Spotted! The Teapot!
I have been searching for some time for the perfect teapot. Made of china, not too kitsch, not too twee, but not too funky either. A teapot’s just not a teapot unless you can imagine your Granny using it, is it? But look at this Pot Of Lovely from The Contemporary Home. Gorgeous, no? And it’s called ‘Blazing Flowers’ too. How summery this would make me feel, even on a cold grey November morning. see the website...
Spotted! Beautiful Vintage New Baby Gift
Oh. Just. Oh. How wonderful. Hang it on the door of a new nursery, and it’ll still be loved and hanging on the door when she comes home from Uni. I’m not a big fan of birth announcement pictures generally, but this? I adore it. One of a range of personalised ‘moments in time’, £39 from Delightful Living, who’s shop you can find on Not On The High Street.
Maxi Cosi Opal Car Seat Review
In general you have 2 choices of car seat styles for new born babies, a rearward facing one (which will last 9-12mths), or a forward facing seat that will last until the baby is 18kg or thereabouts. The advice from the government and most motoring organisations is to use a rearward facing seat while the baby is small as this protects their necks – clearly the downside of this is that the seat won’t last for as long and you’ll...
Slimpod update… I fell off the wagon *sigh*
I started the Slimpod system four weeks ago – you can read the miracle beginnings here. But then… I let it all go wrong. SO cross with myself. But I know what caused it, and have climbed back on it again. Y’see, the lovely Trevor suggests you listen to the ‘slimpod’ just before you fall asleep – which I know many people do very successfully. But me? No. Thank you. I just can’t fall asleep with...
‘When LittleStuff went to Legoland (and rode on the Atlantis Submarine Voyage)
Yesterday we headed off to Windsor, in the rain, to try out the new Atlantis Submarine Voyage. After the soggy dash across the car park (did I mention it was raining?) we queued with the other journalists, bloggers and celebrities asked to come and try it out (Alex from Cbeebies was very lovely to Pink-the-4yr-old, and yes I should have been less polite and just asked for a photograph with her), and then skidded our way down the hill...
Book Review – Augustus And His Smile
We’re already big fans of Ernest, so when we saw Catherine Rayners ‘Augustus and his Smile’ land on the mat, we were a bit keen to step inside. So we just sat on the bottom stair, the then-3yr old Pink and I, and immediately did just that. Transporting ourselves away to somewhere utterly, totally, deeply enchanting. Oh Augustus. How I do LOVE you! Honestly? This is probably one of my very favourite books on...