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Spotlight: Nordgreen, Copenhagen – Watches

Jul 14th, 2019 SPOTLIGHT Bean 14 min read

[AD – This blogpost includes gifted items, but all words and opinions expressed are my own.] Hello, And welcome to this Sunday’s blogpost… I haven’t done a ‘Spotlight’ on a brand post in a while, but after being sent a beautiful watch by Nordgreen Copenhagen, a minimalist, Danish brand – not just championing sustainability, but who understand the social responsibility that comes with running a ‘fashion’…

Feel Good Feet – 2 years on…

Jul 7th, 2019 Small Talk Bean 14 min read

Hello Everyone! How are you? It’s been yet another busy one Chez Threads, but I guess it’s that time of year… for anyone with kids, schools pretty much want you to camp in the school field with the amount of time parents are expected to spend at school in this final summer term… And for those without kids… who may have colleagues with kids… it…

Sunday 7: How slow is your fast-fashion shopping habit? Take the Test!

Jun 30th, 2019 Small Talk, Sunday 7 Bean 2 min read

Hello! How’s your sunshiny week been? Whether you love or hate the heat, there’s no question… we’ve all been hankering after a bit of summer, haven’t we? And as roasting hot as it was yesterday, it was short-lived… and as of today, we’re probably at a more ‘acceptable’ level of summer and I for one am *loving* it! Following on from last week’s Seven Ways…

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Sunday 7 – Seven ways to Slow Down your Fashion Shopping Habits

Jun 23rd, 2019 Small Talk, Sunday 7 Bean 17 min read

Hello! It’s been a busy few weeks in the Threads household – how are you all? The mammoth 40th party for Le Husband, which frankly, took more organisation than our wedding… is done, dusted and was a great success… There have been a great many other family needs… just life in fact, which have been pulling and tugging at me and as a result, my…

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Sunday 7 – Simple, Versatile Classics

Jun 2nd, 2019 Sunday 7 Bean 19 min read

[AD – there are some affiliate links in this blogpost] Hello! And welcome back! Another two weeks in-between blog posts seems to have become habit… apologies: I can only assure you that the stresses and struggles which come from looking after elderly olds, and a young family don’t just vanish overnight; illnesses seem to linger; free time is spent ferrying the olds around, or visiting…

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Sunday 7 – High Street Frills

May 19th, 2019 Sunday 7 Bean 22 min read

[AD – this blogpost contains 50% affiliate links] Hello there! And yet another two weeks between blogposts from me… It’s disappointing that I’ve had to put my blog on the back burner these past couple of months but, it’s been the trickiest of times with family, and frankly… real life always matters most. None the less, I often use my blog as means of distraction from…

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Sunday 7 – A Dress Edit

May 6th, 2019 Sunday 7 Bean 23 min read

[AD – this blogpost contains 50% affiliate links] Hello, And welcome back to another Sunday 7, after a little Easter break and an unintentional second Sunday off, but dutiful daughter…erm… duties called. The warm weather over the Easter weekend gave us a little taster of the  ‘just chuck on your dress & sandals weather’ of which, there is hopefully more of, on the way. Anyway… all that sun &…

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Sunday 7 – Neutral Wardrobe Building Blocks

Apr 14th, 2019 Sunday 7 Bean 21 min read

[AD – this blogpost contains a handful of affiliate links] Hello, How are you? We’re already one week into the school Easter Hols here in Wiltshire, though I know in other parts of the country…the school holidays have only just begun. This is my last holiday with the boys as a stay at home mum, so I’ve been making the most of spending my time…

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Sunday 7 – The Summer White Top Edit

Apr 8th, 2019 Small Talk Bean 19 min read

[AD – this blogpost contains a handful of affiliate links & a discount code] Hello! How are you all? Last week I complained that it had been a really long week. Today I’m going to complain about how quickly the week flew by, as it always does in the approach to school holidays: I always put myself under so much pressure to get stuff done, mainly so…

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Sunday 7 – The Blazer Edit

Mar 31st, 2019 Sunday 7 Bean 17 min read

[AD – about 50% of the links in this blogpost are affiliate links] Hello! What a crazy-ass-long-old-week it’s been, eh? Or was that just me? I’m gonna try my utmost to cut the waffle and cut straight to the chase today: blazers! Yup – going in, straight away. I’ve been having a bit of a blazer-love-in this week, but have realised aside from a very…