There is no doubt that as the months of Parenthood progress, the Baby Bag becomes a symbol, a beacon, a veritable Mary Poppins bag in which you could find things that would protect you in event of a natural disaster if necessary. From nappy changing to clothes changing to feeding and playing and carrying: if you need it regularly, the chances are you are carrying it about your person. By which I mean, you are pushing the pushchair which is … [Read more...]
A good night’s sleep starts with a good duvet
I've written before about how my bed would be my Desert Island luxury: there is nothing that cannot be fixed by a couple of hours sandwiched between sheet and duvet, particularly when life gives you the mother of all headaches. A hotel is always more welcoming if the bed is good, even camping can be improved with the right duvet and pillow, though it makes packing the car more challenging. The thing is, having just moved house, we are at sixes … [Read more...]
What to buy a three-year-old girl for her birthday
Dimples is milliseconds away from celebrating her third birthday. I am obviously milliseconds from clinging to an almost-empty Gin bottle sobbing "where did my baby go?" but will refrain until after the watershed. When asked what she wanted for her birthday, Dimples had one answer: baby things. Baby clothes, baby real food (I know!) baby highchair, baby cot, baby snowsuit, baby bibs, baby tights. The irony. Now, whilst this is good and … [Read more...]
Tots 100 Home Club: Bedroom reveal
This month's Tot's 100 Home Challenge has been challenging: not only have I been revamping our guest room with a limited budget, but it's been filled unexpectedly by the Au Pair, so I haven't had the access I wanted. Throw in the curtain pole that fell down as the blinds went up and it really has posed a problem. In fact, given that plastering and things-that-are-beyond-my-range-of-skills, the pole still stands idle in the corner of the room as I … [Read more...]
A makeover makeover. And the next Tots 100 Home Challenge
So, you remember that I have been working on Storage- specifically The Girls' Bedroom Storage- as part of the Tots 100 Home project? Well, after a few days of living with the finished makeover I decided something was missing, and I wasn't sure what until the post arrived and some pink lace Washi tape that I ordered for another project landed on my doormat. … [Read more...]
No sew ribbon-trimmed cafe curtain
When we moved in to our house, we inherited the 'choice' colour schemes of the previous owners. Not for them the House-Doctor-Style-neutral-throughout-to-appeal-to-the-buyers, they kept their bold colour choices and sale be damned. Obviously this worked in our favour, since there were a few months between us having to withdraw our initial offer (our sale fell through) and us being back in a position to buy, and no-one else thought to snap it up … [Read more...]
How to watermark your images with PicMonkey
You've heard of PicMonkey, right? It's the awesome site that has replaced Picnik in my affections since it was swallowed by Google. I use it to edit all my photos now, for the blog and otherwise. It's free and simple to use, and has plenty of features that add pizazz to your pictures. You've probably noticed that a lot of images on blogs and websites are marked in some way with the site from which they originated. Like this one from Red Ted … [Read more...]
