Baby Book Exclusively at Lula Sapphire

When my first child was born we were given a baby book to record the events and photos from her first year. To this day it remains one third complete, the one I was given for my second child is still blank. I have my father’s baby book which is equally as sparsely filled out. [...]

Peep Beau

Peep Beau is the new range of jewelry for children from Chambers & Beau. Chambers & Beau, whose personalised heirloom quality silver jewellery has wowed editors around the world, have branched out into modern charm necklaces and bracelets. These beautiful pieces are made from the same high quality heirloom sterling silver as the grown ups [...]

Beehive Kitchenware baby spoons

As you know, we don’t much go in for tradition here at BG, but if you do have an old-school christening to go to you could do much worse than give one of these baby spoons, from US-based Beehive Kitchenware, as a time-honoured pressie with a homespun twist. Hand cast in lead-free pewter, they are decorated [...]

My First Alphabet Poster by Marcus Walters

It has to be acknowledged that there are some supremely talented illustation artists working in the UK today. I just adore the work of Marcus Walters who has a small selection of gorgeous works in his shop. You may have already seen his work on the Pizza Express kids’ menu, in Anorak or at Howies. Regular [...]

Keepsake pictures from Bobbie McCabe Designs

Whilst I’m a colour fiend (I noted this morning that I’ve got a thing about orange), I recognise that there’s room for a little neutral mixed with tasteful sugar in my life. I checked out keepsake pictures by Scotland based designer, Bobbie McCabe recently. A cute without being saccharine way to remember the finer details, [...]

The Beautiful Box Co

I’ve received a couple of keepsake boxes as gifts when the girls were born and when I looked around at decorated boxes in the past, they tended to be a little too twee for my tastes. However when I visited local store, The Beautiful Box Co recently and saw the owners hand decorated boxes in [...]

Cissy Cook Personalised Artworks for Children

I stumbled across the work of Cissy Cook via Whole Lotta Lovely recently and was in instant awe of these fab-u-lous Name Boxes. Each box is an original hand crafted work of art with the images and lettering mounted at different levels. She uses vintage images and colourful silhouettes with classic type faces to create [...]

Keepsake Boxes by Freya Design

I must admit that I don’t normally pay much attention to keepsake boxes but I did when I checked out a set of trinket boxes from Freya Design. Handmade from solid, sustainable New Zealand pine and European alder and birch, and painted in non toxic paints, they have a comforting, natural smell of wood that’s [...]

Cool Christening Gift: Present Time’s Family Time Frame Clock

We’ve just had one of our busiest weekends in a long time which included a wedding, christening, and 30th birthday, and particularly for the christening, my mind went blank when trying to think of what to get as invariably, with well over 70 people in attendance, the silver, money boxes, keepsakes, clothing, and toys were [...]

‘I Love’ Personalised Artwork by Ella Loves

A while back I raved about our bespoke, handmade picture of the bambino by Ella Loves, which are these wonderful personalised commissions that feature a photo and three words or phrases that represent their ‘loves’ printed onto cotton and then embroidered onto a background and embellished with details like fair trade ceramic buttons and sterling [...]

Hot New Baby Gift! All About Baby Journal

I’ve often found with baby journals that they fall into two brackets – so twee my head hurts or overpriced. Thankfully, the All About Baby Journal is not only a stunning, modern take on age old gift but it’s great value too at £16.

Silk Baby Blankets by Blanc Cocoon

Natalie writes…If you’ve been reading this blog for long enough, you’ll know that one of my many penchants is for baby blankets. Even though I do love them quirky and bright, that hasn’t stopped me from becoming a fan of Blanc Cocoon’s baby blankets, which are in the more traditional vein but are made from [...]