Advice Required On Maternity Bras

Okay, at 18 weeks pregnant my body is changing shape and I can tell I need to get measured for some new bras. They are fine during the day but by the evening they are starting to feel uncomfortable and I cant wait to get them off.

In my past two pregnancies I wore the soft cup maternity ones right from the start. However, this time round I have been much more reluctant to give up my under wire. To be honest, I am terrified the 3rd pregnancy and feeding again might finish them off and cause them to become droopy!

So what do you recommend? Are there any makes out there that you love or perhaps you have tried  under wire maternity bras. I would value your opinion.

I want something that is pretty and girly - ideally not plain black or white, comfortable and most importantly supportive. So far, I have not found it. It doesn't help that I live in the middle of nowhere so am unable to get to a decent shop. 

Oh and at a reasonable price would be nice too. The only  ones I have found and love cost a fortune so I could only afford one set. I think I need at least two.

Not my bump.....I borrowed it from Google Images

This gorgeous bra is the Nougatine Nursing Bra from Amoralia - Winner of Junior Pregnancy & Baby's best Nursing bra. 

Please help.

Karen x

A Little Gift

Last week I wrote about Poppys first day at pre-school and posted a picture of her in her School Uniform which you can see here. I received lots of lovely messages on twitter telling me how smart she looked and wishing her well but the most surprising one came from the lovely @missgraciebows.  She told me Poppy looked liked she needed a new navy blue bow for her hair and she would love to send us one. How kind is that?

 We were deligheted when it arrived. This particular one is a small one on a pinch clip, it is avalilable in a variety of sizes and colours (including School colours) and is washable.

I was not asked to write a post or anything but I wanted to just show you how sweet it is and say thank you. Poppy loves it and it looks very smart.  I am sure we will be back for more, in fact we might need to get another one so she can wear bunches.

For more information or to check out her range of hair accessories for yourselves, you will find her site here.

Karen x

Daddy Takes Photos

I mentioned at the weekend that Husband had got his camera out again and started taking photos of us all. He is a novice photographer who had taught himself. He loves his camera and is very protective of it. He spends time cleaning it and money on special lenses and filters, yet mostly keeps it hidden away. This weekend however, his interest was resumed and I think there will be many more photos coming this way.

I wanted to share a few of my faves of the girls with me:

My little models

My cheeky 3 year old

With my little one 14 months

Rosie looks as though she is concentrating hard

Aaahh I love it

\Looks like a little model

A gorgeous little monkey

They grow up so quickly so I think we need to keep taking lots of photos to record these precious moments. looking forward to sharing many more with you.

Karen x

Boudoir Privé Might Help Make Me Yummy

I have been pretty busy on the hunt for all those lotions and potions, fitness and fashion accessories or products that are going to make us Mummy's that little bit yummier. Each Saturday I write a post telling you about something I believe works and invite you all to join in with my "Make Me Yummy" blog hop sharing your favourite tips and products.


This weeks post is going to be slightly different though, as my search led me to become one of the lucky few fortunate enough to receive the first pink limited edition box from Boudoir Privé. In case you have not heard of them before, they are a Members only club where if you subscribe you will receive a goody box each month full of 4-6 deluxe sized luxury samples delivered to your front door. Perfect for this Mummy who would like to be that little bit yummier!


I have been anxiously waiting for my first box to arrive and it finally came today. Here it is:

Inside my goodies were wrapped in delicate black tissue paper, tied with a delicate pink bow and a handwritten note saying they hope you enjoy your products.

 This is what I discovered once I unwrapped it:

It includes:

• Olavie Antioxidant Body Butter
• Jane Iredale PureLash Extender and Conditioner
• Sachajuan Hair Repair
• Babor HSR Lifting Extra Firming Cream
• Bloom Green tea & White tea duo
• Etat Libre D'Orange Like This & Rien perfume 

I can't wait to try them all out and will let you know how I get on but I have a feeling these products are going to leave me feeling pampered and special and maybe a little bit yummier.

Over to you now. Please do join in and let me know about any products you recommend to others. Don't forget to add your name to the linky and grab my badge too:

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Karen x

Magic Crocs Chameleons - Colour Changing Shoes

Crocs were one of the sponsors at Cybermummy and were just giving them away...for free.  I know I was amazed too, so generous.

Having been looking at them for a while and dithering over the price, I was fortunate enough to pick up these gorgeous new colour changing crocs for my little girl.  She thinks they are so great so I just wanted to tell you about them.

They are currently on sale for £34.99.  Quite steep I thought for this type of shoe but they are very comfortable, let the feet breath and are "pretty cool" according to Poppy who is three.

"It's like magic! The new Crocs Chameleons™ Translucent Clog changes colours in the sun. Using exclusive breakthrough patent-pending technology, these kids’ clogs transform from one colour to another almost instantly when exposed to sunlight. So kids can watch them change right before their eyes!"

See for yourself:

Poppy has the clogg version in oyster/pink lemonade.  They look like this indoors:

They then start to turn a light pink colour outside before turning to this:

Yes a bright purple colour.  Doesn't she look all colour co-ordinated in this outfit?

They really do look totally different! She has had lots of comments about them from others, especially when they change before their very eyes.  They come in several different colour/style combinations so there really is something for everyone.

Poppy gives them a big thumbs up and a huge score of 9/10.  She can't wait to get them on and play outside in the sun.  Have you got yours yet?

Karen x

For the record, although I received these for free I was not asked to write a review. I just wanted to because we like them!



     

Fabulous Giveaway with Poppy Sparkles

I have treated myself and my girls this week to a little pressie from one of my favourite bloggers and her online shop, Viv at Poppy Sparkles.  If you haven't heard of her before she sells beautiful things, all girly and sparkly including Handcrafted jewellery using quality materials, like Swarovski crystal, Freshwater pearls and sterling silver. She also sells gorgeous flower corsages which you can have made into either broaches or hair accessories. 

I ordered a pink poka dot flower hair clip for my little girls, which she kindly put onto an alligator clip for them. The treat for me was this gorgeous Spotalicious Necklace in hot pink.  Its currently in the sale for £18.20 and I love it:

Both are absolutely gorgeous and came beautifully wrapped which made me feel very special.  The hair clip came wrapped in hot pink tissue paper and the necklace came in one of her brand new boxes. I was apparently one of the first to receive one of these. They are white with the logo on and tied with a think pink ribbon, very simple but perfect! I will definitely be going back for more.


Hair accessories are sold in singles for £5.50 or pairs for £10 and are available in a variety of clours including custom or School colours too. So your little one can still look pretty without breaking school uniform policy.

I was so thrilled with my goodies I have organised a giveaway on my page. One of you lucky readers will have the chance to win this fantastic prize:

Three hand-sewn Ribbon Flower corsages from Poppy Sparkles as a brooch, hair tie, hair clip or hair grip and your choice of colours from those in stock (choose a matching set or all different, it's up to you!).  Perhaps one for mummy and a treat for your little girl?

A sample of some to choose from

This is a fabulous prize and I am very jealous I can't enter. If you're too impatient to wait to see if you've won, or you have your eye on other lovelies from Poppy Sparkles, use the code YUMMYMUMMY to receive 10% off your order until the end of August 2011 from www.poppysparkles.co.uk.

So to win:

All you have to do is follow me on Google Friends Connect and leave me a comment below saying why you would like to win.

For an extra chance you can also

• Tweet the following "I have entered to win a fabulous giveaway of gorgeous hair accessories with @PoppySparkles_ and @wouldliketobe at http://bit.ly/pJjEp3"
• Like my FB page (there is  a like button on the right hand side of my blog
• Like Poppy Sparkles FB page
• Follow Poppy Sparkles on Twitter

Please leave a separate comment for each of these.  You can have a maximum of five entries. Oh and don't forget to leave a way to contact you, ie twitter id, Facebook or email.

The competition is open until 7pm Friday 29th July and the winner will be picked randomly and announced shortly after.

Good Luck

Karen x

A delicious box of goodies- check this out!

I am so excited because this week I won a competition...yes me.  I never win anything so I am extra happy! Anyway the competition was over at Poppy Sparkles to win over £50s worth's of gorgeous girly goodies from Strawberry Annies, the home of tulle, net and ribbon. Well anybody that knows me and my blog will know that this is right up my street.  My little girls always wear tutus and hair bows so I was particularly excited about this one. 


So what did I win?
 it was: A gorgeous Frou Frou Tutu, custom made in my choice of colours.  I picked light pink, fuchsia and bright pink. ~ A Tutu Tiara to match the tutu ~ Bejewelled Rose Hair Clip ~ Boutique Hair Bow in Red Polka Dot ~ Medium Pinwheel Hair Bow in Pink Heart Ribbon ~ Toddler Hairbow With Double Ruffle Bow ~ Ribbon covered Headband choice of ribbon. 

Anyway, the goodies arrived yesterday and we were very excited. They came in cake boxes and looked good enough to eat!  Here are some photos I wanted to share with you:

The black flower on the frou frou is also a clip or hair bobble which means we can change it whenever we want to make it look really different. We can even swap it for a big pink bow if we want to! This was Poppy getting ready for and at Ballet this morning.  She received lots of compliments on her new tutu:

So there you go, proof that you can win competitions! Don't forget to check out both Poppy Sparkles and Strawberry Annies they are both favorites of mine now!

Karen x

Fairy's, Photo's and Special Gifts

As you may already know (I have blogged about it here and been on Twitter too), I have been fortunate enough to receive free fairy editing for my girls form the lovely Liz over at www.photofairydesigns.com in return for my Girls being models on her Website.

Well I have received my photo and I am absolutely thrilled with it. I am going to have it printed on canvass and make it a focal point in my home. I was particularly impressed with the high speed turn around.   This one would cost £15 and you can have up to three babies/children in it.  A bargain I think.

Here it is:

As well as being a talking point in you own home and something a bit different to  treasure, I think they would make really special presents. There are a range of backgrounds to chose from for between one and three children.  I love our one which is the Magical Fairy Cottage 2 and you can see it featured on her site here.

If fairy's are not your thing then she offers others plenty of other services too.  There are all sorts of photo editing options including: photo enhancement and airbrushing, photo to DVD slideshow, photograph restoration and even Wedding invitations.  Don't take my word for it though.  Check her site out for yourselves at. www.photofairydesigns.com, you won't regret it. Subscribe via the website and you get 10% off your first order, plus you will receive other offers via email.

In the meantime I am going to get my canvass ordered before Husband comes home and says "we don't need it on canvass, I can print it out for you" hee hee.

Karen x

My Little Girls Are Going To Be Fairy's

I am very excited and feeling very lucky to be getting free fairy editing from www.photofairydesigns.com. Basically, with some clever photo editing and a bit of fairy magic, they turn pictures of your little angels into something really special.  Anyone who knows me and my blog will know that I love everything girly and like my girls to wear tutus and hair bows etc, so I just know I am going to love this.

A few months ago I told My Husband that I wanted to buy a picture like this but he said, "no need to buy one, i'll do it for you".  Well he is very clever on PhotoShop and I am sure he could do it but he never has time lately and anyway I still haven't got it so I jumped at the chance of this.

All I needed to do was email over some good quality, full body shots of the girls and then they do the rest.  I had the perfect picture of Poppy but Rosie was a bit more of a problem.  The most recent shots of her are not full body, many are just of her face or she is in her pram.  I didn't really think much of it but decided that I would just take some more today.

I got Rosie up this morning and once breakfast was out of the way I dressed her in a pretty pink dress like the one her Sister was wearing in her photo. The plan was to sit her on a blanket  and take a few photos, surely one of them would be okay.  My little princess is usually very photogenic so I thought it might take about ten minutes...oh no how wrong could I be? I forgot that these days she is like a rocket!!  If she was smiling her legs weren't in it, if her body was in it, she had turned away and sometimes I even got her bottom! Anyway, to demonstrate I thought I would share some of the photos I took this morning with you:

So as you can see it took a while...about an hour in total, but we did get a few in the end which I am hoping will be okay.

Watch this space, I will share the finished article with you when it arrives!

Karen x

I love girls and hair bows!

This is in no way a sponsored post. I just love my little girls to look pretty and girly in pink dresses and hair bows and I wanted to share my excitement with you! I was thrilled to bits today when I received our latest order of hair bows from my favorite online shop The Bow Company.  I got excited as soon as I saw the pink envelope I now know and recognise to be from them.  This is what we received:

Lots of bows and clips

We have quite a few hair bows  now.  Recently we purchased a bow holder from the same Company to hang them up and keep them them all on.  Its great and means they don't get lost or ruined.  We also brought one as a present for a friends little girls who also love their bows and ribbons.

Ice pink bow holder

We call the bows our "Finishing Touch" (pinched from the friend mentioned above!).  Poppy likes to pick which one to wear and her favorite is the one with strawberries on it!

Rosie with a teeny weeny bow

Poppy with a big one

I love everything about having little girls especially the clothes, the pink and the hair bows and just wanted to share this with you.

Karen x