Melissa

Melissa writes on culture for Two Little Fleas. Her work is located in the Hub section.

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The 15 Funniest Kitchen Gadgets

Some kitchen gadgets, like garlic presses and balloon whisks, look pretty funny when you think about them, but they are designed that way for a very practical reason. Some kitchen gadgets, like the ones below, seem to be designed just to make you chuckle. Check out 15 of the funniest kitchen gadgets below.   This… Read more »

The Best Acts at Bestival 2013

This year, Bestival returns to the Isle of Wight. The festival is known for its fancy dress themes (this year’s is HMS Bestival), enthusiastic crowds and great music, and it’s no different this year. Running from 5th to 8th September, the festival schedule is absolutely packed with top talent, so if you’re going, you will… Read more »

The Easiest Throw Cushion Tutorial Out There

We all know that accessories can bring something together, whether it’s an outfit or a room. We all know they are some of the easiest ways to work a new trend into said outfit or room. We also know that they can be the most irritating things in the world because just when you’ve figured… Read more »

Does Your Friendship Need a Tune-Up?

We have been told time and again the importance of checking up on our romantic and familial relationships and giving them a tune-up if something’s not right. It is crucial because our relationships, our priorities and our life goals are always changing, and checking in regularly with our partner and our children, one-on-one and in… Read more »

The Funniest Looking Furniture

Going furniture shopping can be tedious. There are only so many ways to design a bookshelf, a sofa or a bed, right? Well, no one told these furniture designers because they have built clocks, beds and tables that are as much a punch line as they are functional pieces of furniture. So just how wacky… Read more »

10 Photos You Won’t Believe were Taken on Earth

It’s strange, isn’t it? After just a few years on the planet, we take for granted the amazing things on it. We all know deserts are sandy, sparkling blue water is gorgeous, forests are green, and we just get on with our lives. We see them all the time on TV, in films and in… Read more »

Shake up Your Party with Victorian Parlour Games

We often think of the Victorians as emotionally repressed, socially strict, industrious individuals who were too busy inventing the modern world to have a lot of fun. But the advances they brought to society meant that the upper and middle classes began to have more and more free time. They needed to do something with… Read more »

5 Recipes with 5 Ingredients (or Less!)

We like to pretend that summer is full of long, lazy days, and maybe for some people, it really is. But for a lot of us, time is as precious as ever. That’s why we decided to pull together some of the best recipes from around the web that use five ingredients or fewer. These… Read more »

7 Gadgets for Tracking Electricity Usage Around Your Home

These days, we’re all watching our pennies. The British public has traded salon dye jobs for  boxed colour. Comparison shopping for groceries is pretty common now. In general, everyone wants to live more frugally. When it comes to energy bills, it seems like there is only so much anyone can do. There is a lot… Read more »

Mum, I’m Bored! Summer activities for kids

If you’ve ever heard those words, you know how hard it is to keep your kids occupied during the summer holidays. The NHS recommends kids between the ages of 5 and 18 get at least one hour of exercise every day, but even if you do get your kids to run around for an hour,… Read more »