Annabel Necklace

Annabel Necklace

( available for Mommies too http://www.etsy.com/listing/49410540/tiny-flower-necklace?ref=v1_other_2)

is made with a vintage fire engine red bead chain and a row of adorable little flowers cabs set in lacy brass frames.The bead chain is connected to a gold plated chain and finished with a comfy lobster clasp.All jump jump rings are14K Gold Filled.

The necklace is available in 4 sizes:

TINY 2-3 yr 11" (28cm)

SMALL 4-6 13" (33cm)

BIGGER 8-10 14" (36cm)

BIGGEST 10-14 15" (38cm)

From Nest Pretty Things Kids Etsy shop

How to really love a child

Be there~ Say yes as often as possible.

Let them bang on pots and pans.

If they're crabby, put them in water, if they're unlovable, love yourself.

Realize how important it is to be a child.

Go to a movie theatre in your pajamas~ Read books out loud with JOY.

Invent pleasures together.

Remember how really small they are.

Giggle a lot, surprise them, say no when necessary.

Teach feelings.

Heal your own inner child.

Learn about parenting.

Hug trees together.

Make loving safe.

Bake a cake and eat it with no hands,

Go find elephants and kiss them,

Plan to build a rocket ship,

Imagine yourself magic.

Make lots of forts with blankets.

Let your angel fly.

Reveal your own dreams.

Search out the positive.

Keep the gleam in your eye.

Mail Letters to God.

Encourage silly.

Plant licorice in your garden, open up, stop yelling

Express your love. A lot.

Speak kindly.

Paint their tennis shoes.

Handle with caring.
Children are Miraculous
By Sark

Babys First Book

Baby's First Book project from the book

Sew Liberated: 20 Stylish Projects for the Modern Sewist

by Meg McElwee

Made by the super-talented Alicia Paulson

No posts here this past week but there have been a few firsts

on our other blogs:

For the first time we took part in Today's Flowers which is such a nice idea that we think we'll make it a regular post at Renaissance Little Green Notebook

Another first was the rather ludicrous photograph of one of our Silkie Bantams at The Chicken Daily and talking of firsts our eldest son exhibited some of his photographs in a gallery for the first time. There is a photograph of his photographs on the website http://www.renaissanceshop.co.uk/ in the What we are doing section.

Whilst we are on the subject of photographs isn't the one above adorable?
It's of Charles the baby red squirrel who fell from his nest.

Red squirrels aren't the only wildlife in need of a little help so we were pleased to be able to use the Renaissance Newsletter to help promote a WDCS Walk for Whales in nearby Hunstanton.

Over at Renaissance Vintage Notebook we seem to have spent quite a lot of time at the V & A looking at vintage inspired quilt fabrics and enthusing about the Grace Kelly exhibition.

We're always on the look out for beautiful ways to display vintage books, we are vintage book sellers afterall, and we found a rather lovely photograph whilst blog hopping which of course lead to the discovery of lots of new, to us, blogs

Maybe you'll find the time to visit them?

Happy Easter (& a weekly roundup)

It's been a busy week getting ready for the Easter hols at Renaissance HQwith little being uploaded to the website http://www.renaissanceshop.co.uk/.

It didn't start well with the news of Elspeth Thompson's death, so sad.

But we've had a reminder of new life with our quail starting to lay again, very seasonal.

We went all Eastery here at Renaissance Childrens Notebook with Easter Gift Bags,

Flowering Bulbs for Easter and How to Make an Easter Chick.

And all wistful over at Renaissance Vintage Notebook with a sort of if we had a real bricks & mortar shop we'd stock:

Flowers in vintage containers & Crochet Blankets, Bags & Cushions.

And now of course it's April ,we had to mark April Fool's Day with a little joke or two,

and Easter is upon us.

We'll be spending it together, the whole family is home this weekend, bliss.

Wishing you all a very happy Easter.

How to make an Easter Chick

Downloadable PDF instructions available from Selvedge

Flowering Bulbs for Easter

Get the children involved in potting up some Spring flowering bulbs

in vintage china for the Easter table.

There is a tutorial on our website www.renaissanceshop.co.uk :

Displaying Flowering Spring Bulbs in Vintage China