Fiona Arber set up The Best Bit ten years ago hosting gingerbread house parties for her friends and family. Having a gingerbread house party is such a great way to celebrate together and have fun with friends. It’s not just for Christmas either. Fiona can make bespoke designs to individual tastes. She uses all British…
When I was a teenager, oil burners were all the rage. I had a terracotta one and used to get oils from the Body Shop-probably White Musk or Dewberry and basically gas out my bedroom. My Dad put a stop to it though when I singed a hole in my bedside lamp shade. Oops. I…
You may have noticed something about my blog. There is one person missing from it quite a lot. Hubster can be a bit camera shy about appearing on the blog too much but let’s face it, I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him. My blog would have to be called wifeandmummy.com which doesn’t…
Don’t let your stocking stuffers be boring this year. Turn your photos into personalised Christmas gifts and stocking fillers for everyone this festive season. This year, I have decided to make sure everyone has something personal. Something which will mean something to them and/or me. I have decided to give photo gifts. Having kids myself…
For the past two years, I have finished my Great British Bake Off ‘bake-along’ journey at bread week. I don’t know what it is, but I seem to always fail miserably. Now my friends, my yeast-prayers have been answered because the king of baking and bread making, Paul Hollywood has brought out his very own…
I am always on the look out for new skin care for myself and my family and recently, we came across the Mia and Dom range. An organic skin care range for pregnancy, babies and sensitive skin, it was founded by Jennifer Feltham, blossomed from her desire to use only natural products on her own…
After their popularity in previous years, Soreen has brought back its Toffee Apple Scream lunchbox loaves as well as a new Chocolate and Blood Orange flavour. We are a big fan of the original Soreen here in all of its forms so we were keen to give these new flavours a try. They are delicious,…
Heavenly Tasty Organics, like many great ideas, came about because a mother was weaning her children. Shauna McCarney-Blair wanted to provide the best for her baby, so She tried to make all her own fresh organic baby food from scratch. Spotting a gap in the market for tasty, nutritional snacks, Heavenly Tasty Organics have been…
Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom is very popular in our house. We have a lot of their toys-Boo got the Castle for Christmas last year and it has seen hours of playing since then. There is one item thought that we have not been able to find-Holly’s Magic Wand. However, I was recently accepted to…
It’s Sunday morning. Millions of people are sitting in their beds reading the Sunday newspapers and drinking coffee. Okay, maybe not parents. They’re sitting on sofas, watching their 316th episode of Paw Patrol already, wishing coffee came in an introveinus drip. Well, however you are enjoying your morning brew, a culinary craze is taking off…