There is a trend at the moment of using sensory toys to help keep children calm, or in fact to calm them down. They are also useful for keep children quiet and have proved to be something of a wonder worker in our house – our eldest child has subtle autism spectrum features which means […]
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If you don’t have a lot of time, or ability, to sew here is a quick tutorial that makes use of baby wraps, which are never in short supply. You will need: A baby wrap. You will need to use at least a patterned muslin or heavier weight fabric. Pale or white light muslin wraps
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We’ve all done it – bought clothes with good intentions and then only worn them once before relegating them to the back of the wardrobe. We open our cupboards and declare we have nothing to wear despite a mountain of clothes staring us in the face. In fact recent statistics show that the average
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We’re all familiar, no doubt, with the character of Mr Darcy from Jane Austen’s classic ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Women the world over, for generations in fact, have swooned over this character in print and certainly the BBC miniseries from 1993 is still a particular favourite. A recent commentary by Jason Evert, who promotes the Catholic
If you are like me, you know what it’s like to be overrun by toys. Toys like Lego are generally a nightmare because the pieces are easily lost even if you are very careful when packing them up. The best thing in this situation, in my opinion, is to invest in, or make, a
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Tony Abbott currently flies the flag for Catholicism in politics, but is this a win for truth? Every politician is disliked by a particular demographic. Tony Abbott is no different. Certainly there are many who dislike Abbott because of his conservative stance on numerous issues, but the demographic that seems irked the most by
Birthday parties have become synonymous with extravagant birthday cakes. I’m constantly amazed at the number of families who spend a huge amount of money on having meticulously decorated cakes created for their child’s birthday. Yes, birthdays should be celebrated but there are inexpensive ways of creating birthday cakes that will be a hit with the
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Every time feminism becomes a battle ground between women who chose marriage and family and women who chose to put their careers first I wince as once again as feminism is lost in bickering and petty infighting about one’s life choices and aspirations. Feminism is not a validation of every single decision a woman makes
So far we’ve worked out our body type and our optimum colours, but there’s another element to our personal appearance that you’re not likely to consider; it’s personality. Yes, that’s right, evidentially style has a personality. Mary Sheehan-Warren, author of ‘It’s so you: fitting fashion to your life’ says that knowing and understanding your
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This is a simple craft activity that you can use to dress up a child’s bedroom, or instead of putting their initial on the cushion as below, you could attach them to a shirt in the same way for a cute and personal touch. You will need: 2 quilting fat quarters* in coordinating fabrics
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