My vintage daughter
While digging round in the loft, my Mum found several bags of clothes that I used to wear when I was a child. There was loads of great stuff (and a few not so great!) and most of it 30 years (or more!) old. Quite a lot of it is M&S – or St Michael...
Customise your shoes
For a while now Grace has been whinging that she wants some of those hideous Lelli Kelly shoes that look like a sequin monster has puked all over them. Needless to say, due to the fact that they are: a) dreadful looking b) massively over priced c) come with inappropriate ‘free gifts’ for a 6...
Christening cake
A couple of weeks ago it was my niece, Florence’s, Christening day. As well as making her this crochet blanket as a gift, I was in charge of making the Christening cake. The bottom layer was chocolate and the top was vanilla, decorated with fondant stripes and buttons. I modelled the little shoes on top...
Back to School: Uniform
Grace started school last year so we excitedly bought loads of school uniform from M&S. The tops, cardigan and skirts were great and hardly show any wear – in fact Grace can easily wear them again this year. However, I was really not impressed with the trousers and pinafore, which washed really badly and shrank...
Back to School: New Shoes
As Grace now moves up into Year 1, luckily I have managed to reuse a lot of the school uniform from last year. All her skirts, pinafore dresses and cardigans still fit fine as does her P.E. kit. I just need to get some white tops and trousers. The one thing, and unfortunately the most...
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