For a couple of years, I've wanted to make a bit of a change to our family's Christmas celebrations - this year I'm finally doing it. Read on to find out why we're planning a handmade Christmas and what that looks like for us...Why we're making a change Usually, from about the middle of November, our lives start to go into overdrive with so much going on across everyone's lives that I get exhausted just thinking about it.There are all the usual Christmas school and work commitments, the fun Christmas days out, the gift choosing and shopping, the wrapping, the visiting, the Secret … [Read more...]
Homemade Advent Calendars for grown-ups….
Earlier on today, I shared some a post with 10 homemade Advent Calendar ideas and as I pressed publish, it occurred to me that all of the ideas were aimed at kids. That didn't seem fair so I thought I'd see if I could find some ideas for homemade advent calendars for grown-ups...I'm not going to lie, I struggled to find many ideas for homemade advent calendars for grown-ups which I kind of get but at the same time, I love Christmas almost as much now as a grown-up as I did as a child - maybe even more so. ;-)I got some great ideas from fellow bloggers though and I'm hoping to … [Read more...]
10 Homemade Advent Calendar Ideas….
If you need some homemade Advent calendar inspiration then you're definitely in the right place because I'm sharing 10 Homemade Advent Calendar Ideas with you today!Like most families, we've had our fair share of shop-bought advent calendars over the years - we've had the usual chocolate calendars, a couple of Lego and Playmobil calendars and even a couple of beauty calendars and there's nothing wrong with that at all. Until the last couple of years, the kids have always loved jumping out of bed on a morning to open that day's door and find out what's in there waiting for them - … [Read more...]
5 things to make with my free Christmas poster maker….
You might have seen that I've relaunched my amazing Christmas poster maker recently and made it even better because now it's a completely FREE Christmas poster maker so you don't have to pay a penny to use it! Today I wanted to share some cool things you could do with it....Make a Family Christmas Traditions Poster First of all, I couldn't write a post about things to do with the poster maker without including the whole reason why I set it up, could I? The whole idea started when people complimented my personalised family Christmas Traditions poster and I wanted to find a way to help … [Read more...]
20 Free things to do at Christmas….
We all know that Christmas can be an expensive time but one thing that you don't need to spend a fortune on is the time you spend together as a family having fun and enjoying the build-up to the big day. There are plenty of completely free things to do at Christmas!20 Free things to do together at Christmas Always top of our list for free family fun at Christmas is a good old movie afternoon watching Christmas movies - we have quite a collection of Christmas DVDs but we try to add a new one each year. The two that we can quite happily watch time after time are Elf and Santa … [Read more...]
Why I DON’T Agree with ‘Presence not Presents’….
I really hate the phrase 'Presence not Presents' and today, I'm going to tell you why along with sharing my thoughts on the current trend of present-shaming!There's a lot of present-shaming going on around social media at the moment with more judging taking place than you see on the X-Factor and Strictly combined and today, I wanted to tell you just what I think about the number of presents that you choose to buy your children and the amount you decide to spend on those presents.You know, just because 99% of people of social media have an opinion about it and I don't like to feel … [Read more...]
