James Brown animal alphabet at Pedlars

It occurred to me the other day that we hadn’t had an animal alphabet on BG for a while. And, frankly, that felt wrong. Luckily, I discovered this little gem over at Pedlars to remedy the situation. James Brown is a rather fabulous London-based illustrator and printmaker whose work I’ve admired for a while. Now [...]

10 Best: ideas for a rainbow-themed room

Red and yellow and… Who doesn’t love a rainbow? The thing I like best about them as a theme is that it’s so easy to customise pretty much anything to suit. Painted cot bars. Seven strips of fabric for a curtain. Paper lanterns. All cheap and easy updates. Check out Pinterest for some amazingly creative [...]

Brand new: Le Soleil and La Lune prints at Pedlars

I’ve been seriously swooning over these gorgeous French sun and moon prints since they appeared in my inbox this morning. I love the colours, the font and the general Gallic charmYou’ll have to be quick off the mark as each is a limited edition of 20. There are three designs (La Lune, Le Soleil and [...]

Hot Summer Sales round-up #4 Bargains at Smallable, Kidsen, Boden + more

  Surf suit, was £24, now £12, available in sizes 3-6m to 18-24m, Boden. Soph4Soph dress, was £28, now £14, Love It Love It Love It. And still they come! Check out the latest and greatest additions to our sales section. Olive Loves Alfie. Check out the Stoke Newington boutique for up to 50% off brands such [...]

10 Best: Ideas for a space-themed room

Space. The Final Frontier. And a fantastic theme for a child’s room. There’s so much material out there that I found this really tricky, but here are a few extra terrestrial ideas. 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… Blast off! On the walls, you can’t go far wrong with Kakemono from innovative French company Carton Chic. Is [...]

Pedlars enormous floor cushions

As you know, we adore a beanbag at BG but, if you’re not a fan, you might like to consider a floor cushion as an alternative for slouching. These two huge moleskin fellows from Pedlars are super-hot. I really can’t decide whether I prefer the retro 70s-ness of the rainbow one or the sheer quirkiness [...]

Stocking Filler Inspiration for Cool Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers

1. Giant animal erasers that will no doubt be played with on adventures through the jungle. £9.95 each Pedlars 2. Shake it up and make a lot of sound with this set of four egg shakers in primary colours. £5.89 Dolphin Music 3. These stroller cards by the wonderful Eric Carle feature animals with textured, [...]

Christmas Gift Guide: 4 – 5

1. Haba Marble Run Ball Truck Basic Construction Set £75.20 from Ptolemy Toys 2. Kids’ Den Wendy House £75 from Habitat 3. Djeco Chamboul Boum Knock Down Game £8.99 from Peanut & Pip 4. Selecta Cucina Kitchen £199 from Nubie 5. Miffy Light £195 from Olive Loves Alfie 6. Oskar & Ellen World Map £55 [...]

Mama Mia Gloves

The nifty design of these gloves has a little hole so your child can slip their hand inside and hold your hand. Keeps both of you warm while allowing you to keep hold easily. They come in four colours. £19.50 from Pedlars.

Se-rious Bargain Alert: 2 Hands 2 Baskets – 70% off AND BOGOF

Jaysus, you know I love a good bargain so I made sure I pounced before I shared the love! These sturdy last forever 2 Hands 2 Baskets were £39.95 and are now reduced to £9.95 and then check this, they’re also buy one get one free! I ordered four! They’ll go to good use in [...]

Pedlars

   Pedlars have a great sale on which includes our favourite Rice.dk buckets now £6.95 down from £9.95 (we think they may reduce more) and their melamine cup sets for £10.95 instead of £14.95. But there’s up to 50% off a host of homewares and accessories by some big names and plenty of independent designers. [...]

Vintage School Desks

If you’re strong on the vintage vibe in your home and are feeling nostalgic enough about your school days that you fancy having a proper school desk in your home, look no further than hot store of cool, Pedlars. They have vintage American school desks dating back to the 1950s and 1960s that aside from [...]

Even more winter sales

GLTC – There’s up to 60% off in their end of season sale where you can get hot buys like Plan Toys eco friendly rubberwood trike for £25.54 down from £50 and even add on a trailer for £11.25 down from £25. There’s half price tiger Wheely Bugs, their country kitchen wooden pretend play sinks [...]

70% off patent leather children's clogs

Pedlars, a rather cool gifts and home accessories shop has reduced their range of patent leather children’s clogs from £29.50 to a cheeky £9.95. The soles are made from Scandinavian alder wood and feature a heavy rubber tread so it doesn’t sound like you have a horse with you. Sizes Euro 28 (UK 9) to [...]

Ten Hot Height Charts

Long gone are the days of recording your child’s height with a pencil on the wall – for one thing, it just wouldn’t work with the fab ISAK Penguin wallpaper – as our parents did. Now, a height chart can be a stylish addition to the nursery. We recently featured Snow Home’s quirky ‘I’m as [...]

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