A new Christmas Gift Fair has been launched, That's Christmas can reveal.
The Telford Christmas Gift Fair is to be staged at the Telford International Centre, in Telford, Shropshire. The TIC is becoming a top venue for trade and public exhibitions and shows throughout the year.
The Telford Christmas Gift Fair will be held on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd December and will run from 10am onwards on both days. There will be 7,000 square metres of exhibition space, filled with Christmas goodies for all the family!
There will be a wide range of stalls selling a wide variety of gift ideas for all ages from the toddler right through to adults.
There will also be stalls offering a variety of special Christmas foods and drinks, with alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks being available.
To find out more visit www.telfordchristmasgiftfair.co.uk.
Some space for exhibitors is still available. To book a stall call Kelly Griffin on 07800 872422 or Simon Gaston on 01952 415334.
Sunday, 2 September 2012
Saturday, 1 September 2012
This Christmas, Why Not Spend It...
...Striking a Yoga Pose in the
Himalayas
For a unique Christmas experience,
venture to Ananda in the Himalayas, India's leading destination spa.
Soothe Christmas stress with Ananda's Himalayan Bliss package
including a wild rose soap scrub, personalised yoga session, honey
and rose facial and bespoke massage.
Once you are completely revived,
take in the stunning snow-covered Himalayan peaks with a trek to the
Kunjapuri temple. Celebrations begin on Christmas Eve with a Gala
Dinner and carols, continuing into Christmas Day with sightseeing in
the Himalayas. You might even be lucky enough to spot native birds
such as barbells and golden eagles.
Price
Himalayan Bliss Package: from $3,850
USD (£2,453 approx) per single room for five nights.
Gala Dinner: $125 USD (£118 approx)
plus 18.45% tax per person (subject to change). All three and
five-night packages booked before 31st October will receive the
Christmas Gala Dinner complimentary.
Contact: reservation@anandaspa.com
...Sipping Cocktails at Sunset on an
Island Paradise
With an all-inclusive stay at Lily
Beach Resort & Spa, taking a tropical holiday to the Maldives is
more affordable than it sounds. Located on Huvahendhoo Island in the
Maldives, surrounded by pristine beaches, lush tropical vegetation
and dive sites, this five-star resort allows all the benefits of a
luxury stay - minus the hidden extras. Swap your roast lamb for a
fresh lobster or your Yorkshire pudding for a coconut dessert and
after a big day of water sports, enjoy unlimited cocktails and
signature drinks as you watch the sun go down.
Price
From £1964 per person for 7 nights.
Contact: reservations@island-hideaway.com
...Unwinding in a Vinothérapie Barrel
Bath
If your favourite part of Christmas is
mulled wine, indulge in a Relaxing Moments package at The Yeatman, a
multi-award winning luxury wine hotel. Wine lovers will be soothed by
a Caudalie Vinothérapie® Massage or drift away in a Deep Barrel
Bath. On arrival you will be welcomed by a Signature Cocktail from
Dick's Bar and complimentary food and drink from the Special Spa
Menu. In the morning, enjoy a continental breakfast served in The
Orangerie Room followed by more pampering in the Vinothérapie® Spa
by Caudalie. Here you will enjoy the indoor and outdoor infinity
swimming pools with stunning panoramic views across the River Douro.
Price
From €418.50 (£330 approx) per room,
per night, based on two people sharing a double room.
Contact: Reservations@theyeatman.com)
or (+ 351) 220 133 100 mentioning 'Relaxing Moments'
...Enjoying Dutch Wine by the Canal
Situated amid hundreds of kilometers of
canals and awarded one of 60 best new hotels in the world, Canal
House in Amsterdam surrounds you with all the Christmas festivities
right in heart of Jordaan. The traditional Amsterdam Christmas falls
on 25th to 26th December and this is when the celebrations really
begin. Wander along to the Westergazfabriek winter Festival where you
can ice skate, drink Gluwein (hot wine) and sample delectable Dutch
food and drinks. Take a stroll to nearby shopping streets, museums
and Rembrandt Square. Return to Canal House for a blissful stay with
its 17th century dug canal, 23 bedrooms and distinctive horseshoe
design. The hotel captures all the historic fixtures, while providing
21st century modern facilities. For New Year's Eve, there are plenty
of parties at Museum Square topped with spectacular fireworks.
Price
From €240 (approx £189.00) including
buffet breakfast and all taxed (except city taxes).
Adorn your Christmas Tree with Handmade Decorations from Susie Watson Designs
Susie Watson has been designing and
creating beautiful, high quality products for the home for many
years. For Christmas, Susie has developed a gorgeous range of
decorations that are all made and finished by hand, for unique
designs that you can treasure for many years to come.
Ceramic Decorations - From £4
Available in four shapes; dove, heart,
angel and star, these cute ceramic decorations in blue or white are
handmade and hand painted with hearts, spots or holly.
Christmas Baubles Star and Bow (Box of
Four) - Small £14 - Large - £19
These hand blown glass baubles are
decorated with stars that are hand etched into the clear glass. Each
one has a pretty bow detail on the hanging fixing. Available in two
sizes; small (6cm diameter) and large (8cm diameter).
Crackle Glaze Baubles (Box of Four) -
Small £14 - Large £28
Add some glamour to your Christmas tree
with these beautiful hand blown, crackle glaze baubles that are
available in six stunning colours; ruby, plum, aquamarine, dark
silver, pale gold and moss. Available in two sizes; small (6cm
diameter) and large (10cm diameter). These striking baubles also look
great piled high in glass vases and dishes.
Susie Watson has been designing and creating beautiful, high quality
products for the home for many years and has a simple philosophy –
that the things we use everyday should bring us pleasure. The product
range includes everything from hand decorated pottery through to
handmade soft furnishings for every room in the house.
Susie
Watson’s covetable designs are available in over 300 independent
retailers nationwide including her own shops in London, Marlborough,
Alresford, Tunbridge Wells and on-line at
www.susiewatsondesigns.co.uk.
New shops are also planned to open throughout 2012.
Creative Christmas Treats from Yummy Dough
Forget buying the kids traditional
modelling dough this Christmas, Yummy Dough from Maps Toys is so much
more fun and what’s more children get to eat it without getting
into trouble off Mum.
The mouldable dough allows young
children to get creative all Christmas making festive shapes or
whatever their imagination allows. Simply add water to the powder mix
and get a pliable Yummy Dough mixture. Work the dough into different
shapes - then comes the exciting part....bake it and eat it! Yes
really! Children will love seeing their handiwork made into edible
creations that they can share. Why not get them to make festive
themed treats for all the family.
Yummy Dough is the safest modelling
dough around and retails at around £7.99. It develops skills in
young children including hand-eye co-ordination, motor skills, colour
recognition and of course it teaches them about food preparation. It
now comes in a handy, resealable tub with carry handle to store all
your cutting tools.
The product comes with four different
colours (red, blue, green and yellow) which can be mixed together at
the powder stage or when the dough is moulded to create different
colours to create with. The product can be eaten raw or baked. Yummy
Dough is made in Germany by one of the country’s leading baking
manufacturers. Made using high quality food products, it is made
under strict European safety guidelines.
Yummy Dough is available from Amazon,
Firebox and other toy retailers.
Tasty Christmas treats for your little monsters!
The brand new Moshi Monsters Cookie Kit
from Maps will appeal to fans of the cute characters allowing them to
get creative and bake their favourite monsters. Each colourful
carry-handle tub includes 2 Moshi Monster Cookie Cutters, 2
decorating tubes, 450g of cookie mixture (makes 24 cookies) and an
instruction leaflet featuring a bonus download code for Free Rox on
the popular moshimonsters.com website.
The contents are stored in a cool
reusable storage tub and there are six different designs for fans to
collect. At around £4.99, this is a perfect stocking filler pressie
that will keep children entertained during the long Christmas break.
(Available from Amazon at
Blast off for space this Christmas with MAPS Toys!
10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…. the
brand new Aeromax NASA Space range is the perfect Christmas gift for
budding astronauts.
Boys (and girls!) will go wild for the brand new
Deluxe NASA Spaceman costume (RRP £35.99). Made from high-quality
material (moon dust proof!), the bright orange, zip-fronted suit
features authentic NASA badges and is guaranteed to create costume
envy. There is also a white spacesuit available for the ultimate
astronautical adventure.
Top this off with the cool Talking NASA
Space Helmet and you’re all set for blast off. The Talking Space
Helmet is priced at around £35.99 and looks just like the real
thing. It features a mission control countdown and life-like blast
off sounds. A spring loaded retractable visor allows kids to really
get into character too.
Complete the costume with cool NASA
branded boots (RRP £18.99) – for your first steps on the moon as
well as must-have astronaut gloves (RRP £13.99) perfect for picking
up space specimens! Once your kitted out on Christmas Day, load up
the Astronaut Space Backpack Water Blaster (RRP £14.99) and get
squirting those Aliens…or your annoying brother!
In addition to the NASA range, there’s
also a Deluxe Firefighter costume available. The Firefighter costume
(RRP £37.99) is complemented by the The Firepower Super Soaking Fire
Hose (RRP £12.99) which will provide hours of fun for boys and girls
of all ages. Fill the backpack with water and use the pump action
hose to squirt your friends - and pretend to put out fires!
There’s also a collection of costumes
perfect for every day dress up play including a doctor, firefighter
and road worker to name but a few.
Kids of all ages will love to impress
their friends with the Aeromax 2000 Parachute. Throw the parachute
high in the air and watch it sail to the ground. Unlike other toy
parachutes, the Aeromax 2000 Parachute is tangleproof and is made of
tough material so won’t be used once and then discarded. Dads will
love this – ask them, we bet you they remember throwing them out of
their bedroom window! The perfect stocking filler priced at around
£4.99.
Get the full Aeromax range from Amazon. (www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dtoys&field-keywords=+Aeromax)
Marshmallow Christmas Madness from Maps Toys
Having a play battle with your mates,
forget last year’s crazes the only toy shooters you’ll need in
2012 are the Marshmallow Blasters from Maps Toys – the sweetest
shooters around!
The unique Bow & Mallow is part of
the Marshmallow Fun Company range and fires real marshmallows at your
target showering them with edible bullets. Just load up your bow with
mini marshmallows, draw back the arrow, aim and fire up to 30 feet.
The Bow & Mallow is suitable for ages 3+ shoots out tasty treats
in quick succession beating your opponent into a sugary submission!
RRP £22.99.
The Bow & Mallow can be loaded with
any brand of fresh mini marshmallows which are available online and
at speciality food retailers. The shooters compress different shapes
of marshmallow as they enter the nozzle and they spring back into
place once fired.
If you want a blaster with real
attitude the Classic Blaster is the ultimate way to get sweet revenge
on your foes. Firing large marshmallows up to 40 feet, the audible
POP as the soft sweets fly from the barrel is awesome. The blaster is
perfect for older and children (aged 14+) and of course the big kids
in every family. RRP £21.99.
Completing the trio of tasty toy
weapons is a Classic Crossbow. This cool piece of kit (suitable for
ages 5+) is sure to be the ‘sugar’ hit of Christmas! RRP £19.99.
The full Marshmallow Fun Company range
is available from Amazon.
A magical Christmas adventure for your children from Itsyourstory!
The truly unique Christmas story combines a child's photograph throughout, so they'll be able to really immerse themselves in the festive fun!
Children will love to see themselves as the main character in the book. Watch the delight on their faces as they discover a Snowman packed double-decker bus in their garden on Christmas morning and follow them as they transform into an elf to help Santa Claus save Christmas.
Your little one will be transfixed by the story which sees them help wrap and deliver all of Santa Claus’ presents. Will they make it back home before everyone wakes up? And will their family believe that they helped save Christmas?
The book features the child’s photograph on every page of the book along with their name. In addition, it includes personal information about the child such as their address, name of a special friend and family members. You can also include a personal message at the front of the book to make this special Christmas present a book to treasure forever.
Earlier this year, Itsyourstory ran a competition to rename their loveable Snowman and the winner Alexandra Rossiter from Minehead chose the mystical Zamber Frost! As part of her prize, Alexandra’s name will be on the front cover for a year – so you’ll be getting a unique collector’s item too!
Priced at £12.50 for the A5 version and £17.50 for the A4 version, this book is available exclusively from www.itsyourstory.co.uk. The last date for Christmas orders is 18 December.
Christmas outfits with a difference
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The
high-quality clothes feature your child as different characters with
their name emblazoned below. Choose from a beautiful princess for
your wannabe monarchs and an astronaut for an out of this world
t-shirt. There’s also a super-cute fairy to spread Christmas joy
and if your child is into all things medieval, they will love the
Knight T-shirt. Finally the hero of the family will enjoy strutting
around in their very own superhero t-shirt.
The range
includes organic cotton babygrows, long-sleeve and short-sleeve
t-shirts, polo shirts and a zipped hoody.
This present
is sure to become the talking point of Christmas day and will be the
envy of all their friends.
The
babygrows and t-shirts are priced at £14.99, the polo shirt at
£19.99 and the hoody at £24.99. Sizes range from 0-6 months to
12-14 years. The last date for Christmas delivery is 18th
December. Available exclusively to www.itsyourstory.co.uk.
Special Delivery from Santa!
The anticipation of Christmas can be
almost as exciting as the day itself, so let Itsyourstory add to the
thrill with this unique photo-personalised letter from the big man
himself.
Each letter is personalised to feature
the child's address, the name of two of their friends, their age and
a uniquely personal PS at the bottom of the letter. This will create
even more magic as it is written by the sender and relates to
something personal in their lives eg – how well they’re doing at
school, getting a new pet etc. The letter also reveals which friend
or family member has asked Father Christmas to get in touch.
Priced at just £4.50, the Father
Christmas photo-personalised letter is available exclusively from
www.Itsyourstory.co.uk.
Customers can choose from two letter designs featuring the child
alongside Rudolf or Father Christmas. The letter arrives in a
Christmas-themed envelope addressed to the child and complete with a
North Pole stamp. What better way to build the excitement in the run
up to Christmas!
Orders will be taken from September.
Last delivery date before Christmas is December 18th.
(EDITOR: Orders are being taken now, from 1st September! So what are you waiting for? Click on the above link and start early with your Chirstmas purchases!)
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