Ducklings and Bunnies

Ducklings have arrived in my household and bunnies have arrived in the Tree House Blue household, we really are feeling full of the joys of Spring.

In keeping with this wonderful vintage image of ducks and bunnies ,( that incidentally was another Country Living Show purchase from many years ago) the new range of Maileg bunnies have a nautical or watery theme attached to them.

The baby bunnies are just so sweet in their little romper suits and the medium bunnies even have armbands, I think these would be a great gift for a child who has just passed a swimming exam!

Our new little arrivals will not need armbands I am sure because they are already trying to bathe in their water bowl which results in a hilarious scene in which one duckling gets into the bowl then the other pushes him out and so it goes on with 2 little ducklings going round and round in circles until one finally gives up!

Demonstrating our family and company ethos of "no batteries required" my twin daughters asked for a duckling for their 12th birthday and after a few seconds deliberation on my part we decided to do it!

Far better than the computer games and mobile phones so many other 12 year olds ask for I thought, so I decided to delay the inevitable requests for these in the future and run with the ducklings idea or should that be waddle!

I made a duckling cake which looks homemade I know, but the girls appreciated it and their little brother Toby declared that for his present to his sisters he was going to dig their ducklings a pond.

I can see now that when we are going on our searches for new products, there may become a bit of a duck theme because they are incredibly funny and sweet to watch, ours should grow up to become the white aylesbury ducks and they have been named "puddle" and "poppy".

Lavender hearts and Moths!

Spring has officially arrived at TreeHouseBlue and with it comes moths!!!!

A friend of mine was having a Spring sort out and handed over to me a very exciting back of fabric remnants left over from her curtainmaking business and her design degree. In it I found some lovely soft cream felt like fabric which had in places been attacked by moths! but there was still much more useable fabric untouched and so I combined this with some of the gorgeous ribbon I found at The Country Living Show and indulged in making this lavender heart.

Coincidentally we have just received into the shop our supply of very beautiful but incredibly functional anti moth products which Susie tells me has resolved her sisters' kitchen moth problem by dramatically catching 30+ moths. I bet you didn't know there was such a thing as kitchen moths! This week I popped into the same friend who gave me the fabric and what did I see flying around her kitchen but a moth! Just as I was explaining the virtues of our new products, her son ran in saw the moth and promptly dealt with it in a way 6 year old boys would!!!

So if you do have a moth problem or intend storing clothing and fabric away for the Summer but do not have a lively six year old boy running around your home, I would highly recommend our anti moth range and surprisingly it most definitely does not smell like your grandmothers wardrobe!

Tree House Blue and the countryside

I am feeling a little nervous that I have been handed over the means to start writing my blog on our Tree House Blue website. But how hard can it be to talk about your life when it is entwined with such wonderful products and fun people that make up Tree House Blue!

I couldn't help but post my profile photo as the one in which I christened my brand new welligogs! The company sold them to us as fully waterproof and I was on a mission to prove this, consequently on the way up the incredibly high hill I am standing on in the Lake District we had to walk up a waterfall. Amazing - they did what it said on the packet and not only that they were comfortable enough to be able to continue the trek up the hill , no trouble at all.

I have to admit that I did feel a little smug when I spotted another lady wearing the rather more expensive Durberry version of our welligogs. My boots were equally waterproof and in my opinion more stylish and half the price.

Both myself and the other Sam are on our second pair now because we literally wore the first pair out after 2 years of constant daily usage. I wear mine to do the horses every day as well as walk the dog and Sam also walks her little dog in hers every day. I wear them all year round, they are lovely and warm in Winter and I do not get too hot in Summer either.

I once told a customer at a Country Fayre that they were the best thing since' sliced bread' and his reply was, " you would say that" , that I suppose is true but I can truly say they really are my favourite item, which I would never want to be without.

Patiently Awaiting Bunnies...

Well, they're nearly here - the new Maileg Bunnies are hopping their way to us as I type, according to Mother Bunny.



Depending on how much they have to hang on for the little ones to catch up, they should be with us in the next week to 10 days, but sometimes they do get a little distracted, so I'm not buying in the carrots just yet...



But here's a sneak preview of some of the cute little critters....