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Personalised Baby Blankets

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Lizzie Leave a comment

Providing More Than Just Warmth and Comfort To Your Baby

It is really easy to walk right into a store that specialises in baby merchandise and pick up a baby blanket for your baby or for the baby of a friend. However, what you don’t get from run-of-the-mill blankets is that personalised touch.

Soft personalised baby blankets will pamper even the pickiest of babies and be a one-of-a-kind gift. Baby blankets are not only not plush and soft, but they are available in a selection of fabrics and act as a source of comfort and security for babies. The cuddle companion can be a snuggle swaddle style, or a fleece throw that has been lovingly embroidered to coordinate with any diaper bag or nursery.

You have the option to personalise the blanket with a name or birth date in a range of beautiful thread colours that compliments the design. A touch more expensive, but makes a baby blanket even more special, especially when given as a gift.

All our baby blankets are high quality, machine washable and come with adorable applique work.

Babies absolutely adore animal buddies. Our personalised baby blankets combined with animal designs are a sure winner. You have loveable giraffes, cheeky monkeys, friendly lions and happy elephants.

Or opt for a safari jungle style, sporting the most loveable spotty elephant. It has been designed with vivid colours for tactile stimulation. Watch a delighted baby go on a journey of exploration, using plump inquisitive fingers and bright eyes to examine this soft new baby blanket.

If you are thinking about the perfect gift for mother and baby, then getting baby blankets personalised is your best option. Both mother and baby will love and appreciate this gift for years to come and the baby might just grow up to treasure this special gift.

 

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Kids Lunch Boxes

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Lizzie Leave a comment

Kids Lunch Bags We Can All Love

Finally! A lunch bag that makes both kids and mums happy! At Becky & Lolo we absolutely love these high-quality 3D lunch bags by Australian manufacturer Smash and hope you will too!

Colourful and charming these generously sized lunch bags are a win-win. The inside of the bag with its handy drinks compartment will please parents while the animal design will excite any boy or girl. The very tough materials and insulated quality of this child’s lunch bag make it perfect for everyday use at school and taking to the beach at the weekends! Complete with a large main compartment, small zipped pocket front and a BPA free 500ml plastic drinks bottle to keep kids hydrated all day.

With five incredibly fun and original designs to choose from, crocodile, ladybird, zebra, bumblebee and butterfly will be easy to spot and difficult to lose. School children will love choosing their favourite character and you can have peace of mind that summer packed lunches are kept fresh and cool.

If you are choosing the lunch bag as a gift then we recommend considering a bag and lunch box combination.


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Baby Keepsake Boxes

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Lizzie Leave a comment

Memories For Keeps

One moment your sweet child is playing in the school playground and in a blink of an eye, he or she is a young adult and is about to leave home. Recording those special events,especially the birth of your baby, is important and memorabilia should be stored safely.

There definitely isn’t a shortage on the ways in which you can maintain a record of these occasions, particularly with digital technology available. People have turned to scrap booking, personalised photo albums, digital video and photo-recordings. These are fantastic methods but sometimes your cherished memories won’t always fit in a photo album and you may have physical objects which you hold dear.

A baby keepsake box will allow you to store more than just photos, letters and other small, flat items. You can place things like your baby’s first pair of shoes, first baby rattle, clothing, pacifier and keep them all safe in the one baby keepsake box.

There are a huge range of different size baby memory boxes from which you can choose. Small keepsake boxes for storing knick knacks and jewellery and larger keepsake boxes with inserts and compartments to divide storage spaces.

Baby keepsake boxes are traditionally made of wood but you can also buy high-quality cardboard and paper mache memory boxes that are acid-free and lignin-free to preserve your keepsakes and memories. Many can be personalised with baby photographs and first names on the front and make wonderful unique gifts.

If you know the sex of your unborn baby you can get designs based on the gender such as keepsake boxes with pink floral patterns for a girl and sweet blue embellishments for a boy. There are designs that follow popular themes: transportation, princess, jungle and even Disney characters (e.g. Winnie the Pooh). If you are feeling creative you may want to choose a luxury keepsake box and decorate it yourself with paints, ribbons, fabric, buttons and beads.

Whichever type of baby keepsake box you choose, it will certainly keep your precious items safe and accessible – an heirloom ever after!

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Baby Photo Album

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Lizzie Leave a comment

Memories Sweet Memories

Nothing quite beats sitting down with a cup of cocoa and slowly flicking through your baby photo albums. Marvelling at the adorable outfits, your baby’s first smile, first tumble and all the mini adventures had by your growing baby with proud family members.

Your photographs are just as precious as your little one and need to be looked after properly. Every photograph is more than just a picture, it is a memory, a moment in time captured forever to be brought out and enjoyed over and over again.

A new bundle of joy is only small once so don’t miss the moment! Capture the special memories of childhood in a baby photo album. With an abundance of different styles, sizes and designs to choose from you will have no trouble picking a unique baby photo album perfect for keeping your images safe.

We have picked out a couple of baby photo albums to help you on your way to finding the perfect keepsake.

Enchanted – Smiles all round with this baby girl photo album! Richly decorated with a pink floral design, it even comes with a frame on the cover to personalise your album. Every mum will want to keep her little ones memories safe in this photo album.

Toot Toot – A traditional transport design with a modern twist! Suitable for either a boy or girl, this photo album includes fresh quirky illustrations and warm colours. Go on! Open up and see your beautifully presented photographs.

Happi Rocket Dog – Don’t forget grandma! This mini photo album will make it easy for grandparents to brag about their new grandson. With a modern design and 20 PVC-free, and acid-free photo pages it makes the perfect gift.

Photographs are meant to be seen and shared not lost in your computer or on memory cards. So, which ever pictures you choose to commemorate within the covers of your baby photo album, you will have a keepsake to treasure for many years and accessible memories right at your finger tips.

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Competition – I Love My Wall Stickers

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Lizzie Leave a comment

For all our Becky & Lolo customers and soon to be customers, don’t miss out on the chance to win a gorgeous bouquet of flowers, just in time for Spring!

The luxury bouquet of Tutti Frutti flowers worth £29.99 have kindly been donated by Clare Florist and include a vibrant array of germini, roses, chrysanthemums, statice and carnations.

To be within a chance of winning simply share your love for wall stickers and upload a photograph* of your custom wall art to our Facebook page, with a brief testimonial telling us what you like about it.

We know the possibilities of RoomMates wall stickers are endless, so tell us how you use your creativity to transform a space. We want to see what you do with your wall stickers and where you use them!

From now until April 9th we will be accepting entries for our ‘I Love My Wall Stickers’ photo competition. We are looking for the most inspiring and creative, so let your imagination run free!

The competition will close on Monday 9th April at 12 noon and the winner will be chosen and notified shortly afterwards. We will put the winning picture on our Facebook page after the closing date.

Only one entry per household allowed. Clare Florist will deliver to anywhere in the UK. We hope you will enter our competition, even if just for fun!

To Enter

Go to our Facebook page. If you haven’t “liked” us already, you must do so to enter your photo. Once you “like” us, you can post one of your photo’s along with a short testimonial. Once your photo is posted on our page, it is officially entered! If you are having difficulty posting photos on Facebook, you can always email it to us at sophie@beckyandlolo.co.uk and we will post it for you.

Photo Tips

(we are by no means experts, but here are some tips to achieve that winning shot)

Don’t just focus on the wall sticker, zoom out a bit so it shows more of the surroundings. The composition is key!

Use a tripod if you have one. If not, stack some books on a chair or something to make a stable base for the camera to rest on.

Lighting, lighting, lighting… natural light and artificial light can play a big factor in photographing an interior space. Try to balance the lighting in the room if possible.

(*By submitting your photograph for this competition, you agree that the photograph can be re-used by Becky & Lolo on their website or for social media marketing at any time)

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Wooden Toy Boxes For Children

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Lizzie Leave a comment

A Child’s Life Long Storage Box

Getting children to tidy their bedrooms can be the cause of much stress in a household. A child’s bedroom is a lot more than their sleeping space, it’s their den, their sanctuary and a space where toys are strewn. All parents want their child’s bedroom to be neat and tidy but it is not a straightforward process,especially when storage facility is urgently needed!

The solution is to take the chaotic mess and turn it into creativity. The more a child is included in how their room is organised and personalised, the more likely they are to keep it clean. While there are a number of inexpensive plastic toy boxes on the market, most lack the quality of a handmade wooden toy box. Plastic toy boxes not only can make an area look ugly and cluttered but they tend to break quickly, and often grow to be unsafe as the broken and chipped edges become sharp. Ultimately they become long-term landfill residents, rather than being passed down to following generations.

Noahs Ark Toy BoxA wooden toy box or wooden toy chest is a decorative piece and wise investment and will help with the “toy clutter”. Made of solid wood it will stand up to the wear and tear of daily use and will become the door to a child’s imagination (lost toys prompt frustration and tears!) Personalising a little ones room is key and with a huge range of different styles and designs to choose from a themed wooden toy box can truly embrace a child’s jungle fever or farm yard obsession.

As well as looking elegant (plus a useful additional seat!) wooden toy boxes are made with a child’s safety in mind. Carefully hand-crafted the majority feature child-proof hinges so the lid will not slam shut and cut outs to prevent finger pinching. With the potential for ‘accident’s’ eradicated, responsibility can be taught to a child about learning to take care of their toys by placing them away in their new storage box.

Toy Box Little PrincessChildren will enjoy being able to get straight into play, rather than having to search under beds to find things. Not being overwhelmed by the choosing means more time and energy is available for imagining and creating!

For further inspiration and peace of mind that a wooden toy box is a life long storage investment take a look here. Includes wooden toy box designs with smart interior removable dividers to keep smaller items separate from the big toys!

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Baby Music Box – An Ever Popular Gift

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Lizzie Leave a comment

Are you expecting a new member of the family? Do you need some inspiration……

Think simple and charming. Baby music boxes are adored by adults and babies alike and continue to be a classic baby gift.

With an abundance of different styles, colours and designs to choose from you will have no trouble picking a unique baby music box perfect for a baby shower.

All little girls adore music boxes, particularly the ballerina and princess designs, but there are many gender neutral themes available too. Including ponies, rabbits, spinning carousels and ones with dancing figurines. Cute animal music boxes for little ones are very popular at the minute, especially jungle inspired designs.

Jungle Baby Music Boxes at Becky and LoloIf you are after a certain quality look at traditionally styled wooden baby toys and music boxes. Often it is the old designs, with wind up mechanisms that last the longest. They’ve stood the test of time and you can be pretty sure you’re getting a hand-crafted and often hand-painted gift that either baby boy or baby girl will enjoy. Plus it is no big secret that babies love music!

There are many reasons why choosing a baby music box is a good choice to make. Babies and young children really do love anything that makes a sound. Whistles, bangs, beeps – anything noisy will do. However, adults often don’t find a lot of repetitive noise much fun, so a baby music box with a sweet playing tune is a winning choice.

A baby music box is a great decorative item for any nursery especially when it compliments the rooms décor. Ask the parents what colours they plan to paint the nursery. If the baby music box matches in style and colour, it will look specially hand picked (plus you will look super considerate and stylicious)

From a parents point of view, baby music boxes can help soothe and calm a baby and put him or her to sleep. It can also amuse the child when it’s awake, as babies really enjoy listening to music and watching the little spinning figures move.

Carousels Baby Music Boxes at Becky and LoloMost online shops that sell baby gifts will have a good selection of baby music boxes. For extra inspiration view a selection of the best hand-crafted baby music boxes here.

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Time to get organised with Children’s Bags

Posted on November 17, 2011 by admin Leave a comment

In many families ‘new school year resolutions’ are even more important than New Year’s resolutions! When children go back to school, it is a good time to get organised so that everything runs smoothly until next summer. This year, we have everything in stock to help you and your family.

High up on the list of things to make our lives easier are the children’s bags.

Instead of having just one bag and constantly having to fill it and empty it, why not have a bag for each activity? That way, children can be more independent, grab the appropriate bag and be assured that everything they need is in it. Choose brightly coloured children’s bags with distinctive colours and patterns so that they can instantly recognise their bag.

You could easily have a dozen bags handy and ready to be picked up on the way out:

Ballet, football, swimming or any sports – When their kit, towels, and swimsuits are clean; simply place them back in the bag so you don’t have to look for things at the last minute. Add a snack and they’re ready to go.

  • Language or music class – Once the homework or practice is done, everything goes back in the bag, ready for the following week.
  • PE & after-school club bag – Choosing a highly distinctive bag to hold children’s PE kit together or what they need for their after-school club help them recognise their belongings and make sure fewer items get lost. Money well spent!
  • Things to return to friends – Children always seem to accumulate toys or clothes that belong to others. Once they’re finished playing with them, they can place them back in the bag to be handed out later.
  • Library books – Keeping the library books in a separate bag ensures that they don’t get lost or damaged.
  • Overnight bag – Even if this bag is used only every now and then, it’s still a good idea to have a dedicated bag. That way, children don’t need to empty another bag when they stay at their friends and loose what was originally in the bag!

We particularly like the new folding children backpacks, available in green camo and pink spots & stripes. Unzip this little pouch to reveal a handy drawstring backpack. Perfect for PE, sports, days out, an overnight bag or simply to keep as a back up in your bag when it gets too full!

Bags and Backpacks

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New Baby Gifts

Posted on July 19, 2011 by admin Leave a comment

Are you looking for a new baby gift for a friend, a relative, a colleague, or simply to celebrate the birth of your child? Look no further, we are here to help and have collected some lovely new baby gift ideas to please any parent and any budget

Personalised Baby Comforters at Becky and Lolo

If you are not sure if baby is a boy or a girl, there are adorable gender-neutral presents to choose from. For example, doudous and comforters are now available in cream, white, and soft yellow. Colourful mobiles – like the Noah’s Ark – can be kept later on for a younger sibling. Children cutlery sets with characters such as Elmer, Peter Rabbit or Babar are alsosuitable for both boys and girls.

Height Charts at Becky and Lolo

For little girls, we love the pink height charts to brighten up any nursery. Available to hang or as kids wall stickers, you are sure that they will be used for a long time. Add clothes hooks to help tidy too.

pirate clock and transport Coat Hooks at Becky and LoloTo help you make your selection, we have organised ideas by theme. For little boys, the pirate and transport themes are always big favourite with both parents and children. Starting at only £3.99, there is a wide range to suit your taste and your budget.

Childrens Pocket Tidy at Becky and Lolo

We like the idea of unique gifts that will be used day in and day out for years to come, and practical gifts certainly fit that description. Practical doesn’t mean boring as the gorgeous pocket tidy shows. Made with soft cotton and fine embroidery, they are composed of three or four pockets to tidy away small small toys or any baby accessories.

Peter Rabbit Baby ComforterMake your present unique and special by personalising it. Did you know that you can have the child’s name embroidered on children’s bags and comforters.

Bib and Burp Cloth Set at Becky and Lolo

Looking for a thoughtful gift without breaking the bank? Why not take a look at our sale department? You could even save further by buying new baby gifts and birthday presents in advance and take advantage of our free postage offer for orders over £50.

We hope you find these suggestions helpful. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you need any help finding the right present.

Have you bought a new baby gift recently? What did you choose? Did you receive gifts when your baby was born? What was your favourite?

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Healthy Lunch Box Ideas For everyone

Posted on July 11, 2011 by admin Leave a comment

Healthy eating isn’t just for people concerned about their weight. A balanced diet also provides more energy released throughout the day and helps your body resist infections. Healthy eating starts at home and continues in the office and at school where it is easy to ignore the guidelines for a healthy lunch box and go for pre-packaged foods.

easylunchboxes with food

A healthy lunch box doesn’t have to be boring, expensive or difficult to prepare. On the contrary, it can be just as appetising, good-value, and easy to make for the whole family. All it requires is a bit of imagination and planning. Having a convenient container like a lunch box with compartments or a bento box goes a long way to make things easier.

A balanced and healthy lunch box should include: meat, fish or another source of protein; a starchy carbohydrate (brown bread), and two portions of fruit and vegetable. It should be accompanied with and water, juice or milk. Avoid sweets, crisps, fizzy drinks, white bread and processed meat.

Healthy Lunchbox Ideas at Becky and LoloFor an appetising and healthy lunch box, think beyond the traditional sandwich fillings. Pasta – either hot or cold – makes delicious lunches which are guaranteed to keep you going through the afternoon. Make sure to add enough fresh vegetables like tomatoes, cucumber, peas, peppers, or herbs to meet your 5-a-day requirements. Think about ways to replace the pasta by including grains like bulgur or quinoa. An insulated lunch bag will help keep your pasta warm until lunchtime.

Besides fruit, the options for delicious and healthy desserts are endless. Try fresh or tinned fruit salads, low fat yoghurt, home made rice pudding, blueberry muffins, and banana cakes.

If you are worried that the new menu won’t be a hit with the kids, try introducing change slowly and getting them involved in the kitchen. The children can come up with their own menus and see if they meet the requirements, they can make their own sandwich spread, chop the vegetables, and even bake their bread or muffins.

Packing a healthy lunch box with compartments is appetising, easy and fun for the whole family.

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