Hunkydory Lunch Boxes

This year has seen a whole host of fabulous new lunch boxes and bags and the latest can double up for a bit of imaginary play. The Birdhouse and Cabin Fever lunchbags by Jane Jenni are fully insulated, wipe clean and free from PVC, lead and phthalates. I love the fact they have such a [...]

My Friendly Lunchbox

If there is one memory of packed lunches which remains from my childhood it is the faint taste of plastic and banana which tainted the food. Frustrated by leaking containers and a poor selection of BPA, PVC and phthalate free lunch products on the market, Mama Anna set about finding out what the rest of [...]

Aladdin Bento boxes

I recently bought a grown-up Aladdin bento box for a friend’s birthday, and it was a huge success, so I was delighted to discover these cute kiddie versions. Ideal for camping and road trips (or nursery packed lunches) the insulated containers keep food hot (or cold) for up to three hours. They’re leakproof, dishwasher and [...]

Hot UK Preview: DwellStudio

When I first started Bambino Goodies, the DwellStudio collection (back then it was called DwellBaby) of co-ordinated textiles for babies and kids was one of the first brands that let me breathe a great whopping sigh of relief that a baby need never enter this world onto dodge bedding. Since then, the UK has really [...]

Lunchboxes by Rice

These lunchboxes by fair trade and ethical Danish homewares and accessories favourite Rice, remind me of lunchboxes of yesteryear. Even though they’re ‘cute’, they don’t make my teeth ache and feature animals de jour, horses and the ever present owl. The horse print is a two piece set and the forest one is a set [...]

Hot Picks from…Vertbaudet

I’m in the market for nursery shelving and found some good options at Verbaudet. A favourite is this Boys Guitar Wall Shelf, although I can’t see why it’s in the ‘boys’ category. Girls can be rockstars too, no? £19. Because Verbaudet is a fab site, I will forgive it for rather spuriously (in my eyes) [...]