The highlight of Day 6 of Vlogmas has to be Master C's school Christmas play - and looking back on the fun and games at last year's church pre-school nativity! ... read more
Vlogmas 2016 – Day 5 #vlogmas
Day 5 of Vlogmas saw me reunited with a cuppa and chatting about a crafty crochet project, catching up with an old friend and also Master C's role in last year's pre-school nativity play! ... read more
Vlogmas 2016 – Day 4 #vlogmas16
It's fair to say that there are some days when the vibe is just not there. Day 4 of vlogmas was one of those days... ... read more
Vlogmas 2016 – Day 3 #vlogmas16
Day three of vlogmas saw us at the school Christmas fair - and me on the vino instead of tea at the time of recording! ... read more
Vlogmas 2016 – Day 2 #vlogmas16
Vlogmas day 2 and I still seem to have something to tell you about. That may not last the whole month though... And if you're interested in what I say about Reclaimed Radio then you can listen every Friday night from 7 - 9pm UK time and you'll find me doing there social media either on Twitter or Facebook whilst the show's on air. The Reclaimed Radio hoodie comes from the wonderful people at Balcony Shirts. ... read more
Vlogmas 2016 – Day 1 #vlogmas16
Every day from 1 December through to Christmas Eve I will be vlogging about what I am getting up to in the run up to Christmas as part of Vlogmas 2016. Well, that's the plan anyway... So, before life gets in the way and I fail to complete the mission, here is Day 1 of Vlogmas. ... read more
Collecting Memories with Hope House Press
Cast your mind back to April if you can... Back in April the world seemed like a simpler place didn't it? Yes 2016 hadn't started amazingly, some celebrities had died but we had no idea back then that Brexit and Trump would be coming later on to make the world seem like the crazy, crazy place it is today. The other thing that happened back in April is that we all went off on holiday to the Isle of Wight. You may recall that last year I won a whole load of holiday vouchers in some little Facebook competition and so we were lucky enough to be able to book a more trips away than we might ... read more
Topsy and Tim’s sister AND brother – an update
This week has been one of those weeks where a comment left on one of my blog posts actually made me squeal with excitement. Literally. It can be so easy at times to write about something that you're really excited about or interested in and then you just get tumbleweed in response. It's a post that you think loads of people will want to say something about, but you click publish and it's met with silence. I had feared that that might be what happened with the post I published about Topsy and Tim's sister Tansy. Having seen how many people happen across this blog after searching on Google ... read more
Ollie’s Christmas Reindeer – Nicola Killen
I've been sat waiting to review Ollie's Christmas Reindeer since the publisher sent it out, but just couldn't bring myself to do so too early in the year. I've now seen the first house with a Christmas tree in the front window so I guess that means it's time to properly embrace Christmas! Ollie (who slightly confusingly, to me and Master C at least) is a little girl, that is woken from her sleep on Christmas Eve by a jingling noise. She follows the sound out into the snowy forest and is delighted to come across a lost reindeer. She climbs onto his back and together they set off on an ... read more
Topsy and Tim’s Sister?
Anyone who has read this blog before, or who follows me on Instagram, will know just how much I love vintage children's books. As well as collecting Ladybird books I'm also rather fond of old Topsy and Tim books. When I was a child I recall the small soft-back format that was published by Blackie and these are the ones that I look out for in charity shops and at car boot sales, although they are very hard to come by these days. Before these smaller format ones, Blackie actually published larger versions of the same books. With so many Topsy and Tim editions over the years I've always ... read more