new Minions film and I thought this would make a brilliant theme for lunch. So today I’m sharing our Minion bento. Sweetcorn fritter The main component to our Minion bento was a yummy sweetcorn fritter. Sweetcorn fritter is a family favourite and I often make a few for dinner but they are just as good cold. I made ours with Green Giant sweetcorn.…
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We celebrate Father’s Day with handmade gifts in our house. We’ve already been busy with decorating candles and drawing pictures. I thought I would try something a little more grown up with my stash of Scrabble tiles. Vintage Scrabble tiles 2mm cork sheet UHU POR glue Swann Morton scalpel How to make a Scrabble tile Father’s Day coaster We kept our Scrabble tile coaster simple with the words ‘I love you Dad’. We arranged the Scrabble tiles, using blanks to make each line the same length. We placed the tiles on a sheet of cork (purchased from eBay) and glued…
