I’ve been planning to make some circle garlands for a while. The ones I’d been looking at were felt circles sewn together, but I could see myself screwing up my sewing machine with the threads inbetween the circles. You can…
*Ad – gifted / contains affiliate links In our house you can’t often get away from rock music. While I pretty much stopped listening to Guns n Roses after I finished secondary school, the OH continued his love of rock…
Christmas is a big thing for so many people. But for some it also feels like a lot of pressure. For us, we’ve been able so far have the type of Christmas we’ve wanted. I don’t take much notice of…
There’s 2 types of people in this world. Bookworms and the rest. I’m definitely on the side of the bookworm. As a child, I’d come in from playing with friends, saying I was bored because I wanted to read. I’d…
One of the places I love to visit in the Christmas run up is a Christmas market. It’s not always about the shopping because I rarely come away having bought lots of gifts. It’s about the atmosphere and often meeting…
In 8 years of blogging I’ve never done Blogmas. I’ve done a 12 days of Christmas run up and collaborative giveaway – my posts are still live if you want other Christmas tips and insight into our Christmas traditions. Just…
I always love to see houses in the run up to Christmas with wreaths on their front doors alongside the lights. I’ve only had one in the past on ours and bought it. But I always fancied making my own….
This year again, there’s been the social media sharing of people saying not to tell your children that Father Christmas brings all the gifts so it doesn’t make children from poorer families feel bad. Lots of people have moaned that…
Christmas is a time for giving and receiving but sometimes it isn’t quite right. Some families have reduced a lot of their present buying, especially as children get older and experiences or money becomes more popular. There are still people…
Christmas is a time for traditions and every family has their own. Then when children grow up and get married, they take those traditions with them, or create new ones (hopefully without too many arguments). Whether it’s children flicking through…
There’s only a couple of weeks left of Christmas shopping, and while some people are organised with presents bought and wrapped already, the rest of us are frantically trying to think of what to buy children and other family and…
