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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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…
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Goodness me the weeks are going by so quickly. Thankfully my Monday Happy Things post is here to remind me of all the fun things we got up to the previous week. Yesterday my daughter and I spent the day in London. We visited the Museum of Childhood to see Small Stories: At Home in a Dolls’ House. I love dolls houses and this was a beautiful exhibition covering the small stories of 12 dolls’ houses from the past 300 years. We also saw The Alice Look which was a much smaller display celebrating the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures…
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Earlier this year I attended a Hand Stamped Jewellery workshop at the London Jewellery School. The workshop was a gift from my husband who knew I wanted to try something new. The London Jewellery School is over in Whitechapel so I basically hopped on the tube and read my Kindle until I reached the other end of the line. The Hand Stamped Jewellery workshop was a beginners class and a great introduction to working with silver. Class numbers were kept really small and everyone was really friendly. We all had the chance to make a piece completely from scratch using…
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Yesterday I read an article about Disney’s Cinderella Exhibition Presented By Swarovski. Straight away I booked some tickets to the free exhibition as my daughter loves Cinderella and we’re going to see the film next week. Disney’s Cinderella Exhibition is the official exhibition of costumes and props from the new film, which is directed by Kenneth Branagh and stars Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden and Helena Bonham Carter. The tour takes you on a journey through five multi-sensory zones including a Cinderella heritage gallery, Cinderella’s home, Fairy Godmother’s Transformation, the Grand Ballroom, and a Modern Day Princess Gallery. We…
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My list of things making me happy is quite shallow this week – – Last week I went to the Hobbycraft press show (on my own!). It’s not often that the children are both looked after and I’m invited to something I want to go to but it all worked out for once. I picked up some lovely samples from their new Easter range so I’m sure there will be a little giveaway of those soon. – On the way home from the Hobbycraft show I just about managed to squeeze in a visit to my favourite Cath Kidston store…
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Last weekend we had a really lovely day out. The sun was shining and we had a day with nothing urgent to do so we headed out to tick off some places from our never-ending list of places we want to visit. I’ve mentioned before about the Magnificent Seven, the name given to the 7 cemeteries established on the outskirts of London during the Victorian period. Back in 2008 I wrote that we wanted to visit all seven that year. Well we failed miserably! Sometimes my blog is a useful aid for recording and sometimes not so useful. In 2007…
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Another Monday and today is definitely the last day of our Christmas holiday. My husband is already back at work and I am (mentally at least) prepared for the nursery/school run/station drop off first thing tomorrow morning. We had a small splurge in the Lego shop and bought two new sets. We’ve already built and played with the new Lego Frozen set – Elsa’s Sparkling Ice Castle. The children love it and I enjoyed building it! We also treated ourselves to the new Lego Ideas Bird set which has just been released. I really can’t wait to build them but…
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On Saturday I got the chance to spend a rare day with my son. We had been invited by DryNites to spend the day at London craft workshop Tea & Crafting and have some fun crafting time together. My 4 year old loves to craft so I knew he would enjoy this. He loved every second! Christmas crafting at Tea & Crafting You may remember I had previously spent a crafty morning with the DryNites team and Tamara Melvin earlier this year. If you recognise the name, she was the finalist in the Great British Sewing Bee. She had two…