Products

I have been collating Christening and various Christmas present gift list guides for the coming season (watch this space) and this website has caught my eye for quality and originality.  Memories of Growing Up was started by mother of 3, Camilla Warren. She sells unique baby & Christening gifts ranging from a portable tape measure to solid silver trinket boxes.

Memories Capsule & Bee Necklace £120

The capsule could hold their first lock of hair, a special message or even a first tooth (or lots of teeth!)

Solid Silver Trinket Box £95

A perfect Christening present that is a lovely present for a baby that they will also be able to use when they are older and even pass on (but let’s get too carried away, just coming to terms with being a mother – let alone a grandmother!)

Memory Stick

The ‘Memories of growing up’ USB stick enables you to preserve all of your child’s precious milestones – photos, videos, artwork, even school reports – from birth to adulthood on one safe, portable and universal device. Beautifully packaged in a white presentation box with gift tag, this compact white leather and chrome hi-speed memory stick comes with masses of storage capacity. Comes in 2 sizes.

Talltape

Camilla came up with the idea of a roll-up height chart that would be portable and would make a long-lasting keepsake to pass on
through the generations.

“Talltape was inspired by two friends moving house.  Their stories made me realise I was not alone. One was so upset leaving all those memories on the kitchen wall, another just took the door frame with her!”

She sourced her base material – a sturdy, flexible plastic that  can be rolled and unrolled easily and has a write-on surface for recording measurements with a permanent marker pen.

She came up with her design – a metric and imperial measure running from 0 to 2 meters and 0 to 6’ 6” – producing it in pink, white and blue and commissioning British artist Charlotte Bampfylde to create her first illustrated version.

Camilla began market testing and realised that her new product had an additional hidden benefit: unlike many height charts,  Talltape can be used horizontally as well as vertically.

“There’s a gap between when a newborn comes home from hospital and when they first stand up.  Of course your midwife plots your baby’s height at the beginning – I had the NHS’s little red book – but then there’s a  long while until your child can stand. Talltape enables you to measure your baby from birth to adulthood, giving you a complete record for posterity.”

 

Manuactured in the UK, Talltape is now available in even variations – white, baby blue and baby pink and four illustrated designs by British artists.

Talltape – White £10.99

Talltape, Pink £10.99

Camilla’s Favourites

Shop : Indian Summer, SW6 – Gift Shop

Website : Vente Prive – Exclusive Designer Flash Sales

Hotel : The Datai, Malaysia

Restaurant : Manicomio, SW3

Holiday Destination : Denis Island, Seychelles

Parenting Tip : “Never compare yourself or your children with others!”

Camilla is offering The London Mummy readers a 15% discount in October. Use ref LonMum15 at checkout.

memoriesofgrowingup.com