* Want to picnic in style? JJ Cole has a great picnic blanket for lazy days outside. The water-resistant Essentials comes in red and grey, grey and blue or cocoa bubbles. Priced €34.95.* Bring smiles to your summer tea parties with Donna Wilson

* There are lots of fun owl prints to choose from at Milly Bee, including Eira. Available in different sizes and coloured backgrounds, such as green, pink and lilac, this ready-to-frame giclée print measures 30x30cm and costs £17.50. * The Spring/Summer

yummy cupcakes, we also got to look at the spring/summer 2010 collections and noticed a few up and coming trends. Vintage prints, sorbet colours and nautical stripes were the biggest trends we spotted. Organic cotton was also very popular and used

Mountain playground Megève – the traditional Rhône-Alpes town in the shadow of Mont Blanc – may attract more trophy-dog toting oligarchs than La Croisette, but there’s a good reason that it’s so popular with the jet set: summer or winter, it’s a

-rich plants flowering in your garden during bees’ life cycle between March and September. There are lots of plants that will attract butterflies or bees throughout the seasons. For example, in spring, you can include bluebells; in early summer, you can opt

to visit while summer is still here (even when it is raining!)Splish Splash!Why your children adore the wonderful world of water playBon VoyageEssential advice for busting travel boredom and avoiding illness when your family hits the road

In Their HandsOur children have a vested interest in the wellbeing of our planet, so how can we spur them into eco-action?Garden PartyYou are cordially invited to months of joy in your own backyard. Children will have a ball this summer with garden party games

LuckySpot is celebrating his thirtieth year in print – we speak with the authorWe Will Rock You Diesel Daddy Renzo Rosso celebrates 25 years of his stylish children's rangeFASHION SPECIAL All the freshest looks from the Spring/Summer '10 season

catwalk shows, we got to see the new children’s spring/summer 2010 shoe collections and spotted some exciting editions. Greens, slate blues and strong yellows were popular, with the Danish brand Angulas presenting a collection of saltwater sandals and t

up for this, showing hopeful signs of an end to this recession. Raffaello Napoleone, CEO of Pitti Immagine said “This was a good edition of Pitti Bimbo”. The starting point for the trends, fabrics and new colours for Spring/Summer 10, Pitti was filled