Last week I posted about my favourite, now slightly dog eared magazines. If you missed it you can read it here.​

Whilst I love indulging in thumbing real textured pages full of loveliness, I most often read online. Blogs, articles, (yes the sidebar of shame on the Daily Mail homepage) ​links from others and random things my husband sends me like this. A sloth crossing a road. 

Here are my favourite 5 online magazines. Move over Enid Blyton online editions are the next big thing!​

Number 1 - Styled. By A Subtle Revelry. Beyond Awesome. Totally free. Even more awesome.

Number 2 - Sweet Paul. ​For foodies and lovely life lovers. This month is a special kids's edition with free downloadable Circus Party accessories. It's like it was made just for me! 

Number 3 - Creating Vintage Charm. ​You can read their beautiful blog as well as purchasing the e-magazine for $8.00. A nice treat and I might just have an exciting article to share in their September issue. Watch this space.

Number 4 - Metropolis. A freebie with the most eclectic ​content. Well you'd expect nothing less from Japan's No1 English Magazine. Have a read of the latest issue here.

Number 5 - Matchbook Magazine. A field guide to a charmed life. Oh how I would love my life to look like the ones in the magazine. Definitely worth getting lost in for an hour or so. I am currently working my way through the archive. ​

What are you reading? Any good tips for me? Happy Sunday everyone.​

I alluded earlier this week that this one has been particularly whirlwind like.​

This week has resulted in a number of new exciting opportunities, ​a couple of back burners coming into full flame and one 2am photo editing session finish.

But I wouldn't have it any other way. This is a time when I need to take a moment to reflect on how lucky I am. ​Earlier this month our life had a wobble, worrying about someone and their health, but thank goodness the worry has passed.

Two new babies were born into our circle of friends this week. Two little pink ones, Penelope and Rosie. Welcome to the world little ones, it's wonderful right now.​

First up in my discoveries is this sweet lucky penny key chain, which I am going to order one of the new parents.​ Yes, yes I know it's a little cheesy but I love it.

I also love this birth announcement onesie from Fancy Frugal Life​. I wonder if they ship internationally?!

We have a summer holiday booked in 6 weeks with our best friends and Sammy's sweetheart, to my in-laws holiday home in Altea in Spain. I decided I either needed to start a crash diet or bite the bullet and buy swimming costumes. Although I instantly feel 20 years older, (I don't know why, they are much more flattering than bikinis to my "given birth to two sons body") I have fallen in love with the comfort, support and shape they give my tree trunk waist. ​

I love the selection by Marks and Spencer, very 50's in styling, including this skirted version, and tummy control who wouldn't want that?! ​

Speaking of holidays we have gone a little mad and are sneaking in 2 nights away without the boys! A friend introduced me to this incredible ​product photographer who offers a 4 day workshop to Honfleur in France. Unfortunately, the next trip is over the week Sammy starts school so there is no way I could go! Queue the man I married "Well why don't we go anyway?" Now that's why I married him. 

I have permission to totally indulge and take as many photographs of the people, the architecture, the harbour, the scenery, the food, the apple trees and not forgetting the barrels at the Calvados distillery. All with a glass of wine in hand. In the sunshine. Heaven.

We have booked a dreamy hotel within walking distance of the town centre and set sail on the fast ferry from Portsmouth at 7am on Friday 26th July. Fancy coming along for the ride via Twitter?! ​

The camera has been lucky too this week and now has a pancake 40mm lens for day trips. It makes the camera feel like it's just got it's life time membership at Slimming World. My favourite American blog ​released a new photo app this week and I immediately spent a small fortune. They get you with those in app purchases don't they?! You will want it, I guarantee!

​We have been doing lots of research on big boys bicycles this week. For someone's big 4th Birthday in 2 weeks. But it has got me lusting after girly bicycles with baskets overflowing with flowers. Then I spotted these. How cool would you look with your toosh on one of these?!

And lastly, the house is slowly getting covered in Circus Party paraphernalia. If you disagree with over the top children's parties then I suggest you don't read this blog for a couple of weeks! ​I spied this post and just had to share it. Incredible! 

Have lovely weekends whatever you are doing. We have a quieter weekend at home. A birthday party to go to, finally sorting my office and a photo session for Richard's cousin. ​And a Saturday morning in pyjamas. Until noon. Lush.

​I love Carolyn Gavin's illustrations, check out her work here.

This week is National Doughnut Week, with bakeries up and down the UK raising money for The Children's Trust. 

Whilst I am no baker, I can make things look pretty and take one or two photographs.

My favourite food crafts are those which take minimal effort but have maximum impact. 

I adore these cheats mini pretty doughnuts, they take minutes to make and you can get little ones helping. 

I bought a box of 20 miniature doughnuts from the supermarket for £1, a tube of freeze dried raspberries, a bag of chopped roasted hazelnuts and used some left over strawberry jam from the fridge.

I used egg cups for the nuts and raspberries as they were the perfect sized dipping pots. 

I thought they looked sweeter stacked in threes and tied with some bakers twine. The fondant roses, which you can buy in pre-made packs, were just perfect pressed snuggly into the hole of the top doughnut. 

I could imagine these as cute wedding favours!  If you want to have a go at freeze drying your own raspberries, place them on a baking tray and set in the freezer until hard. Take them out and place in a sandwich/freezer bag and squeeze all the air out of the bag. Freeze over night. Chop and use the next day.

I love that this was a good way to get the boys eating nuts too, in a consistency that didn't make me nervous about them chocking. 

Beautiful and delicious and eaten in as many minutes as they took to make!