Pre-Christmas Christmas Shopping Top Tips #10 – Best Advent round up.
Well, you’re cutting it fine, now, aren’t you? It’s the end of November, and you’re STILL looking for something different? Tsk. Well – never fear, help is at hand. Probably all you need to do is take a look at this page on NotOnTheHighStreet – if you can’t find one there then I throw my hands in the air and give up. As a quick pointer, here’s our pick of our own favourite advent...
Pre-Christmas Christmas Shopping Top Tips #9 – Maileg Pocket Advent
If you’re quick, you still have time. NO, not to pop out and grab a cardboard box filled with yukky cheap chocolate. Tsk. No, to order this gorgeous Maileg pocket advent calendar from the always-lovely Armstrong Ward. We make no bones about the fact that we love Maileg. The mice are major hits, but I’ve yet to see a Maileg product I don’t adore and *want* – and this calendar is no different. Simple, stylish,...
Pre-Christmas Christmas Shopping Top Tips #8 – Gorgeous Christmas wall stickers.
Just plain beautiful, no? Well, not plain, obviously. But beautiful, definitely. We’re huge fans of the Love Mae wall stickers, and when we saw these in the Love Mae Etsy shop, we squeaked a bit. Sooo pretty, and endlessly versatile around your festive home (with not a garish shiny tinsel flutter in sight). Best of all? On twelfth night you can simply (but a bit gently) peel them off, put them back on the sheet, and tuck them...
Pre-Christmas Christmas Shopping Top Tips #7 – Stockings.
Peanut & Pip have done it again. Every time I visit their (just plain gorgeous) site I find a little “oooh!” Moment Of Wanting. But these stockings really are very very special. Would you just LOOK at them? Sort of a contemporary traditional stocking, these most gorgeous of childrens stockings are handmade, sewn and beaded from layers of high quality wool felt. The simple, but oh-so-very appealing decorations mean...
Pre-Christmas Shopping – Vintage Woodland Happy Families by Racey Helps.
You probably think you know Happy Families. You may even have a pack.But these are not just any old Happy Families.Oh no.I simply whooped for joy when I saw that Gibsons have re-released Racey Helps oh-so-charmingly illustrated Vintage Woodland Happy Families.I just ADORE this set of cards – the illustrations step straight out of my magical childhood imaginings of real animal families (so much nicer than the...
Pre-Christmas Shopping – Pit the card game.
This one is another family games recommendations. PIT. But… hands up, who’s heard of it? Mmm, exactly. Twenty *cough* years ago, when I was a mere wee teen, and visiting my brand shiny new fiance’s house for the first Boxing Day together, the family gathered expectantly around the table after tea, and reverently placed a pack of cards on the table. “WHAT? You’ve never played PIT? Oh, well, not to worry,...