Three Trolly-Dashing, Retro Game Shows of Yesteryear, Plus Lidl Voucher Winner Announced.
/Last week I blogged about some of the unusual groceries you can get in store in Lidl. I ran a Twitter competition to win £20 of vouchers, which was picked at random and the winner is Erica Harmar.
While I'm talking supermarkets, which of these retro game shows do you remember being on the box?
The Price is Right- the worldwide, original shopping themed game show
Lots of money guesstimating games
Supermarket Sweep, another US show, presented in the UK by a fresh faced Dale Winton
everyone dreamed of doing a trolley dash
I'm struggling with this one, so perhaps you can help. Rod Hull's Pink Windmill game show definitely had a supermarket element, but I can't find any images of it online
do you remember the shopping trolley part? Or am I imagining it?
Win £1000 of John Lewis Vouchers in Six Seconds
/John Lewis have debuted their first ever insurance advert, and like most John Lewis ads, the commercial is an event in itself. Captured in unbelievably detailed stop motion, the ad brings an entire home's belongings to life and asks, 'what matters most?'. If you don't want to wait to catch it on tv, you can view it here.
Alongside the advert launch, John Lewis hope to inspire you to create a six second animated video using the Vine app, available on iPhone and Android. The prize is a glorious £1000 to spend in store, or online, and there are also weekly prizes of Canon SLRs. Full details here.
To enter, create your Vine and Hashtag it #whatmattersmost
If you follow me on Vine (link at the top of the page) you'll see I Vined my kitsch collection. I've yet to make an animated Vine to enter, but I've my thinking cap on.
Culture Label Have Left Something Pretty Snazzy in the Street For You
/Culture Label is a new online museum/art gallery, curating work by up-and-coming artists from various cities. Launching last week in London & New York, they performed a clever little stunt with view finders across the urban areas.
During the week launch of the new look CultureLabel.com, a site pioneering ’immersive shopping’, Londoners are being encouraged to see the real London by looking through hundreds of bespoke Viewfinders they have placed around various landmarks across the city including the National Theatre and Brick Lane. The images the public will see while perusing the Viewfinders were generated during the pre-launch campaign on social media dubbed #DisruptLDN, encouraging people to unearth the “creative underbelly” of their much loved-city.
Knowing I'm a sucker for retro toys, they kindly packed one off and sent it to me. The 3D images are a treat, and definitely made me want to check out their website to see the art that they have.
and of course my son had to have a go
some of the slide images
CultureLabel.com
Out of Print T-shirts - Literary Classics You Can Wear
/Out of Print's mission is to bring classic, often literally out-of-print book covers, and make them into wearable art. The illustrations from the last century make for clever clothing. The material itself is softer than regular tees, as Out of Print want you to be reminded of the feeling of holding a well-worn, favourite book.
There are dozens to choose from, in men's, women's, children"s and babies'. The book covers are also on sale as phone cases, tote bags and Kindle cases.
I chose the Fahrenheit 451 print on a ladies' XL tee. I'm a size 14-16 and its a very flattering size and fitting. Why not check if your favourite novel has made it onto Out Of Print's pages?
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Do Your Wine Bottles Grow? Un-oxidised, actually.
/Love these cute bottle stoppers from Trudeau, only £3.60 available here. They slow down the oxidisation process that occurs in opened wine bottles. Now if only I drank!
6 Blood Covered, Brain Crunching, Zombie Teddy Bears You Daren't Take to Bed. WARNING: NOT FOR THE WEAK OF STOMACH
/Undead Teds are the creation of Phillip Blackman. Cuddly toys for grown ups, each handmade and lovingly zombified for your pleasure. Could you sleep with one of these in your arms, I'm not sure I could even have it in my bedroom!
Phillip releases the exclusive teds in batches, so follow him on Twitter @Undeadteds to catch the latest updates to the shop, as they currently fly out very fast. rarrrr!
Heatons is Your One-Stop-Shop for Back to School Bits & Bobs
/Bit of an island of Ireland specific blog post this afternoon, but those further a field do have the option to buy any of these items on www.HeatonsStores.com
As well as these lunch boxes & stationary items from the latest cool kids' cartoons, bands and games, Heatons also stocks a range of basic, well priced school uniform and shoes. Worth a peek online or in your nearest store to compare prices.
