Half Term is here!! I bet the children are extremely excited. Which kid doesn’t love having a break from school?! So as the children rejoice at some time off, mums and dads you may be planning some fun things for them to do and I have just the thing. The South […]
Every week there seems to be some sort of celebration, awareness or national day, and this week is National Doodle Day! Now to me this is one of the best national days as it highlights a really important cause BUT it is so so simple to get involved! All you need is […]
We will always have the classic party themes like Princesses, Pirates, Fairies and Superhero’s but each year we certainly see some new themes come though to shake things up. Can anyone guess the biggest one for 2014? Of course, Frozen. It doesn’t look like we will be ‘letting it go’ (sorry!) anytime […]
I must say this year I’m extremely disappointed that in Hampshire we haven’t had any snow! (Sorry but I’m not counting the few snowflakes we had yesterday). I know it causes lots of disruptions but there really is something beautiful about England when the floor is white and the trees are frosty! Snow always […]
Towards the end of last year I was working on a new site under my name much like this blog. It’s been live for a few months now and I haven’t really given it the welcome it deserves. December was just so busy and there were one or two things I still wanted to […]
Today is the official launch day of Red Nose day 2015! I have signed up to the Red Nose Day Danceathon on the 8th March – This means I will be putting all my Macarena, Cha Cha Slide and Frozen ‘Let it go’ twirling with the kids to full use …. for 6 hours…. […]
Whether it’s creating imaginary friends, making up games or becoming fully immersed in a story or film there is no denying children have great imaginations! Which is why I was so excited when I found out about BeWILDerwood. For those of you who don’t know, BeWILDerwood is an adventure park made up of, treehouses, […]
I haven’t set any new year’s resolutions this year. To be honest I never do. I always take stock of the business and make some plans for the year head. What I want to change, what I like, what would make me more money, give me more time and make me smile more. Not much […]
Hello everyone! Stevie here, making my debut for the Ellie Kelly blog! With Christmas fast approaching I thought it would be cool to make a Christmas themed bucket list! Here at Buttons HQ we have been planning for Christmas since before August (on the hottest day of the year we were sending emails about […]
This week is all about Halloween for Buttons as I’m sure it is for lots of you. We have already had two Halloween themed parties and we have 4 more on there way this week. We have some fab games planed such as spooky statues, apple bobbing and ghostly bumps. But […]
I LOVE a carved pumpkin. Myself and hubby make one each every year and last year I cut my fingers to shreds making holes with a drill bit. We haven’t decided on our theme for this year, no doubt mine will be pretty and hubby’s scary though. Below is his pumpkin from last year. […]
So Fleet Fashion Week kicks off in a couple of weeks on the 27th of October. There is tons going on throughout the week including free pamper sessions in stores on the Tuesday, a fashion show on the Wednesday evening and a wardrobe workout and high tea on the Friday (fashion and food, see […]
