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The A-Z of Christmas with La Redoute
With the festive season undeniably in full swing La Redoute have come up with a festive French Themed A-Z.
I’ve popped a word below that sums up the Christmas period for many. To see the entire (and brilliant) A-Z you can click here.
What words would you have included?
I’m totally craving Yule Log now.
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I Lied- One Last Gift Guide
In search of a few last minute Christmas gifts, I recently came across the Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research Christmas online shop and wanted to share my findings. I was pleasantly surprised to find so many cute gifts for under a tenner. The products are all really tasteful and have a vintage feel about them. The website is particularly good if you are struggling with gift ideas for any friends or family that love baking and gardening. The best part is that buying something from their shop helps the charity continue their fight to beat blood cancer, which is a cause I can certainly get behind. Here are some of my favourite charity gifts:
I love hot chocolate and have a sweet tooth, so this Devilishly Different Drinking Fudge kit had me at hello! The idea of melting all of these amazing flavours with marshmallows is just heaven. A present for myself I think at £14.95.
I have a friend who loves making cupcakes so this Christmas Cupcake Kit is perfect for her and under a tenner at £9.95. Even better, I might get to eat them when she is done. They have a whole range of items in a similar design so you could also add a cute apron or matching tea towels if you wanted to make it a bigger gift.
You could also pair the cupcake kit with this cute Vintage Tea Party picture and recipe book. So many of my friends love anything vintage and we all like to eat tea and cake right? So, this one is bound to please your friends at just £9.95.
Unfortunately you can’t eat these but they will make you smell yummy! This Luxury Bath Melt Collection is made by an environmentally friendly company. This coupled with the fact that you are giving to charity makes this the most angelic gift going. This should get you some brownie points with your Mum or Grandma. That and what lady doesn’t love a good bath? Only £13.95.
This one is sure to be a winner for Uncles, Dads and Granddads everywhere. Whisky and cake combined, what more can they ask for? This Whisky Cake is a bargain at just £13.95.
There are so many more quality gifts available. 100% of the profits go towards beating blood cancer and their lifesaving blood cancer research, so please do take a look and support a good cause while you’re shopping for Christmas.
I would also be interested to hear about any of your favourite gift choices for Christmas, so please feel free to post your comments.
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Gifts under £50 at Ernest Jones
This is probably one of the last gift guides I’ll write for 2013 as Christmas has become scarily close…how is it only a week away? Seriously?!
Anyway, better late than never with this post and if you happen to have an Ernest Jones store near you (lucky me, I do!) you can still pick up some of these beautiful gifts for someone special.
Gifts for Her:
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| How cute are these Ted Baker rocking horse earrings? They’d be perfect for the girly girl in your life and cost a not too eye watering £29. |
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| This rose gold bracelet by Folli Follie is just beautiful, it comes in at the top end of the budget at £50 but I know quite a few people in my life who would adore this….my Mum for one, I wish I had seen it a bit sooner! |
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| It’s back to Ted Baker for pick number three, he designs some seriously good jewellery (along with seriously good everything else!) Apart from wanting this for myself it’d be perfect to tell your best friend how much she sparkles and is reduced to £29 (half price!)
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| Ok, the gifts for him post was much harder to write than gifts for her as I’ve never really bought jewellery as a bloke gift before. I can imagine Ben wearing this Fossil bracelet though and at £45 it’s a pretty sound investment. |
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| Cufflinks sometimes feel like a bit of a cop out, although if you know a man like my Dad there is no such thing as too many cufflinks. I really like these by Gaventa, they cost £30 and remind me a lot of lego. Grown up lego = winner for Dad’s. |
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| I’m not sure where I stand on necklaces for men but this one did catch my eye several times during my browsing of the website. It’s by Simon Carter, costs £35 and is an exclusive product to Ernest Jones. I can’t see the men in my life wearing it but I’m sure some of you will be able to find a recipient!
So that’s my final and somewhat brief gift guide done and dusted. xxx |
Christmas Looks with Guess Jewellery
It’s no secret that I’m a Guess Jewellery girl so when I was asked to collaborate with them to celebrate the launch of their new TV ad it was a total no-brainer
I was sent a beautiful bangle and asked to style it up with my favourite Christmas party outfits. It wasn’t a chore. It goes with so many things, infact I ended up picking two outfits- one for a big night out and another for drinks with the girls.
The bangle, from the AW Glamazon collection which is my favourite Guess Jewellery collection to date.
For my big night out outfit I team the bangle with a gorgeously ornate dress from Miss Selfridge which really only needs one accessory to make it pop, and some shoes by Jeffrey Campbell which seem in keeping with the almost 1920s style of the dress. I think this whole outfit works so well together as all the different silver and black shades blend seamlessly and fit with the nude colour of the dress without overshadowing it.
I then decided the bangle also needed showcasing in a more casual setting so created a little outfit for drinks with friends over the festive period. The dress was a bargain at £14.99 from New Look, I fell in love with it’s flock print and rich colour. I’d probably brave it and go bare legged (well, nude tights at most) and rock my favourite boots ever from Miista which were another bargain at £6.50. The bangle works so well with this tougher, more causal look…it’s a real hardworker to be honest, moving from a delicate party look to a more casual yet still dressy look (I can vouch for it working well with jeans and a jumper, too) with ease. A simple silver necklace finished off this look.
How would you style up this bangle?
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