Fabric upcycle: make a chicken door stop
September 11, 2014 – 5:55 am | No Comment

To make this chicken door stop I used the template kindly offered by Bake and Sew. I adjusted the sizes in mine to make it a little larger by adding 4 cm on each …

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Teddy Bear Picnics at IKEA stores across the UK on October 26th
October 18, 2011 – 1:39 am | No Comment
Teddy Bear Picnics at IKEA stores across the UK on October 26th

Every year IKEA gets together with UNICEF and Save the Children to raise money for children in need and enable them to access quality education with the Soft Toy Campaign. For every soft toy, kid’s meal …

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Computer Aid International: refurbishing old computers for a good cause
July 6, 2010 – 3:13 am | No Comment
Computer Aid International: refurbishing old computers for a good cause

If your computer is no longer fast enough and you need to change it for a reason or another, but it still works you have the opportunity to donate it to a fabulous organisation that …

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Solar handbags: fashion meets high tech to create clean energy
May 6, 2010 – 2:42 am | No Comment
Solar handbags: fashion meets high tech to create clean energy

A woman’s handbag is the one accessory that no woman can do without. The bigger the better; it needs to carry all our essentials in an organised manner and it must look good. Imagine a …

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Ecofabulous bags from Brazil
March 12, 2010 – 4:37 am | No Comment
Ecofabulous bags from Brazil

The most inspiring post I have read this week is about making fabulous designs from objects that are usually regarded as waste by Karen at The Rubbish Diet  who shared her fabulous bag made out of …

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Active kids campaign for 2010 is on
February 23, 2010 – 12:57 am | No Comment

The active kids campaign last year has donated to many schools and groups in local communities and the 2010 campaign intends to do just the same and more. Thanks to shoppers at Sainsbury’s, who …

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Save the Children’s appeal continues
January 28, 2010 – 1:19 am | One Comment

Save the Children was one of the first to bring aid to Leogane, a town close to the epicentre of the Haiti earthquake. Since Jan 20th 2010, when this film was shot, Save the …

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Help raising funds for Haiti
January 19, 2010 – 4:12 am | No Comment
Help raising funds for Haiti

As well as promoting many ways of raising funds for Haiti British Mummy Bloggers have come together to raise funds to send shelter boxes. English Mum has set up a JustGiving page Bloggers for Haiti …

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Kids in Museums Manifesto: add your ideas to make museums more child friendly
October 27, 2009 – 4:01 am | No Comment
Kids in Museums Manifesto: add your ideas to make museums more child friendly

I have recently come across to the brilliant Kids in Museums organisation that promotes family friendly visits to museums and art galleries across the country. The organisation was founded after writer Dea Birkett’s son was …

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August 14-28 is Kids Week in London
August 6, 2009 – 2:56 am | No Comment
August 14-28 is Kids Week in London

To celebrate Kids Week from August 14th through to August 28th in London kids between 5 and 16 go free to West End theatre shows when accompanied by an adult paying full price. There are …

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Swimming for Kenya
June 4, 2009 – 2:38 am | No Comment
Swimming for Kenya

I love the swimming costume collection for kids by Yamamay: cute bikinis for young girls and sporty swimming trunks for adventurous boys. What makes Yamamay swimwear that little more special is …

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