Oh I absolutely love this book of postcards!

You add to them by drawing in the blanks!

This one is perfect for my friend who has just started a beauty course - this week lashes!

Lots more I will send to friends and family, not for any specific reason just because who wouldn’t want to receive such a delight in the post!

find them and other lovely bits here

Oh no, when we opened the curtains today there was rain instead of the glorious rays of sunshine we have been spoilt with this week! So inspired by all the other craft mummy’s posts with ideas and tips for entertaining the little ones on holidays I looked at what I had leftover and in the back of a drawer and hey presto! Really easy and simple Easter Crackers!

Here is what you need, but you can substitute bits like the raffia for string and napkins would be just as good as the little Easter freezer bags. In fact if the treats have foil round them you probably don’t need to wrap them in anything first but my big boy enjoyed it anyway!

Wrap your treats up and stuff them down the toilet roll…

Roll it up in a sheet of crepe paper, tissue paper would work too.

Scrunch and tie the ends, bless him he tried so hard but at 2 years old we are way off being able to tie a bow!

Decorate to your heart’s content….

and ta daa Easter crackers just without the snap which my boy finds a bit scary!

I just love pottering around in the back streets of Weston, there are some lovely little shops which have been there forever and the most brilliant joke and fancy dress shop where I bought big boy a magicians wand for 75p and a big squirty flower for £1!

I also love this little shop which sells pre cut squares of fabric for patchwork but are perfect for little tablecloths for play cafes and they make great backgrounds for photographing crafty projects!

They are only a pound or two so I got an owl, stripey, spotty and rocket one!