Picture the scene: it was an average working weekday – I think it was raining – and I really wasnβt in the mood when an intriguing looking email with the words ‘Cadbury’, ‘Channel Mum’ and ‘vlog’ in the subject line popped into my inbox.
Would I like to work with Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons and Channel Mum on a vlog as part of Cadbury’s latest ad campaign, and get paid for it? Would I?! Is the Pope Catholic??!!
I was excited on so many levels. Not only is Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons one of the biggest chocolate brands in the country and they wanted to work with little old me, but Channel Mum are arguably the experts when it comes to vlogging and I loved the sound of the campaign, which isn’t about Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons (which incidentally we love) at all but about celebrating shared special moments with your little one.
Basically the boffs at Cadbury have come up with a special online tool called Memory Lane which you can use to capture everyday shared special moments, like this one of BB and I painting our nails, and turn them into a personalised video.
It features a street you can ‘walk’ around spotting all your shared special moments – you’ve really got to see it to believe it, so here’s what it’s all about.
If you fancy making your own Memory Lane you can be in with the chance of winning one of 5 state-of-the-art video cameras and a box of Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons by tagging @channelmum and sharing your creation on social media using the hashtag #ButtonsMemoryLane.
The competition closes at midnight on Friday September 30 and I’d love to see your video too, so feel free to tag me @confessionsofacrummymummy on Facebook and Instagram and @mrsnataliebrown on Twitter.
This vlog was sponsored by Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons and Channel Mum but as always all opinions are my own.
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Oh what a cute idea! (And how lovely to receive an email from Cadburys!!?) π My two are constantly trying to steal my phone to look through the photos so they’d love Cadburys Memory Lane! PS. Cool beach huts π #picknmix
Thanks so much for watching – beach hut hide-and-seek is a great game in our house!x
What a great idea. (and who doesn’t love chocolate?) #KCACOLS
We’re big chocolate fans in our house – and Buttons are a firm favourite!
A great idea and I love the photo and video. I need to make some of our photos into better memories, I have so many on my phone and computer.
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I have sooo many photos stored on my phone it’s unbelievable – it was great to be able to turn some of them into a Memory Lane x
Aww what a cute idea! Definitely need to check this out. I love that you and your daughter love doing your nails together π xx #KCACOLS
Nails are big in our house – especially in the school holidays (BB isn’t allowed nail varnish at school)…
Getting an email from Cadbury must be such a rush! Love the idea of Memory Lane, will definitely have a look! #KCACOLS
If you’ve got a spare five minutes over the summer to make one it really is worth while!
Lovely idea! Definitely going to try the memory lane thing. #kcacols
I’d love to see yours so please do tag me!x
Oh wow, cadburys would be my ideal brand to work with! Love the memory lane idea, I’ve seen a few people sharing their own memory lane posts and I’m definitely planning to join in! #KCACOLS
Yes I’ve been really enjoying watching everyone else’s Memory Lanes too. Such a clever idea!
It is a really cool tool and it must be so exciting to be asked to work with such a big brand! #KCACOLS
We’re BIG Cadbury fans in our house – both the kids and me!!
Oh this looks like fun! Wow Cadbury’s would be a dream to work with.
Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next Sunday xx
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Thank you – I really loved the campaign too so was happy to support it x
What a lovely idea. My daughter likes making videos with me so this would be really fun to do.
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You should do it! BB loved being involved in the whole process, as well as the end result x
Aww love your shared moments, we did this too. Isn’t the Memory Lane tool fab! Thanks for linking to #picknmix
Thanks – I will have a look at yours!x
How exciting! What an amazing brand to work with! #kcacols
It was also such a fun vlog to make, and made me record memories I probably wouldn’t have saved otherwise…
Ahh, that is such a sweet idea! I think my two would love it! x #KCACOLS
BB has been watching our Memory Lane over and over – both with the VR head set and without!
Ah what a fabulous idea, you must have loved seeing that email in your inbox. Claire x #KCACOLS
It was a really fun project to work on, and I love the thinking behind the campaign x
This is so awesome. Enjoy! #KCACOLS
Thanks so much!x
What a lovely idea!! And cadburys too!! Yum!!!!! #ablogginggoodtime
I could eat chocolate all day – especially anything Cadburys!
Loved seeing the face (and rather gorgeous it is too) behind the blog! Great video lovely, thanks for linking up to #PicknMix
Stevie x
Thanks very much – and thanks for subscribing too!x
Ahhh what a lovely idea – I love the fact you can personalise it too and get to walk down a street that is full of your photos! I think my boys would love this! #PicknMix
It’s been such a fun project for the school holidays too – you should try it!x
What a brilliant idea! I love the moments you picked too, baking, painting nails and playing games together… Thank you for linking up to #ablogginggoodtime
Thanks so much for watching – those moments are really special to us but we rarely record things like that properly!x
Oh how fab that must have been to work with Cadbury, very jealous and what a fab giveaway too, I’m still a bit scared of video cameras, just about got myself in front t of the still type xx #KCACOLS
It took me a while to get my head round doing the vlogging thing too, but now I don’t think about it!
what a great idea π ill pop and watch the video now xx #kcacols
Thanks so much!xx
This sounds great! And also I obviously want to win a video camera haha!
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Who wouldn’t?!