Blog - Polly Jemima

Make your own lipbalm

It’s actually surprisingly easy to make your own lipbalm. It makes for a great gift or stocking filler – you’ll get kudos points for the handmade gift! You can customise...

Kids Craft Essentials

I’m always grateful that my three girlies love crafting as much as I do. There is something so fun about putting out a table full of random odds and ends...

Christmas Baking

I love baking at Christmas… there’s something fun about creating some delicious goodies to share with friends and family. There are a few things we always make each year, asides...

Making it through the last month of pregnancy

So officially today I’m 36 + 2 weeks pregnant, around 4 weeks to go. This is the worse part of pregnancy – counting down and waiting. Officially 37 weeks is...

Christmas All Wrapped Up – Crafty Papers to Make Yourself

image source According to a recent survey by Sainsbury’s, almost half of us (47%) make a big event of wrapping Christmas presents, ensuring that the same care is taken on...

Make it: DIY Advent Calendar

I made the girls an activity advent calendar last year, and they loved it so much I decided to make another this year. We loved having an activity to do...

Give yourself a break

Growing another human in your tummy can be hard work. Whether it’s your first or your fourth… you still get tired, emotional, achey and naggy. When I was pregnant the...

Koko kids wall stickers

Ah! Almost teenagers and their bedrooms! This biggest girl of ours apparently very much dislikes putting anything away/tidying up ever. She’s the lucky one as she gets her own bedroom,...

Family Meal Time

Family mealtimes have always been important to us as a family. From as soon as Lola was big enough to join us in her highchair and eat, we’ve made it...

Make it: Nursery Mobile DIY

I wanted a mobile to hang in Beastie’s nursery, but something a little different… not cutesy, or particularly ‘babyish’ if that makes any sense. Inspired by dream catcher’s, whimsy and...

Keeping the magic of Santa alive

I remember being little and being SO excited come Christmas Eve to think that Santa was on his way! December was always such a magical time, not just excitement about...

Third Trimester Essentials

Hard to believe that I’m in the third trimester – only nine weeks to go! Time to share my third trimester essentials – these are the things that I really...

Roasted Vegetable Tart

Papa and I have been trying to cut out dairy products this past month or so – well, really just cheese. We don’t drink cows milk anyway, and we use...

Living Room Nesting and Italian Leather Sofa’s

Now we’re back home from our holiday, we are ready to fully embrace Autumn now. My garden is covered in fallen leaves and this morning there was a little mist....

Book Love: What I’ve been reading

Since I’ve been pregnant, I’ve been reading so much! I go through phases of reading for hours every night, or not at all. I’ve been making myself go to bed...

Mindfulness for Mama: Finding Peace in the Pause

Simple Daily Rhythms That Reduce Overwhelm as a Gentle Parent

30 little goals To make you healthier and happier this year

A lesson in letting go

How to simplify and slow down

A ‘Do Nothing Day’

Unconditional Self-Worth

5 things to do when you are in darkness

Mind the little moments

A ritual for letting go