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LulaOwl wall art competition is now finished but we'll update you when we next give something lovely away!!

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Cor! Toy vintage kitchen to die for...

I have that feeling of panic that I get when I find something absolutely fabulous but haven't yet found out what it is and where I can get one. Take a look at this vintage toy kitchen that I just stumbled across on flickr... it is AMAZING. My boys absolutely need one and I want a big one to match.

Now going to find out more. Please, please, please let these be available to buy!!

I found these on naralnas flickr photostream.

By Louise

Easter debate: Dining table vs ipad. No contest.

I have eaten from the minute I woke up this morning. Total gluttony on my part... hot cross buns, chocolate bunnies, chocolate eggs, banana and chocolate cake. I must stop there, it's just too shameful. My boys must think me such a hypocrite having spent the day monitoring their chocolate intake, preaching about the unhealthy side effects of eating too much sugar whilst eating my second (uh hum... fourth) roll of rolos.

So anyway, thought I'd distract myself from the oodles of goodies that are surrounding me by looking on the wonderful world wide web for some delightful things that aren't made of chocolate.

I've had my eye out for a dining table for a while now. Want something round, a bit retro but I'm thinking modern retro rather than vintage. Have looked at a few sale rooms but nothing has come up that's quite right and I like the Ikea stockholm range but I begrudge paying that much for ikea... you know what I mean don't you?? Today, however, I think I found it.... next Easter I plan to eat my hot cross buns off this great table from Graham and Green that is now at the top of my 2010 wishlist.

I'd like that room too... lovely and bright. That's a big ask though I guess.

My husband, however, is mostly obsessing today about the launch of the apple ipad. It's progressed from a healthy passing interest to an 'I'm absolutely, definitely having one' in the past 24 hours. He did just show me a picture of the scrabble game which does look amazing (I'm a word game fiend, that's the geek coming out in me) but I'd rather have something to eat my dinner off.

Dining table or ipad... let the battle commence.

Mmm... rolos or flake??

By Louise

Lulabird on Bambino Goodies

Lulabird have just had a wonderful write up on bambino goodies...

Take a look at http://www.bambinogoodies.co.uk/lulabird/

Out with the teddies...

We love buying things for our children that they love, but even better if we can enjoy looking at them too. These amigurumi animals would be a welcome addition our children's bedrooms.

And, have you ever seen such an eccentric and quirky looking stuffed toy as Geoffrey the lion?! He can be found in irene strange's Etsy shop... isn't he so cute?

By Louise

Mother's day wishlist

We got to thinking (what with it being mother’s day tomorrow. We’ve pretended to forget but clearly we haven’t and will be expecting a nice big lie in)... if it were acceptable to write a mother’s day list, what would be on it. Mmmm...

Some lovely fabrics to add to the pile. The sweetest we’ve stumbled across recently are these Anna Maria Horner flannels. Okay, so it would probably be turned into something for the children so not a selfless mother’s day request. On to the next one…

An ercol daybed… something pretty similar to this. Pretty hard to wrap up, granted, and pretty hard to come by (although it won’t stop us looking).

So this maybe?

Okay, so perhaps that’s not likely to appear by the bed (along with french toast and a steaming hot latte) tomorrow morning... but who said it had to be realistic?

Such a shame that literacy is still a few years off for our children.

We do love flowers and chocolates too :o)

Lulabird in Birmingham Bullring

We're very excited that the Created in Birmingham Shop in Birmingham Bullring are now stocking Lulabird products. Created in Birmingham is a blog that promotes, discusses and connects Birmingham’s vibrant creative community and their shop on Level 3, Upper Mall West, (Debenhams side) is open now and will be there for a minimum of 6 weeks so pop in soon to see the real life lulabird products :o)