Spotted! Wooden Farm Set they way I remember them.
When I was small I had a brilliant animal set. I loved it. Zoo animals mostly, but Wooden Farm Set animals too – and I played with them endlessly. But I thought such toys were old hat. Gone. Passed in an era of pink plastic and flashing lights. Which is why I get all warm and glowy inside when I see classic imaginative play wooden toys – not a whiney siren or electronic voice in sight. When my glance fell on this little...
Spotted! Paperless Post for paperless Christmas cards
Oh. My. Word. You are just going to LOVE this, I promise. Promise, promise, promise. It’s a well known phenomenon that all of us just love pretty stationery, yes? Yes. Of course we do. So how about the ability to pick really very VERY pretty paper and cards, make them utterly gorgeous, customise them completely, send them out in gorgeous envelopes – but all online and entirely paperless? Yes – all that, and...
Spotted! Playhouses. Oh, my, what Playhouses.
All children love a good playhouse, don’t they? Me, I had a blanket over my Mums clothes horse in the middle of the grass in the summer – or a blanket over the dining room table in the winter. And it made me very happy. I do remember a friend who had a real live Wendy House though. Oh, the envy. My boys are all keen for a tree house – how good they would be, how little trouble they would be, how many chores they...
Spotted! Pretty maternity wear (that’s not).
Okay, so this isn’t actually maternity wear… but these Kimonos from Caro London would be simply fabulous for drifting around the house on a summers afternoon, when you have that hot, twitchy pregnant feeling and absolutely NOTHING is comfortable to wear. And I can’t think of anything nicer to roll up into your hospital bag, or to slip into in those early days when a small thing like wearing something pretty can feel...
Spotted! Gorgeous Alphabet prints
Pretty things for small people’s rooms – always a way to our hearts. So when I saw these gorgeous personalised alphabet prints from Modo Creative I was made very happy by their sheer loveliness. And once again, they’re brought to you by a Creative Working Mum – just the way we like it. When looking for art for her own new nursery, she decided in the end to make her own: “I wanted beautiful colours, quirky...
Spotted! At long long last – my search is over!
When my eldest son was a toddler, I came to that stage we all get to. You know. The bed-and-no-nappy stage. As any slightly experienced Mumma knows, this is the point that you Need Protection. Oh yes. I happened to be in Mothercare, and saw a handy bed mat, reduced to about £4. Bargainous! I snapped it up, and whistled on my merry way. Little was I to know that this was to be one of my Most Ace Buys. No, really. Ever. That very same...