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Nicola Hatch

@MrsLighty

Motherhood, married life and All Things Spliced. Blogger and copywriter. Silver Award Winner in the Essex Digital Awards 2017!

 London / Essex, England
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Joined October 2011
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So we survived the first week of preschool! Still feeling the loss of the lasts, but I know the firsts will make up for it! allthingsspliced.co.uk/rando…
The Weeks of Lasts

The Weeks of Lasts

As parents, we are, quite understandably, fixated on our child’s firsts. First tooth, first foods, first steps, first words… These are such exciting milestones, and, let’s face it…

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tiptree@tiptree19 Oct 2023
All aboard, it's competition time! We are giving you a chance to WIN a Tiptree Jam Advent Calendar 🎄To WIN, LIKE & RETWEET this post & FOLLOW us. Winner announced on 26/10/23. UK addresses only.
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Ah thank you so much @24_fingers! 🙌 Right back atcha 😘
24 fingers (@24_fingers) profile picture24 fingers@24_fingers18 Aug 2023
All nice (very nice) people to do business with 🙌📷 #followfriday @SFHUK @MrsLighty @e_nation @ElizabethStobbe @doublescakes
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I always love your children’s story ideas, @3_LittleButtons 🥰
Annette, 3 Little Buttons (@3_LittleButtons) profile pictureAnnette, 3 Little Buttons@3_LittleButtons15 Jun 2023
#PBPitch A little girl stuffs her big, flappy ‘shy’ into an imaginary box, and gets in too, hiding from her noisy class and not wanting to join in. The more she accepts her shy, the smaller it gets. But, can she coax it out before she has no one left to play with? #SEL
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A lovely ‘day at the races’ with the @brentwoodbelles at the weekend! 🥰
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Throwing it back to the weekend, when we had a lovely time at Spring Group, hosted this year by Harold Wood Evening WI. This year's theme was 'a day at the races' and we had great fun betting virtually. It was also a good thing that it was virtual as our table won...precisely £0!
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Happy #nationalbbqday! 🍔 For your chance to WIN a Tiptree BBQ bundle (Contents confirmed in thread below) LIKE & RETWEET this post & FOLLOW us. Winner announced on 23/5/23. UK address only.
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Twitter revealed its algorithm to the world. But what does it mean for you? I spent the evening analyzing it. Here’s what you need to know:
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Big shout out to the @nationaltrust for providing a #DairyFree option as an Easter egg hunt prize. I’m sure that many little ones with intolerances were made very happy by this inclusion! 💚 Lovely day out at @NymansNT this weekend 💚
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I did take many photos 😂🙈💚
Brentwood Belles WI (@brentwoodbelles) profile pictureBrentwood Belles WI@brentwoodbelles18 Mar 2023
Throwing it back to last week’s Brunching Belles! We all really enjoyed Malina Patisserie, a new #Brentwood eatery. From delish food to pretty attention to detail (as evident by the number of photos taken by social media manager, Nic 😂) and fab company, it was a lovely morning.
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Letter in the Guardian from NFWI Chief Executive Melissa Green about how the WI continues to remain relevant to women of all ages, and is going from strength to strength: theguardian.com/uk-news/2023… #inspiringwomen #growingandrelevant
Women’s Institute remains relevant to members of all ages | Letter

Women’s Institute remains relevant to members of all ages | Letter

Letter: With 30,000 new members joining last year, the organisation is still very much alive and kicking, says WI chief executive Melissa Green

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Young Voices@YVconcerts8 Mar 2023
We are so excited to share the full music video for the charity single 'Proud' with you today! Performed by @MPeopleHeatherS and featuring The Young Voices Choir. This video and the audio recording includes all the 27 performances at YV 2023 edited together! Please download the single from iTunes and Amazon as well as enjoying this video so we can raise vital funds for @Place2Be .
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Times are tough and look how many mouths we’ve got to feed… it’s really big pants on the menu for our puppets (instead of pancakes) #childrenstheatre #kidstheatre #familytheatre #puppets #puppetry #puppettheatre #pancakeday
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We love @reallybptheatre! If you are looking for a great show for your primary school or family theatre programme, please give them a shout, they are fabulous!
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We LOVE our job & believe #childrenstheatre is absolutely vital. But apart from #WorldBooKDay week, our diary this year is dire. Use us or lose us - we need some bookings! Our live & online shows are AWESOME! #kidstheatre #familytheatre #primaryschool #edutwitter #teachertwitter
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Aww thank you, and I see the lovely @villene below too, who is always a constant source of support 💛
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All nice (very nice) people to do business with 🙌🙌 #followfriday @hwcopywriter @Villene @UniqueBizServ @LouiseDockery_ @MrsLighty
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Hi Friends! I'm hosting a Creative Writing Workshop @chickenandfrog next Saturday January 28th. Join me! eventbrite.com/e/using-the-w…

Using the Whole Palette: A Friendly Neighbourhood Creative Writing Workshop

A workshop focused on creativity and community. With time for writing prompts, workshopping works in progress, and learning new techniques.

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COMPETITION TIME🎉 We want to start your year off in the best way, so we are gifting one lucky winner a holiday worth up to £250😍 To enter, simply: • Follow us • Tag 3 friends • Retweet this post The winner will be announced on 31st January! Good luck🏆
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What an absolutely beautiful and powerful performance by @Leonie_Elliott in tonight’s #CallTheMidwife. I felt so much of it and was frequently reduced to tears throughout the episode. I hope this won’t be the last we’ll see of Lucille.
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Thank you very much @24_fingers! ☺️ Lovely to be in the company of my @BlueSerifUK colleagues, too! 🥰
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All nice (very nice) people to do business with 🙌🙌 #followfriday @LouiseDockery_ @MchaleMyra @Scheenagh @BlueSerifUK @MrsLighty
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What a night last night! Our first in person Christmas party since 2019, it was fab to be back in the hall together, celebrating Christmas. Jane’s cocktails were as legendary as ever, and we had a good old dance to the band Ashley Park. More photos over on Facebook. Enjoy!
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We recently enjoyed our second Thirsty Thursday, this time at The Peasants Revolt! This new subgroup is all about socialising and trying some of the pubs and drinks venues in and around #Brentwood. The next one will be on the first Thursday in January, venue to be announced!
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As part of our Get Ready for Christmas meeting, we had a vintage hair demo from the fab @lekeuxsalon. Nic had a traditional curl set, and Rosa had gorgeous victory rolls. It was really interesting to learn both techniques, and there were great questions from the audience, too!
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