It’s here! My annual dose of wonderful gift ideas from The Mamahood - a feast of the good stuff from the best creative mother makers and small businesses around. All the independent brands featured have been built up around the family table. I’m always so happy to support them and share the love in my shop small Christmas guide.
Read moreMother's Day Blooms
Sending flowers on Mother's Day (this year it's on Sunday 11th March) could be perceived as a bit of a cliché but I honestly don't know anyone that doesn't like flowers or plants. With so many different options around at the moment - from flowers, succulents and vintage vases - there really is something for everyone. I've never been that green fingered and always so jealous of my mum who is!
Read moreChristmas Gifts: A Folk Tale Slippers
Slippers - the ultimate Christmas gift right? RIGHT! As a mum you spend so much time at home, more than ever before, so it's nice to have comfy slippers to slide your feet into - the ultimate go to home comfort, plus staying in is the new going out right?
Read moreChristmas Gifts: Mama Jewellery
Nice to see earrings making a come back in a big way at the moment! There are some beautiful, affordable jewellery brands around at the moment that I wanted to share and jewellery makes the perfect gift for a mama. One of my current fave brands is Milk Tooth - a brand completely dedicated to statement earrings.
Read moreBorn At Dawn: My Top Mama Picks
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With Autumn in full swing and the festive season sneaking up on us I decided it was time to call on my friend Lucy from Born At Dawn to show me her latest collection. Do you remember I blogged about Born At Dawn and their Night In Service before?
Read moreMama Sleep Edit
I don't know about you but sleep is one of the most important things in my life in order to stay sane, keeping my mental health in check and a necessity to cope with the day! Having kids throws a really curve ball at the whole sleeping malarkey and you are constantly trying to play catch up.
Read morebabybox by eve - the perfect Babyshower gift
Yes that's right it's a box for your baby. The Babybox is a cardboard box designed for your newborn baby to sleep in! The box replaces the need for a traditional Moses basket or cot for the first 6 months or so of your babies life. Sounds a bit bonkers but actually it's an idea thats been around for a long time.
Read moreSpring Mama Picks
Right! Spring feels like it's nearly arrived (its the first day of spring apparently)so I thought it was time to share some of my mama finds that suit the warming weather. Checks, blues, denim, pink, red and tan are needed in my life and mama wardrobe... so many good shoes to pick from but I always live in my Saltwaters! Love their new rose gold addition.
Read moreSketchy Muma
With the run up to Mothers Day I wanted to share someone I discovered on social media a little while back, who's work really struck a chord with me. Sketchy Muma (aka Anna Lewis) is a seriously talented children's illustrator who manages to tap into the more sentimental side of motherhood with her little sketches.
Read moreOlive Loves Alfie // Mama Gift Guide
Olive Loves Aflie East is home to our Mama Meets, a place where mums can come together over a cuppa and talk babies, toddler tantrums, good times and bad times. Olive Loves Alfie not only sell cool clothing and homewares for kids but they also have some fab stuff for mamas too. I wanted to share with you some of my top finds for some Christmas pressies (hint hint).
Read moreChristmas Gift Guide Mamas
Christmas is sneaking up on us so we thought it was time to start sharing our favourite ideas for some mama gifts which you may want to start hinting at. Our favourite shops for adult gifts are Liberty, Goodhood, Selfridges, Whistles, Oliver Bonas, Amazon and Space NK.
Read moreHygge // Scandibørn
There's a lot of talk of hygge (the auto correct desperately wants it to spell higgle!) around at the moment. In case you've been on another planet, higgle, no hygge is (roughly) the Danish word for cosiness and it is one of the words of the year apparently.
Read moreOrla Kiely Baby x Grobag
We recently went to the press event for the Orla Kiely Baby x Grobag collaboration, exclusively available at Mothercare. As a long term fan of print, colour, Orla Kiely and baby sleeping bags this seemed to be the perfect collaboration so we were super excited to be one of the first to see the product.
Read morePoco Nido
I've wanted to write about British kids brand Poco Nido for a while now as they make the cutest, colourful and fun baby and kids shoes around. They are really simple, comfy and practical and we love their bold prints. They also make perfect gifts, all shoes come in a recyclable postal tube box which also makes for handy baby storage.
Read moreAW16 Tiba + Marl
We've been a fan of Tiba + Marl bags from the moment they launched a year ago. In fact we wrote about them nearly exactly a year ago, click here! Finally they have cracked the nappy bag market to offer stylish, cool, trend driven bags that are still practical and have life beyond babies and children. They are now even being stocked in Selfridges!
Read morePetites Pattes Baby Socks
I always get asked - what are the best baby socks that don't fall down and off little feet really quickly? Unfortunately it's the nature of little feet to push socks off and be constantly wriggling around, so the answer is 'there is no such thing,' to my knowledge, anyway (you can use these sock ons to help keep them on but they aren't for everyones taste).
Read moreBax & Bay Cub Bag
So over the summer we have been testing out a lovely Cub bag that we were kindly sent from Bax & Bay. It's a multi-functional luxury changing bag that also acts as a feeding pillow and carry support. It's made of supersoft faux suede that is waterproof, stain resistant and hypo-allergenic, has a fully adjustable strap and fits across any buggy or pram.
Read moreMuzzies
Muslins - probably the number one most useful and versatile item to invest in when you have a baby or to give someone as a new baby gift. In our household they are everywhere and they are called 'babies', don't ask me why, Finn came up with it and that's just what they've always been called!
Read moreBaby Teethers
So we've looked at the new craze that is teething jewellery, now we're looking at what's happening with baby teethers. There seems to be a lot more on offer these days compared to a few years back when Finn was a baby. The on-going teething journey is happening with Violet and she is constantly chomping on something to relieve her gums, still no sign of a tooth yet though.
Read moreBright Company X Selfish Mother PJ's
There are so many good collaborations going on at the moment, we love this new movement of team spirit and friendships happening in the world of fashion and kids brands! Did you see the Tiba & Marl X Selfish Mother tees and sweats they did together recently? Pure genius. They've gone and done it again but with another of our favourite brands - The Bright Company.
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