Family Corner : Father's Day Present Ideas

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For today's family corner post, I'm focusing on Daddy - it's Father's Day on the 21st June - pencil that in everyone. Now I don't know what the case may be when it comes to your dads, but I find mine really difficult to buy presents for. I already think male-oriented gifts are much more limited than female-oriented ones, but then with dads, I mean, after a few years, you've pretty much used all the original ideas you could possibly ever have.

However, I spent some time scouting around a few sites and I did find a couple of things I thought were quite cool so here are a couple of ideas

1. Steam Cleaning Brush by Grill Daddy

Grill BBQs are usually the man's domain and that includes both cooking the meat and cleaning the bbq after - according to the specs, this brush makes it much easier and fun to do.

2. Baseball Caps

Most men love their baseball caps and generally since they don't subscribe to the rule 'buy 20 different things of everything' that women tend to, they shouldn't have too many. I love this Barbour cap and this Hugo Boss one.

3. Build Your Own Burger Book

A book that's all about mixing and matching different ingredients to create fantastic and original burgers. Many men I know would love this.

4. An Oversized Beer Mug

If the dad in question loves his beer, then this mug is a brilliant idea.

5. And for something extra special...

There are always some truly lovely items over at Mr Porter and I'm particularly fond of this Mulberry ipad sleeve , this Paul Smith pocket square and this J Crew messenger bag.

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Family Corner : Swimwear at KIABI

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Many adults hate swimwear due to the obvious fact that all body since are laid out in full view. Kids thankfully don't have our body issues so they're free to wear whatever cutest pieces are on the market. Although I don't have kids myself, from what I've been told,  it's best to have many different options, kids tend to *ahem* manage to find different and interesting ways to ensure they get as filthy as possible  - nd then they want to change.

For this reason, KIABI's budget range is absolutely excellent and they've got some really nice ones too, I'm quite taken with all the accessories too - hats and jelly shoes!

Frills, frills, frills - shall I say it again?

 Flick through the slideshow below




Don't forget about those cute little bucket hats - both for boys and girls :)

 Look at those little shoes back there in the back ...

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Family Corner : Little Girls Wear PINK

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After a hiatus in my Friday Morning Family Corner Series - I'm back and today the focus is on little girls between 0 - 18 months. 

The new summer stock (did you know there ae entire fashion departments dedicated to babies ?) is in the stores now so I visited KIABI to check out they're new offerings.

As usual, it's cute as a button and some of the items look like little doll clothes. I'm especially in love with this t-shirt below - I still love those little miss characters. Imagine this little t-shirt paired with a tutle-style white skirt or with  a pair of skinny jeans and trainers.

And the shoes !! - there's something about little shoes that makes me melt.

Especially, as they start to get older, I really enjoy seeing children dressed in 'trendy' adult-style clothes that are of course still age-appropriate. This denim jacket below is a perfect example.

It's also time for swimwear 

And for some more of what caught my eye:

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Family Corner : Maternity & Newborn

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I'm starting off with an apology, my trip to Rome and planning away for approaching fashion weeks meant I lost a bit of control with trying to put up certain posts on certain days and my weekly Friday Family Corner post got a bit sidelined. This week at least it's just one day late at least, I think writing about this on Valentine's is fitting - I know there's going to be lots of chocolates and food and roses and hugs and kisses around and social media postings of said gifts. My post today is a shopping post dedicated to those celebrating the love of a newborn child (by buying them clothes :P) or the love of an approaching child (by buying yourself clothes). 

As mentioned before KIABI are my sponsors for this family series and I think their maternity range is one of the cleverest (read comfortable and easy to wear) around ..their kiddie clothes are adorable. 

I have a niece to buy for now - yipeeee - which might be a good time to point out that my choice of newborn clothes might be a bit gender biased - sorry !! .

So here goes some shopping options:

Jeans with a comfortable , soft waistband

 Simple, pretty, bright, long tunic top

Greattt denim dress - lovee this one

And for the little ones - a scrumptious does of cuteness

 Tooooo cute

And some more Maternity Clothes Options in this slideshow below - ten points for that long black cardigan and the pretty monochrome dress

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Family Corner : Auntie Time

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As you know, Friday is Family Corner time and today is bit special because I'm just become an auntie - yep it has been one eventful week - what with still ongoing birthday celebrations and waiting for the baby to arrive  - a lot has happened. It's a wonderful, baby girl and I'm looking forward to clad her in the pinkest, cutest items money can buy, possibly for the rest of her life :P.

With that in mind, all I can think of is baby items today so if you're not in the mood of looking at baby and kids stuff, I apologise :)

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