My nan taught me to knit when I was younger. She used to make me an unlimited supply of clothes for my dolls but I must admit she was so quick and never dropped a stitch that I didn’t keep it up. Children who love colourful yarn and being creative will love the 35 great…
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Summer Love Books Exchange: Aliens love Underpants
We recently took part in the 2013 Summer Love Books Exchange organised by The Educators’ Spin On It. We had never taken part in a book exchange before but I thought it was a great way of discovering new books, crafts and blogs. We were paired up with Hannah from makingboysmen.com as our children…
Lots of family fun
We’re having a super busy week. On Monday we had a fun family day out at Legoland. Both children loved it and the amazing weather we’re finally enjoying in London definitely helped. On Tuesday we visited the toddlers’ new school and I attended my first parent’s meeting! For the last couple of days we’ve been…
Sticky fingers
I love using felt and I had an idea of creating a no-sew map of Greater London in felt. I was recently sent the two new Scotch Super Glue Precision Applicators from 3M and I thought this would be the perfect project to try them out. I found a map of Greater London showing the…
Win a Waitrose voucher and more with the Everyday Waste Saver Campaign
As a busy mum of two I’m always on the lookout to save money where I can. I’m sure it’s not just my children, but the washing machine is on every day and I always seem to be cleaning up after one of them! The P&G Everyday Waste Savers campaign aims to help households like…
How to upcycle a pallet into a planter
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. A couple of weeks ago we were left with a wooden pallet after the children’s playhouse was delivered. I knew I wanted to keep it…
Make new from old with Reloved magazine
The summer issue of Reloved magazine has just been published and I’m pleased to say it is packed full of projects like the last issue I told you about a couple of weeks ago. The magazine features 30 hands-on craft projects from some of my favourite people, such as Kirstie Allsop (who I was delighted…
White walls
One of the only things we haven’t yet unpacked is our pictures. Our walls are pretty bare but we both think it’s so important to get right that we’re not in a hurry. I’m the first to admit I’m not very artistic. I didn’t enjoy my Art lessons at school, in fact, I actively tried…
Baby cakes (fit for a prince or princess)
I was invited to take part in a baking challenge from Renshaw Baking who have over 100 years of baking and cake decorating expertise. The challenge was to create an original Royal Baby themed cake which I thought sounded quite fun. Baby cakes (fit for a prince or princess) We all love a Victoria sandwich…