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'a portrait of my child, once a week, every week in 2013'

You wanted to play outside with no coat on, in December. Your mean mamma made you return indoors (for a jumper as well as a coat). 

(I am so glad these dungarees finally fit him..almost! I got them in a charity shop when he was only a few months old!)

A collection

Tomorrow I will be speaking at the Nuffnang bloggers workshop in London. It is a talk on 'blogging, creativity and entrepreneurship', myself along with three other bloggers as well as Etsy UK and Pinterest will be there to share our stories and tips! There are still a few tickets left priced at a super cheap £5. I hope to see you there!

In other news I recently collaborated with Made.com with this little illustration, you can read about my picks here.

And finally I have started the sales early in my online shop, you can pick up some great bargains here as well as the usual best sellers including this amazing cat bag, harry potter rings and washi tape!

Happy Friday! xoxo

5 years

Today (or maybe it was yesterday we can never remember if it's the 4th or 5th) Tom and I will have been together for the grand total of five years.

We have been through and done a fair bit in those five years, a few lows but mainly highs. We bought a house, had a baby, started a business and not killed each other in between. Who knows where the next five years will take us? I'm glad it will be by your side Tom x

It seems fitting to mention here that I will taking part in the 'Me and You' project next year, along with some other lovely bloggers. It will be a great excuse to take some more pictures of just Tom and I (something that has been seriously lacking since a certain Wilf came along and stole the show ;)). I'm looking forward to stopping and appreciating us as a couple and recording us. Thanks as ever to Tom for being such a willing bloggers boyfriend too, ha! 

What Mama Wore

What Mama Wore:

Dress - vintage (Whiteladies Rd charity shop find £7)
Coat - vintage (ditto, it was a good charity shop day!)
Necklace - a birthday gift from a lovely friend
Tights - Primark
Boots - Sarenza

This is what I wore on my birthday on Saturday. It was a lovely simple day, Tom did all the previous night get-ups although Wilf had decided to be good so there were only 3 in total (result!). I got breakfast in bed and some lovely cards and gifts. Tom bought me a milk frother (like this one) so I don't need to go getting my daily take out latte. I do still like a coffee out when meeting with friends but it will be great to be able to make my own from home on work days!

After Wilf's nap (in which I was offered plenty more coffees from Tom who is trying perfect his frothing. Currently he is making cappuccinos rather than lattes. You just can't get the staff these days ;)) we set off for a late lunch. We jumped on a bus to area just next to ours we had never visited before, it's one of these quite out of town places that we maybe wouldn't have needed to visit previously. I'm glad we did though as it has brilliant charity shops! I got a vintage Fisher Price till for Wilf for £1.99 which I'm really pleased about.

We got off the bus a few stops earlier on the way back and walked through our local park as the sun was setting. Wilf decided to be hilariously funny and Tom and I kept laughing throughout our walk home at the things he was saying and doing. After dinner was made and eaten and Wilf was tucked up in bed I found myself looking through old videos of him as a baby we couldn't quite believe that chubby little seven month old was the same child! We say it to each other often but we are so lucky to be his parents.

I'm very much looking forward to 28 and what it will bring!