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Tuesday, 26 September 2023
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Sunday, 24 September 2023
The World of Bridgerton 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle
£18.99
Lady Danbury is hosting a sparkling soirée to begin the year's social season, and you are invited to piece together all the splendour, suitors and the scandal.
All the most notable names are there in attendance: Spot the Bridgerton family, the Duke and Duchess, the Sharmas, the Featheringtons and more as you complete this beautifully detailed jigsaw puzzle inspired by Shondaland's hit series Bridgerton on Netflix.
1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Piece together the world of Bridgerton in this special official jigsaw puzzle published in collaboration with Shondaland and Netflix.
It's the perfect challenge for fans of the show, or for anyone who loves a really good, classical jigsaw puzzle. An ideal stocking filler or an under the Christmas tree present, we think.
Gift Ideas For A Sustainable Christmas from Iris & Lolli Jewellery
All Iris & Lolli Jewellery is made by hand from recycled metals which are often rescued from landfill as a waste product of industry & all our packaging is recycled/recyclable and also plastic free.
Their nature theme is timeless & the perfect antidote to the fast fashion, trend driven world that we live in.
By shopping sensibly for handmade, eco-conscious greener gifts that will stand the test of time, this is one of the many ways that this Christmas can be greener than ever before.
To learn more and to place your orders please visit them at https://irisandlolli.co.uk.
This Christmas gift beautiful and sustainable Andhand stationery that will last a lifetime
Christmas is the truly the perfect time to refresh workspaces and create the positive working environments that everyone strives for.
Andhand's new range of modern stationery brings minimal elegance to your desktop, the pieces are designed to delight in everyday use and are crafted with care from a minimal palette of premium materials in line with the buy once philosophy. This Christmas it's time to do away with single use stationery and give the gift of stationery that lasts for a lifetime.
Andhand's ranges include fine writing tools with beautiful detailing. The Method fountain pens make really excellent gifts that will be cherished for a lifetime, aging beautifully due to the material palette of solid machined brass, stainless steel and aluminium. Whilst the all brass mechanical pencil adds a sense of refinement to those everyday creative tasks.
Also check out their minimal accessories with sculptural essence. For example, there's the the Hoop Tape Dispenser which is a single arch shape formed of solid aluminium and available in four anodised colours creating a real presence on any desk. In addition popular accessories like the Illusion Ruler are a smart addition to any pen-pot with its Esher-esque appearance, tricking the eye in the most delightful way possible.
Method Fountain Pen - £110 | Method Mechanical Pencil - £65 | Illusion Ruler - £16.50 | Hoop Tape Dispenser - Gold - £32.50
Visit them at www.andhand.co.uk to view the full range and pricing
What is Andhand? It's a new independent British pen and stationery brand that is established in South London. Their focus is on creating products which embrace our new modern hybrid working practices and environments.
The last few years have brought into sharp focus the importance of a positive workspace, and so the products aim to nurture working wellness, contributing to a desk environment that is supportive to both creativity and productivity.
Design is at the very heart of Andhand. It’s founders Simon Donald and Joe Wentworth are both product designers who worked together for several years as DonaldWentworth. They have consulted and designed for a range of companies including Joseph Joseph to bring innovative products to market, receiving three prestigious Red Dot design awards to date. Andhand sees Simon and Joe as both designer and client with full art direction of the brand.
Discover the new collection of Christmas Tree Decorations from Jan Constantine
Like the other items in the collection, the quartet is inspired by and named after the delicate Alpine flower, Edelweiss.
Available in two shapes, a heart and a star, and two colours, red and duck egg blue, the Edelweiss decorations come with another little festive treat and are packed with aromatic lavender.
Jan Constantine, founder of her eponymous textile brand, said: "Like the rest of the Christmas Collection for 2023, these stunning decorations are all hand-embroidered and offer a truly luxurious touch.
"They boast the aroma of lavender for a really relaxing feel, which is perfect throughout the busy festive season while the exquisite detailing will capture the magic of the season."
The Edelweiss Christmas Decorations are available from janconstantine.com for £39 each.
Friday, 22 September 2023
That's Food and Drink: Boost your hot chocolate drinking now!
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The cult personalised advent calendar, by Martha Brook
Back with a brand-new fantastic, bold design, this highly sought-after advent calendar sold out in record time last year and is known as the cult stationery item for any stationery aficionado. (EDITOR: Best put your order/s in as quickly as possible, then?)
This year’s design is inspired by the soothing nostalgia of a patchwork quilt to capture the comforting and escapist mood of Christmas 2023. Featuring playful illustrations evoking tales of Greek mythology and dreamscapes, it’s filled with surprises.
24 irresistible items of stationery are waiting to be discovered each day inside the enticing foil embossed boxes that are specially designed to look like a row of colourful books on a shelf.
From a personalised notebook to a 2023 calendar, a set of correspondence cards, gorgeous luxury pens, nifty gold stationery accessories and an assortment of chic paper goods, each day offers something different to be revealed and enjoyed.
It's available now at https://www.marthabrook.com/product/24-days-of-stationery-advent-calendar, £99.
Christmas gifts from Handmade in Brtitain
The platform, which champions independent British artists and creators, has curated a collection of beautifully handcrafted gifts that are truly unique.
Piyush Suri, who is the founder of Handmade in Britain, has handpicked a range of British craftspeople who each have something special and different to offer, which makes finding the ultimate Christmas gifts for those special people in your life a much easier proposition.
Piyush said: “When it comes to choosing Christmas gifts, we all want to find something that's meaningful, but often, the constraints of work, family and social lives makes it a much harder task than you might think.
“At Handmade in Britain, we have brought together a wealth of really talented designers who offer beautiful gifts for everyone, from the interiors fanatic to the jewellery lover, and just about all in between.”
Visit them at handmadeinbritain.co.uk.
Run, run Rudolph all the way to his favourite Flapjackery Flapjack Box!
It's a fantastic Christmas time Christmas for friends, family and colleagues and is an perfect addition to any festive food table, this scrumptious box of artisan baked flapjacks will be certain to go down a treat. The flapjacks in this box carry a shelf life of three months so you can happily and contentedly consume them throughout the festive period. (EDITOR: Our advice? To make sure you have enough left for the Christmas period double up your order to avoid any potential for a disgruntled reindeer or two!)
A box of 3 costs £12.00; Box of 6 costs £24.00.
Flapjackery's Christmas Taster Flapjack Box ( from £35.00)
Flapjackery's Christmas Taster Flapjack Box includes a fantastically delicious assortment of brilliant festive gluten free flapjack flavours. The 16 half sizes are perfect for families to share together at Christmas or for taking to a party or a work Christmas function and enjoying with friends and colleagues or neighbours.
This is a box cram-packed with the genuine tastes of Christmas. From decadent Ginger and Dark Chocolate Flapjack to Mince Pie to Orange and Cranberry flavours, each flapjack is handmade in Devon with the finest of British oats, locally sourced West Country butter and fairtrade brown sugar. The flapjacks are all gluten-free and suitable for vegetarians, too. They come individually wrapped and are suitable for home freezing.
Christmas Party Flapjack Box (£50)
Get the Christmas party really buzzing this year with an amazing flapjack festive party box. With a wide range of different gluten free flapjack flavours to taste, this is the absolutely perfect way to enjoy some of their best and most well-loved flapjacks.
Alongside traditional favourites such as their Clotted Cream Fudge Flapjack and Billionaire Flapjack, there's also an assortment of fantastically festive flapjack flavours to try such as mince pie, burnt caramel and sea salt and chocolate orange tiffin.
As we say, the flapjacks are all gluten-free and perfect for vegetarians. They are all individually wrapped and suitable for home freezing.
Flapjackery is affiliated with AWIN.
(EDITOR: Those old enough to remember will have noticed my reference to the old Chuck Berry Christmastime song, Run, Rudolf, Run!)
Thursday, 21 September 2023
Strapped for cash for Christmas? Spring.co.uk tells you "You have cash in your drawers and cupboards!"
How many old tech items do you have at home in drawers, cupboards in the junk room, the shed, etc? Old mobile phones, old tablets, Smart watches, etc. They all can have worth and maybe more than you might think.
My own relationship with Spring started a year or so back when my wife told me: "I have seen a special pod in the Morrison's supermarket in town. Apparently all you do is place your old 'phones or gadgets in the pod and they'll value it and send you some money."
And that is exactly what happened. I gathered together rather more mobile phones than I thought we had, plus an Android tablet, signed up for an account with Spring and I received a small fortune, direct to my bank account in return. Payment usually takes 1 to 3 days.
Some Co-op stores and some branches of Morrisons have the special pods or can also pop them in the post using a special pre-paid safe and reusable pouch.
By using Spring we earned roughly £200 simply by clearing out what was, to us, junk cluttering up our house.
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