Oh I do love Balloons!

16 Nov

Starting off with this birthday balloon wreath to put on your front door when ever a family member is celebrating their special day. See how they’ve made it and how it looks on a door over at Landee See Landee Do And then, just because we’re talking balloons, how cute is this balloon tree from [...]

Gift wrapping ideas for kiddie presents

15 Nov

I think gift wrapping is as much of an art as selecting the perfect gift for someone. When someone takes the time and effort to beautifully wrap a gift, I think the value of that gift goes up ten times instantly, just because of the extra love that goes into the wrapping. That said, if [...]

Is it too early?

14 Nov

For this kind of post? I just don’t know, but I’m getting kind of excited for Christmas and couldn’t stop myself posting these Christmas cards available here. Tra la la la – bear with me this week, the blog is getting a mini make-over and so taking up some of my blogging time…

Teacher Gifts

11 Nov

My mom was a teacher, my sister is a pre-primary teacher, and quite honestly, I don’t know how they do it.. Honestly, I can spendĀ  10 minutes in her class and I’m exhausted, like, have to go home and take a nap exhausted. But day in and day out she teaches these little monkeys, she [...]

Advent Calendars

9 Nov

I’ve said before that I want to start our own family traditions, and I’m thinking that an Advent calendar could be a great one to begin with. Obviously my monkey is a little young still to fully appreciate this, but as they say in the classics never a better time to start than now… or [...]

Baa baa black sheep

8 Nov

How cute are these cup cakes from Martha Stewart How cute is this craft activity from Krokotak And if you’re looking to make an adorable sheep costume (who knows.. I’m sure there are heaps of sheep roles coming up in nativity scenes at pre schools). You can find out how to make this over at [...]

Mr Men

7 Nov

I used, I mean, still love the Mr Men and Little Miss books… Growing up Mr Bump was my favourite… My keyring at the moment says Little Miss Late, if I could choose a character for my monkey I’d choose Little Miss Sunshine of course… I’d choose Mr Cheerful for my man, and probably Little [...]

Who else wants to vote for me… please

6 Nov

  To showcase my blogging expertise I have to admit that it took me a few days to work out how to actually display this badge on the sidebare of my blog… Anyhoo, it’s up and if you click on it to vote for Colour Giggles you’ll make my day… that’s all… please and thanks…

Puppies and Children

4 Nov

Not sure which is cuter… puppies or children – I’m also not sure which is more work – we don’t have a puppy (yet), but I’m convinced the puppies are harder work (which is probably why we don’t have one yet, even though we’ve been threatening for literally years now). I think what would convince [...]

You make me happy when skies are grey

3 Nov

I just love love love these words….. this song… My little monkey really is my Sunshine and I try and tell her every single day… Print available from Etsy How amazing is this birthday cake for a ‘You are my sunshine birthday party!’ from The Party Wagon These amazing biscuits are from the same party [...]