English Heritage membership!
Dec10

English Heritage membership!

Talk about the gift that keeps on giving! We’ve never made  a secret of how much we love English heritage, particularly for visiting as a family. We bought life membership some years ago now, and cannot recommend it enough! It covers you for CADW properties in Wales too, and memberships start from £39 yearly, but for only £86 per annum, you can get 2 adults and up to 6 children go free in any English heritage site throughout...

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The most beautiful wood salt & pepper shakers | Christmas Gift Guide
Dec10

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...

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Blurb Best Photo Books Review | Perfect Grandparent Christmas Gift (2021)
Dec09

Blurb Best Photo Books Review | Perfect Grandparent Christmas Gift (2021)

Every year I create my in-laws an album of everything we’ve done during the year – they live nearly 200 miles away, and don’t see the children anywhere near as often as we’d like. So to replace all those Grandparenty-photos they don’t get to take by being out and about with us, the children choose all their favourites from the year to create a book for Gangy & Bumpa. One year we did a DVD for them… but really they simply...

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Black Friday Yankee Candle Hamper
Dec08

Black Friday Yankee Candle Hamper

Do you love things that smell nice? Do you know someone that does? You can’t really go wrong with Yankee Candle, and this is an awesome little bundle in a vintage style hamper! Relieve the panic of last minute Christmas shopping with our Black Friday Hamper. The Hamper contains a multitude of gift ideas, all contained in an elegant, sophisticated wicker basket. Hurry though, this is a limited edition online only gift hamper...

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Quick! Billabong Balance Hoodie under £25 at Blackleaf.com! Christmas Gift Guide
Dec07

Quick! Billabong Balance Hoodie under £25 at Blackleaf.com! Christmas Gift Guide

Anyone who says looks don’t matter is the last person who should be giving you style lessons. But if keeping things cool and casual is how you want to play it, by all means the Balance Hooded Fleece Zip-Up is for you. The Balance Hooded Fleece Zip-Up is made from a premium speckled fleece that offers ultra soft comfort and lightweight warmth. Colourblocking and raglan sleeve blend both surf and street style. Includes a pouch pocket....

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Typhoon Vintage Scales – £20! | Christmas Gift Guide
Dec05

Typhoon Vintage Scales – £20! | Christmas Gift Guide

Oh, I LOVE these. And yes, I know you’re not supposed to enjoy kitchen stuff as a gift – but seriously. LOOK at these babies. That’s not kitchen ‘stuff’. That’s Kitchen Art. No kitchen tool has a right to be quite this pretty, does it? Typhoon have taken inspiration from the characterful kitchen designs of the 1930s, 40s and 50s to create these kitchen scales. The enamel coated steel comes in a...

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