Picnic Essentials

Summer wouldn't be complete without a few sunny picnics in the garden or a lovely park, but have you made checklist for what to take with you? If you haven't, not to worry! At Ellie Ellie we have all the supplies for your picnicking needs!

Our Check Recycled Wool Blanket Rug has many uses indoors and out - its perfect for you and family to sit on while enjoying the food and drink! Will you choose a colour weave or go for the Surprise Me option? Each rug is individually spun, so whichever you choose, it will be one of a kind!

Easy to clean, light and durable, our range of enamelware is a must have! Including bowls and plates, and a traditional teacan for easily transporting your choice of drink! With a lovely vintage feel, these items are guaranteed to add a simple but delightful style to your picnic!

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Ellie Ellie Wears

As we start to adjust to slightly warmer weather, we have chosen a cool, calm and collected look this week - with pastel tones, casual denim, and a subtle touch of silver! Featuring a beautiful hand woven light pink shirt from People Tree paired up with a pair of lightwash jeans - the perfect combination to stay comfy for a day out.

A pair of patent loafers add a lovely touch of luxury, which can easily be dressed up for an evening out too. And don't forget our eye-catching Birds of a Feather Silver Studs - another fresh essence of spring to add to your wardrobe!

Shirt - People Tree
Blazer - Boden

Jeans - Levi

Shoes - Office

Birds of a Feather Friendship Silver Studs - Ellie Ellie
Birds of a Feather Friendship Silver Bracelet - Ellie Ellie
Lucky Sixpence Date Coin Keyring - Ellie Ellie

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Healthy Lollies!

We shared our scrumptious ice lolly recipe earlier in the summer and we can't get enough of the tasty fruity treat! If you didn't see the recipe before, take a look at our strawberry and yogurt lolly recipe! They were quick and easy to make and are perfect for the kids too!

We've found some other lovely looking lolly recipes that we can't wait to try, including these frozen berry & ginger nut yogurt pops, which would be great as a dinner party desert as well as a treat to cool off! 

These tangerine and plum sorbets on a stick also look delicious and make a refreshing desert or snack (that's if the sun is shining!)

Have you made any fruity lollies this Summer?

Summer Ice Lollies!

There is nothing better on a hot summers day than digging into a scrumptious ice lolly! Although nipping down to the shops may seem easy to get your ice lolly fix, there are benefits from making your own. They will be cheaper, as it just requires fruit and a couple of other ingredients you probably have at home!

Here's a simple and easy recipe for strawberry ice lollies, they took about 15 minutes to make and then just needed to set in the freezer!

All you need is: 250g of strawberries, 100ml natural yogurt and 1 teaspoon of honey.

Simply:

1. Whizz up 250g of strawberries with a food processor, 

(i used a hand blender which worked just as well)

 2. Mix in the natural yogurt and honey

3. Divide the mixture between your lolly moulds

4. Leave to set in the freezer for at least 4 hours and enjoy with your picnic or BBQ!

Celebrate National Picnic Week!

This week is National Picnic Week which is the perfect opportunity to get outside with your family and friends with a picnic. Whether you go to the beach, to the local park on stay in your garden there is something so lovely about setting up a picnic and tucking into sandwiches, cakes and nibbles. What is your picnic food essential?

We got into the kitchen last week to make some homemade lemonade for our summer garden party photoshoot and it is the perfect companion to a picnic and really simple to make too!

All you need is three simple ingredients for your lemonade:
- 1 3/4 cups of white sugar
- 8 cups of water
- 1 1/2 cups of lemon juice

The simple recipe:

- In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and 1 cup of water
- Bring to the boil and stir to dissolve the sugar, allow to cool and then pop into the fridge to chill

- Juice your lemons to make 1 1/2 cups, you can leave in the pulp but remove any seeds that may be in there
- Place your lemon juice into the fridge to cool as well

- Together with the chilled sugar mixture, mix the lemon juice and your remaining 7 cups of water
- If you feel like it needs more water, just add it in
- Add slices of lemon and ice to serve chilled

The perfect picnic drink, which is great served in a dispenser so people can just help themselves! This dispenser is coming soon to Ellie Ellie!

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Suport the London Duathlon Athletes

If you want to give yourself a challenge this year, or if you just want to support others, the London Duathlon is a great event which sees athletes of all abilities race through Richmond Park in South-West London on closed roads.

A duathlon is similar to a triathlon but without the swimming element. It just involves two disciplines, running and cycling in three stages. Run-bike-run.

The London duathlon is the world's largest duathlon, and attracts thousands of competitors and supporters each year and takes place a week today, on the 15th of September.

If you fancy going along to give your support for those taking part, the Event Village in Richmond Park provides a great day for friends and family. There is spectator access to see most of the event so you can cheer on the athletes, alternatively join in the fun with a family picnic while watching the event!

For more information see the website here!

Get outside this May Bank Holiday!

As you're reading this, it's getting closer and closer to a 3 day weekend. Excited? We are.

Have you got much planned? If you have we hope it involved lots of outside activities- after being stuck at work there really is nothing better then getting out-and-about with friends or family. If it's a sunny afternoon, nothing better then grabbing a few bottles of pink lemonade and heading to the local park for a picnic!

Ellie Ellie has just launched a fab range of picnic and lunch bags, all made from recycled plastic bottles! Perfect for keeping goodies cool- each bag is thermal lined too! These cute red polka dot picnic bags are roomy enough for a bite to eat for all the family, plus folds flat when you're all full up making it easy to store!

Find our recycled picnic bags here!

 For packed lunches for all ages, how about our smaller lunch bags? We've fallen for this vintage inspired floral print - great for day trips, or indeed when Tuesday comes back around and we're all back at work!

Floral lunch bags, perfect for a girl of any age. Find it here!

Need them for this weekend? Don't you worry. We offer express delivery, you can have it on your doorstep by Friday for a fun packed bank holiday weekend! Head over to Ellie Ellie.

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