Christmas Countdown : Top 10 Christmas Wrapping

My Top 10 Christmas Wrapping


1. Beautiful Bow from Eddie Ross



2. Newspaper and single letter tags from  Allora Handmade


3. Brown Paper & Red ribbon from Deck the Halls


4. Candy wrappers from Good Housekeeping


5. Monogram from Martha Stewart


6. Acorns from HobbyCraft


7. Monster wrap from Gabba Friends


8. Thank you Tubes from Family fun


9. Parcel Pressies


10. Simple from mstetsondesign - Etsy shop

my Find of the Week : SparkleBox

My find of the week is this great website SparkleBox.


It has great free learning resources, fantastic if you homeschool your children or even if you just want to have fun!!

I love this high frequency word mat! i use it with my son all the time

They also have some great Christmas Resources


There is also a Sharing Zone were you can upload your own worksheets etc.

And a great Photo Gallery of class work




And New content is added daily!!!

Toilet Roll Advent Calendar

I made an advent calendar this year for my kids. The first one I've ever made. Normally i buy the cheap £2 ones from the supermarket, you know them ones with the little chocolates behind the windows. But I've been inspired by all the handmade advent calendar I've seen. The one I've made is based on two calendars I featured on my post Christmas Countdown : Top 10 Advent Calendars.  My calendar is a mix between number 4 and number 7.

Please ignore my horrible blue walls. Hopefully will be decorating next year.

All you need is 24 toilet rolls and Christmas paper. just trim to size and glue on.

 Then I stapled the bottoms together. Noticed I used green staples to make it a bit more christmasy, even though i couldn't staple them straight

 Then decorate them however you like and place a number 1-24 on each. Then i tied a bit of red ribbon on my wall and attached the toilet rolls with mini pegs. I arranged them in random order.

My next job is to fill them

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Clean Mama's Printables

I love Becky's Clean Mama'a blog and I just love her Printables that she has in her Etsy shop!

So as you can imagine i got quite a bit excited when on 22nd November she gave her readers an opportunity to get up to $5 worth of free printables!!! This was an opportunity i couldn't miss! All she wanted me to do was mention clean mama's printables either on facebook, twitter or on my blog. Email her when i had done it and my choice of free printable!!! How easy was that?

I mentioned her on my facebook page and i choice Circle Perpetual Calendar! I'm in love with it!!! I know it's only a piece of paper, but it doesn't take much to get me excited!! LOL here it is

The printable looks a lot better then this!!! My printer is running out of coloured ink!

And i thought i'd let all my readers know that she is still running this offer until end of November

She also is giving 25% off your order when you quote code 25BLACKFRIDAY - this is valid until Monday 11.59pm CST

So what are you waiting for go and check her out!!!!

Clean Mama Blog

Clean Mama Esty Shop

Serenity Saturday : 17

Welcome to another Serenity Saturday!

Hoped you all had a great Thanksgiving

here are my favs

Christmas tree ornaments by Tiki from Ribbons, Lace and Inspiration

Game Board Quilt from Lil Miss Red T-shirt

And the post that got the most views was :

Book Page Rose Wreath by Aimee from Twigg Studios

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My favourite posts will be featured on next weeks link party

And also the post that get's the most views from YOU!!

Freebie : free downloadable Disney Stickers

Click here to download a PDF file of 2 sheets of Disney Sticker!


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Natasha xx

Christmas Extras

With Christmas just around the corner it time to get all those extra christmas bit you need.
I love making my own christmas decorations, but Firstly I'm not that creative and secondly I just haven't got the time to make them. So I cheat a little and go out and buy them. There are just so many gorgeous items out there and NEXT have some beautiful things. Here is a selection that I wouldn't mind buying myself!


I already have the Mini Berry Tree, in fact I have two of them!  I'm also Definitely buying the Merry Christmas doormat. Hopefully I'll have enough money to buy a few more things!!

Christmas Countdown : Top 10 Christmas Treats

My Top 10 Christmas Treats

1. Marshmallow Snowmen by Dusti's Cupcakes on Flickr

2. Santa Party Mix by Shelly at Cookies and Cups

3. Edible Fruit Tree by PJ at Ginger and Garlic

4. Gingerbread Truffles from Me and My Pink Mixer

5. Melted Snowman Cookies at Crazy Domestic

6. Reindeer Pop Treats by Amy at The Idea Room

7. Snowflake Cupcakes by Glory at Glorious Treats

8. Swirl Cookie Log from Our Italian Kitchen

9. Sweetie Tree at Red Ted Art

10. Guacamole Holiday Tree at Kraft Recipes

My Find of the Week : The Jar of Nothing

My Find of the Week is The Jar of Nothing!!  from Craft Bits

It's basically an empty jar with a sticker on that says 'The Jar of Nothing'!
This would make the perfect Christmas present for my dad. I'm fed up of buying things that people don't really want, so I asked my dad what would he like for Christmas and every year his answer is always the same 'Nothing' so this year that's exactly what he'll be getting!! Haha

No, I'm not that mean. I'll be getting him something else besides this, but I think this will make him laugh when he opens it.

The Jar of Nothing

Stocking Fillers

Looking for ideas has to what to get this Christmas for those little stocking fillers? 

Then take at look at these great ideas!!

Snowmen gum

By Kerry at Kerry's Craft Blog

Game Night in a Bag by Janet from  Today's Fabulous Finds

 playdough stress balloons by Charlotte at Make Do and Friend

Paint Sample notebooks from Crab Apple Design - Etsy shop

Pom Pom Monsters by Mandi at Boredom Busting Mommy

Mini Calendar magnets from Little Birdie Secrets

Mini Owls from Lily Rose Craft - Etsy Shop

I would love to receive some of these myself!! I just love those little owls, so cute!!!

And the mini calendar magnet is a fantastic idea.

I so need one of those stress ball-oons!!

And my kids would be so delighted to receive some of them pom pom monsters in their stockings!!