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Whether you are out travelling with your children or at home feeling patriotic, sometimes it is nice to share through

your clothes where you’re from.

The Union Jack is one of the most recognized flags in the world, so why not celebrate it with some cute clothes for

your little one?

 Ralph Lauren: Thicket Jacket With Union Jack Print, £142.50

John Galliano: Union Jack Sweatshirt, £35.00

John Galliano: Blue Shirt with Union Jack Print, £46.00

Ralph Lauren: Navy ‘England’ Baseball Cap, £19.00

These cute little hearts are a great alternative for valentines and your kids can make it themselves!

What You Need:

Scissors

Craft foam

Permanent markers

Pipe cleaner

Pencil

What To Do:

1. Cut a small heart from craft foam.
2. With a permanent marker, print a short message on the front and the name of the giver on back.
3. Poke an inch of the pipe cleaner through the bottom of the heart, bend it down, and twist it back around the remaining length of pipe cleaner.
4. Coil the pipe cleaner tightly around the pencil.
5. Gently pull up on the heart so that part of the coil bobs freely above the pencil, with several loops anchored around the eraser

Banners Restaurant is a family favourite for those living in or around Crouch End, family friendly restaurant by day

and relaxing and unpretentious by night, Children of all ages are welcome.

Their children’s menu offers fresh, unprocessed food including classics like fish fingers and pasta to grown up

mini meals like grilled black tiger prawns and haloumi salad.

To keep your little ones busy, Banners provides crayons and paper, books and even a few toys.

You can find Banners Restaurant at 21 Park Road, Crouch End, London, N8 8TE, 0208 348 2930 or

online at http://www.bannersrestaurant.com

Some toys are quiet and some toys are loud, and some toys you buy to better your child’s musical abilities, but every

day when they practice, you wonder why.

However; if you are going to give your child a Musical instruments, you may as well get them stylish ones…

Wooden Toy Guitars, £25.00

Flower percussion set, £23.99

Plan Toys Wooden Musical Band Drum Set, $49.95

Red hot electric guitar, £90.00

Schoenhut Fancy Baby Grand Piano in Pink – 3005P, $70.00

Though Princess Diana was the only member of the Royal Family to make a name for herself in the Fashion World

thus far, it seems Prince Charles may be about to drop himself smack dab in the middle of it all.

The Prince of Wales is looking to create a new green label for wool products, part of the initiative would include Wool

Week, which would take place before London’s Fashion Week in September, 2010, and would promote wool as a

fashionable options for winter wardrobes, sponsored of course, by Marks and Spencer.

Though lifelong wool wearers do exist, wool  has fallen out of mainstream fashion, mostly because of its bad reputation

of being bulky, itchy, shrink-y and so on, a ‘bad rep’ that has caused the demand for wool to fall.

But the truth is, that the ‘bad reputation’ of wool as the material for a garment, is unjust.  Modern day wool is sleeker and

softer than the stuff our Parent shoved us into, so much so, most of us may not even notice when we are wearing it (other

than the feeling of cosy warmth).

The most important thing to know about wool, it that like food, it is something we can produce here in Britain, and the lack

of demand affects farmers, which in turn affects our economy. The same goes for other wool producing countries like

Australia, New Zealand and China.

With all of us trying to go green, wearing wool or purchasing wool house wears seems to be the easiest commitment

to make, especially in this cold weather as nothing will keep us warmer.

A recent environmental Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) report found that the impact of British wool on the environment

is measurablyless than either nylon or polypropylene fibres and concludes that the sustainability of scoured

British wool production is much better than that of polypropylene and nylon fibre productions.

You can start your kids young on this easy ‘going green/grown locally’ initiative with Woolly items made right here in

Europe by our own fancy farmers, all sold at www.alexandalexa.com:

Simonetta: Pink Wool Cardigan, £43.00 – 100% Wool

D&G Junior: Grey And Navy Scarf, £31.00 – 100% Wool

D&G Junior: Black Knitted Wool Special Occasion Dress, £141.00 – Outer Material: 100% Wool

John Galliano: Red Cashmere Pea Coat, £129.00 – 80% Wool

Ralph Lauren: Navy Merino Wool Hunter Vest, £36.00 – 100% Wool

Simonetta: Grey And Multi-Colour Square Jumper, £54.00 - 100% Wool

Finger In The Nose: Stripes Crew Pullover, £43.00 – 100% Wool

Roberto Cavalli: Cream V Neck Cricket Jumper, £75.00 -100% Wool

Caramel Baby & Child: Dark Green Nell Bobble Hat, £27.00 – 100% Wool

For all your little ones that have imaginative minds, Stinky Whizzers has a bundle of wall art goodies just right for your

little Einstein.  

Stinky Whizzers wall art is sure to capture your children’s imaginations while you decorate their bedrooms,

nurseries and playspaces in the process!  Their products introduce young minds to an array of fun and

colourful creatures while keeping each image educational!

 “It all started when I was looking for a present for my niece,” said Phil Alderson, children’s book illustrator, father and

co-founder of Stinky Whizzers,  “When I looked for a cool piece of artwork all I found was pink or blue or pastels so I

decided to draw something unique myself. We wanted to create something that appealed to kids with bold colours and

also something that you would want to look at again and again. The Stinky Whizzers go on adventures and we love the

idea of capturing children’s imagination. They can make up stories about what is happening and where the characters

are whizzing to next.”

Phil Alderson created the company with his sister-in-law Claire Alderson, a mother of two and a sales and marketing

whiz. Stinky Whizzers artwork is hand drawn from initial sketches, then ‘inked up’ – just as traditional illustration

used to be done.

For more information on Stinky Whizzers visit the website at: www.stinkywhizzers.com or take a look at some of their fun

artwork here:

Alphabet Posters, £15 

Alphabet Letters, £25 

Adventure Canvases, £70-£200 (Depending on the Size) 

Arithmetic Canvases, £70-£200 (Depending on the Size)

Last year, HUGO BOSS launched a global design contest which aimed to support the next generation of urban creatives.

This year, HUGO BOSS has announced their selection, chosen from over 13,000 entries submitted online across

108 countries and has decided to use it to illustrate a limited edition bottle of the brand’s iconic HUGO by HUGO

BOSS fragrance.

The winning entry was submitted by 39-year-old Marvin Pedro of the Philippines, his work was chosen for the

iconic simplicity of his contemporary design.

 The artists work seems to have found its way from the fragrance bottle to the design room, especially when it comes

to the new HUGO BOSS children’s line, with urban style and casual contemporary wears overtaking the expected

polo shirts and tee shirts HUGO BOSS has always been known for.

Here are some of our favourite urban style HUGO BOSS kids items from Alexandalexa.com:

Hugo Boss: Smart Grey Cardigan, £67.00

Hugo Boss:  Dark and Light Grey Branded Boss Scarf, £34.50

Hugo Boss: Dark Denim Slim Fit Jeans, £82.00

Hugo Boss: Black Tie, £47.00

This is a simply delicious Danish tea-time cake to enjoy during these stubborn winter afternoons. It’s simple to make, great

for the kids to join in, and the result is a bit like the name suggests: a cake of your dreams…

What you will need for the cake:

50g butter

280ml milk

300g granulated sugar

4 eggs

250g flour

3tsp baking powder

1tsp vanilla sugar (Looks exactly like baking powder and may be hard to find in the UK. If so, just use vanilla extract)

…and for the topping:

50ml milk

100g coconut, desiccated

250g dark brown soft unrefined cane sugar

What to do:

1. Heat the oven to 200°C.
2. Melt the butter in a saucepan and then add the milk.
3. Whisk eggs and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy with an electric whisk.
4. Add the butter/milk mix to the egg mix.
5. Stir the flour, baking powder and vanilla sugar into the egg mix and carefully mix until smooth.
6. Pour the mix into a buttered oven tin and bake in the middle of the oven for approximately 20 minutes, a bit longer if the tin is thicker and/or smaller. Preferably use a tin size of approximately 30×40cm, but it doesn’t matter if it’s a bit smaller or larger, round or square. Just adjust the time in the oven. The deeper and thicker the cake tin, the longer the cooking time.
7. While the cake is in the oven prepare the topping: simply put all the ingredients in a saucepan and let it melt together until smooth and brown. Make sure you stir.
8. Spread the topping evenly over the cake and then bake for another 5 minutes. If you really wish to caramelise the topping, turn up the heat a bit for these last minutes.
9. Leave to cool until the topping has set for its sticky texture.
10.  Cut into squares or any preferred shape and serve at tea time!

Made to last and made with care, Wooden Toys are one thing you really can’t go wrong with.

And these days, regardless of the type of toy you are searching for, you can find a well made wooden version

without much fuss.

So say so long to plastic and check out these 5 samples of the many types of Wooden toys that are out there:

1

Wooden Firemen Skittles, £45.00

2 

Skipping Rope – Ballerina, £4.95

3 

Wooden Baking Set, £53.99

4 

Wooden Pirate Ship, £51.00

5 

Wooden Flower Press, £13.00

It seems a lot of people have woken up to the reality of baby products and realized that they are not all safe to use

on your precious little bundle of joy.

Lukily there are tons of different products to choose from, including one of the leading baby toiletry lines, cheekily

named, Baby Cow Organics.

Made from Meadowfoam Oil the Baby Cow Organics collection is specially formulated to pamper, protect and

soothe delicate skin.

The content of the Baby Cow Organics products average out to be about  89% organic and with their

‘No Nasties Policy’ you won’t find any parabens, sulphates, petrochemicals,  artificial colours or

fragrances and all of their products are suitable for vegetarians.

The products you will find inside their bottles of goodies are gentle formulas made with natural products like

bergamot, sweet orange, lavender, meadowfoam oil, aloe vera and more, which will leave your baby’s skin

soft, smooth and fully cleansed.

You can check Baby Cow Organics out online at www.cowshedonline.com