Bestest Christmas Gift Ideas No.2 – Maileg Mice in matchboxes (but they’re all mine, mine, mine)
Dec02

Bestest Christmas Gift Ideas No.2 – Maileg Mice in matchboxes (but they’re all mine, mine, mine)

I just can’t tell you how sweet these Maileg Mice are. Sweet, charming, traditionally quirky and SO pretty you simply have to smile. Armstrong Ward is one of my favourite take-five-minutes stores, with too many yum things to tell you about here. But I just couldn’t resist these adorable Maileg mice when I spotted them, and felt a Bestest Gift Idea whoosh over me when he arrived in the post. They totally live up to their...

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The Top Buys On Our Pre-Christmas Shopping List
Oct31

The Top Buys On Our Pre-Christmas Shopping List

This month we’re so glad to be working with Give As You Live – it’s a site which works much like many of the cashback sites we all use; the key difference being that instead of pocketing the small amounts of money from each item you purchase, every time you shop through Give as you Live a percentage of the purchase value is donated to the charity of your choice (or if you have no preference, it automatically goes to Give as you...

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Ragtales – Beautiful Toys with a Beautiful Story
Jun12

Ragtales – Beautiful Toys with a Beautiful Story

AS you can imagine, we have been sent a LOT of of soft toys over the years. I once tried to add up the value of all the soft toys in the daughter’s then-five-yr-old bedroom. It frankly made my eyes water. We’ve been sent toys by the biggest high street giants, and tiny little handmade gems by Etsy sellers. We’ve got a 5′ rabbit (named FluffyWully. Don’t ask.), and an entire house full of small Maileg...

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Competition Winners

Here’s a list of winners from our past competitions (from 2013 onwards – a list of winners from pre-2013 can be found here). The Beach Factory – Sunny Day Out bundle Deana Lewis 10 day birthday Bash #LittleStuffis10: Brabantia Collection – Angie May-Jones Kickers Collection – Ursula Hunt Tesco Hudl & AKG Headphones – Holly Edmundson The Day That… – Gemma Matthews Spin...

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Look who’s back! The return of Mustafa.
Feb21

Look who’s back! The return of Mustafa.

Thank you for all the concerned messages, mails and tweets regarding the loss of Mustafa, and some of the genius suggestions of places we had yet to look. Thankfully, just when we had finally given up all hope and were starting to compose begging mails to Maileg themselves for the supply of just-one-more even though they no longer make Mustafas, a gleeful shout erupted from Jolly’s bedroom yesterday afternoon. “I’ve...

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