I’ll start off by sharing a quote from my first birthday cake post where I wrote, “next year I’ll be sticking to just the one tier…” – I clearly forgot the stress that cake put me under, so here we are again for round two of making my daughter a two tier birthday cake. Another […]
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For years I’ve wanted personalised pumpkin decor in our home, but the cost has always put me off. When window shopping online, I was looking at around £30 for one medium-size pumpkin to have our family name on. Don’t get me wrong, they look great, but I couldn’t justify £30 on one piece of pumpkin […]
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Growing up, my mum made our birthday cakes every year. I’m not talking a classic victoria sponge with a dusting of icing sugar (although, absolutely nothing wrong with that!), I’m talking about a whole miniature model of our 10th birthday party for one example; she made me and my twin sister out of fondant icing […]
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Baby classes are the one thing that have kept me sane throughout my maternity leave. They force me out of the house, enable adult conversations, but also help tire out my baby so I finally get 20-30 minutes of peace, even if that’s nap-trapped in the car when I arrive back home. But they’re also […]
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Before I get stuck into showing the before and after photos of our lounge and where everything is from (although, you’re welcome to scroll right past this babble), I feel like I should give a backstory on why we chose the ‘before’, and why we opted for the ‘after’. When we moved into our first […]
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*affiliate link. In August 2022 I shared ideas of what my dream nursery was when I was just 16 weeks pregnant, but now I’m so excited to share the final result almost one year later when I have an almost 6 month old – crazy! The nursery didn’t steer far from what I originally visioned, […]
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Wow, what an overwhelming, emotional, challenging, yet rewarding twelve weeks. The fourth trimester is something else, and the struggles of the other three trimesters whilst pregnant is just incomparable! The biggest difference being, this trimester involves looking after a newborn with no idea what you’re doing. I guess I should break this recap down into […]
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I always wanted a written version of my birth story to reflect back on. Throughout my pregnancy when asking friends and family about their experience, most of them had forgotten a lot of what happened and when. That’s completely understandable when so much goes on during it, and then your mind goes to mush once […]
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The third trimester is a whirlwind of ups and downs, from my experience. From the increase in excitement that the final trimester (whilst pregnant) is finally here, to the overwhelming worry whether you’ve got everything prepared: your hospital bag, birth plan, baby essentials and everything else that’s to come…labour. The first trimester was tough due […]
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