Origami was always something I enjoyed as a child, fascinated by the different shapes and models you could make just from folding a sheet of paper. When I received Origami Farm from Cico Books to review, I knew it be something I’d enjoy and exciting to share the joy of the papercraft with my children. …
Our Design for Debenhams School Uniform
When I heard about the competition from Debenhams to design your own school uniform, I knew Miss M would be up for the challenge. She loves to be creative and a bit crafty so I thought I’d see if she wanted to have a go. Having been at school a year already she was used …
Philippe Starck Louis Ghost Chair – Review
For many years now I have lusted over the Philippe Starck Louis Ghost Chair, living in hope that perhaps one day I might own one. So when Lakeland Furniture came along and offered my to try out their reproduction version, I jumped at the chance. Lakeland Furniture specialise in high end reproductions of famous designs …
WIN – Jack the Giant Slayer Blu-ray
Warner Bros. is proud to announce the arrival of Jack the Giant Slayer on DVD & Blu-ray! Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing Jack (Nicholas Hoult), into the battle of this life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom and its …
PaperShaker – Personalised Invitations & Announcement Cards
PaperShaker are part of the Photo Box family and provide high quality invitations, thank you cards, birth announcements etc. on high gloss paper, completely personalised with your own pictures, words and even the design on the cards. I was very impressed when I checked out the PaperShaker website, it looks sleek, modern with a far …
HAMA Beads – Crafty Activity Fun – Review
With a daughter who is a huge craft fan, it’s good to try a variety of activities and one we were keen to try is HAMA beads. DKL Marketing kindly sent us the giant set comprising of 6000 beads with endless opportunities of things to make, the limit is your imagination! The HAMA beads box …
Craft It Up Around the World – Fun Travel Inspired Craft ideas – Book Review
With Miss M being a huge fan of anything craft related, we were really pleased to receive the new Craft It Up – Around the World book by Cico Books. The chapters are broken down into continents with themed craft ideas for a selection of countries within each continent. Each craft is beautifully illustrated over …
Tweezerman Graffiti Purple Tweezers – Review
One thing a girl needs is a good pair of tweezers, a groomed eyebrow is a must and something that I tend to every week. To be honest I’ve survived on cheaper branded tweezers over the years but always been eager to try the highly recommended cult brand “Tweezerman”. So when Lloyds Pharmacy offered to …
Radical Reward Charts to Improve your childs behaviour – Review
Every child needs some system of learning right from wrong and being praised for doing good things or behaving in the correct way. One way of doing this is with reward charts which can be used for many different things. Radical Reward Charts aims to provide something a bit different from the normal ‘star’ type …
Gables Farm Cats & Dogs Rescue Home
After buying our first house in June 2000, I knew the one thing that I longed for was a pet cat. That Christmas my then boyfriend (now husband) offered to get me one so we set out searching the local rescue homes to find one that was right for us. It was a hard, sad …