All About The Boys

Thursday, 8 March 2012

I don't think I know anybody who doesn't love to receive flowers. I used to buy myself fresh flowers every week in our pre-twin days and occasionally I would also get a surprise bunch from my hubby. I love flowers (except yellow ones), so when I was asked if I would like to receive some to review of course I said "yes Please".

These arrived yesterday in the post !

I must admit I wasn't too sure if they would survive the Royal Mail postal system. They were packaged in a pretty pink box inside a plastic mailing bag. I am pleased to say they didn't look any worse for their travels when I opened them.

They are a pretty display and good value for money at £19.99compared to many other postal or delivery flower companies , especially around Mother's Day.

If you are thinking of sending flowers to your mum this year take a look at Flowercard they have a large selection of flowercards covering every possible special occasion you can think of and with prices ranging from £9.99 to £34.99 to suit every pocket.

The website is easy to navigate and really well presented. I do think they would benefit from having a option to sort your selection by price range though, this is the option I select most often when buying online.

The only other thing I would say about my flowercard is that the cardboard "card" was not the best quality with the curved section at the front showing the perforations where a section had clearly been popped out.

Overall a good value, nicely presented gift.

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

All About The Boys Spring / Summer 2012

New stock just listed on my website www.allabouttheboys.co.uk . Lots more on its way. You will not find Authentic Ralph Lauren for better value anywhere else on the internet.

I have also decided to start selling lots of new brands from great Independent Retailers very soon. If you sell baby boy or boys clothes, shoes or accessories please do get in touch if you are interested in supplying me.

I would also love your views on what brands, colours and styles you buy or love and would buy if they were affordable for your little boys.

We are ALL ABOUT THE BOYS !

Sunday, 4 March 2012

Sea Band Giveaway

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Many apologies for the delay in drawing the winners.

The winners picked at random by Jarvis are :

LucyRobinson - Child Sea Band
Hannah Batram - Adult Sea Band
Ness - Child Sea Band
Maria - Adult Sea Band
Sarahmumof3 Adult Sea Band

I am so sorry I only had 5 sets to give away and as there were only 11 combined entries (7 individuals) I will contact the company and see if I can get two more so that everybody is a winner !

Many thanks for taking part and another giveaway will be coming soon.

Do you or members of your family suffer from feelings of nausea, travel or sea sickness ? If so this weeks giveaway is for you. I have two sets of the adults and two of the childrens to giveaway.

The Sea-Band Story

The natural way to fight feelings of nausea.

The Sea-Band is an elastic wrist band, which applies pressure on the Nei Kuan acupressure point on the wrist. This is a natural, effective and drug free solution to alleviate even the worst feelings of nausea.

Sea-bands are clinically tested and proven to work for –

 Travel Sickness

 Morning Sickness

 Chemotherapy Induced Nausea

 Post Operative Nausea

How Do Sea-Bands Work?

The plastic stud on the inside of each Sea-Band applies acupressure to the Nei Kuan pressure point on the wrist. This naturally soothes the stomach and eases nausea.

Since Sea-Bands are all natural and drug-free, they can be worn at any time by anyone with no adverse side effects (making them especially useful for ladies suffering with morning sickness).

Sea-Band Features

 The only clinically tested wristband

 No drugs, no side effects

 The natural alternative to drugs

 Used by doctors and in hospitals

How to wear Sea-Bands Place your middle fingers on the inside of your wrist with the edge of your third finger at the bottom of your hand, at the crease of your wrist. Underneath your middle finger, you will find the Nei Kuan pressure point, in between two wrist tendons. You will be able to feel it by pressing down in this spot. Place the Sea-Band on your wrist, with the plastic stud toward your skin on the Nei Kuan pressure point. Do the same with the other wrist band. Both Sea-Band wrist bands must be worn at the same time for them to be effective.

You should begin to feel relief within five minutes. If nausea worsens, apply pressure with your finger to the plastic stud.

* I was given the seabands for the purpose of this giveaway. I was not paid for this post.

To enter the giveaway :

Leave a comment below telling me who in your family could benefit from the Sea Bands.

For an additional entry pop over and like the Sea Band Facebook page (don't forget to leave a comment so we know you have visited them).

Open to UK residents only I'm afraid

Giveaway ends on Monday 12th March at 8.00pm

Winners selected at random

Thanks and good luck

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Supporting Independent Businesses

February 29th, always a special day, and perfect to launch our first ever Independents Day . Hopefully if there is enough interest we can make this a monthly shout out to all hard working independent businesses.

Here's how it works :

If you have a blog, please write a short post mentioning and linking to three or so independent businesses that you follow, buy from or just plain admire. You can of course link to your own business if you want to. Its all about building up the links to help people find our businesses.

Leave a comment below with a link to your blog so we can all pop over and take a look. It would be really great if you would link back to this post and if you want grab the badge code.

and/or

Tweet about the independent businesses you are supporting and mentioning the hashtag #IndependentsDay

and/or

Link or share this or your own post on Facebook

You don't have to be an independent business to get involved or have a blog. Comments, tweets and facebook mentions will all help enormously.

Here are just a few of the many great independent businesses I have come across. I will be featuring more each month so if you want to get involved please leave a comment below so I can find you.