A Little Bit Of Weleda Mindfulness At Christmas *

 

 

 

 

 

Today is the 14th December, so ten whole days before Santa (the big man) arrives. I have the most excited five year to put to sleep every night and like most families things are crazy!

 

So, I was delighted when Weleda asked me to sample their new Mindfulness Colouring Book and Bath Set. I was over the moon to be invited me along to their Derbyshire offices to meet Lizzie Hobbs the artist and have a moment out of everyday life to colour in, drink herbal tea and relax.

 

time out at Weleda

 

meeting Lizzie

After feeling totally energised by my morning colouring in, I realised that this would be something we could do at home as a Mummy and Daughter activity before bedtime. Colour in, chat about our day and then have bath time with the pack's body washes. Now Little L is at school, I'm looking for activities to do together that she is not tired out to do.

 

oooh pencils

So for the last month, we have been working through the colouring book then matching bathtime with the body wash relating to the picture. I have to say this pack is a perfect dual present for a little girl and her Mummy. It's time out together to make, create, chat and learn about flowers.

 

 

Here is our Turkish Rose page, we coloured in together and enjoyed a little bit of mindfulness in the run up to Christmas.  I would also take this pack away on holiday, so if you know someone travelling over Christmas and New Year, this is a perfect little £17.95 gift.

 

Mummy time as well...

 

After school colouring in

 

And we are still using the pencils

I want to thank the lovely people at Weleda who gifted me the pack and invited me the launch morning. We have loved the pack so much.

 

The gift pack includes a beautiful designed colouring book by a talented local artist Lizzie Hobbs and four treat sized body washes including my favourite Wild Rose.

 

If you can't wait until Christmas you can always buy your own here .

 

Happy Crafting,

 

Samantha

 

* This is a sponsored post

A Hand Drafted Envelope Cushion For The Made Up Initiative

Last month I was reading Love Sewing with a coffee looking at all the new exciting patterns when a story really hit me as a great idea.

 

The Made Up Initiative was launched last month for sewers to pledge money to charity to make up a project to a deadline! I decided to open up my sewing stash and make a difference.


The initiative supports the National Literacy Trust, as Mum who takes her little girl to the library on a weekly basis this really hit home. I was amazed with the facts that one person in six in the UK lives with poor literacy.

Since being a Mum, not only does my daughter come home from our library with books, so do I! I have found a new love of books. I love the craft section in my library and my pledge to support the Made Up campaign is to make a hand drafted envelop cushion inspired by my last craft book I loaned. It was a French inspired soft furnishing book loaned to make a dent in my soft furnishing fabrics!

I have had these duck egg, lilac jacquard home furnishing fabrics in my stash for months and I have planned and planned again to make cushions to match my Laura Ashley sofa. And I am delighted I have done them! I love the colours and textures to match my sitting room colours.

I wanted a shabby chic look with the different patterned fabrics.

And here is my Made Up envelope cushion, it's a pretty and simple project but these are always the ones we leave to one side for the more glam dress and cutie baby/toddler clothes?

Have you made the pledge?

Happy Sewing,

Samantha
 

Kid's Craft Wreaths

By now most children have broken up from school for the holidays. So what can they make whilst you run about finalising Christmas that is fun, festive and to make you very proud?

Try one of these wreaths...

These wreaths made from papier mache (leave 24 hrs to dry before decorating) and rice /pva and pom-poms. The creations are perfect for pre-Christmas crafts and extra decs too.

My two year old made the papier mache version with feathers and golden stars. A very proud Mummy.

The rice and pom-poms version was made using a paper plate with a hole cut out as the base. We wrapped ribbon around it and glued on the pom-poms.

Easy and so, so much fun. You may keep them for next year!

With love to all those busy Mummies,

Our Toadstool Party for Little L

Celebrating my Little L's birthday with

cake decorating, animal hat making, toadstools and friends...

Our toadstool inspired cake with bunting flags.

Making hats, homemade cake ,cake pops and shaking our lametta shakers!

I am really pleased that we had a crafty party as it covered all ages and both boys and girls. Making animal woodland hats and icing cakes seemed to go down well. The little ones ate the icing instead of icing the cakes, but hey that's fine!

I made Little L a cake and her Godmother made these amazing cake pops and covered them in sugar art to match the theme. I wanted a toadstool cake but after our cat went missing (now found) we had to cut corners.

We had rolls (cobs in Derbyshire) from the local bakers just like my Gran used to give me, sandwich triangles, little iced cakes and treats for birthday tea. I must say a big thank you to all my family and friends for helping with the day. I could not have done anything without you! Love you xxx .

The local village hall was a good idea as all the glitter and glue was kept out of our house! It came well equipped to clean up afterwards. I could of had glitter in the carpets for weeks so I would recommend to any family thinking of a children's party.

Next year... well the ideas are already there!

See you next post,