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    Fairy garden crafts - garden crafts - Kids crafts - tutorial

    Craft Stick Fairy Door

    June 6, 2015 - By 

    I’m so excited to share a really sweet craft with you today. We love playing with our fairy gardens, yes we have two, and have been thinking of little things to make for them. I wanted to make a new fairy door for our upcycled milk bottle fairy house. We’ve been using a painted stone fairy door but needed something a bit bigger. Easy Craft Stick Fairy Door I experimented with craft sticks to make a new fairy door. I choose a rainbow of colours, placed them in the right order and used Titebond Wood Glue to hold them all…

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    Cath Kidston-inspired ric rac skirt

    June 5, 2015 - By 

    I love Cath Kidston and was totally inspired by her use of ric rac to make a Cath Kidston-inspired ric rac skirt for my daughter. I bought a cute little denim skirt and four different coloured 1m lengths of ric rac. I pinned each piece of ric rac to the bottom of the skirt starting from the side seam. I used the hem to line them up and keep them evenly spaced. Then I turned the skirt inside out and started sewing on the ric rac with my machine. I used white thread as a contrast to the colours of…

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    Win an Ugo Owl play tent worth £24.99

    June 4, 2015 - By 

    The weather was amazingly warm today which meant we spent much of the day outside. Fingers crossed this is the start of summer and to celebrate, I have a lovely summery giveaway. I’ve teamed up with GetGo, who is part of the Worlds Apart family, and have the new GetGo Űgo Owl Play Tent to giveaway. Twist open a world of imagination with the new GetGo Űgo Owl Play Tent this summer and make playtime a hoot. GetGo has convenience at its heart and its range of outdoor play products offers active play, with no fuss! The innovative new GetGo…

  • homestyle - interiors - sewing

    Monday happy things

    June 1, 2015 - By 

    Time to write my favourite post of the week again. This weeks’ Monday happies is easy as we’ve just had a wonderful half term. I love family time and a break from the normal routine was just what everyone needed. We had fun den building in the sunshine at home. I had time to try out new EPP techniques thanks to a sweet craft kit that came with Love Patchwork & Quilting magazine. I’ve been planning my own stencils for a spot of home decorating. I recently painted a scrubbed pine chest of drawers with some Annie Sloan paint but…

  • days out - Local Review - London

    Behind the scenes at the Nickelodeon Store London

    May 31, 2015 - By 

    On Friday we went along to see behind the scenes at the UK’s first flagship Nickelodeon Store at No. 1 Leicester Square, London. As it was half term both the children were able to join in the fun. We started our day with a delicious brunch at Muriel’s Kitchen nearby then headed over to the new Nickelodeon Store. The new multi-level store includes state-of-the-art multimedia and interactive elements to create a showcase for a broad range of products based on Nickelodeon’s favourite characters, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Dora the Explorer.  We had our photo taken with…

  • competition - KDUK Mumbassadors - playing - toy review

    Win a Tech Too Smooth Touch Smartphone

    May 31, 2015 - By 

    When my children were younger they loved to play with my mobile phone. We went through quite a few toy ones as they loved to chew them as their teeth were coming through. As you know we are KDUK Mumbassadors and we were sent the Tech Too Smooth Touch Smartphone to share with you. Tech Too Smooth Touch Smartphone This interactive device is manageable for little hands and offers a “discovery” mode featuring four fun games to help little ones learn colours, numbers, animal names and sounds. When the child leaves the phone idle for a few seconds, it will…

  • ways to upcycle Shopkins - the gingerbread house
    kawaii - Kids crafts - tutorial - upcycling

    How to upcycle Shopkins

    May 30, 2015 - By 

    Have you heard of Shopkins? They are cute, collectable characters from your favourite shops and my 5 year old is obsessed with them. Every Friday he loves to go to our local toy shop and buy a Shopkins basket with his pocket money and add a couple more Shopkins to his collection. They are quite sweet little toys, all different products you would expect to find at the supermarket, and you can collect the different categories and buy playsets for them. They are very kawaii with their happy little faces and remind me of the cute characters I have stitched…

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    book review - competition - shopping

    Win a copy of Let’s Go Shopping Peppa!

    May 29, 2015 - By 

    Today I’m taking part in Ladybird’s Let’s Go Shopping Peppa! blog tour. A brand new Peppa Pig book has just been released and we were very excited to be sent a copy and have one to giveaway too at the end of this post. Ladybird’s Let’s Go Shopping Peppa! blog tour. First of all let me tell you about Let’s Go Shopping Peppa!. In this book Peppa and her family need something tasty for lunch. It’s time for a trip to the supermarket! Mummy Pig is very keen on just getting the things on her shopping list, but when they…

  • quilt - sewing

    Monthly makes – May

    May 28, 2015 - By 

    May has gone by unbelievably quickly for me. I think I say that every month but this month has flown by. I’ve been really busy this month and barely made anything. Even my 5 year old noticed I hadn’t been sewing and suggested I stay at home to do some sewing whilst everyone else went out for a few hours! I really want to spend more time being creative and my heart just doesn’t seem to be in blogging at the moment. Perhaps after blogging for 10 years that’s not surprising so I’m hoping for some amazing inspiration when I…