On March 15th 2009, Brooke Mueller Sheen, wife of actor Charlie Sheen, gave birth to the couple’s fraternal twin boys Max and Bob. We were so excited to see the photos accompanying a recent interview the couple gave to US magazine In Touch which showed the adorable boys in their crib with gorgeous zoo print blankets from ImseVimse!! To read the full article, courtesy of Celebrity Baby Blog, click here.

The reversible blankets are 100% organic cotton with a fun zoo print on one side and plain cream/white on the alternate side and can be viewed here. So soft to the touch, these blankets are also very versatile owing to their generous 80 x 100cm sizing, and it seems they now have two famous fans as well!

A little while ago, an Australian friend of mine who lives in the UK and is expecting her third child in July, asked if I knew where she could find large muslin wraps. Having used them in Australia where her older children were born, she was disappointed to find that all we have here in the UK are muslin squares which are much smaller and nowhere near as versatile. So I set myself a challenge to source some beautiful organic muslin swaddling wraps and after much searching, am thrilled to be adding Aden & Anais as a new brand to DaisychainBaby.

Although not yet a mum myself, I’ve spoken to many parents about the wonderful benefits of swaddling, which is an age old technique used to help babies feel safe and secure. It is designed to imitate the security of the enclosed surroundings they experienced in the womb, making them feel safer and therefore more relaxed, and also helps them to sleep on their backs which is the pediatrician recommended sleeping position. Muslin is a particularly suitable fabric for swaddling as it has a light, open weave that allows air to flow seamlessly through the material.

Aden & Anais have designed an amazing range of muslin wraps and I was so excited when I realised that they also offer 100% organic cotton muslin wraps, certified by GOTS. I knew then that the search was over and these were the ones I wanted for DaisychainBaby! The wraps are retailing at 20.00 - to see them, click here.

As always, if there’s something you would like DaisychainBaby to stock, please drop us a line - we always love new suggestions!

In an effort to champion more items which are made in the UK, we’ve been doing a lot of research lately into finding new and affordable products for DaisychainBaby. Crafting seems to have seen a resurgence in popularity of late, and with this in mind, and some good advice from friends, we decided to check out Misi and have come across a real treasure trove of lovely items.

The first of our handmade in the UK ranges comes courtesy of C&C Bandana Bibs, created by mum Channa Mills when trying to find some practical yet stylish bibs for her teething daughter. Having realised that bandana bibs were not available in the UK, she decided to make her own, and we’re delighted to be stocking some of the collection. We already know that the bibs (retailing at 3.00 each) will be a sure hit at our upcoming events and they can be purchased here.

As always, if there’s something you would like DaisychainBaby to stock, please drop us a line - we always love new suggestions!

I’ve realised that the title of our current feature may be a little misleading - if you’ve come looking for pencils for babies who can’t yet write, sorry I’m not a genius! This week at DaisychainBaby we’re featuring three companies who specialise in beautiful stationery for birth announcements, party invitations, christenings and so on. I’m sure you’ll love these sites as much as we do.

Ella Announcements is owned and run by mum-of-three Amanda Farren, who came up with the idea based on her love of graphic design and desire to work from home to care for her children. The range of new baby announcements, christening invitations and other stationery is grouped into four main categories: Sugar & Spice, All Things Nice, Snips & Snails and Puppy Dog Tails which means that there really is something for everyone, and the stationery can all be personalised with your tot’s name and date of birth. We found it really difficult to pick our favourite item as they’re all fab, but the christening invitations in Sugar & Spice just won the vote.

I was introduced to Sandy Wood through a mutual contact and instantly wanted to feature her lovely company sonnyandalfie. She is a mum of two little boys and set up her company on struggling to find individual environmentally friendly party bags and cards. Using vintage feel fabrics, high quality 100% recycled paper and biodegradeable plastic, sonnyandalfie is a bespoke experience that’s kind to the planet too. We really love the new baby cards which have a gorgeous pram design on the front, and use different fabrics depending on a new baby girl or new baby boy.

Our third featured company is not one that we know personally, but that we’ve come across in endless hours of internet trawling (I’m sure most of you are familiar with the sinking feeling that yet another few hours have disappeared “surfing”!) Papergrain is an online stationery boutique which showcases some of the most stylish personal stationery being created today. Although the focus for Papergain is not just baby stationery, we noticed that they offer a very stylish selection of 100% recycled cards and with our love of colours and animals, our fave pick was the Baby Elephant 1st Birthday Card.

As always, if you have a business that you would like to be included for future articles, please let us know!

Another May Day has been and gone, and although I was hoping to see Mr DCB prancing around the Maypole, I was sadly disappointed (it’s not as strange as it sounds, he has been known to do some fairly questionable things all in the name of trying to cheer me up when I’ve been down :o). We did have a brilliant day at the Harrow Museum’s Medieval May Day, despite the weather, and to say thank you to all our customers on the day and everyone that’s bought from us so far, we’ve decided to put some of our lovely items at DaisychainBaby on Special Offer!!

First up, we’re promoting our Raw Gaia organic skincare range for babies, certified by The Vegan Society. This includes the moisturiser, massage oil and skin spritz, all wonderful for bonding with your baby and keeping their delicate skin safe from harmful environmental factors and manufactured chemicals. Click here to see the discounts available.

Next are our 100% organic gorgeous bibs and hat from Milk & Cereal. A perfect gift if you’re not sure what to buy or have a budget in mind, these super soft accessories are great for boy or girl! Click here to see the discounts available.

We’ll be working through our existing stock, offering discounts as the seasons change and as we look to increase our product and brand range. The current discounts are offered until June 10th, so grab them while they’re hot and don’t forget to tell your friends!

It’s been a really beautiful Bank Holiday weekend so far, and it’s also DaisychainBaby’s 6 month birthday today!! To celebrate, we’re offering 20% off across the entire store for today only. To claim this fantastic discount, please quote HAP509 at checkout and grab yourself a bargain!

We’ll also be offering various promotions throughout the summer months, starting with Raw Gaia in just a few days time, so do check back for more details later this week.

If you’re at a loose end tomorrow (May Day) and you’re based in or around the London area, then how about popping along to the Medieval May Day celebrations at Harrow Museum. Hosted at the wonderful Headstone Manor, this is an annual event which is a wonderful day out for all the family. Featuring bouncy castles, falconry displays, face painting, morris dancing, live dancing, balloon modeling and lots more. Not only that but there will be some fantastic craft stalls and we’ll be there too with our full range of lovely items. The event is from 12 noon until 5pm - we do hope to see you there!

Now that Easter is over and the DaisychainBaby team have eaten too much chocolate, it’s time to come back to our Features. We’ve had some really great feedback on the piece we did for Party Time, and have lined up some wonderful products and companies to showcase over the coming months, so do keep checking back.

Today we’ve chosen to cover nursery & playroom art - spring seems to have finally arrived after months of winter misery and what better time to indulge in a bit of light decorating! Camilla Braidwood is the owner of Milly Bee, selling affordable, contemporary fine art prints for nuseries, bedrooms or playrooms. A mum of one, Camilla started Milly Bee after struggling to find affordable and tasteful artwork to decorate her daughter’s nursery and so decided to make her own. We love the range of stylish prints and most importantly Milly Bee’s environmental policy ensures they operate with a print process which generates zero waste. Our favourite piece is the Pop Hands (reminiscent of Andy Warhol’s famous style) which is fantastic for creating a personalised memento!

Hunkydory Home brings together a range of handmade and design-led home accessories and gifts so that you can treat yourself and your friends to something a bit different - I’m already building up a substantial wish list! Founder Alison Ellerbrook established Hunkydory Home in 2005 in a bid to offer “something a bit different” to the home furnishings market and is now helped by her toddler. Amongst some very funky retro designs, our pick for artwork is the Alphabet Chart print, which is a contemporary print of the alphabet in colourful letters against a chocolate brown background. Printed in the UK on recycled paper using vegetable inks, this is a winning way to get your little one learning!

Anyone who knows me will know how much I love animals and so when I came across Carla Daly I fell big time for her children’s wall art with a humourous twist. Based in Ireland, Carla has worked in illustration for many years before taking the plunge to produce her own artwork to retail to the market after the birth of her two children, and has a great range of door signs, growth chart and keepsakes. It was very difficult to pick our favourites from the nursery wall art, but in the end it has to be “Chillin” - a cartoon of a giraffe relaxing in a pool of water. Who knows what they really get up to when no-one is looking?

As always, if you have a business that you would like to be included for future articles, please let us know!

With all the research that we do for DaisychainBaby, we’ve been delighted to come across some really wonderful finds along the way in keeping with our target market and eco-ethos. We’d like to showcase some of the people, products and businesses we come into contact with in what will start out as a monthly feature in our latest news section, with a view to becoming a more regular piece.

For our first ever feature, it simply had to be “Ethical Kids Party Time” - parties are fun and colourful but can still be eco-friendly too. Joanne Dewberry runs Charlie Moo’s, a family business down in Dorset selling party bags, gifts and toys. She has 2 gorgeous little ones and as a result her site is bright, cheerful and very friendly! Charlie Moo’s offers an excellent selection of items, including a collection of pre-loved toys. We particularly love her range of cloth handled party bags which come in a range of designs such as robots, dinosaurs and strawberries. Friendlier for the environment than standard plastic party bags, reusable and brilliant value, these would definitely be top of our party planning list.

Little Cherry is a site which sells entirely eco-friendly party supplies, including everything from organic hemp tablecloths to recycled plastic cutlery and plates made of leaves! Not only that, but founder Lucy Brindley has made every effort to make it a seamless shopping experience for busy party planning parents. She has created a themed section, so that you can see what products might be suitable for fairies or Cowboys and Indians, and also recommends children’s party games and recipes. DCB’s favourite part of the site is that reserved exclusively for celebrating first birthdays, with some gorgeous ideas for party bag fillers for very little ones!

Creative Charlie, run by mum-of-two and artist Kerri Sellens, is aimed at slightly older children than DaisychainBaby, but we loved the concept so much we couldn’t resist a mention. The idea is to promote childrens creative streaks (trying to avoid walls and sofas if possible!) by activities such as mask and jewellery making, and t-shirt painting. It’s a great idea to keep little ones busy, especially at parties (I even indulged in some pottery painting on my hen weekend which was enormous fun) and the “Rainy Day Box” was awarded the overall winner in the Practical Pre-School awards 2008. With those accolades, it has to be our top pick from Creative Charlie.

We hope you’ve enjoyed our first feature and have gone away with some useful tips. If you have a business that you would like to be included for future articles, please let us know!

It’s been a lovely couple of days at DCB HQ as some of our cute clothing and adorable accessories have sneaked onto the radar of fab websites The Green Familia and mumsjustlove! We love the beautiful items we sell, but it’s always extra pleasing to have a vote of confidence from an independent party.

First up was Brenda, editor of The Green Familia, who has been absolutely wonderful in helping spread the word about DaisychainBaby.
She wrote a piece featuring a selection of The Green Familia’s favourite organic baby rompers, and chose the Little Green Radicals “Dolphin Friendly” playsuit in blue and brown stripes to be included. Funnily enough, this was also the playsuit of choice for my Mum who recently bought it for a friend of hers! Brenda’s selection included a further 4 rompers from other lovely websites, but we were delighted to see that 2 of them can also be purchased from DCB. Great minds really do think alike! To read the full post at The Green Familia website, click here.

Helen Deehan is the editor of mumsjustlove, which is an online parenting magazine with a guide to baby shopping. mumsjustlove find the best products, retailers and offers online for mums and their little ones. Everything promoted on mumsjustlove is hand-picked by their editorial team, and no listings are paid for which means they are really showcasing the best! Their product directory features the best products from literally 100’s of retailers and we are pleased to say DaisychainBaby is one of them! 5 items of clothing and one from our accessories were selected to be featured in the unique product directory at mumsjustlove - to see which items are featured, click here.

Many thanks to Brenda and Helen - we really appreciate the support!

We’re currently running a survey at DaisychainBaby HQ, and would like to know your views on ethical parenting. Being the eco-conscious peops that we are at DCB, passion runs high for lovely organic products and committment to being environmentally savvy is paramount throughout our business. But what we want to know is what you, our cutomers, think? Do you want only the best for baby no matter what, or during these purse-tightening times, are you more inclined to sacrifice the green credentials of your purchases for some extra savings?

Please complete our short (10 question) survey when you have a spare 5 minutes, and one lucky responder could win a complete set of Beaming Baby organic baby skincare, plus one of our custom DaisychainBaby “Bags for Life”!! Click here to take the survey.