• baby products - competition - giveaway

    Green to Grow review and giveaway

    I’ve teamed up with BabyKind to give you the chance to win a Green to Grow 10oz baby bottle. BabyKind are a family-run business based in Wales, committed to offering the most convenient cloth nappies at great prices. The Green to Grow range have just been added to their extensive range of products, from reuseable nappies to baby clothing, feeding equipment to potties, all essential items to help you through life as a parent We were  sent a blue spots Minky Wonderoo V2 nappy to try. It’s easy to use and we loved the fab fabric. The nappy is one…

  • baby - baby products - competition - parenting

    Giveaway: Earth Friendly Baby Goodies

    We were recently sent some Earth Friendly Baby goodies to try and we are able to offer you the chance to win five products from their range. We tried the mandarin bubblebath (which smells divine) and left Edward’s skin smooth and clean. We also used the Daily Care Cream which helped moisturise Edward’s skin. It can also be used to aid prevention of nappy area problems and minor skin irritations. Earth Friendly Baby is a pure and natural range of affordable, everyday toiletries offering everything mum needs at great value prices. This award winning, eco-friendly range is crammed with ingredients…

  • baby - giveaway - handmade - sewing

    Reversible hoodie pattern from Kitschy Coo

    A couple of weeks ago Kitschy Coo put a call out to test her new reversible hoodie pattern. I leapt at the chance. I’m a complete novice crafter but love handmade so I had to give it a go. I chose a fleecy orange for the lining and green camouflage for the shell. The pattern was well laid out with easy to follow steps. First I cut the pattern in both fabrics. I put the shell and lining together, with ribbing for the cuffs and waistband. The hoodie took me an evening to cut out and an afternoon to piece…

  • crafts - giveaways

    Day 7

    Yay, today I won a lovely pumpkin pin on a giveaway from sewSpun. I love the colour and aspire to make something like this one day. I popped into a new Christmas shop which has opened on Marylebone High Street at lunch time today. I got some great inspiration for the handmade ornament swap – I just need to stop watching Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life and get my sewing box out. And today my boyfriend got offered a proper job, the kind where you actually do work rather than sit around picking your nose all day. I…