Measurement Memories

So i'm pretty sure most mums like to measure their little people's height!

I remember being a little girl and my Grandma measuring all the grandchildren against the kitchen doorframe.

I'm not sure where this tradition came from but its a really sweet and something most families do!

There's only one real downside, what happens when you move house? You can't take it with you and that makes me a little bit sad!

I'm crazy in love with this wooden ruler height measure, its literally everything and you can take it with you if you move!! Amazing! Only downside is its £140!! ouch. You can find it here on notonthehighstreet.com

So if that is a little out of your price range i came across another cool idea for a fraction of the price!

All you will need is a tape measure and a can of white spray paint (or another colour if you prefer)

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Spray paint the whole measure of tape white so your left with a blank measure. Then you are free to write on the tape every time you measure your little ones up against the tape!

I think this is really cute and so nice to put in their memory boxes as you can do one for each child. 

I would love to be able to pull one out of my own measurements to be able to measure against my little people and compare how tall i was to them at their age.

I think its a super cheap priceless keepsake!

Let us know if you have cool ways to record your little people height we love to hear your ideas!

Statement furniture piece!

I do love an Ikea shop - as in a full wander around browsing and thinking how i can change my kitchen, lounge, lighting etc! It always seems affordable and cool all in one!

So when i saw this amazing piece i instantly knew i need it in my home!

How cool is this!!!!

Its like a dream come true for me! I have so many bits i like to display but literally nowhere "safe" enough from the children's reach!

I truly feel like this cabinet could go in any room in my whole house!!!

In Honey's room with her first ballet shoes, Christening gifts, first photo etc all those keepsakes that get hidden away!

In my lounge with our framed wedding photos, my heirloom family china, our engagement Swarovski champagne flutes, our Tiffany crystal bowls (all those things i hide from the children)


In my kitchen with glasses, cook books, my mums special tea cups and saucers, my nan's tea set which takes pride of place above the aga but i'm terrified of it falling!

In my bedroom with my wedding tiara, photos, jewellery box, things my mum has passed down to me.

I just love the idea of everything being displayed in such a lovely unique way!

So the bad news is when i looked at the price i was a bit shocked! I mean i'm sure its the most expensive thing in Ikea at £395! i know its expensive!!! But to justify i think its a piece that would last a lifetime and somewhere when i'm old and still brunette (hair dye) that i will still treasure all my favourite things in!

www.ikea.com you can see it here on the Ikea website!

If any of you have seen anything similar for maybe half the price please please please let me know!!!

Tomorrows Friday!!!

Never too cool for old school

As you may of read on Monday Nick and I went to a wedding on Saturday! 

Well as we walked through to the Bar/Disco there was a large table with the card box and a huge wicker basket of flip flops for the girls for later! But on the other side was a really cool Polaroid camera and a guest book! 

The Guest book had polaroid envelopes in - so the plan was to take a photo of yourself and then write in the guest book!! 

Amazon £55.52 

And the guest book was similar to this on 

 polaroid-guest-book £48.04 on Etsy 

I though this was a fabulous idea!!!! Here are a couple of the ones i took of us 

Everyone loved it!! and you end up getting lots of funny pictures your photographer might not of got!!

Get Snap Happy!! I hope i get a polaroid from Father Christmas

Love

J xxx 

The Greatest Gift of All!

The best gift you can ever ever give someone is the gift of time! Its a precious gift that will be treasured forever in someones heart and never forgotten!

Time costs us nothing but can give us more than money could ever buy. When we look back on our lives it isn't the material things we remember its the memories of good times and the relationships we had with people that we remember and cherish! We should make more time whilst we have it!

You can give the gift of time in so many ways, spending time with family and friends even if its just a quick coffee or pop in to say hello. Phone your family or your neighbours and ask if they have any jobs they need doing they will really appreciate the help but might not want to ask. If you have always wanted to do some volunteer work then get out there and do it! Make the time for the things that are important in life, make the time for people who will remember you!

You will never regret giving someone your time it is by far the greatest gift of all!

Love 

L xx

Perfect Childrens Books

Last year i was round my friend Lauren's house, and she knows i love meaningful books etc and she said "have you heard of Nancy Tillman?"

Well no i hadn't but i LOVE her now!!!

I love buying things for my children for them to keep forever! I have cards, books, letters etc from my mum and i love reading them now.  You simply can't replace those kind of memories and i will have them forever and pass them down to Honey!

So after reading Caius's Nancy Tillman books i was straight on Amazon and hey presto they arrived the next day!! I put both books in Honey and Rocco's Christmas Stockings!

This book is such a lovely present to buy your children or for any new mum.  The words on the first page are simply perfect: 

"On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, "Life will never be the same." Because there had never been anyone like you ..... ever in the world" 

Such beautiful words! I love reading this story to Honey! 

On the Night you were born 

by Nancy Tillman

The second book is amazing for your child at any age! If my mum gave me this book now i would cry cry cry! Its so magical! 

Heres a little peek

"So hold your head high and don't be afraid to march to the front of your own parade.  

If you're still my small babe or you're all the way grown, my promise to you is you're never alone"

Wherever you are my love with find you 

by Nancy Tillman 

Whilst writing this blog i've just found another Nancy Tillman gem!!!!

Wow i love this one!! This is going on order for my children's birthday! Here is  a snippet from it:

 "There are things about you quite unlike any other…

things always known by your father or mother.So if you decide to be different one day,no worries…I'd know you anyway."

I'd know you anywhere, My Love 

by Nancy Tillman

 coming August 2013

If any of you have some amazing books that you read to your children and think are must haves please let us know!!!

I really hope you and your children love these books as much as we do!

be sure to write a little message in the front for your children to read back in years to come

Thank you Lolly xxx

Love
J xxx

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A Baby Must x

I am a sucker for anything that means saving memories of my babies!!! They don't stay little long enough (sob sob) and they are soon answering you back and stamping their feet at you!

When i was pregnant with Honey i looked into all different things to do as a newborn.  My mum and Nicks mum had plates made with our names, weight, dates, times of birth - which are now on our bedroom wall but i wanted something more!!! So when Honey was 18 days old off i drove to Milton Keynes and had her Hand and Feet Cast.

Then when i was pregnant with Rocco i decided to get a date booked in etc but i couldn't find the people i had been to before on the internet! So i found a lady called Anna who was local to me! I took her Honeys frame and asked if she could match it! (I hate things that don't match!) She did and its perfect! So this is Rocco at 9 days old.

I have them in prime position on top of my fireplace with their portraits! I look at them and can't believe their little hands and feet were that small!!!!

The memories are priceless!!! And they will last forever!!! Granted they may not want them when they are older but its something that i will treasure forever! I look at my mum now and although she's my best friend i we are so close i just can't imagine her loving me as much as i love my children - i know she does but its indescribable how much these little people change our lives! Looking at their little hands and feet brings back memories that are irreplaceable! I can't imagine ever forgetting those first moments!!

For me this is a newborn must! I love the handprints and footprints but this is their actual whole hand and whole foot and the lines and the creases and the nails and the finger placement! Its just perfect!!!

Details of lady i went to with Rocco: Anna Moore Casting Impressions, www.castingimpressions.co.uk

What were your newborn must haves? Or your favourite way to treasure memories??

Wish time would slow down
Love
J x

Our favourite family App !!

We all aim to keep memories of our children - embarrassing photos to look through with their new boyfriend or girlfriend or for when they have children and wonder if they look the same!

Leeanne and I bought the Happiness project Journal books - a five year 1 sentence a day journal about the day.  We jumped at the this idea thinking how perfect for our children to look back on.  I lasted maybe 6 weeks of writing every day and then we went to Spain and the journal didn't make the packing cut - i thought i would keep track on my phone and fill in when i got home - but after 4 weeks in the sun this never happened!!!

Whilst browsing the App Store last week searching for toddler holiday apps i came across the Day One App and to say we are now addicted is an understatement haha!

Its so easy and simple just take a picture from your iPhone and upload and if you want to write a description you can if not it can just be a photo journal! And the best thing is you can export it to a PDF which is amazing !!!

Perfect for a mummy who has the best intentions of keeping a journal but realistically there aren't enough hours in the day for me!!

Love

J x

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