After taking the difficult decision to stop our advent calendar this year we didn’t want you to be without some all important self care as December begins and the chaos commences. We’ve searched high and low and have found some great replacements that offer a similar product and might introduce you to some other great […]
How do you feel when you look at your bank account? Are you peeping through one eye and praying it’s not a minus number, or do you know exactly where your finances are up to? As a grown-up money is often a cause of stress and uncertainty, from the language, scary looking letters and amount […]
International Women’s Day shouldn’t really be a thing, in an ideal world with all things being equal it wouldn’t be needed… But it is, and we’re celebrating the inspirational work women do to promote equality, fair pay, work conditions and much more. So we’ve decided to share 17 inspirational women, and female run businesses who […]
*The author of this post wishes to remain anonymous. Images are stock photos and not representative of the family. There are a few things I should say from the start: firstly, I adore my little boy. He is the absolute light of my life. His autism is part of him and I love everything about […]
One of my favourite parts of Christmas is the countdown, from chocolate advent calendars as a child to the more grown-up ones I get now (although I’m always hopeful they contain some chocolate), there is nothing more exciting than counting down to the big day! Although as an adult (and especially as a mum of […]
Day one of October half term. Our one day off together. As normal I have plans, I have expectations and – as normal – by 9am my hopes and dreams are as cold as my cup of tea… 7.30am, our 7 year old arrives in our room – the battery on her tablet has died, […]
Those who know me know I am a tea girl! No sugar and the tiniest bit of milk and I’m in heaven. Then summer comes and I never know what to drink, tea is too hot, and water can get so boring so when Kate suggested I try some of our amazing Bird & Blend tea […]
Such a big (and our favourite!) part of our job is finding the best gifts for you to send, and introducing you to independent businesses that we support through our gift boxes. We asked Laura Jayne founder of Hello Sweetie to tell us a bit more about herself, her business, and how she spends her […]
I love summer – the long, light evenings, the smell of freshly cut grass and feeling like saying ‘yes’ to every request for ice cream. I have rose tinted memories of long summers setting up camps in the garden and sleeping out (until about 10pm), running under sprinklers and building sand castles in the rain […]
We’d all be lying if we said that pregnancy, birth and parenthood was a walk in the park… despite what we might all initially believe, see or hear. From Mums who post only the good stuff – and have us questioning why only we find it tough – to parenting ‘gurus’ telling us how to […]