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How To Make A Fur & Leather Rucksack By Little Hands Design

With these handy step by step instructions you can make your very own fur and leather rucksack!  Fur and leather are the ‘it’ styles for handbags A/W ‘16/17 and Spring ‘17. We’re seeing them on the runways from Michael Kors, Salvatorre Ferragam & Marc Jacobs, to name but a few. Fashion insiders have named them Furse’s! Make your own version for a fraction of the price. Check…
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How to come up with great ideas for blog posts

So many people are blogging nowadays, that one of the questions I hear very often, freelancing in digital marketing,is how to come up with the right ideas for blog posts. So, I thought it could be useful to discuss blog posts, how to have great ones, how to make sure that the topics that you are covering in your blog actually accomplish the goals that you want and how do you not run…
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Christmas ideas to keep the kids busy during the holidays

Christmas is almost here–which means that Christmas holidays are round the corner too! Below are a few ideas to help keep them busy: 1. Make a snow globe together. You will need a jar, an ornament, water, glycerin and some glitter. • Glue the ornament/figurine to the inside lid of the jar. Make sure the glue has dried fully before moving onto the next step. • Fill the jar with…
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How to look after your garden furniture during the summer months

Summer’s just around the corner, meaning it’s time to dust off your outdoor furniture and enjoy long, warm evenings in the garden. But how can you look after your garden furniture during the summer months? We spoke to Robert Fernandez from online rattan furniture retailer Rattan Direct and got some tips for keeping your furniture looking fantastic. If it rains, remove all the…
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How to draw Comics in easy steps: Spiderman, Darth Vader and & other characters

Mums need relaxing to cope with kids and according to the latest trends they can chill out with calming colouring books with black and white illustrations to fill in with colours. I tried that and indeed I found it relaxing yet not as creative as drawing from scratch. So I gathered all my own personal experience with drawing comics in this piece. I find it extremely therapeutic to relax for a…
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World Book Day Costume ideas

In this piece you will find last minute World Book Day Costume ideas. Often mums are required to prepare costumes for World Book day and it can be daunting if you don’t like crafting. You may be inspired by my experience with this task. Diego’s Where’s Wally costume is available from Asda for £15 One of my favourite resources for inspiration is the Book Aid International…
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Ideas for World Book Day costumes inspired by Comic books

Over 30,000 comic fans emerged out of the shadows for The London Super Comic Convention, which took place last weekend over two days at the ExCel Centre. Attending this colourful event recently inspired me to create World Book Day costumes based on characters from Comic books. Here are my photos from the event that will hopefully provide some well needed inspiration. This year World Book Day is on…
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Storage & children’s rooms: 10 tips for making the most of your space

Storage or no storage – that is the question… De-cluttering ideas are popping up in my head every Spring so I am taking a look at what other alternative options we, London Mums, have for storing our kids’ stuff. More often than not, children end up in the smallest bedrooms – after all, you’re not going to sacrifice your ‘adult space’ for the sake of a little one. You…
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Aren't we all a little bit OCD? Exploring the passion & obsession behind collections - The story of my vintage Barbie collection

Here is my brain dump for the week reflecting on the reasons behind people’s collections and why I think I am a tiny bit OCD – by this meaning a bit obsessed with one collection in particular. And of course I tell the story of my vintage Barbie collection. These are just a few of my dolls from my Barbie collection. They are like children… you don’t really have a favourite.
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Peanuts Fun - How To Make A Red Baron Plane

There’s less than a week to go before Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie zooms into cinemas. And that means there’s still time for some more Peanuts fun with another of our special video guides. If you enjoyed making the Snoopy puppet last week, how about building a Red Baron plane? All you need is a wooden clothes peg, iced lolly sticks, paint, paper, scissors and glue.
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