Fab Mums

If you say children parties, I say cupcakes; if you say cupcakes I say Martha Stewart. She has the most fun looking cupcakes, which, I am sure, are as delicious as they look. Cupcakes are perfect for children parties because they are small and versatile to fun decorations like these animal themed ones by Martha [...]

As well as promoting many ways of raising funds for Haiti British Mummy Bloggers have come together to raise funds to send shelter boxes. English Mum has set up a JustGiving page Bloggers for Haiti to raise funds to send shelter boxes and help some of those families hit by this terrible tragedy. To date Bloggers for [...]

This is the third part of a four-post series about crafts inspired by Todd Oldham’s book, Kid Made Modern published by Ammo Books. The previous two posts featured a cork effect vase and wooden spoon dolls. This week we made a cushion out of an old cotton sheet, which we hand printed with potato stamps.  [...]

After seeing the interesting shaped felt cushions by Hey-Sign on Babyology I looked into it further and discovered an amazing range of products all made out of felt. Felt is one of my favourite fabrics with unique properties so I was really excited to see the brilliant range of cushions and rugs. This fantastic raw [...]

It’s amazing what a difference a few months can make in the realm of bilingualism. Back in September my six year old was not at all keen on speaking his minority language and although he understood everything he insisted in answering in Italian. Soon after starting school he showed more of an effort to speak [...]

I love the eco friendly lamps by OOO MY DESIGN made of recycled materials. Not only they are innovative and modern, but they are the perfect example of the beautiful and original pieces that can be made with recycled objects.  I was struck by the “Cassette is not dead” lamps made out of audio cassettes [...]

Eco friendly products and ways to green up our lives and our kids by being kinder to our planet is one of the hot topics at the beginning of 2010. I read a very interesting post on Inhabitots about the Green Parenting Predictions for 2010 with the views of 8 established green bloggers who all [...]