While the summer might be a little slow to get started this year, we asked you what you’re most looking forward to – your responses were simply wonderful! With summer holidays, family reunions, Her Majesty’s Jubilee and even the Olympic games on the horizon, it’s hard not to smile. The mood in the Appliances Online office certainly picked up at the thought of all these great things to come.

Of course you’re here to find out who the lucky winner of the amazing 10ft SkyHigh Trampoline is, which has been lovingly donated from our friends at The Big Game Hunters Trampoline Shop!

We’re pleased as punch to announce that our winning entry came from Janice Broomfield, who told us:

“This summer, I’m looking forward to... hearing my youngest daughter say her 1st words, teaching my son how to ride his 1st bike, and watching my eldest daughter perform in her 1st ever ballet show, it's the simple things that make me a very proud mummy”

Congratulations Janice! We hope your family get lots of enjoyment out of this fantastic prize this summer.

Out of the 250+ entries we received we also wanted to mention Farrell’s entry, which made us laugh even if he did poke fun at our original blog post. He said:

“This summer I am looking forward to taking my starving one-legged dog on a tour of the local trampoline factory. It’s his favourite! Then my wife’s arrival from South Africa and her first British summer!”

Bad luck to those of you who didn’t win this time, but keep your eyes peeled for the next competition here at the Appliances Online Blog. Let’s hope the summer get’s here soon!

To celebrate the New World Colours collection, we asked six food bloggers to create a colourful recipe for an online rainbow cookbook. We've then passed these imaginative inventions onto six illustrators to interpret in their own creative style. You can see the results below, with more detailed recipe instructions on each chef’s blog. So why not try one or two out this week and let us know how you get on!

Blue Cheese Gratin

Recipe by Clare from Seasider in the city. Illustrated by Katie from Sugarpatch

Green Lime Cheesecake

Recipe by Helen from Jessies Crazy kitchen. Illustrated by Lauren from Tastes like Love.

La Pizza Rossa

Recipe by Hannah from Home Baked Online. Illustrated by John N4Sketchpad.

Mango Lassi

Recipe by Solange from PebbleSoup. Illustrated by Jack Knight at Knight time Creations.

Meatloaf Cupcakes

Recipe by Mike from Mikes Baking. Illustrated by Claire from Aspergers Info.

Raspberry Tart

Recipe by Emma at Kitchen Goddess in Training. Illustrated by Dina at She loves mixtapes.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project, we think it looks great!

The votes have been counted and verified and I can now reveal that the four winners of the sought after Russian doll measuring cups are....

Jill Louise D

"I like mine served by George Clooney, who is my naked butler (I`ll take the eggs any style...I dont think  I'd notice the eggs to be honest! ) haha"

We just loved Jill’s cheeky answer! It had has all giggling in the office, and to be honest, I wouldn’t mind my eggs served in exactly the same way ;)

Judie Ellis

"I sometimes like my eggs poached and on toast...I also like my egg fried with a sausage on the side.

An omelette in a bagel is really quite nice, but an omelette goes very well in Chinese Fried Rice.  

But a chocolate egg for Easter is a bit of a treat...especially 'my favourite' - one that contains lots of Quality Street!"

Judie’s poem caught our eye straight away. Read it aloud and you’ll see what we mean.

Katie Coldicott

"I like mine on a Fry-day."

Short and sweet, a cracking (get it?) pun from Katie

And our twitter winner is...

Miss Procrastination

"I like mine baked, in a pretty vintage teacup with crème fraîche, dill & gruyère & baguette slices for posh soldiers!" 

When we read Miss Procrastination’s entry, it made us all hungry. These are the poshest eggs I’ve ever heard of! Hats off to her. 

Thanks to everyone that entered and to findmeagift.com for the lovely prizes. Commiserations if you haven’t won but don’t worry because we’ve got plenty more goodies to give away. What’s that? There’s another competition coming soon with the biggest and best prize yet!

Jeepers! Make sure you don’t miss out and keep your peepers peeled on the 25th April.

Hello! This is Ferren writing from the Easyart Loves blog. I spend a lot of time looking at great styles for decorating your home and usually I apply these trends to art print, but today I’m excited to apply these ideas to appliances as well! One look that has been gaining traction as a fixed favourite is Britannia. This idea of little bits and bobs with British themes first really gained its stride with the royal wedding last year and now it’s in full force.

A lot of the charm of this look is that it references familiar colours and imagery. I love the idea of one of these bold-coloured Smeg refrigerators for a kitchen because the design looks vintage and the colours are so striking. Good design never goes out of style and this is apparent when looking at the vintage underground print and Marmite design. If you’re really keen for a bold look, why not go for the Union Jack refrigerator? To pull this look off successfully, I suggest having mainly white and cream tones throughout the kitchen with touches of wood accents. Remember, appliances and accessories can enhance the look of any room if you use them to their full advantage. Don’t let bold colours intimidate you away from a brilliant Britannia look.

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Top left image via Casapinka. Top right image via Automatism

1. Smeg Left Hand Hinge FAB28YBL1
2. "Keep Calm Flag"
3. Smeg Right Hand Hinge FAB30QR
4. "By Train to London"
5. Smeg Right Hand Hinge FAB28QUJ1
6. "Marmite - Original (Red)"

Long ago in an era gone by, there was a small movement called feminism...I don’t know if you missed it but the makers of these trousers clearly did. Yes this label really was sewn into a pair of trousers sold in a well known high street store.

Should we women make a bra with a 10 point instruction manual on how to remove it sewn into the seam? How about a nightie with ‘I’m not in the mood tonight dear,’ emblazed on the front? How well do you think it would go down? 

When it comes to his turn to do the dishes, bubbles go flying, a plate or two is broken, too much washing up liquid is used, and the kitchen ends up looking like a Magaluf foam party! It all goes so wrong they never have to do it again...do they think we were born yesterday?!?!?! Well, no more ladies...

In the spirit of Mother’s Day and the revival of feminism, I declare this weekend a laundry free zone! Put your feet up, direct your other half to the washing machine – draw him a map if he needs one – and let him do it for a change.