July, 2012

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Thrifty Round-up: Summer fun, upcycling & cake

By on 31 July 2012 in Food and Drink, Round-Ups, Thrifty Round-ups

Becky Goddard Hill has been writing about thrift for years on her very popular blogs and now has joined the BritMums team to bring us a monthly round-up so we cal all benefit form her tips, over to Becky, I am a delighted to be sharing with you my favourite thrifty posts from the blogosphere [...]

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#SnapHappyBritMums August

By on 31 July 2012 in #SnapHappyBritMums, Do Stuff

It’s time for the 4th month of #SnapHappyBritMums themes…are you ready for some creative photo taking? We’ve noticed that interest may be waning a bit for everything blogging related but the GREAT thing about #SnapHappyBritMums is that you can dip in and out of it as you like. They are simply “prompts” to get you [...]

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Event: Bloggers and kids invited to #SaversSummer events

By on 30 July 2012 in Do Stuff

There’s a great event happening next Monday and Tuesday, August 6 & 7 in London as well as family events around the UK, focussed on how to have a great affordable summer with the kids. With a third of parents predicting that they’ll be in debt this summer due to the school holidays, Morrisons, in [...]

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70 top tips for affordable summer fun with children

By on 30 July 2012 in Magazine

The Summer holidays are upon us and parents around the country are being inventive, trying to come up with affordable and imaginative ways to keep the little darlings entertained. At our #SaversSummer Twitter party, tweeters shared their best tips for having affordable fun, and feeding the kids without emptying your wallet. Here, 70 of their [...]

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How to publish illustrated ebooks

By on 30 July 2012 in How Tos, Writing and publishing

Why the next few months will make a big difference if you want to publish an illustrated book The rise and rise of the eBook has made it much easier for most people who want to be authors to get their book out there for people to buy. Kindle Direct Publishing allows you to upload [...]

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Love fashion? Join the Shop Savvy Kids Twitter party

By on 30 July 2012 in Do Stuff

Kids love developing their own style and choosing their own clothes. As parents, we help them not only create their own style but also make thoughtful choices. By shopping with our children, we help them recognise value, understand the importance of working within a budget and teach them how to be savvy shoppers. Come to [...]

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Add your post to our Olympic moments Linky

By on 29 July 2012 in Do Stuff

Well, here we are all glued to the television watching amazing athletes who are working their little hearts out to attempt to bring home the gold. Or silver. Or bronze. Isn’t it amazing to finally see all of the work of the last 7 years culminate in what 27 million of us witnessed on Friday [...]

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Photo Blog Round-up: The SNAP Finalists

By on 29 July 2012 in BiB Awards, Photography Round-ups, Round-Ups

After being inspired by the magnificent finalists when judging the SNAP! Category for the BiB Awards (yes, I used a spreadsheet, as they pointed out), I decided that this month, I would highlight a post from each of their blogs to inspire you. And if you are still feeling that you need more inspiration, head [...]

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My best post of the week

By on 28 July 2012 in Magazine, My Best Post of the Week

My first week of the summer holidays and I’ve never been so busy! I’m quite puffed out in all honesty and looking forward to a weekend at Butlins Bognor Regis as part of the Butlins Ambassador programme. I have every finger and toe crossed that the sun keeps in shining for us but even if [...]

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BritMums Bloggers of the Week- Our roundup editors, part 1

By on 27 July 2012 in Round-Ups

The BritMums Blog is a site chok-a-block of talent and amazing bloggers. We’ve been fortunate to have so many generous and creative bloggers working with us to bring the blogging community the latest and greatest and pointing our audience in new directions. In order to highlight the growing niches in the BritMums community we have [...]

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