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

Pretty Hair With A Bit Of Flair Review & Giveaway

As you may already know I love everything girly especially hair bows and ribbons for my little girls. Therefore I was delighted to be approached by Kraft Work Boutique to trial and review some of their new hair accessories. I didn't really know what to expect but was thrilled to open up the package to find this:

There was a mix of colours, size and patterns to go with a variety of outfits. All of which are gorgeous.  In fact our bow holder is getting quite full now so the little tub they came in would be handy to keep some of the clips in too. 


Poppy's favourites are these clips.  She thinks they are fantastic:

She also loves this hair bow and couldn't wait to get it in and model it for me.  As soon as it was unwrapped it was in her hair:

Kraft Work Boutique is run by a mummy that loves to make. She sells beautiful hand make tutus, cheeky looking sock monkeys and gorgeous wooden plaques. as well as the hair accessories. All of the items can be personalised and are made as special as can be. They are available to purchase online through KiddieBase and through facebook. There will also be a website available shortly.  


Hair bows and bespoke bows can even be made to match outfits for special occasions.  The sets of clips in a kitty style are available at £4 per set and the big sis/lil sis are available at £3.50 per set. Larger bows are priced at £4 and mini bows at £3.  Quite reasonable I think!


We love them and will be visiting for more.  We give them a huge 9/10.


If you fancy some hair accessories for your little one then Kraft Work Boutique are giving one lucky person the chance to receive a bundle of goodies for themselves (worth a minimum of £20).

Its so easy to enter, all you have to do is:

• Follow me on GFC and leave me a comment saying why you would like to win
• Follow  Kraft Work Boutique on FB

For extra chances you can:

• Follow  Kraft Work Boutique on FB
• Like my FB Page
• Follow me on Twitter, or
• Tweet the following " I would like to win gorgeous hair accessories for my little one with @wouldliketobe and @kraftworkb http://bit.ly/mQFvhx" 

Please leave a separate comment for each.

The winner will be selected at random at 7pm on 21st August 2011.

In the meantime if you can't wait you should check them out for yourselves. Good luck.


Karen x

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