Valentine’s day is almost upon us, and if you’re anything like me you’ll be full of good intentions about getting something wonderful and inspired for your loved one and end up rushing around at the last minute, trying to arrange a table somewhere but settling for a pizza and a naff [...]
These are especially great gifts if you have very young children, and relatives who live far away, as these can be made by kids as young as 3, and you could even do one each year to show their growing progress! They’re so quick, easy and best of all, cheap to make! Any Auntie or [...]
So we’re all a bit strapped for cash this year and the personal touch of a homemade gift will mean a lot, especially to older members of the family who will have been through lean times before. These aren’t advisable as gifts for your young nephew, I feel fairly certain he’d prefer a Transformer!
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Now season of goodwill or not I think we’ll all agree that there are things about the so-called festive period that make us less than jolly. Here are a few of my particular pet peeves, or Scrooge-buttons, as they’re known in my house!
Badly-wrapped gifts – Now I don’t mean to be sexist but I’d [...]
Hands down the most stressful thing about Christmas is buying presents. The whole process, from selecting, to budgeting, to actually purchasing………..well, we all know how hellish it can be. So to help you out and stop you from being one of those naughty folk who wander around at the last minute shoving random stuff into [...]