Good News! Mini Rodini have, at last populated their own store in Stockholm with their 2010 Kids Spring/Summer collection.

This means that they will be shipping in our direction very soon. Keep checking in store for rare sightings of Pandas, Parrots and Pumas. And if animals aren’t your thing there are stripes and more stripes.

The new collection from Munster has just arrived and it is sure to satisfy the needs of every little skater dude. Staying true to their roots Munster have produced yet another fantastic array of humorous graphics on top quality fabrics. The ultra cool and beautifully styled shorts offer even the most discerning mini a tough decision when deciding which pair would be the hippest addition to his summer wardrobe.

There is also a very special T-Shirt in the collection at Mash n Gravy this season from the T4T range. Munster T4T is an initiative that helps supply clothes to orphanages throughout Vietnam and Cambodia. Each season, Munster Kids commission an artist to design a series of prints for tees and fleeces. On this occasion it is the turn of Richard ‘french’ Sayer – find out more at www.tapedcopies.com. For every item sold from this range Munster donate another to a child in need.

Delightful Danish brand Mini A Ture have produced a stunning collection for Spring/Summer 2010 themed around an old fashioned fair. As usual, the collection is a mixture of traditional styling and cool contemporary pieces making it hard to resist however you like to dress your own little mini.

The colour palette for the season contains sunny yellows and cloudy greys for the boys and candyfloss pinks and sky blues for the girls. Set to music, and it’s ‘all aboard the carousel’.

Our congratulations to Mini Rodini voted Arets Mama’s Childrenswear Designer of the Year 2009.

Looking forward to another wonderful Mini Rodini collection for Spring/Summer 2010!

With today’s online buying trend, we need to be careful that when we purchase our Christmas gifts we have checked out the last day for shipping. The last thing you want is to see the disappointment in a loved one’s face as their present is not there for them on Christmas morning.

Here are mashNgravy’s last posting days for Christmas shopping..

We love to support a great cause at mashNgravy which is why we will be supporting the Mummy Bloggers Launch Fundraising Auction for Cumbria Flood Victims.

The auction will run online at the Bambino Goodies website, which is hosting the auction for free. Bidding will open on Monday 30th November at 12pm, and run until Sunday 6th December at 6pm. Bidders are able to register on the auction site and bid for any item, and can also choose to remain anonymous. A raffle will also be added via Just Giving later in the week. Donations to the fund can also be made via Cumbria Community Foundation.

mashNgravy will be contributing towards the auction.

Please show your support by visiting : auction.bambinogoodies.co.uk

We want to bring to your attention one of the latest brands to be welcomed into the mashNgravy family – Honeyants! This delightful label hailing from Australia was first started by two Swedish friends, Erica Löfqvist and Irene Hagström.

Erica and Irene missed the colourful prints and retro styles of the Scandinavian brands that they were so use too before they emigrated to Australia that they took the brave descicion back in June 2008 to set-up their own label and thus Honeyants was borne.

The theory behind the Honeyants label is ‘it’s a journey of discovery, play and learning‘. We like to think of the Honeyants theory, here at mashNgravy, to being quite similar the way a child first begins to interact with their own backyard. It is a brilliant ideaology which is bound to see these loveable Honeyants inspire to some marvelous adventures that can be fashioned into our childrens clothes for tomorrow.

Go Check out our Honeyants section and see for yourself : Click Here for Honeyants

While I was pregnant with my first son I obsessed about being the best parent I could possibly be and with no close friends or family members with babies or small children that I could turn to for advice  I read voraciously, every baby book and parenting magazine I could get my hands on. Some of the books were almost Nazi in their approach to babies routines and the magazines had one purpose only  - sell, sell, sell! The pages seemed to pulsate with essential products and although I can put it all down to hormones now, I was certain that to deprive my, as yet, unborn child of any of these would surely result in Social Services paying me a visit!. As a result I overspent and ended up with a mountain of unused items as I deemed it necessary to have everything possible for any eventuality.
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Avoiding the media seems like a great idea at the moment, what with global recession, swine flu and the evasive British Summer. Despite the misery we have to carry on. Stiff upper lip and all that. To make life a little easier for all of you who take the time and effort to read my not very frequent but often wordy posts we are offering 20% off EVERYTHING (including items already in the sale!) when the discount code GRAVY20 is entered at the checkout. As we have a birthday at HQ this month – Major Disaster will be 2 -I have been looking for similar bargains.
If you purchase Living Etc magazine they are offering 20% off at Habitat in the last week of this month (alternatively ad yourself to Habitats mailing list to receive email offers). I’ve sotted a few items which I know he’ll love.

Dino Rocker £32.50

 
Alternatively or additionally depending on the finances, there are these wonderful wooden sets ideal for role play. The pretend barbecue will be ideal for emulating daddy supposing the sun stays out long enough to light the real barbi. The little stall with add ons like wooden fruit and veg, scales and a till would certainly have been something which I would have coveted as a child. Not one for cars I think that my little guy would be more than happy with any of these gifts.

Stall £65.00

We can finally say, with an element of confidence that Spring is finally here, YAY!

And with the arrival of a drop of sunshine, as if by magic, our new season stock is being uploaded on Mash n Gravy as I write. There are vivid colours everywhere we turn at Mash n Gravy HQ, From the fresh spring greens and rosy reds from H.J.O.R.T.H. Copenhagen to the Tutti Fruity delights, good enough to eat from Milibe Copenhagen. Both labels as you will, no doubt, have correctly deduced are of Danish origin which brings the assurance of exceptional quality and high end design.

The new collection from Nanoou consists of more muted tones such as praline and cool grey and is all entirely certified organic cotton. 

As a spring treat (who needs chocolate any way?) Mash n Gravy would like to offer blog readers 20% off all stock in the New Season category by entering the code GRAVY20 when prompted at the checkout.