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Win a Personalised Print from Name Art

By Mum's the Word on May 13, 2013 in Giveaway

I’m absolutely thrilled to be able to start the week by offering Mum’s the Word readers the chance to enter another fabulous giveaway and I’m particularly happy because I’m a huge fan of this brand. Name Art offer personalised gifts of the funkiest variety, with the Original Twitter Addict Mug being the most famous and coveted item of all, owned by the likes of Kirstie Allsopp, Theo Paphitis and Sarah Brown!

I love the uniqueness of Name Art and the clever way that Charis has made her highly recognisable brand into so many different products. There are prints for just about any occasion from the birth of a child to weddings to cocktail hour, and there are even clothing, door plaques and mouse mats available, amongst other things.

Charis, the lady behind the Name Art brand, has kindly offered Mum’s the Word’s readers the chance to win a personalised, unframed 25x25cm print of your choice with some truly lovely options to choose from (these are just a couple of them):

(frames not included in prize)

For your chance to win this awesome prize, just fill in the Rafflecopter widget below. Good luck!

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Fat Face Launch Kids Competition to Celebrate 25 Years!

By Mum's the Word on March 19, 2013 in Competitions

We’re big fans of Fat Face in the Mum’s the Word household, their clothes are funky and really high quality and are just a little bit different to what you’d find in your average high street store. This year is their 25th birthday and to celebrate, they’re inviting kids to design their own t-shirt. The winner will see their t-shirt design made for them and win a £100 Fat Face gift card.

Sausage is massively into art and design at the moment, so we’ll definitely be getting involved and sending our entry in. If you’re entering too, be sure to get it in by 14th April!

To enter, go to the Fat Face website or click on the poster above.

(Disclosure: We were compensated with vouchers to write this post, however we love Fat Face regardless of payment and will definitely be entering the competition!)

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Closer to Nature – Moon Corner

By Mum's the Word on February 8, 2013 in Closer to Nature

Yesterday, I had to go and pay a cheque into the bank and as it’s only a ten minute walk and it was a nice day, I took a wander during my lunch hour. On my way, I spotted this little mosaic which was pretty run down and overgrown, but striking nonetheless. I loved the way that it looked as though the earth was reclaiming it again and there was something a bit spiritual about it, especially as I noticed it was called ‘Moon Corner’.

I couldn’t believe I’d never noticed it before and was excited to tell Husband about it when I got home. I barely got the word ‘mosaic’ out before he said “Yeah, that’s Moon Corner, it’s been there for years”. I did a quick Google search and didn’t come up with much info about it, other than one piece which said it had been made in collaboration with the Zimbabwean community, but I don’t know how true that is.

So, for my first ‘Closer to Nature’ in AGES, I give you Moon Corner, which may not be a natural occurrence but it certainly looks like nature is taking over once more.

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So. I’ve shown you mine. Now it’s your turn to show me yours!

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Five Easy Steps to Brighten Up Your Kitchen

By Mum's the Word on February 23, 2012 in Humour, Parenting

Anyone who has lived in rented accommodation knows that the flats and houses tend to be magnolia palaces, painted in the most drab and inoffensive shades of ‘BLAH’ and you’re often under other contraints, such as a contract that states you can’t paint the walls or put nails in the walls to hang pictures.

Although my kitchen is the one room in the house with a modicum of colour on the walls (a nice shade of urine yellow…), Sausage’s latest passion has really helped to brighten the place up, so without further ado, I give you ‘Five Easy Steps to Brighten Up Your Kitchen’:

1. Copulate.

2. Get pregnant.

3. Give birth.

4. Wait around three and a half years for your child to grow up and develop an interest in painting.

5. Stick said paintings liberally around your magnolia palace.

A VOILA!

Just in case you’re curious, the octopus in the drawing is called Shirley!

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The Best Card Ever…

By Mum's the Word on November 25, 2011 in Humour

Husband and Sausage love to draw together and I’m often presented with a card that she’s commissioned her Daddy to draw for me. I just got handed one and I think it’s my favourite yet: