Thursday, 22 March 2012

Colour is all around you

Tara’s theme on her Gallery is colour .. I could put on  the sunset... the sea .. the sky pictures and hark back to nature. So I mused and thought and rustled through my pictures and suddenly  I thought the greatest explosion of colour I have seen in recent times is the Macy's Day Parade. you know how its is I saw the film ' Miracle on Street' and I saw 'Home alone 2 ' ( the one set in New York ) So for true colour I love this picture.




 Notice the' Color Purple' poster in the corner to the giant Duracell bunny waltzing down Broadway.

New york is very surreal at the best of times ...

Dalani Home & Living - Twin Competition


One of the hardest decisions and a distinctive starting point is choosing the type of theme to opt for. With choices such as football,  animals , outer space, fairytale, planes and flowers the possibilities are endless. Naturally any theme will involve matching furniture like bed, tables and storage, as well as selecting key lighting pieces with the appropriate theme and purpose.
As a parent, and head decision maker, it is important to find out what colours and things your children are into. Remember that children are susceptible to fads, and in 2 months they may not enjoy a bedroom completely kitted out in the style of the Action heroes or  Princesses!
You might also consider the gender role. A girl is more likely to favour a fairy or princess theme, while a boy is likely to be attracted to furniture and bedroom lighting that reflect a boat or racing car theme. Though there are no hard and fast rules and often girls like the things that boys like as well !
Alternatively it is possible to adapt them for both, especially if you have two sharing the same room. For example an animal, bird or insect theme will easily fit both.

Dalani Home and Living have created two amazing competitions to help design your home.
Competition One
Everyone who completes the first two steps will recieve a £15 off Dalani voucher, and exclusive to my blog, a chance to be the lucky Ninja Killer Cat reader who wins a £50 voucher:
1. Sign up to Dalani by clicking 
2. Visit the  Dalani homepage then email clairtopl@aol.com and tell me the name of the brand in the sale at the top of the Dalani homepage
Competition Two
Dalani are giving two lucky readers across the blogs participating in this promotion a chance chance of winning a £250 voucher.  To be in with a chance of winning this you need to visit the  Dalani website and select a number of items of your choice, to the value of £250 that you would like to use to revamp a room in your house. Once you have selected your items, simply comment below on what the items are and why you have chosen them. Please don’t paste links. The competition ends 2nd April at 9:00am. 





 Myself I would choose some of the natural history cushions to accent my sofa and my new carpet which is being layed Monday the carpet will be of a Mocha colour  so I would choose some of the natural history cushions to accent everything. I would also choose some lighting , I must admit I am rather partial to the Liberty lamp. So now I am on my way to revamping my front room I shall have to sweetly talk to my husband about the other rooms in my, I mean our house that need doing. that's of course after he, I mean I have painted them !

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

I won a race..... time to get fit..


So you know when you enter competitions and  think I'll never win that... Well I did ... I won an entry into a race . I will be doing the 3k walk jog run. I understand I haven't got much time to get fit.. so any help is welcome from companies or individuals is welcome



The Derbyshire 10k and 3k Walk•Jog•Run, sponsored by Stratstone Mini, is set to return on Sunday 1st April 2012.
2012 is Olympic year so why not dig out your running shoes and support your local event and local sporting charity!

Hotel Chocolat You Crack me up !





This is what they say on their web site Hotel Chocolat


"An irrepressibly upbeat egg cast in 40% milk chocolate and bursting with our cheeriest chocolates, from smiley face pralines and happy chicks to classic Easter bunnies - Includes 12 chocolate brownies, cookie pralines, chocolate fried eggs, solid chocolate bunnies and chicks cast in milk and caramel chocolate and more.

The story of our extra thick eggs – When we first started making eggs 12 years ago, we were advised by industry experts to use the least amount of chocolate by making them as thin as possible and to arrange the chocolates around the outside of the egg to make it look as big as possible. We did the opposite and made ridiculously thick shells with all of the chocolates hidden inside for extra Easter excitement."



Superior packaging makes for a delightful present.
And I am eyeing up the container to make use of that ...!


The Egg


Is a very thick 40% chocolate bundle of happiness.


You open it and and it just screams quality and Eat me too !








The menu invites you to a scrumptious selection of goodies




You are spoilt for choice with the menu.




What's inside the egg!


-  12 chocolate brownies, cookie pralines, chocolate fried eggs, solid chocolate bunnies and chicks cast in milk and caramel chocolate and more. 





They do make me smile....




They look so happy you don't want to eat them....






Then again perhaps you do !




The thickness of the chocolate is breathtaking.




The egg may well suit different tastes there is no need to make individual eggs for the family as they can all share this.  Now Josh liked everything whilst Mr T took some convincing of the use of sea salt within chocolate. We are educating prehistoric pallates and this egg was a brilliant starting point.



A fantastic egg, that is great value for money.
The full selection of scrumptious Easter goodies can be found Online, and the You Crack Me Up egg can be purchased online for £26, or of course you can visit one of the many shops .

(Disclosure I was sent the egg for review and my words and thoughts are entirely my own )