Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays   As the threads of 2022 draw to a close the blue almonds team would like to wish a very happy holidays to our wonderful friends and clients December is the holiday season and undoubtedly the merriest time of all year. But this year is unlike the previous ones, it is the first year back since the pandemic and what a year it has been. We would like to especially thank our valued clients both old and new for continuing to give us the opportunity to bring a little bit of the Blue Almonds light and magic into yours and your children's lives. Blue Almond ..read more

Nanny Louenna graduated the prestigious Norland College over 17 years ago and has worked all over the world for high profile and royal families. Below she shares her top tips for sweetly sleeping babies with us. If you want more advice from Louenna she has created the superb Louenna App to guide you through the minefield of feeding, sleeping, potty training, language development and more. Louenna is offering Blue Almonds customers 10% off a premium subscription off the The Louenna app with the code: BLUEALMONDS10  Baby sleep guide A good sleep pattern, established in the first year, is o ..read more

Blue Almonds is proud to be supporting and sponsoring a new initiative to help Ukrainian Children through this traumatic time. We are providing the resources to Children in Francis Holland School in London to create personalised gift boxes containing sweets, stationary, hand written letters and hand drawn pictures which will then be delivered to Ukrainian refugee children arriving in Poland and the UK. Our hope is that the show of compassion and empathy, especially from other children, will go some way to showing much needed support and care to Ukrainian children during these trying and trauma ..read more

As soon as our founder Izabela Minkiewicz saw what was happening in Ukraine, she started discussions with Dominika from Kulczyk Foundation. They then both flew to Warsaw in Poland so Izabela could see first hand how the foundation is already helping Ukrainian Women. Izabela and Dominika then created a fundraising event in London so that the UK community and their Polish friends could have a way to show their support and donate to the foundation. This event will tie in with International Women's Day on the 8th March so that Women in London can lend their support and offer dignity to the Wo ..read more

We know how hard it can be to re-imagine an existing room or create a vision for a new room. Our online interior design service offers you the chance to have expert guidance to design your children’s spaces at an affordable price. Our Interior Design partner, Dominique from Kids Rule Interiors knows that by surrounding your family with great design you can empower your children to be more independent and confident and your whole family to be happier and more relaxed. As a trained buildings archaeologist, nursery nurse and interior designer, Dominique knows exactly how to reduce overwhelm ..read more

Here at Blue Almonds we are getting very excited about the imminent launch of the exclusive new Madeleine Thompson for Blue Almonds collection. It's our first children's collection to date and together with queen of cashmere Madeleine Thomspon, we've created a line of signature baby grows, a blanket, beanies and a sleeping bag in mini-sized proportions for the most stylish little boys and girls. Check back soon when the collection goes live ..read more

We miss seeing our customers everyday and to help us stay connected to you, and to each other, we decided to each share a 'silver lining' - some unexpected positives that we have found in this challenging situation... Izabela "To ground myself in this uncertain time I decided to commit to a 10-15km walk everyday no matter what the weather and how tough the day has been so far. I am lucky to have Hyde Park nearby and when I walk door to door it is exactly 10km! I use this time to connect with my friends by phone call, or I listen to audio books which I became a huge fun of recently. Currently ..read more

Blue Almonds Launches New Royal Collection to Mark the Arrival of the Latest Addition to the Royal Family We are delighted to reveal an exciting new addition to our Royal Collection to mark the arrival of the first Baby Sussex this Spring. The latest Royal Collection is a collaboration with Abigail's Nursery, the award-winning interior design practice in North Yorkshire which is known for its beautiful bespoke baby furniture and accessories, and comprises furniture and accessories featuring their delightfully playful Story Time Ted woven fabric, which is made by Gainsborough Silk Weaving in Su ..read more

Take some time this Easter to create Easter Inspired breakfast. There's just as much fun making it as eating it! Here Iza and her family create Easter Porridge, Easter 'Eggs' and Easter Pancakes. Easter Porridge Take your favourite porridge and give it an Easter style makeover with your favourite fruit! This is a very healthy option for active people. Have lots of fun decorating, but be careful cutting up the fruit ;) Serve with your glass of favourite juice. Easter 'Eggs' If you prefer your breakfast savoury, and a great favourite with the parents! We used Majoram for the whiskers as w ..read more

This is one of those things our founder/owner Izabela thought she would never get round to doing, but staying at home has some benefits! This is a very special recipe given personally to Izabela and her family by the chef at Arctic Bath Hotel in Sweden (they visited before we all had to stop travelling). It tasted so fabulous they really wanted to be able to re-create the experience at home! Making Swedish Rye & Lingonberry Bread This recipe is amazing. We got it on our trip to arctic Sweden just before the whole world shut down. It tastes delicious with carmelised butter but I never succe ..read more