Blog Love – Domestic Sluttery

This weeks Blog Love is a little different – and comes with a  warning:
Domestic Sluttery is addictive reading.
(And will Probably Persuade you to Purchase Things)
On the up side, a whole new world of Pretty Things will open before you. I for one, as a direct result of sheer Domestic Sluttery, am in the happiest possession [...]



Spotted! – Perfect anti-dote to the ‘meh’ mornings

So here I am. Having one of ‘those’ mornings. You know the ones. Achey, grumpy, chilly, and just generally feeling… meh.
And then I saw this… and immediately felt I *needed* it. No, really, I do.
After all – there aren’t many things in life that can make you feel better than a hot water bottle, are [...]



Spotted! – ‘Just Because’ notebook from the ever-lovely Jam Products.

I know I’ve waxed lyrical before about my Jam notebooks. I am happy to say Father Christmas was paying attention, as I have a pile of lovely fresh ones (here, sniff, new oh-so-pretty-paper, see?) to scribble on over the next few months. But a new offering snagged my attention when a sample plopped though the [...]



New Review – Beeyootiful Wooden Clutch Toys

How can you not smile at that sweet little face? Come on, you know you just felt that little bit happier simply seeing the picture, didn’t you?
Our intrepid reviewer Claire has been trying these out on the delicious LG – go and have a look , see what she says about Haba wooden baby toys.



Spotted! – Vintage Willo the Wisp (yes, honest, the real version!)

In true ‘Spotted!’ fashion, this is one that made my heart beat a teeny bit faster, and an actually ‘Oooh!’ escape me. At first glance, it’s not that much – just yet another page in the BBC shop, yes?
Heck, No!
Click on that ladybird, and you’ll arrive at the Vintage Audio section of the BBC shop, [...]



Missing – One Mouse. (*Warning – emotional post alert*)

As you, dear reader, will know, a love affair started in this house around Christmas time. These charming little mice did bewitch all of our hearts, but for Pink the love was total. This is her on Christmas Day night, poorly and restless in Mummy & Daddy’s bed:

And so the love began. Mimi and Mustafa [...]



Bobux Soft Shoes – New Review

Toot! Toot! New review article on the Bobux soft leather children’s shoes for Ollipops is now posted on our main site.
“These simply gorgeous children’s slippers have been hand made in New Zealand using natural Eco-leather which is so soft – no hard seams or stitching to rub tender skin on these.”
Read the full review article [...]



Spotted! For the Dads – The Real Shaving Co.

I was doing the weekly on-line shopping when Dearest Husband piped up, “I need some face cream please.” – “Eh?!” I intelligently responded. Turns out that for months, the Winter months especially, he’s been dipping, daily, into my very special, too good for him, facial moisturiser to keep his dry skin at bay. No wonder [...]



New Review – ‘The Day That…’

Have a read of our latest review of ‘The Day That…’ here.
If you are looking for a perfectly unique gift to celebrate a special date then look no further.
“Such a perfect gift idea and one that will, without doubt, put an enormous smile on the face of the receiver when they unwrap it and for [...]



Hello, Good morning and welcome… to 2010.

So – here we are at that back-to-normal mid-January Flump. Work is muttering from the sidelines as I sit here (meandering around blogosphere) valiantly ignoring its rumbling discontent.
Instead, I’m thinking about all that ’stuff’ we had for Christmas. and what was really, truly, the best bits.
For No.1 son we did good this year. the most [...]