Garden Picnic? Lunch al Fresco? We’ve the plates for you…
Jun27

Garden Picnic? Lunch al Fresco? We’ve the plates for you…

Have you been feeling it? That urge to eat outdoors? With all that glorious sunshine we’ve been having, we’ve barely been eating a meal in the house. Breakfast is never a family affair in our house – we all get up at different times – but in the summer we all seem to drift outside. I’ll be honest, I treasure those quiet early mornings – that first half an hour of a fresh new day, nursing my coffee...

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Gorgeous Al Fresco Dining – Melamine Bargains From The Supermarket. YES, Really.
Jun25

Gorgeous Al Fresco Dining – Melamine Bargains From The Supermarket. YES, Really.

Sometimes the need for style can battle with the need for practicailty. And even more often, the need for something deliciously pretty can battle with the need to keep within a tight budget. Honestly – LOOK at the gloriousness. This is the Aztec range – it’s fresh, it’s modern, it’s chic, stylish and oozing charm. It’s also £3 a plate. THREE POUNDS A PLATE!! This is the Grey Diamond Tumbler. Pretty,...

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How to create an outdoor cinema in your back garden
May19

How to create an outdoor cinema in your back garden

We’ve been looking at how to ‘create an outdoor cinema in your back garden’ – with no cinemas open for what would seem the rest of the summer, this is a perfect project for anyone with some outside space. We tend to do it in the back garden, but I love Kirstie from The Adventure Project’s idea of a pop up cinema in a wild location. easy peasy – an outdoor cinema in your back garden Tesco have compensated...

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Win an £87 ‘Frozen 2’ Bakeware set from Nordic Ware | #WinterStuff
Dec19

Win an £87 ‘Frozen 2’ Bakeware set from Nordic Ware | #WinterStuff

Behind door number thirteen of the 2019 #WinterStuff there’s a fabulous £87 bakeware set from Nordic Ware – all with a heavenly Frozen 2 theme! I’m rather a big fan of Nordic Ware. Firstly – how can you NOT love a brand with this picture as their founders: Nordic Ware was founded in America in 1946 by a determined wife, Dotty, and her resourceful husband Dave, newly back from the second world war. With just...

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Dress The Christmas Table – with Tesco decs?
Dec07

Dress The Christmas Table – with Tesco decs?

Following hot on the heels of our Christmas Living Room decorating challenge, Tesco had a second idea; how about we Dress the Christmas Table too? Same rules as before – we had to use Tesco Christmas decorations only, and make a room that was simply magical.Only this time, we weren’t feeling so hesitant about how magical we could make a room look with just a tiny budget and some supermarket accessories. We knew we could...

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