Children

Writing Desk Makeover

I’ve been a terrible blogger of late, Instagram has taken over as my easy/time poor version of blogging lately. If you’re on there, come and say hi as usual I’m at @violetposy Anyway onto what I’ve been up to the last couple of weeks? I decided that Miss L should now have a proper desk [...]

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{The Gallery} The 80′s

Just spotted Tara’s ‘The Gallery‘ this week and it’s photos from the 80′s. Luckily or unluckily (depends on who you are) I recently bought a slide scanner and lots of embarrassing photos are seeing the light of day So here’s a picture of me and my Mum, probably taken about 1982? So I would have been about [...]

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{Review} Wonderbook: Book of Spells

We were lucky enough to be invited to the launch of the PS3 game ‘Wonderbook – Book of Spells’ by JK Rowling.  It’s based on one of the Hogwarts textbooks written by Miranda Goshawk and in the restricted section of the Hogwarts Library – yeah you can imagine how much Miss L loves this!  Here’s the official blurb [...]

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{Review} Stampin’ Up Cookies Present Kit

We were sent a rather cool ‘Stampin’ Up‘ cookie present kit. It’s a stamp with different silicon ‘faces’ (Halloween, Snowflake and Hearts) on them to stamp the biscuits and then some lovely packaging to make them into mini presents for friends, neigbours or family. Miss L was pretty excited as she’s been studying all things [...]

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Half Term Glittery Fun

We’re on half term- hurray!  It’s so nice to have my girl home, and today we’ve been having fun with glitter, card and felt.  I bought some glitter glue, felt, cards and a ton of other craft stuff a few weeks ago in a sale and then hid them all away at the back of [...]

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Mini Bake Off

I do like it when I get sent a good book to review – especially when it involves cake!  I was sent ‘The Great British Bake Off – Learn to Bake’ which is a cookery book aimed at older children to teens I would have said.  We’re addicted to the show here and we’re all [...]

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{Sponsored Post} Autumn Clothes for Girls

Now Miss L is back to school, it’s time to go through her wardrobe and have the bi-annual turn out of what doesn’t fit anymore.  At the weekend she’d been trying to put on a favourite top, and it just didn’t fit her anymore…and the same happened with the next one she tried to put [...]

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Summer Holiday Panic

For some reason the fact that Miss L finishes school for the summer this coming Friday had missed me entirely! In my head we’re still in mid June – oops!   I had a minor panic at the weekend and realised I’d better start planning for the next 8 weeks. I’m very lucky in that [...]

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{Guest Post} Frugal and Fun – Plant Pots

Today I’ve got a guest post from my friends who are starting up a new blog Frugal and Fun which I thought some of you might like? This seemed like a great idea for a project in the summer holidays so over to the gang! Hi everyone, it is Jen from The Mad House, A [...]

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Kids Room – All Change!

The merry go round of motherhood is kicking off again, Miss L is about to turn 9 (where did my baby go?) and is getting all grown up. This of course means the room I thought was pretty sorted four years ago now has to accomodate a new range of activities – why did no [...]

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