Social Media for Charity

To perhaps be able to make a difference and to have the chance of working alongside inspirational people was my main reason to jump on this new concept; which is largely about what social media can achieve when we turn our attention towards giving back, to charity. Jay & Co is an amazing charity concept in London, offering a variety of on or off site training programmes to hard to reach groups...

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The furniture shop your knight or princess would love

Rikke Baek and Anette Schack founded the Danish company Fairytale Design in 2003 with the aim of creating imaginative furniture for children 0-8y. Choose between 6 different children's furniture lines; Soldier, Knight, Pirates, Prince Little, Princess, Ballerina, Lady and Puppy. Shown below is Ballerina and Soldier. All furniture, textiles and accessories are made with environmental care. Read...

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Newsletter from Little Scandinavian?

Until recently we have had a daily alert sent out by FeedBlitz to your email. As some of you are subscribing we wanted to make sure you all know that there is a new subscription feature on this blog, with a weekly newsletter replacing the current system. There will still be daily posts on the blog, but in order not to fill up your inbox we thought it would be better with a weekly summary sent by...

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Small, but sturdy and stable

Aksel, the chair from Norway, is simple, pure in style, traditional & elegant. Handcrafted from the finest natural materials since 1938, is carefully built to provide you a lifetime of enjoyment. Choose between the Aksel Children's Chair, the smallest one. Delivered with or without arm rests and as rocking chair or Little Aksel, children's chair for the dining table, for the ages 1-3 years....

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Kids love (Sebra) design!

Sebra Interior is Danish design company founded by designer Mia Dela in 2004, who after having children of her own, got inspired to produce toys, furniture and textiles for kids with a particular focus on children at play and the space they inhabit. Sebra's products exude a joyful mix of old fashioned crafts like crocheting and knitting; and modern, eye-catching, durable designs in beautiful...

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Todays inspiration

If you are in to retro and funky design for your child you should visit RetroVilla.dk I even found the wallpaper I had in my room back in the eighties! I found Retro Villa on one of my favourite danish blogs Juniorbusiness.dk Danish Mette Helena Rasmussen is the creative designer and interior stylist behind the shop, selling wallpaper, bedlinen, fabrics, furniture and lots more. Have to warn you...

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Will we ever get enough storage for toys?

This is the toy that served as a model for Theodore´s fine design comprising Leka's logo. When Evy Westerberg-Lindqvist introduced her product in 1962, the magazine "Family Record" wrote: "The Trojan horse is the model for this fun toy that works both as a stool and the location of blocks and small things." This is still valid today, but Yngve Eriksson has made sure that the horse received hefty...

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Smallstuff for small people

Danish design company Smallstuff make children's clothing like nightwear, underwear and long sleeved t-shirts. They also make high quality interior, toys and accessories -all for little people. Smaalstuff have three colour coordinated main lines; Classic, soft underwear and nightwear for children aged 0 - 14 years made after the Oeko-Tex Standard 100. With matching accessories. Knit and crocheted...

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SIA makes it easy loving their bedroom.

Scandinavian furniture doesn't have to be IKEA or expensive contemporary stuff (even if it's a lot of that too). SIA Home Fashion are one of the exceptions, that with it's successful story is worth mentioning. SIA was founded by Sonja Ingegard Andersson in Sweden in 1963. SIA reflects her passion for decoration, her love for nature and her desire to share the pleasure of feeling good at home. She...

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bObles Award winning children’s furniture and toys

bObles was founded by the two sisters Louise and Bolette Blaedal in Denmark. They emphasise on children’s motor abilities, high quality of the products and that colours and shapes appeals to children's fantasy and creativity. bObles designs and manufactures lovely, colorful, useful romping animals in soft and still stable foam plastic. The Tumbling animals are tested especially for children and...

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