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Of course Sunday was Mother's Day, here in the UK

Of course Sunday was Mother's Day, here in the UK at least, and my first Mother's Day at home with my mum in years.

So pleased I could sneak the crockery in the back of the car and treat mum to a lovely afternoon tea. Also managed to get this beautiful Mother's Day cake from @dorringtonsltd all the way to Cornwall in one piece - it was delicious.

And of course now I'll be looking for excuses to do afternoon tea as it all looks so pretty!

#mothersday #afternoonteatime #afternoontea #jamfirst #teaandcake #crockeryhire #partykithire

What a weekend!!! We headed to Cornwall for a whi

What a weekend!!!

We headed to Cornwall for a whirlwind weekend - first up, my step mums 70th birthday celebrations. A lovely family meal at @theshireinn, I loved decorating the place with a Japanese Cherry Blossom theme, so so pretty.

And a bonus for you - will now be a decor theme available for hire 🙂

Watch out for the Mother's Day post later, crockery travelled well!

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend xx

#japanesetheme #cherryblossom #partykithire #tullepompoms

Throw back to the year the Ladies of 25PP threw a

Throw back to the year the Ladies of 25PP threw a fabulous Oscars viewing party complete with red carpet and sink full of champagne!

Who's watching the red carpet and awards tonight?

I've got a bottle of prosecco in the fridge ready fo 11pm if any one wants to join me! I know the time difference isn't helpful!

#redcarpet #Oscars #academyawards

I've expanded! Afternoon tea is one of my favour

I've expanded!

Afternoon tea is one of my favourite things so when I got the opportunity to add vintage crockery afternoon tea kits to my collection I couldn't resist!

I have three kits for 4 people each. So you can hire one or all three if you want. Or if you just want tea for two thats fine as well.

The kits will come with everything you need to set up a perfect afternoon tea at home.

I can also make up a more child friendly version to go with it if your little ones want to join in.

Perfect for Mothers Day birthdays, Easter or just because.

There are also a couple of themed afternoon tea kits - Mad Hatters Tea Party and Beauty and the Beast inspired tea party.

And of course you can add any of my decor kits and I'm going to put together a special Easter one just for the vintage crockery hire.

What do you think of me new collection?

#vintagecrockery #partykithire #teafortwo #afternoontea #vintagecrockeryhire #reuse #bishopsstortfordmums
#bishopsstortfordbusiness
#partydecor
#partyready #afternoonteatime

My knackered knee means I'll be walking rather tha

My knackered knee means I'll be walking rather than running but I'll be there in Harlow on 7th May tutu and all!

1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. I've had to have a few lumps and bumps removed over the years but i've been one of the lucky ones as everything was benign.

I know money is stretched right now but if you could spare a few pennies to sponsor me that would be fab. Link in my bio

Sharing my giving page also massively appreciated, and if you'd like to join me on the 5k that would be amazing!

Massive thank you xxx
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/rachels-race-for-life-20220507

@cr_uk @crukraceforlife

#raceforlife #cancersucks #5k #fundraising #pleasesponsorme

Today's work in progress. I'm in charge of decora

Today's work in progress. I'm in charge of decorations for my stepmums 70th birthday lunch next month. We've gone with a cherry blossom theme as on her actually birthday they're flying off to Japan for a lovely holiday.

This also counts as self care for me as I'm locked away in the conservatory with no one asking me for anything!

What are you up to today?

#70thbirthday #crafting #sunday #decopage #cherryblossom #selfcaresunday

Hi lovelies, each year the school PTA host a Fath

Hi lovelies, each year the school PTA host a Father's Day shop, where the students can purchase a gift for £3. An easy way to make a little bit of money for the PTA and the kids really love going shopping 🙂

This year, I have the task of sourcing gifts. As we only charge £3 per gift we can't really spend more than £1.50 - £2 to purchase gifts.

There are obviously loads of wholesale sites I could use but we're trying to support small business wherever we can, bonus points if they're also sustainable/eco friendly.

So if you have any suggestions, ideally local to Bishop's Stortford but that is must, please comment below.

Thank you!

#smallbusinesssuggestions #bishopsstortfordmums #smallbusinessuk #bishopsstortford #fathersday #supportsmallbusiness #bishopsstortfordbusiness

#brandambassador I'm very excited to be a #brand

#brandambassador

I'm very excited to be a #brandambassador for the amazing @graceandmayhome

Here are just a few of my favourites.

Nemi Green Tea - I'm trying to cut back on the caffeine as it's not great for my anxiety and this lovely green tea definitely makes it a bit easier

Highlighter pencils and Cork pen - I brought the highlighter pencils so I could test them out before suggesting them as an alternative to my day job firm, they're great! This cork pen is the comfiest pen I've ever written with and when it runs out I can just replace the ink bit (which has a proper name which had escaped me for now)

The Solid Bar Company Awesome Lemongrass Repellent - saved us from many a mosquito when we were in Jamaica and smells gorgeous, no chemical nasties

The Natural Spa Coffee Scrub and x10 Treatments Ancient Wisdom Earth Clay Mask - perfect for those self care moments without actually going to a spa

The lovely ladies at @graceandmayhome have given me a discount code to share with you. SUNSHINEANDSMILES will get you 10% off your order 🙂

#brandambassador #brandrep #graceandmayhome

Back to designing!! Before Sunshine & Smiles was P

Back to designing!! Before Sunshine & Smiles was Palm Tree Printables. Living on a small island meant I couldn't always get exactly what I wanted, so I took a course with the lovely @rachelrouhana so I could design my own printables.

It fell alway when we moved back to the UK but now I'm back at. Available as digital downloads so you can send invites via email or WhatsApp or print if your kids are really keen to hand them out 🙂

Also working on welcome signs, thank you tags and bunting. Welcome signs and bunting will be ad to my kits over time. But if your not close enough to hire you'll be able to print your own and then pass on to the next person or donate to you local party kit (find yours over at @partykitnetwork )

Current themes I'm working on are circus, cowgirls, dinosaurs, unicorns, rainbows, tropical/flamingo, army camo and footballs.

What themes would you like to see?? Let me know below

#partyinvite #digitalinvite #partykit #birthday

The chaotic home of Sunshine & Smiles! This crazy

I've got a couple of 💚 projects on the go which

I've got a couple of 💚 projects on the go which I'll be sharing this week, one of which will be making its way to my local MP.

@climatecoalition have lots of fab free resources you can use. Would love to hear if any of you will be joining in with #showthelove this month.

Posted @withregram • @theclimatecoalition Get ready for green hearts everywhere in February! People across the UK are coming together to show leaders that we want to see real and rapid action to tackle the climate, nature and cost of living crises - for the love of our families, homes, livelihoods and planet. theclimatecoalition.org/show-the-love 💚

Happy New Year lovelies - I know I'm late but afte

Happy New Year lovelies - I know I'm late but after the chaos of Christmas, back to school and back to work, all my new year plans and big ideas always get pushed to end of January/February to ease the pressure.

I've struggled with self doubt since becoming a mum really (fairly certain I'm not the only one....) and Sunshine & Smiles has certainly suffered because of my self doubt, I'm always thinking things like oh nobody is going to be interested in what your offering for hire or that fab eco swap you've found so there's no point sharing it etc.

So this morning, while sitting on the train heading in to London for a day in the day job office, I decided to re-read my Facebook reviews. There's not many, but they've helped restore my faith in me a bit and remind me that people are interested. So I'm going to be sharing all kinds of eco / sustainable / crafty / whatever makes me happy stuff, all things which can make any day an event because life is too short to only celebrate (and decorate) for the big events.

I might even build up the courage to go live!

Have a fabulous Friday lovelies

I'm always asking people to send me photos of the

I'm always asking people to send me photos of the party kits in action but am rubbish at taking photos when I use them myself!

These are the few I get yesterday. Basic kit, serveware kit and camo decor kit with ammo box add on in action.

#ecoalternatives #ecobirthday #supportsmallbusiness #partykit #partydecor #camobirthday

The Nerf Battle 7th Birthday Party was a big suces

The Nerf Battle 7th Birthday Party was a big sucess. Massive thank you to everyone for coming and huge thank you to Tanya from @excelactivitygroup for a fab Nerf Battle and Jade and the team at @1life_mountfitchetromeera, fabulous venue as always and I know I said it was the last one but I get a feeling we might be back next year!

The day has come, it's Nerf Battle Birthday Party

The day has come, it's Nerf Battle Birthday Party day and we are party ready!! Three boxes with everything needed for a fab party, well appart from the food and drinks obviously!

Box 1 - plates, cups, jugs and serveware
Box 2 - camouflage and Nerf table coverings and decorations
Crate - all the bits and pieces you might need - blue tac, string, scissors, matches, candles, cocktail sticks, kitchen roll, bin bags, tea towels and of course candles

Now to make a mountain of sandwiches and have a cuppa while lunch is doing its thing in the slow cooker. Then round up the troops (possibly in full camo gear) and head of to set up the party this afternoon.

#supportsmallbusiness #partyready #nerfbattle #ecoalternatives #reuse #mumlife #partykit

It's full party mode here. My youngest is 7 on Mo

It's full party mode here. My youngest is 7 on Monday so on Sunday he's having his last big birthday party - more on that later/tomorrow.

It's going to be exhausting so I'm all set to collapse on the sofa once the boys are in bed with a glass of fizz, this fabulous sounding kaolin clay mask and jasmine incense burner from the lovelies at @graceandmayhome

As much as I'm excited for the party I think I'm more excited for the facemask afterwards!

If you want to give it a try you can get 10% off on the @graceandmayhome website with the code SUNSHINEANDSMILES

#supportsmallbusiness #partyready #metime #relax #mumlife #ecobusiness

I wish you could smell this!!! This is a must for

I wish you could smell this!!! This is a must for the coffee lovers amongst you. This is my absolute favourite body scrub and I get it from the amazing @graceandmayhome (along with lots of other goodies I'll be sharing throughout the week).

I've been leaning towards making all the usual day to day stuff more of an event while still trying to be eco friendly and sustainable and a coffee scrub first thing in the morning is definitely a good start!

#coffee #everydayevents #sustainable #ecoalternatives #supportsmallbusiness

Woo hoo!! Thank you to everyone who has hired fro

Woo hoo!!

Thank you to everyone who has hired from me over the last 12 months!

Only my cups and plates count for the audit so the figure above doesn't include all the single use serve ware and decorations also save from landfill.

A massive thank you from me and the planet for your support.

#reusereducerecycle #ecoalternatives #ecobirthday #smallbusiness #partykit #reusablerevolution

Thanks @sustainableish for explaining Earth Oversh

Thanks @sustainableish for explaining Earth Overshoot Day.

Would love to hear what ideas you all have to #MoveTheDate

Posted @withregram • @sustainableish Today is #earthovershootdayDay

WTF is Earth Overshoot Day?
Glad you asked.

Earth Overshoot Day marks the point in the year where we've used up the amount of resources that the planet can regenerate in a year.
So after this point we're basically going into debt and 'borrowing' (stealing) resources from future generations.
We're using up the resources NOW, and they literally won't be available to future generations.

In 1971, we were pretty much living within our resources, and Earth Overshoot Day was 25th December.

9 years ago when I first came across the concept, we overshot on Aug 3rd.

Today, globally, we are using up 1.75 earths worth of resources each year.

You don't need to be a climate scientist, or an 'eco-maniac' to recognise that we only have one planet, and that if we keep consuming more than we can replace, then at some point this is going to catch up with us.

IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM THOUGH!!

Just as we've moved the date as society has grown and become more fossil fuel dependent and consumer focussed, and behaviours have changed, we can absolutely move the date in the opposite direction!

🌳 Reforesting 350 million hectares of forest would move the date of #EarthOvershootDay by 8 days

🚌 🚶‍♀️🚲 If we reduce our Footprint from driving by 50% around the world and assume one-third of car miles are replaced by public transportation and the rest by biking and walking, #EarthOvershootDay would move back 13 days

🥗 If we reduced global meat consumption by 50% and replaced these calories through a vegetarian diet, we would move #EarthOvershootDay 17 days (including 10 days from reduction of methane emissions)

So TODAY, could you pledge to:

🙌 Support gold standard re-forestation projects - check out organisations like @just_one_tree

🙌 Cut your car usage by 10/20/50%?
Apparently 38% of journeys in the UK are under 2 miles - replacing at least some of these with 🚶‍♀️or 🚲

🙌 Cut your meat consumption by 50%?
Start with @meatfreemonday and go from there!

Happy birthday to me 🎂🥂🍾 Boys broke up f

Happy birthday to me 🎂🥂🍾

Boys broke up from school yesterday so we're off to the park for a picnic with friends later. I'll no doubt be embarrassing walking down the road with my pink hair and now traditional birthday tutu 🤣

And yep, I decorate for my own birthday too!

I absolutely love birthdays, even my own, getting old is a blessing in my book.

The same amazing flamingo bunting from @buntingtreasures comes out every year. Along with the wall pieces I made out of some foam board and an deflated helium balloons

The flamingos are cake toppers from an amazing cake @nioscakesandmore made for me a couple of years ago.

And as for the presents, I choose them myself as I knew what I wanted but still wanted them wrapped - some fat quarters and ribbon from my large collection did just the trick and already back in the box for the next birthday.

Have a fabulous day lovelies whatever your up to xx

#happybirthdaytome #41isfabulous #reuse #birthdaydecor #flamingos #ecobirthday #fabricwrapping

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