3, 2, 1… WE’RE OFF ON HOLIDAY!

One of the best things about the summer holidays is the sheer pleasure of crossing off the days on the calendar until they arrive. An intense countdown that helps us to recharge our batteries, even if it’s only for a couple of hours a day.

A couple of hours that we spend dreaming of the fun we’ll have when we’re on HOLIDAY. Dreaming of the ice-creams we’ll eat, the dips in the sea, jumping over huge waves, the places we’ll discover and the fun and games we’ll have…. Mmmm… sounds good!

Mentally we’ve packed our cases a thousand and one times. Suitcases play a key role in our holidays -as long as they arrive with you; have any of you ever lost a case at an airport? Our perfect summer suitcase – for girls, naturally – would be as big as our wardrobe. But as, sadly, that dream shall never become a reality, we’ve drawn up a list of the 10 absolute musts when packing this summer (essentially the only things we really need):

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A COLLECTION DEDICATED TO THE LITTLE MISS IN ALL OF US

women’secret has gone back to the classics: we’ve created a brand new collection featuring illustrations by Roger Hargreaves, the creator of the Mr. Men and Little Miss series.

It all started back in 1971, when this illustrator asked his young son what tickles looked like. The little boy’s intriguing response led to the creation of Mr Tickle.

Starting off with this cute character, Hargreaves went on to create a further 43 Mr. Men characters and 30 Little Misses; all iconic characters with personalised identities and visually differentiated by their facial expressions. There’s one for each state of mind. Wow! That means that we can always identify with one of these dolls, however we’re feeling, which explains their global success.

Last winter we featured our Mr. Men friends, so this year it’s the girls’ turn. Our collection features the following Little Misses:

Little Miss Bad, Little Miss Chatterbox, Little Miss Stubborn, Little Miss Curious, Little Miss Naughty, Little Miss Tiny, Little Miss Shy.

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GENUINE SCULPTURES

Some artist use paint, others bronze or plaster, but for Nazan Sawaya he chooses to build his aew-inspiring art out of toy building blocks. LEGO® bricks to be exact. With some more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his New York studio, Sawaya’s sculptures take many forms.

Bridges, wold balls, fruits, animals… All you can think of may have a replica as a sculpture to this North American sculptor. The Art of the Brick Museum Exhibit is currently touring the U.S. It is the 1st mayor museum exhibition in the U.S to focus exclusively on the use of popular LEGO® building block as on an art medium.

You can check all his art at http://www.brickartist.com/lego-art/yellow.html

A SUGARY SWEET VIRTUAL STROLL

Have you got a sweet tooth? If you have a weakness for all things sweet, keep reading.

We’ve discovered some ideas that add an interesting twist to homemade products. And we love them all.

Obamitas are fun biscuits made from a recipe that includes a special ingredient: a sense of humour. In the light of all the positive hype surrounding the election of US President Obama, this Spanish firm has come up with some chocolate (naturally!) biscuits featuring the President’s face. For them, giving obamitas as a gift is a way of spreading some joy and doing away with some of our cares. Surely everyone would be delighted to receive a gift like this?

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