Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – The Brilliant Sansa Fuze+ MP3 player
There’s no escaping it – an MP3 player is an essential part of any child’s life from the age of 5 or so. But the trick is finding which one, isn’t it? It needs to be robust enough to handle living with a ham-fisted child, but sophisticated enough for them not to fling it into a drawer in frustration. We have spoken before about how much we love the Sansa Clip Zip, but my second son is at high School now, and...
Bestest Christmas gift Guide – Vintage OWL cushions! *hoot!*
Oh. My. Want want want. And not just one either – I need a whole parliament of my own vintage owl cushions. What’s your favourite? Think mine is the Earthy Green Tree’s. I’d call him Horace *nods* Available from Lisa Angel over on NOTHS for £20. Save one for me, yes?
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – the Food Hamper
Hampers – I used to think they were a bit if a dull present. It seemed to say “actually, I have no idea what you like, so here’s a bunch of random ‘stuff’ “. But as I grow older (*sigh*), I actually ‘get’ it. I do. Because sometimes, a nice presented basket of yummy food and drink feels more ‘spoiling’. Curling up by the fire on a dark evening and remembering that actually,...
Review: Arthur Christmas. *smiles happily*
ANOTHER Christmas film? I know, right? Now we do LOVE our seasonal film viewing – but we’re picky, only adding the very best to our collection, and ignoring the growing dross pile as years go by. So when we were sent Arthur Christmas to review we settled down with the popcorn ‘en famille’, with cautious expectations. I’ll be honest – none of us really fancied it when it came out at the cinema last...
Spotted! Beautiful Denby Amethyst Tumblers half price!
There’s something about a really good tumbler – they’re as tactile as a tea cup, aren’t they? And the Amethyst Tumblers from Denby are some of my favourites at the moment. Imagine the happy “oooh!” that escaped me then when I spotted them on the Debenhams site at half price! £10 for a pair? Don’t mind if I do… *beam* Denby pair of ‘Amethyst’ tumblers reduced in Debenhams to...
Blurb Books. What do we think?
Well. I’ll show you, actually… I did warn Blurb books that I was not going to be a good reviewer for them. I’m married to a high-end professional wedding photographer, and one of my many hats is designing his (hand-bound-in-Italy) wedding albums.Let’s just say I Know My Albums.No no, Blurb books said. Go for it. So I did. I created a book with our 2011 images ready for the annual Gift For the...