I don’t think I’ve ever blogged about my obsession with little houses. But for once I’m going to contradict myself and say that just because I haven’t blogged about it, doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened! I’m not quite sure when this obsession started but over the last few months it has really grown. Luckily we are short of space so my little house collection is small. First it was a little house ornament, then a framed picture of a house ‘drawn’ with a sewing machine. A couple of Christmases ago I started buying house-shaped tea light holders and now I’ve…
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Do you celebrate Mother’s Day? When I was young I remember making my mum breakfast in bed, my big sister carrying it up to her on a tray. Since then, the day has meant giving cards, a box of chocolates and taking her out for lunch. Now I’m a mum and on the receiving end! My favourite thing about Mother’s Day is receiving cards from my children and I keep every one I have ever received – I even write the date on the back so I can remember which year I got them. My children are still little so…
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I’m getting a bit bored of writing about another busy week but it’s true. I can’t believe it’s Monday again and a new month to boot. We have lots of exciting things planned for February so it should be a great month. Anyway, time for my weekly roundup – Monday Happy Things. This week I’ve been using the new Orla Kiely handbag I bought in Covent Garden last weekend. I fell in love with my Little Owl Quilted Reversible Tote as it features my favourite stem pattern in a lovely quilted design. I chose the red colour to add a…
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I hope you all had a great weekend. I don’t think we sat down once, it was a busy but fun weekend. Time once again for my weekly Monday Happy Things post. This week I have been singing along to Faure’s Requiem and Haydn’s Te Deum. Last year I joined a local choir and I am looking forward to performing these two pieces in March. On Thursday I went to the Hobbycraft Spring/Summer Press Show and came away with lots of inspiration. They had some lovely products and I was able to try my hand at stencilling, came away with…
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I like this period between Halloween and Bonfire Night and Christmas. I enjoy planning and have lists and lists on my phone, laptop and planner 🙂 I’ve started my Christmas Makes and have a few fun things I’d like to make, time permitting. I can’t believe it’s already Monday afternoon but I must squeeze in my weekly Monday happy things post. This week I’ve had lots of things to make me happy, they include: With so much going on at the moment I need to make sure I have time to relax so picked up a copy of the new…
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Morning everyone, hope you had a great weekend. This week is a 4 day week for us and we can’t wait for the half term holidays. A few things kept me busy last week and my 5 Monday Happy Things are: My new Orla Kiely beakers from John Lewis are making me pretty happy and bringing some cheer to the dull weather. I bought 4 colours – bubblegum, duck egg, lemon and olive. They need to produce a couple more colours so I can have one for every day of the week. Last week we took part in a Doc McStuffins…
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It’s that time of week again when I write my favourite post – my Monday Happy Things! On Friday I spent the day at London Zoo as a Keeper for a Day. I had an amazing experience and helped clean out cages, prepared food, fed the giraffes and got a great look behind the scenes at ZSL. Hopefully I will have time to write a full post about my day soon. I’m a huge fan of Orla Kiely so was pleased to hear of a new collaboration with Boots. She’s created two new toiletry scents; energising orange & caraway and…
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Time for my weekly Monday happy things post. I’m excited to announce that we’ve been chosen as Playmobil Playologists for the 3rd year running. We love Playmobil and are looking forward to sharing our reviews and Playmobil news with you. My husband treated me to a new Orla Kiely handbag which was my annual wife bonus. I haven’t had a new Orla Kiely handbag for a good few years so had a lovely look at some of her latest collection whilst we were on holiday in Exeter last week. I chose the Big Owl Zip Messenger which features a new…
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I’m pleased to say the past week has been slightly less manic as I’ve taken a small step back from blogging and spent more time crafting! Following on from the success of the fairy garden we built in our garden I wrote 10 top tips for creating a fairy garden which was published on Female First. Take a look if you’re thinking of building your own! We’re huge fans of Miffy so I was pretty excited the miffy bento lunch I made for my children was shared on the miffy blogs too. You can see my original blog post about…