FIMO kids form & play
I cannot wait to sit down and try these kits with the children next week! Even though mine are no longer toddlers, they still can’t resist the lure of playdough or plasticine – but do get a little tired of spending an hour or two creating something amazing… only for it to be squashed back ionto the tubs at the end of the session. So these Fimo kits are a godsend. Form&play is a combination of modelling and...
Thorntons – amazing 20% off TODAY, even the sale items!
So here’s a clever thing – and a bonkersly brilliant deal. Thorntons, those purveyors of delish chocolates, have some spectacular Christmas deals on. And today you get an extra 20% off – even the existing reduced prices. So take the absolutely gorgeous Continental Collection Box; celebrating 60 years of chocolate heaven from the continent, they have brought back 4 exquisite limited edition chocolates including Brandy...
Accurist Gents Watch 50% off – Christmas Gift Guide
Men are often some of the trickiest family members to buy for, aren’t they? I find it’s either dead easy.. or nigh on impossible to really find the perfect thing. BUT over the years I have come to realise that somet hings can make it easier. Watches are one of those things. Don’t presume that because he has a nice watch, he might not like another. It’s like you deciding that you have a fabulous pair of shoes...
How to make your Christmas Wreath from your afternoon walk – Luxury Family Hotel style
Making a Christmas Wreath: A How-to Guide from Woolley Grange Every year we swear we’ll make our own wreath – and every year we gfoirget, or get intimidated by stratingt he task, or don’t have what we need, and end up not doing so. And every year we promise that NEXT year will be the year. Finally – 2014 IS the year. We did it! And how and why we did it is down to the lovely Head gardener from Woolley Grange,...
All I want for Christmas… is these Kickers | Christmas Gift Guide
It’s no secret that we LOVE Kickers. Ever since my own teens I have wanted a pair of Kickers of my own. My children have all worn them… which has done nothing to assuage my own yearning, obviously, and has simply proved to me how great they are (they’re fabulous kids shoes – well constructed, roomy, sturdy and robust). So I’ve decided that now, in my 40th year, the time has come for a change. It is time...
The most beautiful wood salt & pepper shakers | Christmas Gift Guide
*sighs happily* Aren’t they just bee-yoo-tiful? two of my favourite textures – natural wood and smooth pebbles – combined into useful, pretty objects. They just make me smile – and want to touch one. The smooth round shape of the Salt and Pepper Shakers makes them not only very beautiful, but also very comfortable to hold. They can be arranged in any way possible turned upside down and they will always look...