Arts and crafts are a huge part of our family life, I am a big crafter myself. I love to draw, knit, crochet, make jewellery and more. It pleases me greatly that the Beans also enjoy crafting, even if many of their preferences are of the ‘messy’ variety at the moment.
Don’t you just love Post-It Super Sticky Notes from 3M, during my working years I may have got a little over zealous with my notes and since I was in charge of the Stationery orders I may have ordered them in every colour/shape/style possible! There are a million and one uses for Post-It Super Sticky … Read more
I love nothing better than spending an afternoon crafting with the tiddlers. I have always had a passion for crafting myself so I’m over the moon that they enjoy it too. I particularly love doing crafts for Easter because they usually involve chocolate and it’s an opportunity to get lots of lovely pastel spring colours … Read more
With Christmas just days away we have had the perfect excuse to get crafting at home (not that you need an excuse). I have always been quite a crafty person myself and it seems that Little Bean and Beanie Boy are taking after me as they both love to get creative whenever possible. When talking … Read more
When we get home from school I have found that the best way to avoid bad behaviour is to have pre-planned activities to keep them busy. For those of you who haven’t noticed it’s only a matter of 4 weeks until Christmas so we are getting into the Christmas spirit by doing Christmas crafts. We … Read more
With my baby bump growing, I wanted to make something special for Jelly Bean’s arrival and decided to learn how to crochet to make him a blanket for his Stokke.
Last week when I was feeling brave I made my way down to London with Little Bean and Beanie Boy alone. We had been invited to attend a blog event for Stampin’ Up where we took part in a workshop. A bit about Stampin’ Up! Shelli Gardner is the Co-founder and CEO of Stampin Up, … Read more
The first time I heard of Yellow Moon was when I picked up one of their catalogues at Little Bean’s preschool. I have always been big on doing crafts myself and so I’m keen to let my children do as much (or as little as they would like too). Luckily they all seem to really … Read more