Spring has Sprung

With the run up to Easter I have a gorgeous little giveaway on offer for every order from the website. Just pop by and take a look at lots of lovely new toys and nightwear for babies and children.

These sweet little alpaca lambs from Pebble toys make lovely little gifts for kids of all ages. Hand-crocheted bobbly little lambs feature adorable little faces and red knit collars,  making a lovely addition to any Easter basket. With every order over £20 we are giving away an alpaca lamb with a RRP of £9.95.

This offer is valid until midnight on Thursday 26th March 2015 and is valid on all online orders only whilst stocks last.

New for Spring

I am very excited to be a new stockist of the gorgeous Piccalilly clothing range for kids. Their company ethos of designing and making beautiful organic clothing in a fair trade environment is perfectly in tune with the things I feel passionate about. When buying and selecting my product line, I always choose suppliers that have produced and designed their products in an ethical way. They are a small english company based in Yorkshire and I love that too (being a Yorkshire lass myself).

These lovely stripy baby jumpsuits, in soft 100% organic cotton interlock have rib cuffs. I love the sleeve cuffs that can unfold into a glove to enclose babies hands if they get cold. With sweet appliqué designs on the front and coordinating ankle embroidery, these playsuits are practical and fun with lots of special detailing.

You can buy the hedgehog playsuit here

 And you can read and see more about the London bus and octopus jumpsuits on the website too.

And I love this London themed jumpsuit and knotted hat, making a perfect gift for a newborn boy or girl

Piccalilly really do make lovely little clothes for lovely little people!

Sharron Goodyear Photography

Last September I was invited to have a stall at the Fordcombe Village Fete near Tunbridge Wells in Kent. It is such a beautiful part of the world and this pretty village was the perfect backdrop for the very english tradition of an annual end of summer fete, complete with vintage car display, Punch and Judy, a dog show and some lovely stalls. My kind of event!

The sun was shining and there was a relaxed and happy buzz to the fete. It has been run every year since the 1950's and so there really is something for everyone, including a rather lovely tea tent, with tables groaning under the weight of homemade cakes. Unfortunately for me,it was on the other side of the dog show arena!

It is so exciting when someone comes along and completely falls in love with our vintage style nightwear, which is just what Sharron Goodyear from Lollipops and Little Ones did that afternoon. Lollipops and Little Ones is a family lifestyle blog with all kinds of useful info for Mums and Dads from healthy eating, beauty product reviews, photo, gift and activity ideas for all the family. Sharron is an accomplished, award winning portrait and wedding photographer and she happily offered to take some photos of her three beautiful children in our vintage pyjamas. These are just a few of the images we have used recently on our site. 

This pretty nightdress featuring this sweet little night owl is always one of our best sellers

I love the cheeky expression of her youngest here. He looks so handsome in these transport Pjs. All our Pjs from Powell craft are 100% soft cotton and suitable from age one. I remember being so excited when my boys were old enough to wear a proper pair of big boy pyjamas and left the baby jumpsuit designs behind.

Oh those were the days!

You can see Sharron's wedding photography here http://www.goodyearphotography.co.uk/weddings/

Janne x

Happy New Year with 20% off

January brings the snow.....

Well, January is nearly over and surely I'm not alone in thinking "yay"! With endless muddy dog walks, hacking coughs, grey drizzly skies,(we didn't even have a sprinkling of snow), tax returns and school exams it's no wonder we have literally been hiding under a big snuggly blanket and waiting for February to arrive!  

We had a great Christmas season both online and at all the Fairs we attended with our lovely vintage inspired range of traditional nightwear and gorgeous toys. January is literally the month for taking stock and planning where and what we are going to sell in the year ahead. Selling at fairs and markets is a big part of our business because we love meeting our customers and hearing feedback. Something you just can't really get a feel for online.

For the rest of January we are offering 20% off our whole range, so now is a good opportunity to stock up on some Pjs for the Spring. Just use code Jan20 at the checkout.

Happy New Year to you all and best wishes for 2015!
Janne x 

Christmas Fairs

Tis the season........

I love November and once Bonfire night is over, then the Christmas countdown truly begins. We have a number of gift fairs coming up, so if you are local then please pop along and come and say 'Hello'. We'd love to see you!

A pirate is for life, not just for Christmas

Ahoy there! "Shiver me timbers" and whatever else it is that pirates say, "surrender the booty". Well, with less than 100 sleeps till christmas we are stocking up on our pyjama and gift ranges here at My Heart and Home HQ and pirates are playing a big part this year. 

We have some adorable pirate rag dolls in stock and at 40cm high they make great first dolls for toddlers. With his cheeky little face, there is nothing scary about this cheery little chap. We have him in both large and mini size, with the smaller size just perfect for the christmas stocking.

We have some great pirate jimjams this year in super soft 100% cotton interlock. Cosy and warm, these pyjamas feature a cheeky little pirate appliqué on the front making them great for boys or girls. Seeing as they are red and white striped they make fabulous christmas pjs too! They start from age 2-3 years and go up to 8-9 years.

If you are quick then pop over to our Facebook page and enter our pirate bundle giveaway. There is a great selection of pirate booty being given away to one lucky winner!

And remember....  a pirate is for life, not just for Christmas!

Introducing Paxton

This is Paxton the fox and no he's never been involved in news night! Paxton is the wee younger cousin of Chester who has been a very popular addition to our Ragtales crew.

At 22cm tall, Paxton is made from a soft chestnut colour velour with a long bushy tail. He has a lovely brown, hand knit stripy top (which no doubt some very determined toddler would whip off and use it to dress another toy) and a purple polka dot lining to his pointy ears. He has a rather smug grin. (I think he knows that he's my favourite Ragtag).

Paxton and his Ragtag friends are suitable from birth and make perfect little baby keepsakes. They are just the right size for little toddler hands, with loveable, tuggable ears, paws and tails. They all come with hand finished, vintage style clothing making them charming and quirky toys.

Here is Paxton helping in the garden. He's checking out the agapanthus that I bought at the flower show a few years ago.

This is Chester. He's a bit bigger at 35cm tall and comes in his own named linen draw string carry bag. He's also a fan of hand knitted waistcoats and likes wearing purple trousers! 

Paxton has lots of other friends and we stock some of them too. Priced at £9.95, they are great little newborn gifts.

So if you are looking for a fox to help out in the garden this summer take a look at Paxton here.

Janne x