Spotted! Perfect Handbag Pouch
Have you caught on to these yet? Such brilliance – already HUGE in the States and Australia. You keep your phone/keys/purse in this – and then just switch it between whichever bag you fancy using. Plop it in your baby bag, and when you want to nip to the shop alone, you can just take this with you. Keep it in a large bag at work, and it’s ready with your essentials when you nip out to check those shoes you saw in the...
Hue Animation Studio? S’good. (Stop Motion Animation Software for Children)
My boys LOVE to create stop-motion clips. They can spend hours setting up scenes and telling stories – No.1 son, while his M.E. was chronic, really delved deep into the stop motion arts, as it’s a fabulous activity for a house-bound 10yr old with limitless enthusiasm and zero energy. He would use his digital camera, and create image after image before loading them into the computer and stringing them together… and...
The New Maileg Baby – Angel Mouse. *squeak*
Oh. Oh oh oh oh OH. Just LOOK who arrived in the post today. It’s no secret that we LOVE the Maileg Mice (warning: that link may cause a lip to wobble). In fact, Christmas would not be Christmas without Father Christmas leaving a new mouse in a matchbox to join the family (currently a large Cuddle Mouse, plus the family of Daddy Mouse, Mummy Mouse, Christmas Mouse, Mimi and Nuffa). The Maileg Mice are just… stunning. Small...
Spotted! Post-It’s for Grumpy Girls
Oh I just LOVE Cupcakes for Clara. The very antithesis of cutesy-sweety-little-girl-ness – she’s so GRUMPY! There’s three styles in the range, you don’t have to have her being bossy at you. You can always opt for the Profoundly Disappointed At Your Ineptitude pad instead… All three are less than £4 each (and there other supremely lovely items too – there will DEFINITELY be a dressing up doll in a...
Spotted! Perfect Notebook For Writers. Or Thinkers. Or Anyone, Really.
Oh. My. Yes. After the day I’ve had, this one’s ALL MINE. But there are others in the shop, I’ll let you get your own one if you want. Which of course you do. The Brain Whirring notebook is just seven and half pounds from those fably people over at the Literary Gift Company. Beware – once you step inside, it’s VERY tricky to leave. sadly no longer available..but other fab notebooks can be found here on...
Spotted! Just the most amazing little Kokeshi thing…
*sigh* That, ladies and gentlemen, is a Kokeshi Doll. Considered in their native Japan to be gifts of love and affection. First made about 150 years ago as a toy for children of farmers, Kokeshi are made by skilled craftsmen, and each is named. This little one’s name? Oh, did I not say? She’s called “Happiness”. *beam* Available for less than £15 of your pounds from my swish new find Sorella. I’d really...