Print Your Photos

Polaroid Style Prints

I have nearly 1600 photos on my camera roll and have posted over 800 on Instagram. Like most of us, I never get around to printing photos on my phone, until I came across Printic. It’s an incredibly easy app to use allowing you to free your photos from your phone.

Printic App

Simply download the FREE app for free and then select the photos you want from either your camera roll or your Instagram account, you can also add text to your photos and as a child of the 80s I love the Polaroid feel to them. They come in a cute orange envelope.

Photo Printing by Printic

You can also order calendars and photobooks. The Photoboxes would make great gifts for Graduations, Weddings or momentous birthdays!

The prints work out to less that .30p each and they offer FREE international delivery.

Now is your chance to win one set of 10 Printics. Simply use the rafflecopter form below.

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Now We’re Cooking with Gaz!

Best Camping Stoves

I absolutely LOVE camping and do get rather excitable about it. I don’t know if it’s because I’m Canadian or what………..

Canadian Camping

A big part of it for me is all the kit, you’ve gotta have the kit! We have tent, self-inflating mattresses, chairs, fair lights, windbreak, folding table, sleeping bags, marshmallow roasting sticks, washing up bowl, crockery and of course a bottle opener and corkscrew.

Two is always better than one!

CampingGaz Cooker

When we first got back into camping, I quickly popped out and got a little camp stove, it’s absolutely fine, but only has one burner and runs on Camping Gas Propane Cartridges which are a bit pricy and don’t last long. As the Slow Cooker Queen I’m used to cooking with one pot, but I’d much prefer two, especially for those much needed Fry Ups in the morning. I don’t want my bacon getting cold while I cook my eggs.

Stroking my new cooker! #camping @MountainWHouse – via @mediocre_mum

Recommended Camping Stoves

So, I was over the moon when Mountain Warehouse sent me this sexy beast – A Kampa Alfresco Double Burner With Grill for review purposes. It has a double burner with grill, ignition, a sturdy metal case which also acts as a windbreak and for £39.99 I think it’s great value. Sadly, I haven’t had a chance to use it yet, but will be soon.

Win and Insulated Picnic Hamper from Mountain Warehouse

The generous folks at Mountain Warehouse are offering one of my readers a chance to win a 36 Litre Four Person Insulated Picnic Hamper (£29.99). It has everything you need for the perfect picnic; cutting board, napkins, plates, cutlery and most importantly a corkscrew and wine glasses!!!

Insulated Picnic Hamper

Simply use the rafflecopter form below to enter. Full terms and conditions are at the bottom of the form.

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Good luck and happy camping.

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Win £100 worth of NEAT Storage Kit

Smart Storage Solutions

Storage really is a premium in our house as it is fairly small and we don’t have any built in wardrobes or storage spaces. I really do have to keep on top of clutter or it quickly gets out of hand and if you’re a parent you will realise what a challenge this is.

I’ve shared a few Clever Storage Ideas for Small Houses in the past, but I’ve done a few more things recently that I thought I would share.

I love my Scarves!

Ideas for Storing Scarves

We’ve got a lot of wasted wall space, sadly I don’t have the budget to get customized shelves and cupboards. For years all of my scarves hung on our door, making it impossible to close it. I had 3 stylish hooks put up, now I can easily find my scarves, my necklaces are no longer in a big knot and we can close the door.

The man drawer

How to Keep Man Drawer Tidy!

Admit it! We all have one of these in our houses, which contains everything from take-away menus to remote controls that you no longer have the device for. I purchased a few cheap plastic baskets, and can now locate the Phillips Screwdriver when I need it.

How to tidy cupboards

We also have a cupboard which has everything from Craft materials to medicine, which is really not something you want to mix up. Again a few plastic baskets has done the trick. I can quickly access the Calpol or poster paint when I need it.

Clever storage baskets and boxes really are the way forward. My next mission is to sort out all the shoes in the bottom of my wardrobe, make sense of my knicker drawer and put my winter clothes away in the loft.

NEAT Storage Solutions

Win a Full NEAT Storage Kit

To celebrate the launch of NEAT with Anthea Turner, we are giving away a full storage kit from the NEAT range.

Launching on 2^nd July and available to buy exclusively from Britain’s largest home-grown TV shopping network Ideal World TV and online at Idealworld.tv, NEAT combines style and functionality to give customers a range of products that not only look great but are also full to the brim with smart features to make life easier. The collection includes wardrobe and drawer storage solutions, hangers, zip boxes and baskets, with each product cleverly creating a smart storage solution.

Win NEAT Storage Kit

Whether seeking a solution for the mountain of shoes in your bedroom – our clear zip boxes are the answer! Or storing away your winter clothes, NEAT offers a solution for all your storage dilemmas.

Anthea Turner will be appearing on Ideal World TV on 2^nd and 3^rd of July at 8pm to showcase the products.

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Good luck!

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Do you eat your Pizza with your hands?

‘Everybody likes pizza! It’s a quick and easy clean-up meal’ – Buddy Valastro

I’ve always eaten pizza with my hands. However, once moving to the UK, I noticed more and more people eating it with a fork and knife, which I find a tad strange. Often when I go out with friends, I always find myself apologizing in advance that I will be eating mine with my hands.

Philistine?

I’ve tried eating it with a fork and knife to look less of a heathen but I find it painstakingly slow, maybe it will slow me down so I eat less but I can’t be bothered. Isn’t the whole point of the crust so that you can eat it in a similar vein to a sandwich?

I was invited down to Prezzo in St Albans, Herts last week to try out the new menu. I took the opportunity to take a long time friend so we could have a proper catch up over some food and a glass of wine. We’ve known each other long enough so I didn’t feel I needed to do the usual, ‘sorry I eat my pizza with my hands’. The waiter also agreed with me.

Normally, I’m a bit predictable and normally have a Fiorentina Pizza, which is basically a Spinach Pizza with an Egg plopped on top. But, as a seafood lover, I spotted a Lobster and Prawn option on the menu and asked the waiter which one I should have. He quickly said, you can’t compare the two and you have to have the Lobster and Prawn one. He couldn’t have been more right it was absolutely gorgeous.

You expect me to eat all of that?

I wish we would have got a picture of my face when it arrived at the table. No word of a lie, it was as wide as the table and enough for at least two people and we’d just shared a Bread Board. Plus, it came with a pizza cutter so I could cut it into slices and dive in with my hands!

I’ve been to a couple of other Pizza chains in St Albans, Herts and have only been to Prezzo once before, but in my opinion Prezzo was far superior. The others I find a bit chainy, very open plan and clanging with noise.

We had a lovely table, it wasn’t heaving but still felt that we could have a decent conversation without competing with all the background noise, the service was excellent, reasonably priced, great selection of wines and both of our meals were gorgeous. My friend opted for a Raviolli pasta dish and it was just as nice as my pizza and they were very accommodating when she asked if she could have mushrooms added to it.

So the big question is, do you eat your Pizza with a fork and knife or with your hands? Please do leave a comment.

Clever Lunchbox for Kids

What a clever design for a kid’s lunch box!

‘We absolutely love M’s new lunchbox!’ – dinner ladies

I was sent this Flatbox-Lunchbox from The Nicest Stuff a few weeks ago and I think it’s absolutely brilliantly clever! As you can see, it opens out flat so you can use it as a mini picnic blanket which is great for school and days out. It easily holds all the contents of her lunch and even her nimble six-year old fingers can cope with the zippers.

Cinch to Clean

But one of the things I like the most is the fact that it’s easy to clean. Anyone who has tried to dig crumbs out of the creases of normal lunch boxes will know what I’m on about. For the most part I can just open it up and give it a shake in the garden.

However, yesterday it had some yogurt on it from a rogue spoon. I tried to give it a little wipe, which works most of the time, but this time it didn’t. So, as it is neoprene, I just chucked it in the washing machine on a short cycle, hung it on the back of a chair and it was dry by morning which makes it much more hygienic than other lunch boxes.

Being neoprene it is also heat resistant and the dual layer keeps things cold for longer. It also comes in a selection of colours.

Currently on sale for £19.25 down from £27.50!

Disappearing Act

My only complaints would be that there isn’t a place to put her name on it. We have lost several lunchboxes in the past but luckily they resurfaced. One was in the child-minders toy box.

Other than that, I highly recommend it!