I was sent a jar of Thermomorph recently. It sat on the kitchen table staring at me whilst I looked online to find out what I could do with it. It's very easy to use: you simply tip some of the plastic beads into boiled water and wait for them to melt and coalesce into a gloop that you can mould and manage. If it gets too hard, dunk it back into the water to soften and carry on. I stirred a whole bunch of Hama Beads into one blob and … [Read more...]
Summer Fun with Sylvanian Families
We're almost halfway through our #60DaysofSummer in the DG house. You can follow the fun via the Domestic Goddesque Instagram Account and see what we get up to. No surprise that with two months to fill I leapt at the chance to add to our growing Sylvanian colony. In no time at all the Chocolate Rabbit Family arrived on our doorstep eager to explore their new home. And they brought furniture too so there was no need for sleeping … [Read more...]
Review: European Microscooter Vacation
I don't know a family without a scooter. It's the perfect transition from pushchair to walking and means that you can still get to places at a reasonable rather than painful walking pace. LBG has had her Mini-Micro Scooter since her second birthday. It probably took her a year to master the art of scooting but since then (and since her sister got one for her second birthday) they have lived in the back of the car. Wherever we go, they … [Read more...]
Five of the best: Hair Detangler Spray Review
My girls have what some might call "tricky" hair. It's beautiful and blonde and deeply photogenic. But it is curled and tangles easily and is the bane of my life every day at 7:20am when we are trying to get out of the door on time for school. And so I gathered up the five bottles I have recently bought at local supermarkets and chemists, and we declared that we would put them Head-to-Head - if you'll pardon the pun- to see which Detangler Spray … [Read more...]
Pain Au Lait, Orange and Rhubarb trifle
We were sent some delicious Pasquier products recently, which thrilled the girls no end, as we love a great bread product, not least when it originates from my "second home"- France. There were Pain Au Chocolat- ideal for weekend breakfasts and a favourite in our house since The Girls were small. A couple of minutes arming in the Aga and everyone had a smile on their faces to start the day. There were individually wrapped chocolate-filled … [Read more...]
Under Pressure: reviewing the Vax Pressure Washer
You have to admit that there is nothing greater than hurtling full speed towards a Bank Holiday when the sun is in the sky and the grass is green and it feels like finally- FINALLY- you may be beyond the long wet winter. It also makes you look with despair at garden paths, driveways, patios- even cars- with a heavy heart. The long wet winter has taken it's toll on them too, and somehow in the bright sun the whole look is "casual neglect". I … [Read more...]
Bird Song Fine China from Katie Alice
Living in a woodland area, there are a lot of birds. Consequently there is a lot of bird song that wakes us in the mornings. As it starts at 4:30am it's often no more welcome than my alarm which goes at 6:20am, but it is a lovely replacement to the noises of urban life- the sirens and beeping and car stereos- that we used to have. In fact, bird life has become a symbol of the changes that we have made in our lives of late. There are five … [Read more...]
