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Treasures from Icklebabe
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to win a competition with Cafe Bebe for a goody box from Icklebabe.com, run by the very lovely Helen who makes all kinds of personalised and beautiful baby gifts and treasures. Helen put together a fabulous gift box for Kai including a custom-made canvas and t-shirt with some organic treats thrown in. I’ve been so delighted with them that I wanted to share some photos with you so you can all see how talented she is and rush off to buy lots of her gorgeous things in time for Christmas.
First of all his extremely cool Retro t-shirt…
I love it.
However, it was the canvas that was especially special. I had happened to win the competition just as we were planning to move Kai into his own room (in the vague hope he might sleep better in there – he hasn’t, but still… it’s no worse so that’s something!) and had been busy emptying it of laundry and all the other random bits of clutter that had accumulated there to try and make it a bit more of a special space just for Kai. Helen offered to create a custom design for Kai’s room to match his jungle theme so I gave her details of colours and favourite animals and just look what she came up with:
Just fabulous, we’re so pleased with it. The colours match perfectly and are so bold and vibrant – thank you SO much Icklebabe. Now please all go and visit her website and overload her with orders…
P.S. Can you spot the hidden crocodile? How fab is that??!
Read MoreIt’s a blanket… WITH SLEEVES!!
**WARNING** This post contains images of extreme sleep deprivation and bad bed head. You have been warned (it was a looong night last night!)
Right. Here’s the deal.
You’re going to read my review. The Sleep Deprivation Carnival should be up by Monday afternoon and on Tuesday I will announce the winner of the Slanket competition, all disappointed parties can go and buy one here, and then that’s it.
We’re moving on.
It’s time.
But first, you want to know don’t you? You want to know whether the fleece is really as soft as the mythical Angel Unicorn Sheep of deepest Tibet, whether those sleeves really do envelop your arms in the warmth of a thousand kittens gentle breath. Whether wearing one really does feel like returning to the womb in a transformative and healing regressive experience? Whether it’s REALLY everything we’ve been imagining?
Right??
Well the answer is…emm… no. Come on people – it’s a giant blanket with sleeves. Let’s not get silly.
But it is pretty good I have to admit. In fact it, it’s better than pretty good. Being completely serious I actually think it’s rather brilliant.
Imagine if you will a dressing gown four sizes too big and ten times too long which you put on backwards. It has extra length above the neck to create an extra snuggly cowl effect giving the impression that you are in fact some kind of arctic monk.
Now let me get this absolutely, irrefutably clear. Whilst wearing your Slanket you are going to look very, very stupid. No not even ironically cool, not even kitsch cool. Just stupid. But you will be so warm and cosy that you will simply not care.
It is THE perfect slobbing on the sofa attire, but unlike a vastly inferior regular blanket, leaves your hands free for reading, laptop tapping and wine sipping. It is soft, it is cuddly, it is machine washable for the inevitable jam spillage and chocolate smear (I imagine I’ll be testing this feature pretty soon – I fear there was some definite crumbage last night during a marathon biscuit eating sesh).
We also discovered that it makes the most brilliant Halloween costume (as pictured) – I was channelling ‘Death Eater’ in this one. And I must have been channelling more than I had attended as we noticed a mysteriously ghostly orb on this photo after we’d taken it. Quick! Call Derek Acorah!!
I do however, have the following reservations:
1. It causes unbelievably amounts of static electricity and crackles like a mo-fo when you take it off. Ok not a HUGE problem but it does leave you feeling a bit like a giant lightening conductor and for safety’s sake I would recommend you clear the vicinity of pets and small children before removing your Slanket in case they get set on fire or something. However the bonus static mad-hair points are worth considering.
2. You cannot walk in a Slanket. Don’t try it. Seriously. I have a bruise to prove this.
3. You have to put up with looks from your significant other that very clearly demonstrate that your sexy points have just dropped several leagues. In fact that look hints that they may never touch you again. This worries me.
But I love it. OF COURSE I love it. It’s not supposed to be cool. One look at the Slanket website will tell you that they don’t take themselves or their product too seriously (check out the ‘latest news’!) And that makeS me love it all the more.
Because I love my new best friends at Slanket I would like to offer up the following ideas for future Slanket spin-offs:
1. The Sweetheart Slanket – double width with FOUR arm holes for Slanket snuggling with your loved one (hopefully rekindling some of the romance lost caused by your partner seeing you Slanketing solo).
2. The Breastfeeding Slanket – with handy velcro flaps for nursing.
3. The Party Slanket – take idea one and just add widths and extra sleeves – enough for you and all your mates. Perhaps with the option of joining both ends for a kind of ’round-the-camp-fire’ option.
Right that’s it. See you tomorrow for the Sleep Deprivation Carnival and keep your ear to the ground on Tuesday for the competition winner. I’m off to do an awful lot of typing and try to erase the word Slanket from my mind.
In any case – I’ve already been tipped off about Sleep is for the Weak’s next big obsession. I’m thinking of a whole snooze-wear feature. PRs? Anyone??
