Spotted! A Simply Delicious Velvet Quilt (just made for a day like today).
I am cold, and it’s damp and grey AGAIN outside. I do not feel like working. I feel like having one of these delivered to my house, and settling down inside it to watch the Harvey DVD I got for Christmas (again). A kingsize velvet throw, hand quilted, and backed with the prettiest of vintage fabrics. On top of which it’s 30% off. Seriously – I want want WANT one… Spotted in Shruti Designs NOTHS shop, the quilts...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – The (utterly brilliant) Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ62
Like a lot of people, I LOVE my photography. I’m not serious about it (in the way my husband the professional photographer is), but I can never quite get enough of taking photographs, and I always want to make them better. I have a really ‘good’ DSLR I was spoiled with a few Christmas’ ago, plus various lenses – but I find I rarely take it out as it’s cumbersome when I just want to play in the woods...
Bestest Christmas gift Guide – Vintage OWL cushions! *hoot!*
Oh. My. Want want want. And not just one either – I need a whole parliament of my own vintage owl cushions. What’s your favourite? Think mine is the Earthy Green Tree’s. I’d call him Horace *nods* Available from Lisa Angel over on NOTHS for £20. Save one for me, yes?
Spotted! Cath Kidston Football Bedding
I don’t know why, but new bed stuff seems to happen around Chrsitmas. Maybe it’s the threat of guests staying over, and maybe it’s the knowledge there’ll be lots of pyjama-wearing going on. Whatever the case, new pj’s are essential, and new dressing gowns and bedding are a frequent purchase in December too. But finding bedding that is acceptable to both parent and child is increasingly difficult. So I...
Review – Braun ThermoScan 5 IRT4520
When you have a small child, it’s pretty easy to tell when they have a temperature, isn’t it? Well, actually… yes and no. It’s easy to tell when they’re running a HIGH temperature (but just how high is it? And is it still climbing?), but what about the days when they’re just cranky and clingy and you don’t know whyyyyy? Well – problem now solved, thanks to those clever people at Braun....
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – Makin Bacon…popcorn..ba..pop…popbac?
So. You love popcorn. You need that movie snack… but you love bacon just as much. Oh no! Its a snack dilemma! What to have with your movie? You want your favourite snack, but which IS your favourite? Bacon or popcorn? You love them both, it’s toooo hard to decide, each has its upside and its downside for preparation…but its worth the hassle, right? I mean for both, the taste sensations are in your opinion out of this world, and...