I can hardly believe it, but our week in France went by in a heartbeat. It was such a lovely time for us all, relaxing in each other's company, catching up on sleep, spending time together. Sunday was spent by the pool, after a brief trip to the local supermarket, recovering from the previous day's driving. We unsurprisingly all feel asleep ridiculously early. … [Read more...]
Our Half-term in Beers
Five easy ways to get more traffic from Pinterest
1. Advertise yourself: show people that you are on Pinterest. Add follow buttons and pin it buttons to your blog. 2. Rename the pictures you use. The picture title is also grabbed by Pinterest when people pin your images, so make sure that pinners don't need to edit it. 3. On which note, add text to your photos, so that people can see at a glance what the pin relates to. This helps with repins. 4. Take the time to take clear usable … [Read more...]
Tots 100 Home Club Storage Challenge Reveal
Last month I got over my embarrassment and showed you a picture of how messy my Girls' bedroom is now that they are sharing. It was all for a good cause though, because I had been challenged by the Tots 100 Home Clubto work some magic on my home with storage. The other members of the Tots 100 Home Club are: Karen at The White Approach Jen, Mum in the Madhouse Liz at Violet Posy Heather at Growing Spaces To recap- for those of you … [Read more...]
How to make a Barbie House from an Ikea Expedit bookshelf
How to make a Barbie House from an Ikea Expedit bookshelf. We have had an Ikea Expedit 4x4 book case for a while: I bought it to house LBG's bedroom toys when the Dimpled Assassin arrived. The combination of toddler toys and baby toys lead to a bedroom overflow of 'special things' that LBG wasn't keen on sharing with her vomity little sister or, at that point, her friends. So I bought one and it lived in her room until Dimples moved … [Read more...]
Quick Brownie-Sponge birthday cake to impress your brother
It's like this. I am a fan of the cake mix. I usually 'tinker' with the recipe, but it means I can have a cake baked very quickly with no weighing and measuring, which is great when you are in a hurry or you just don't fancy the mess. So now you know my secret. The other day, knowing I had to make a cake for uncle Adam's birthday, I fished around to see what I had. I made up a brownie mix according to the instructions and added a teaspoon of … [Read more...]
Project 366 Week 22
As May comes to an end, so does the #SnapHappyBritMums Challenge that I have been taking part in. You can see my reponse to the daily photo prompts on my Facebook page. In other news, this has been the last week before half-term, which means we have all been trying to do too much in the little time we have before our Eurotunnel crossing on Saturday morning. DH is snowed under at work and we have barely seen him. The painters are trying to … [Read more...]
