Great news! Our popular Tutti Fruitti necklaces are now back in stock and looking more gorgeous than ever!

Available in Pink and Mint stripes, Pink and Tangerine stripes and Pink with Turquoise stripes they are perfect for teaming up with this seasons super bright fashions.

After selling out our intial stock, they are back just in time for the Sunshine which is finally starting to show it’s face giving us a hint of Summer.

With all those Barbeques and street parties planned, style savvy mums out there will love wearing our baby proof designs which are perfect as a Teething necklace or nursing necklace or simply for those Mums who have grabby babies and a jewellery box full of broken necklaces.

Made using Mama Jewels exclusive strength tested design, using non-toxic acrylics and fashioned with the ‘Soft touch design’ unique to Mama jewels, this design is just one of a huge range of baby-proof jewellery that Mama Jewels bought to market in early 2010.

Hugely popular across the Mummy Blogesphere and with Fans like Kate Garraway and Kirsty Henshaw, Mama Jewels are the most stylish and trend aware baby proof necklace brand on the market.

Look out for Mama jewels AW 2012 collection which is due to be launched in early July 2012 and will feature some gorgeous NEW designs.

Trading standards

The Trading standards Authority in the UK has issued a warning notice to the public in relation to amber teething necklaces. 

Mama Jewels are now safely sticking with the nursing teething necklaces they make in house and purchase from CE approved suppliers.

We have withdrawn any items that we had for sale which is unfortunate as our customers were really keen on them.stated Amanda Waring MD of Mama Jewels.

Amber teething necklaces and bracelets consist of amber beads which are a fossilised tree resin and range in colour from yellow to white and beige to brown.

The warning notice was issued after testing of several of these products indicated that they could break into small parts and present a choking hazard to children under three years of age.

Suppliers claim that when worn close to the skin, succinic acid will be released by the amber beads to relieve the symptoms of teething. Some suppliers also make claims for other conditions including eczema and asthma.

If you are using this product are advised to stop using them or at the very least follow :

• always supervise the infant when wearing the necklace or bracelet
• remove the necklace or bracelet when the infant is unattended, even if it is onlyfor a short period of time
• remove the necklace or bracelet while the infant sleeps at day or night not allow the infant to mouth or chew the necklace or bracelet
• consider using alternate forms of pain relief
• seek medical advice if you have concerns about your child’s health and wellbeing.

Mama Jewels Blues Teething nursing necklaces

Some might say that Blue is this seasons IT colour, Navy blue and Turquoise have played a major part in most outfits and staple items for the past two seaons and it looks like it here to stay for a while longer. Mama jewels have a great range of baby-proof Teething Nursing necklaces in gorgeous Blues and Turquoise styles perfect for Summer 2012 and way beyond.

Gorgeous Jewellery that your children won’t break or your money back!

Just use code JEWELS20 for a whopping 20% off your order at checkout!

Cuddledry

Cool Easter Bonnet for Boys!

My son is now five and in Reception class where they still do the Easter Bonnet parade. Whilst still wanting to take part he is becoming very aware of his BOY status and increasingly wary of PINK!

The challenge – to create an Easter Bonnet for a Boys Boy – ‘Mum it has to look cool’ he said!

The first thing I did was to check out my own hat stash and picked out a superb straw sunhat that I’d had in my pre-children beach babe days. Slightly cowboy in style I pulled the brim out a bit and started to think ‘Ozzie cork hat’

I then rememebered from a freind that most £1 shops tend to have a lot of easter crafty stuff at this time of year, so with Toddler (two) and baby (4 weeks) I set off on a mission to find what I needed and this is what I bought;

Green grass / straw

Plastic bright coloured egg shapes – avoiding pink

Little Chicks in baskets

Mini crafting pegs

Green cotton

Cheap pair of gold 70′s style sunglasses.

I finally managed to get my five year old to turn off his Wii with the threat of him having no hat to take and we arranged the green straw around the brim of the hat and on the top.

Using the green cotton we sewed the straw onto the hat.  The reason I chose to sew them on rather than glue was so that we can use the hat again for another use, or if I get my beach babe figure back one day I may wear it again!

I then attached the coloured eggs with cotton onto the brim of the hat, hanging them around like corks on an ‘Ozzie style sunhat’ We did this by punching the needle through the top of the eggs, although some of them already had holes in them.

Cool Easter Bonnet for Boys!

To give it more Easter appeal we arranged the baskets of chicks on the top and around the brim and again sewed them on using the cotton thread.

The final touches were to add the Sunglasses to the front to make it look ‘Cool’, which we also sewed onto the hat and then added little craft pegs to make it look as though everything was just pegged on (optional)

I have to say that he loved it and so did his freinds and Teachers – I think there will be a few in the playground next year!

Cool Easter Bonnet for Boys!

This is a lovely simple and easy craft that you could use for craft events, parties or childrens’s church groups, suitable for 2 years and above with supervision – why not theme your Eggs for each child or group?

Here’s a craft that resembles a stained glass window when complete. This craft can be adapted for any holiday by changing the shape of the outline and the colors of tissue paper used. For Easter, use a cross or an egg shape: Here’s an egg (and bunny) shaped template you can print out, then reduce or enlarge from FamilyFun.

Tips and Hints: the size of the “window” should be proportional to the age of the child. A young child may “burn out” before he or she is finished with a large window cut out. My 12 year old was able to make a full sized sun catcher from a 9″x12″ sheet of construction paper. But a younger child will probably need a shape about 1/2 of a sheet of paper.

How to make Stained Glass Easter Eggs

Really does look like stained glass

Materials:

Construction paper or thin coloured card

Clear Contact Paper (WH Smith)

Glue or glue stick

Scissors

Hole punch

Suction cup hanger  (Craft shop)

Colored tissue torn into approx. 1″ pieces

1. Cut out an egg shape from the center of a piece of construction paper. Repeat, using the first sheet as a guide so the sheets are identical.
2. Cut out a piece of clear contact paper about an inch larger than the egg shape and attach it to one of the pieces of construction paper making a “window”.
3. Have an assortment of torn tissue paper ready to use in various colors.
4. Attach pieces of tissue paper to the sticky side of the “window” of the egg shape until it’s fully covered.
5. Using glue or a glue stick, glue down construction paper #2 to construction paper #1, lining up the eggs to match exactly. Be sure to glue right up to the edge of the egg shape. Allow to dry if using glue.
6. Cut another piece of contact paper a little larger than the egg shape and carefully press it down on top of the tissue covered egg to seal everything.
7. Trim around egg leaving about 1/2 inch of the construction paper for a border.
8. Punch a hole at the top of the egg and hang in a window.

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Easter Teething necklace competition

Check out the latest giveaway at Mama Jewels.

Your chance to win over £50 worth of baby-proof jewellery including Teething necklaces and Breastfeeding reminder bracelets

Wow!, we have just heard that we have been Shortlisted for the 4th Annual Mumsclub awards 2011 -

Great news and really looking forward to the ceremony on the 8th March 2012 – National Women’s day!

Mama Jewels have the largest range of baby-proof jewellery for Mums on the web and have an extensive range of glamorous jewellery for Mums including Breastfeeding bracelets, Breastfeeding necklaces and Teething necklaces

Winners are to be announced on March 8th