Articles, tagged with "beatrix potter", page 1
The Joy of Receiving a Big Stuffed Animal
Of all the gifts you can give to both kids and the young at heart, nothing can be as lovable and as huggable as a big stuffed animal. A guy who wants to catch the attention of a girl he admires can take the first step by giving a big stuffed animal that w...
Antique Christening Gifts
When you want to celebrate the arrival of a new one, antique christening gifts are ideal. They are classy and stylish, and can hold many treasured memories. You need the finest array of antique christening gifts on the market, yet need to find a range of ...
Holiday Ideas and Cottage Accommodation in Devon
Devon is located in southwestern England, between Cornwall and Dorset. Devon accommodation includes not only conventional hotels, bed & breakfast inns, and the like, but also rustic- style cottages that dot the county's charming countryside. The latter in...
Easter in the Lake District
What’s going on in the Lake District this Easter? Well the answer is that it’s not all bluebells, daffodils and gambolling lambs – There’s chocolate too!
The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway has commissioned a giant Easter Egg and over the Easter holida...
Scenic Walks in and around Windermere
Having recently registered for a 15km charity walk I was keen to find some local walks I could use for a practice run. How fortunate that I live so near to the town of Windermere in the beautiful Lake District National Park. Slightly spoilt for choice, le...
Beswick Pottery
Go potty about pottery
Looking for an interesting new hobby? Have you considered collecting Beswick Pottery or Royal Doulton Toby Jugs? Highly collectable items of Beswick Pottery are in popular demand and there are numerous people around the country ...
5 Best Figurine Makers
One of the most famous collectible figurine lines the "Hummel" collection is made by Goebel. More than 100 years ago the German Pottery maker Franz Detleff and his son William Goebel. In the early days of the company they were the purveyors of mostly din...
5 Romantic things to do in the Lake District
So Paris may be considered to be the Romance Capital of the World, but how about somewhere a little closer to home? With St Valentines Day fast approaching, love is in the air for many couples and can you think of a more romantic part of Britain than the ...
School Trips
Broaden the learning experience for children and let them take part in educational School Trips
Learning doesn’t have to be confined to the classroom setting; it can be a fun process that takes place in a host of other locations. Talking about a locat...
Beauty Of Beatrix Potter Books
Beatrix Potter is an internationally well-known writer who is close to the people of this world through many of her great works. Though she was not part of the Romantic era when many writers and poets existed, she could project the same lines of thoughts ...
Family Friendly UK Holidays
The ideal family holiday for most involves sun, sea and sand or perhaps more frequently sun, a pool and a poolside bar. However, with money being in short supply for many families at the moment not to mention the recovering but still not great exchange ra...
Everything You Need To Know About Self-Publishing, from Famous Authors to Book Binding Services
Getting a book published can be a stressful, painstaking experience. It's not easy being essentially told over and over again that your work just isn't good enough -- it's practically as bad as hearing that you're not good enough.
If you're an up-and-c...
Beatrix Potter Cot Bedding
Have you ever encountered a gift registry? gift registries began so that people could purchase a newly married couple co-ordinated presents.
For example, if a couple had set their hearts on an elite, and therefore expensive, set of porcelain crockery w...
Famous Cumbrians
Cumbria has it’s fair share of famous people, I never realised quite how many though. Friends of mine had came and stayed in a few self catering lake district cottages and we got talking about who we thought was the most famous. I’ll have to let you decid...
The History of Big Stuffed Animals
When it comes to choosing big stuffed animals, like with dolls, it is the facial features that are the key to their attraction. That is closely followed by the feel of their 'fur' or skin and then the stuffing. In addition, how closely big stuffed animals...