Emma in Bromley

The point of this post is to inspire you. We've all been through enough following last year's lockdown Christmas and the challenges of spending time with family and friends so I know we are all s...

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 Halloween pumpkin ideas for this year include picking your own, carving great designs or turning pumpkins into vases!

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2021/10/this-is-halloween.html

 I don't know if it's because of the covid pandemic, the lockdowns, the tricky challenges and curveballs life keeps throwing my way or because I'm trying to find a secondary school for my yo...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2021/10/did-i-just-lose-myself.html

When I was little, I daydreamed of travelling the world, I loved globes, atlas' and maps - many of my favourite books had a map in them - even if it was of Middle Earth. I'm not your usually...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2021/05/midlife-crisis-or-wanderlust-gone-wrong.html

With Easter coming this week, I feel a little unprepared and I know I'm not alone so I've popped together a little last min inspiration guide.DecorateAdd an instant sprinkle of spring with a wind...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2021/03/easter-2021-inspiration-guide.html

Easter is really close but nobody is really talking about it, maybe its because it'll be another lockdown easter - another easter without a big family gathering or cousins playing together, perha...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2021/03/preparing-for-easter.html

I've always loved crafts, I've attempted many and I'm always drawn to them. I can cross stitch, I can do a very basic knit, I can sculpt things from air drying clay and I can make a pretty beaded...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2021/03/finding-craft-love-in-2021.html

 It's like there was this crazy rush in December - all the focus was on preparing for Christmas, adapting plans to coincide with the latest, ever-changing  covid rules. It was intense, ...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2021/02/february-begins-with-happy-news.html

 You know me, for years now my January tends to revolve around the London toy fair so with it being cancelled it seemed to leave a bit of a massive gap - It seems such a shame to have not be...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2021/01/what-happened-to-january.html

 This winter season more than ever, we need extra sparkles and I know every single time we see a house with festive lights, it puts a miles on our faces. I really wanted to add a little...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2020/12/outdoor-sparkles.html

Coming up with unique stocking fillers can be challenging at the best of times, but lockdown, different tiers and isolation is making it just a little harder.Under usual circumstances you would p...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2020/12/stocking-fillers-2020.html

We're in a limbo state at the moment where we might be slowly coming out of lockdown and some shops are starting to open, most of us are still keeping distance and some are even still shielding s...

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I can't believe it, today my blog turns 11 years old! For something I started to keep myself amused whilst I took a maternity break from my marketing roll, I can't quite get my head round that 11...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2020/05/my-blog-turned-11-years.html

The start of this story is Friday the 13th March - now I am not superstitious about Friday 13th so I wasn't expecting any unfortunate events to happen. Maegan (age 8) seemed a little unwell, just...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2020/05/did-we-have-covid19.html

I'm in the UK and we currently have less than 500 cases so I don't think we are at the stage of needing to be ready for isolation but I do think it wouldn't harm to start preparing "just in case"...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2020/03/preparing-for-covid-19-isolation-and.html

Forgive me, I know its been a while! My blogging adventure started 20 years ago when I was at university studying a BA in Marketing and Advertising - for one of our assignments we created blog po...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2020/01/the-one-where-i-almost-gave-up-blogging.html

Can you believe it's already February,  January seemed to last for about a year and now suddenly we've all realised we need to order our Valentine's goodies pronto! To make things a little e...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2019/02/valentines-day-2019-round-up.html

So many children's food menus at the moment seem to scream the word "Healthy" but when you actually look at the menu, they seem anything but healthy and it got me thinking ... who says these menu...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2018/11/are-healthy-school-dinner-menus-packed.html

  The First Hippo on the Moon is heading to the Churchill Theatre in Bromley this week 2nd-6th May as part of a tour of over 40 UK venues in 2017. The First Hippo on the Moon is ba...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2017/05/the-first-hippo-on-moon-comes-to-bromley.html

At the weekend, I took Blake (boy age 7) and Maegan (girl age 5) to The Churchill theatre in Bromley to see "The Little White Bird" inspired by JM Barrie's The Little White Bird. This is an excel...

http://www.emmainbromley.co.uk/2016/12/the-little-white-bird.html

To celebrate Lou's amazing performance on Strictly last night, we’ve got 40%off 40 Wild About Beauty products this weekend (until 23:59 Tuesday 6th December) - check T and Cs.   It's ...

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Welcome to my Christmas Gift Guide 2016 - Part 1 - The Edit!   I know Christmas is fast approaching so I wanted to create a simple to read, click, shop guide to be a helping hand or a spot o...

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This week  I was treated to something special, a blind date with a book! I received a shimmering purple jiffy bag in the post and inside was this beautifully gift wrapped surprise. As I...

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I loved science when I was at school, it was one of my favourite topics and I loved nothing more than carrying out experiments! one of the other things I was into as a kid were mysteries, I ...

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I was so excited to spot the beautiful Darcey Bussell wearing Jamberry nail wraps on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, Darcey Bussell had gone for "Deco" - an eyecatching 20's print using bl...

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