If I were to do it all again…. I'd have a dozen flower girls just to dress them in these confections. Everything a little girl's party dress should be, these darlings from Il Gufo are a feast for the eyes. We LOVE the colour combinations and the shoes and styling are fabulous - it's like an Italian mixed-gelati for the eyes... Delicious!
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We love a bit of nostalgia… a hark back to a simpler time before i-pads and Peppa Pig, so this beautiful range of children's clothes and toys from Argentinian company 'Fanny & Alexander' hits all the right notes. Hand carved wooden toys that in their own words are "beautiful, simple and enduring… and utterly analogue", gorgeous wool and leather clothes and shoes, and simple but stunning accessories for their spaces make up this perfectly curated range. They also have a brilliant little section of downloads for kids including these fantastic cut-out-and-play dress up dolls. They brought back so many lovely memories of rainy afternoons playing happily, but these dolls are far cooler than the ones I played with… download here and enjoy!
We avoided it for nearly 20 months…. it came out of the blue, in a run of the mill, brown cardboard box. It has caused chaos. No, not a small puppy (although that's on her list too)…. not a year's supply of playdoh… which somedays would be preferable and easier to manage. Oh no, it's a TUTU! A pink, ruffly, polyester confection that is two sizes too big for her and inherited from her cousin. A tutu, which Izzie has insisted on wearing EVERYWHERE… over EVERYTHING… and let's just say isn't very happy when it has to be washed and disappears for a day (or two if I can wrangle it due to a disproportionately large avocado stain). The conversation the other evening went something like this "Ballet skirt Mama… where's my ballet skirt?", "In the wash Izzie"…. "Why Mama?"… "Because it looks like you rolled in chocolate covered avocado with a biscuit and beetroot coating in it"… (long pause while she looks suspiciously around the room)…. "Show me Mama.". She wasn't happy until I had retrieved said pink, brown, green and crumb covered item from the laundry to show her, promising it would be back soon after its lovely long bath. So thank you dear sister for turning my grey-jersey-covered-wellie-wearing tomboygirl into a pink, twirling tornado! However, having shared my plight by way of explanation for the state of my daughter over the past couple of weeks (and yes it has now been weeks), I find I'm not alone. So for all of you looking for 'alternative' ballet skirts here's a few that have passed the Izzie test… x
Firstly the offending article on an ice-cream break!
