You can't ever have enough bags! Isn't that what Pat says in 'Absolutely Fabulous'? I never really agreed with that statement until I had kids.

Now we have a whole range of bags lying around our house: apart from the standard shopping, computer, sport and hand bags, we've accumulated day bags, play bags, my daughter's school bags, my son's nursery bag, even my baby daughter has her own nappy bag...

Kids just love bags, mine play 'going shopping', 'going on holiday', 'going to stay with Granny and Grandpa for the weekend', you name it!

The thing about bags is that they're so personal! My husband refuses to go out with the pink nappy bag when he's out with the kids but uses a more 'manly' black bag. My daughter insists on her girly school bag and my son will throw a tantrum if I don't take his personalised nursery bag either. A bag for every occasion!

This is why I was so keen to sell bags in my shop. I've had personalised nappy bags for a while now and have just teamed up with a German Mum who makes personalised children's canvas bags and rucksacks with fun motives. They're so lovely, all my friends are ordering them now for their own kids!

Another cousin!

The perfect personalised newborn baby gift idea!

My kids are thrilled, they have another little Dutch - Irish cousin. Vos Colm was born on 23 February, weighing an impressive 4300g! He was overdue by almost 2 weeks and his birth was apparently anything but easy - poor Mum!


But all the more reason to celebrate that all is well now and thriving. What an occasion to sample a fun, home-baked nappy cake by German mother Sandra... she's the best 'nappy baker' I've come across - and I've seen quite a few. With great skill the folds disposable nappies into cake shapes, ships or trains, decorating each with practical baby care products. My favourites are the orange designs in which she uses the organic health care brand Weleda but the traditional blues and pinks are also lovely. She always adds other practical baby items such as a milk bottle or mobile and can personalise them with a baby's name on a little cotton hat, burping cloth or dummy chain...

Sandra has just opened a shop in Cologne. Her nappy designs are so popular that she quit her job as nursery school teacher - I'm really proud to be able to sell them on in my shop!