TEAM FAVOURITES
Team Favourites : The 10 Best Items for Sun Protection
We want to help prepare you for long sunny days and bright blue skies that childhood memories are made of. And we all want those beautiful sun-filled days to be safe and healthy ones too. So in preparation for summer holidays and vacations we have compiled our top 10 items for the best sun protection. ...
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SEWING AND KNITTING
A simple knitted beanie!
One of my many New Years resolutions (which I started over the Christmas period) is to continue making things - just because it makes me happy. ; ) I love watching movies in the evenings, but I also like keeping busy so I have started to try to find simple projects that I can do while ...
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BABY
Olivier Baby and Kids, at the ShopUp this week!
Olivier Baby and Kids is one of my favourite places to find cosy cashmere products for the kids. Last winter Marlow lived in her little bonnet and all the kids had one of their snoods, each a different colour to keep things easy when bundling up before leaving the house. This year they've added hand-knitted pom-pom hats (with ...
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BABY
MamaOwl -- a one-stop shop for merino wool and beautiful knitwear
It seems like so many of our blog posts in the past few weeks have been focused on cosy knitwear!! Tis the season, I guess... and it's a beautiful one! In addition to a roaring fire and lots of hot chocolate, beautiful, thick, cosy knitwear is one of my favourite things about the winter season. (Seeing these ...
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BABY
Booboos' Bonnets
I received the sweetest email last month from Sophie McCurley, a mother of three and a maker of bonnets. She wrote to introduce me to her beautiful collection of handmade bonnets and I'm so glad she did. Aren't they beautiful? I love the simple, classic styles and the gorgeous fabrics. I ended up ordering one for ...
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BABY
Colourful cashmere accessories from Olivier Baby and Kids
I recently got the kids cashmere snoods and I honestly don't know what took me so long to catch on to this convenient fashion trend. Snoods are so much easier than scarves. Hands down. (I can totally understand now why scarves were banned from Emilie's girls' school! They're a pain to keep wrapped around the neck, and often ...
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BABY
Toto Knits, with a darling new Capsule Collection
Slowly but steadily autumn is upon us here in Amsterdam. We've been super lucky with the weather so far (I've heard it's been the same in other parts of the world), but leaves are falling and mushrooms are appearing. So it's time to get ready for the cold season! I've been ordering socks and tights, shoes ...
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AUTUMN CRAFTS
Knitted hood hats
I discovered this hood hat knitting recipe on Pinterest a while ago and immediately re-pinned it. How cute are these hats? And how simple the recipe is! After returning home from summer holidays, I decided to get out my knitting needles and give this recipe a go. I always get inspired around this time of ...
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BABY
Gorgeous hand knit baby clothes from Fournier
Right as I was saying that I needed to invest in some warm winter baby clothes, a package arrived from Fournier with the most exquisite hand-knitted goodies for the baby. The softest and sweetest baby booties, hat and blanket, all made from 100% baby alpaca. What a lucky little baby this will be! Annabel Fournier ...
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BABY
Acorn Kids
How cute are these warm woollen goodies from Australian company Acorn Kids? Made with an eye for detail and with sweet designs, which kids wouldn't love to stay warm with these? Ava has been wearing those little owl mittens, and she adores them! And isn't that cute mouse scarf hard to resist too?? Check the ...
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BABY
Gorgeous hat/scarf/mittens sets from Mini McGhee
It's nowhere near as cold as last year, but still cold enough for warm woollens -- here in the Netherlands we tend to take the kids around on the back of our bicycles (or in the bakfiets), so kids have to be bundled up in the winter. These SUPER soft Pixie hats from Mini McGhee ...
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DIY FOR MUMS
Gorgeous fabrics and must-haves at MondaysMilk
Dutch online boutique MondaysMilk is a little gem. I'm telling you. Please have a look at the gorgeous fabrics, the beautiful quilts and pillows and the hand-crochet bags and hats and I dare you to say you disagree! (Ava has a cat hat in green and it's really ridiculously cute...) I'm thinking about re-doing parts of my ...
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CRAFTS AND DIY
Customise your own Summer Hats
We have a bit of a hat obsession in our house -- an obsession which I encourage during these hot, sunny summer months. As the Australians say: Slip, Slop and Slap -- slip on a shirt, slop on some suntan lotion and slap on a hat (do correct me if I have got that one ...
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BABY
Mittens that stay up -- no strings attached!
Now here is a concept I wish I would have created... mittens that stay put, really. They're mittens with long, stretchy cuffs that reach the elbow, making sure that no matter how much your child wriggles, runs, or plays, those mittens won't budge, and they won't fill with snow either. With sizes ranging from baby ...
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