Sugarpokes. Gift Boxes of Genius.
Jun21

Sugarpokes. Gift Boxes of Genius.

  How often do you want to send ‘a little something’ – but struggle to find anything beyond the obvious flowers or dullsville amazon voucher? Well Sugarpoke have come up with one of the best solutions I’ve seen. Little gift boxes – too small to be called hampers, but thats’ what they are really – which will fit through the letterbox, filled with Seriously Good Things. Lovely firm Brownies...

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The best colouring books for older children. And for BOYS!
Jun19

The best colouring books for older children. And for BOYS!

My girl loves to draw/colour/paint/stick/sketch/design/embellish. So far so ordinary. But my 9yr old boy loves to draw too. But colouring books for older boys? They don’t exist. I have SEARCHED for ones that don’t contain bunnies and flowers and clowns. Not happening. So imagine my joy when I fell across Rosie Flo’s site. Genius it is – but not jst for boys. The whole Rose Flo range are the same. Why limit a...

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Spotted! Daring Adventures Notebook
Jun11

Spotted! Daring Adventures Notebook

LOVE this Daring Adventures of YOU notebook that we spotted over in Zany’s shop on Etsy. Personalise it with your own name, then we dare you to fill it with Exciting Tales this summer… Daring notebook on Etsy for $14 (£9-ish).  

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Father’s day. Giving the Obvious with a Boy’s Toy power saw.
Jun09

Father’s day. Giving the Obvious with a Boy’s Toy power saw.

Big Boys Toys. It’s a cliché – but the thing about cliché’s is that they’re clichés because they’re true. Not always, not every time… but often enough. And actually, it’s true. One thing that makes The Man happy is a new tool to put in the shed (stop sniggering, I’m not being allegorical here…). It’s an obvious gift, maybe, but a whole heap better than socks or chocolates is...

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The Canon Powershot A3400 IS – Review
Jun04

The Canon Powershot A3400 IS – Review

Being married to a photographer, you’d think I wouldn’t get to take many pictures, wouldn’t you? Not so. The husband doesn’t ‘do’ point-and-shoot compact cameras, and it’s simply not practical to take a gurt big SLR and lenses when you’re just walking the dog or off to the woods or to play cricket. Consequently, much of our day-to-day family images in my mahoosive GooglePhotos archive...

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Spotted! Fabulous Toy Storage Bins
Jun01

Spotted! Fabulous Toy Storage Bins

For a child’s bedroom storage, there is actually nothing easier than a bucket shape for lobbing things into, is there? Just buy toy storage bins; it doesn’t matter if you’re tidying up bricks, stashing the ridiculous soft toy collection, or trying to keep the dirty socks in one place – give them a bucket, and it makes life a gazillion times easier. And we LOVE this selection of canvas toy storage from Nubie....

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