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Working Mostly Merrily

July 5, 2014 by

You may or may not have noticed that we’ve just relaunched our CraftMerrily website (home of Hama Beads and Fimo and currently Loom Bands too) in a brand new sparkly design. It has taken months of our time as we’ve done it all ourselves but has gradually turned into something I’m pleased with. Upgrading e-commerce […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Merrily Empire

Bene's Christmas Stocking.

December 15, 2013 by

  Last year I made Bene his very own Christmas stocking; as a January baby he was just old enough to enjoy unpacking one with some help and I wanted it to be special to him, not just bought off a peg. I have a vivid memory of the girls wanting to buy Freddie a […]

Filed Under: Benedict, Christmas Crafts, Knitting & Sewing, Maddy, Merrily Empire Tagged With: christmas crafts, make a felt Christmas stocking, stocking filler ideas for 1 year old

Finishing up. A project, a plea and a book crush.

April 7, 2013 by

While I’ve been lacking in blogging, I’ve been pretty busy doing other things, alongside home educating, settling Amelie into school and bringing little boys. He’s such a big boy now, so much part of everything. Walking, contributing to life with the ever present, all useful “da!” and generally making a mess and an impression. And […]

Filed Under: Benedict, Book Reviews, Crochet, Knitting & Sewing, Merrily Empire Tagged With: business, crafts, crochet, sam vimes, simple craft shop, terry pratchett, tiffany aching, toy selling

Why I'm quiet.

January 17, 2013 by

There are all sorts of reasons. One is I’m spending my evenings listening to the Wee Free Men books while making this. Another is I’ve been making these. Because I really want to get back to selling handmade things this year and I have masses of plans and not much time. Then there is crawling […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Being a Parent, Family Life, Garden, Home Education, Merrily Empire, Thinking Tagged With: family life, grief olympics, new craft shop, thoughts

It's a big PlayMerrily Toys Giveaway Day!

September 12, 2012 by

We did this once before and it is time to do it again!!!!! If you’d like some free toys, then all you need to do it pipe up and do the following:- Take a look at this picture and see what you fancy. Take a look at this picture and see what you fancy. If […]

Filed Under: Merrily Empire

This Baby Likes

June 19, 2012 by

I’ve not had a new idea for a while but now that the fogs of the last couple of years are lifting, I’m finally starting to get that old brain back. I like new projects. I REALLY like new websites. And I wanted to make something out of all this blogging that I would be […]

Filed Under: Merrily Empire Tagged With: baby development blog, connect with mums online, new blog, newborn stories, real babies, real mums, This Baby Likes

Clearing out the stock room…

April 10, 2012 by

I’m in work this week, Ben tucked up on my front. And I’m clearing out the stock room. I’m going to be posting a series of pictures over on the Facebook page for PlayMerrilyToys. If you think you could give a (free) good home to a toy, then like the picture so I know what […]

Filed Under: Merrily Empire Tagged With: competition, giveaway, giving away some love, playmerrily

Win £30 of Djeco Toys or Craft Kits

March 24, 2012 by

Recently I asked some fellow bloggers to help me with some reviews of Djeco toys and crafts, which are some of my absolute favourite products. They really did me proud and here is a round up of the products they tried out. I’m always on the look out for other bloggers interested in reviewing products, […]

Filed Under: Merrily Empire Tagged With: djeco toys, djeco voucher giveaway

How times change.

February 19, 2012 by

We are now into the 4th year since Max left being employed by someone other than us and the fifth year since he worked full time. I feel like, even without all the added complications of the tragedy that then befell us, I’m only really properly recovered from 5 years of trying to be a […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Merrily Empire, Uncategorized Tagged With: home educating while working, life work balance, running a small business, taking redundancy

Some things change, some things don't.

November 10, 2011 by

I’ve been using the internet for something like 12 years now. I remember the very first time I sat down to try it out. My brother in law had a PC connected to the net and I asked to have a go; I sat down in front of whatever search engine he used then and […]

Filed Under: Merrily Empire Tagged With: internet retail history, online payment solutions, running a small business, small business ownership

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