Bloggers for Haiti
**UPDATE: The current total (at 11.30 Wed 20th) stands at £3560!** We’re doing no Blog Love this week. Instead, I’m going to repost a message from the lovely Englishmum, who has been using the amazing power of Blogsville to really do something special, and important. We’re all thinking about the nightmare that has happened in Haiti, watching in creeping horror at the scenes on the news, and holding our children a...
Slopsville 12 – The Bear and the Owl.
Remember how I said this week I was going to write about making Helen’s Rice Pudding for Joe? Well, I bought all the ingredients and then David made it. He was sick of waiting for me to do it. It had been three, maybe four, days. He is so turning into his mother. Anyway, I’ve bought more ingredients and will endeavour to make it this week. (David’s version, btw, not so good. He didn’t follow Helen’s...
Blog Love – Sea and Wood
I literally fell into this blog following a trail on facebook (like you do). One of my own friends ‘liked’ one of the posts, so I went to see what she liked, and found myself lost in a new blog for 30 minutes going ‘ooooh!’ occasionally. Then I realised it was Friday, it is Blog Love day, and I just found me the perfect post! Serendipity. So, Sea and Wood is the journal of Caroline Wood. It is a craft blog...
Ever wondered “how to decorate my living room for Christmas”?
There are two types of people in December – those who open their Christmas boxes and the whole family knows where everything goes, because they do the same every year. And those who look around and say “now – how to decorate my living room for Christmas?” If you’re in camp 2 – stick around. We’ve been talking to the folks at Wayfair, and they’ve put together three brilliant inspirational...
Win a £175 Designer Tabletop Barbecue from BergHOFF | #SummerStuff
Day 6 of #SummerStuff fortnight, and today’s prize is probably the most summery of the lot. How about a barbecue – that you can take with you wherever you go? And no, it’s not a horrid disposable thing; this is a beautiful designer carbon steel & cork from BergHOFF worth £175! Everyone loves a barbecue – and personally, my absolute tip top favourite place to have an outdoors cook up is by the sea. But I have a...