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  • Win a Hand-made Candle from The Heartwood Candle Company #giveaway

    100% Natural Scented Candles from the Heartwood Candle Company Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending the morning with Laura and Domique from Heartwood Candle Company, based in St Albans, Herts, learning how they make their hand-made natural candles with essential oils.  Apparently, I’m whisker extraordinaire!  I was truly impressed with the amount of love, care…

  • My Top Ten Mother’s Day Gifts for Fun Mum’s

    Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for Mums with Personality To avoid disappointment on Mother’s Day I take charge and organise it myself, which usually involves booking us into the pub for lunch.  Every Mother’s Day I seem to get flowers and a card, without sounding ungrateful the only people who really benefit here are Interflora and…

  • Win a Mojo heart necklace from Scarlett Jewellery #giveaway

    Hand-made Personalized Jewellery in the UK I’ve always preferred silver jewellery over gold.  Ironically, gold jewelry looks cheap to me.  I know it’s odd as gold is worth twice as much. When I graduated from high school, many moons ago, I received a lot of gold jewellery as gifts, and I remember my mum discreetly…

  • Persil’s ‘Cook with the Kids’ Workshop and Food Fight!

    Persil Cook with Kids Promise I ,along with 88% of parents surveyed by the LMRMC, avoid baking with my daughter as it makes a mess.  I find myself stressing out as flour is flicked out of the bowl, eggs shells follow the egg in the bowl and vegetable oil being vicariously poured into the measuring…

  • Visiting The British Museum with Kids

    British Museum with Kids My daughter’s topic at school at the moment is ‘Digging up things from the past’ which includes art.  So we thought it was the perfect opportunity to pop down to the British Museum to see the Eldorado Exhibit, to show her we are interested in her learning and support what she’s…

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