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BEST PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY (the family friendly hotspots report)
Once upon a time I chose my postcode according to three things: proximity to public transport, how easily I could get home from the local nightclub,…
SWEET DREAMS AND SNUGGLES (the fine bedding company)
I have a confession: I’ve broken the number one rule of parenting – don’t let your kids rule the roost when it comes to bedtime. …
SITTING PRETTY (contemporary kitchen stools)
Bar stools can make or break the look of your kitchen diner – we were thrilled to find the perfect designer kitchen stools at Lakeland Furniture
THANKS. NOT.
Trialling a beauty treatment earlier (watch out for the blog post Mums – I’m totes impressed already!) it comes up that I’m lurching towards my…
MAKING THE SWITCH (money-saving energy infographic)
Brought to you by Ovo Energy – the cheaper, greener and simpler energy supplier
ONE WORD
‘Define yourself in one word’, was the challenge set over on STICKY FINGERS. One word?! Define a complex human in a single word? Impossible! I…
PRETTY AS A PICTURE (personalised papershaker cards)
I love a good photo card, me. Spare time is somewhat of an oxymoron in my life, so I find photo cards a…
IT’S A POST-IT ARTY PARTY!
You know when you get asked to do something, and you think – ‘Yeah, why not? That sounds like a bit of fun!’ And then you…
LOOKS AREN’T EVERYTHING (baking with kids)
Bless his cotton socks. OH makes a mean steak, and is the BBQ King, but when it comes to baking, he doesn’t know his walnut…
PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY (life insurance and will making)
Monkey Dad and I aren’t married. We’ve got nothing against wedlock, it’s just that, at first, we never quite felt grown up enough to take…
STUCK ON YOU (super-sticky post-it notes)
• commissioned feature If you were in London on Thursday, you might have noticed this rather quirky looking Black Cab making the rounds of the Big…
STICKY SITUATION (post-it super sticky notes)
• commissioned postQUICK!!!! You’ve only got a few hours left to submit your Post-It Super-Sticky note, and be in to win a family holiday worth £1000!To…
GETTING STICKY! (post-it super sticky notes promotion)
• commissioned featureAh, the 90s!When the only internet you could get was dial up *shudders* and pages took entire minutes to load. Texting was only just…
CRACKER SNACK ATTACK
Sometimes, it’s the little things that make your day. Like: suddenly remembering the parcel of RYVITA goodies I got sent the other week, and making this…
UNIQUE ART GIFTS FOR THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE // bespoke art prints
Psssssssssst! Wanna see what OH got for Father’s Day?! Isn’t it cool? Bespoke, you know. At this point in time only one of these pictures…
LITERALLY SPEAKING
‘Stand by the door, but don’t go outside,’ I instructed Lil Sis. ‘I not go outside, Mummy,’ she reassured me. ‘I not go outside!’I came round…
FANCY A LITTLE BLOGLOVIN’??
So, I’m signing up with Bloglovin’ because of old Google Reader going kaput-ski. If you want to follow my blog with Bloglovin you are very welcome….
WHEN TODDLERS AND BARBIES COLLIDE…
Freakiest thing I’ve seen since Chucky… Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!
FROM BLEURGH TO BRILL (photowall mural)
You know how there’s always a corner somewhere in your house that bugs you every time you look at it? Well here it is, my nightmare corner…
About me
I’m Jacqui – a 40+ freelance journalist & lifestyle blogger.
I’ve been a magazine features writer for over 20 years, and in 2009 became one of the UK’s original ‘Mummy Bloggers’.
I’m proud mum to two funny & spirited girls; born summer 2008 and autumn 2010, and we all live just outside London with OH and our youngest baby – a miniature dachshund, named Frankie.
