My children are incredibly lucky; since they were small, having a mum who sells toys and crafty stuff has meant they have had opportunities to try out all manner of things. It is possible that the new Velcro Kids House is the best thing ever though 🙂 They’ve decorated, they’ve performed with it and they’ve […]
Defying Gravity
This is the name of the song which has been sung around here so much recently that eventually I sent an email to the girls theatre teacher informing them that she was likely to get custody of them quite soon 😆 This week they were at a workshop, rehearsing a short version of the show […]
The overdue CyberMummy Part 2
I should have written this ages ago but it has been a funny old month and practically as soon as I came home from the blogging conference, the very last thing I had the energy to do was blog. In fact, I’ve barely opened my laptop for weeks; I can keep in touch on my […]
Code for site badges
A couple of people have asked me for code to put up badges to the shops recently. Am not very clever at these things, but this should do it. <a href=”http://www.craftmerrily.co.uk”><img title=”fb-cm” src=”https://patchofpuddles.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/fb-cm3.jpg” alt=”CraftMerrily” width=”160″ height=”160″ /></a> <a href=”http://www.playmerrilytoys.co.uk”><img src=”https://patchofpuddles.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/fb-pm3.jpg” alt=”PlayMerrily Toys” title=”fb-pm” width=”160″ height=”160″ /></a> I’m not entirely sure how to do it so […]
Home Ed Growing Up & Heading for Further Education
I think it is inevitable that this was going to happen in this house but it is certainly not unique. Over the years I’ve watched remarkably young early teens develop a keen awareness of their ability to take control of their life from within their own family. Of course, my experience of purely schooled teens […]
Quick Adverts for Lovely Special Offers
I have a series of adverts that may or may not be of interest. On CraftMerrily there is 15% off all Kids Craft Kits, including Djeco, Melissa & Doug, Crafty Kids Puppets and more. On PlayMerrily there is 15% off Moulin Roty soft toys so stock up on these lovely cuddly toys and gifts while […]
Poking a toe at off grid – buying better
We want to shop better. We want to do our grocery buying better. As a family, we’ve been thinking about who we spend our money with and where and we’ve come to the conclusion that it is time, especially now that as a family we HAVE a little more time, to shop in a more […]
Valentine Hama Bead Patterns
In the spirit of creativity, we’re back into Hama Beads and Amelie surpassed herself this week by creating these.. I think they are very beautiful and we each have our own one on our desk. Thank you sweetpea. She inspired me, so I’ve spent a bit of time putting all our current Valentine Hama Designs […]
WAHM Bam… relearning being a business owner
Last week someone asked me about how I had turned a hobby into a business and I’ve been thinking about it a lot since, mainly because I was slightly depressed to realise I didn’t have anything sensible and inspiring to offer! I certainly didn’t get into business in any planned and intelligent way; I got […]
Public Announcement and a Giveaway :)
I wouldn’t normally do this on here but many of my blog readers have been massive supporters of our shops (indeed without our friends, they would never have got off the ground) and I need some help with something. I’ve no idea if this will work but I’m doing it here, partly because I know […]
