Thanks to Karen for finding this retro twist on the traditional birthday cake – the Lego building block cake.
It’s featured on the Betty Crocker site, but you should be able to bake the cake using any mix (or base ingredients if you know how to), icing, food colouring and some marshmallows.
Not exactly healthy eating, but once a year, I’m sure your body could cope with the sugar rush.
See the full recipe on the Betty Crocker website
A good art investment and a good way to help a good cause – Sir Peter Blake’s Parade silkscreen print.
It’s a limited edition of 175, made specially for the V&A Museum of Childhood to promote the museum’s re-opening. And all the proceeds from the sale of these prints will go to the Museum’s education and community programmes. And appropriately, the print itself is a marvellously chaotic collage of vintage toys, dolls and puppets.
The image size is 450 mm x 610 mm, the paper size is 604 mm x 780 mm and you can pick one up for £795.
Find out more at the V&A Museum of Childhood website
One for the vintage gaming fans amongst you – the Astro pendant light, designed by kal Chottal.
Part of the Heal’s Discovers range, it takes the shape of an asteroid, appropriately ‘floating’ in the centre of your living room. The only downide is the ‘self assembly’ bit, which could be more than a little trying.
But if you have some spare weekend time, you can pick it up online from Heal’s for £60.
We love the Lexon Tykkho radio, it might be a modern piece, but it’s Lego-like looks and retro styling makes it a great thing to have around the home. And if you like it too, there’s a new range of a colours to choose from.
That includes the green and blue above, plus grey and yellow. All offer the same AM/FM reception and that tactile rubber coating, with power from 4x AA batteries.
You can buy one online now, priced at £45.99.
Find out more from the Where Did You Buy That website
A great light fitting with real impact – the La Redoute Bibabule light fitting.
Described as a gentle mix of modern style and 1970s design, this retro fitting has a polished aluminium finish, with a diamater of 40cm and an adjustable cable height of up to 60cm (if you are lucky enough to have ceilings high enough to take that).
You can pick this up online, priced at £99.
Find out more at the La Redoute website
Messy desk? You might want to invest in this USB Desk Vacuum.
Shaped like a vintage vac, this 8-inch computer add-on plugs into a USB port and sucks up all the dust and crumbs on your desk. It even has a movable handle and long cord to get into those hard-to-reach spots.
Available online, it can be yours for $19.99 (around £10).
