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Secret Santa Solutions with Find Me a Gift

05th December 2013

Find Me a Gift has long been one of my go-to sites when looking for something a bit unusual to give as a present. I’m mostly done with my Christmas Shopping, the one I’m stuck on is the office Secret Santa. We do it every year and most years I am lucky and get some one I know quite well, I don’t yet know who I have this year but having been off sick for a while now it’ll be sod’s law it’s somebody I know very little about (getting one of the GPs is the hardest, they have everything!)
Anyway, I was having a browse and decided to compile a little list of solutions for anyone else who’s facing the same scenario. Everything is under a tenner (our office budget) and if if nothing on my list suits your recipient make sure to have a browse of the website yourself as I’m pretty sure you’ll find something to suit your needs, also well as a whole host of stuff for yourself- it happens to me every time!
Knit your own Hello Kitty, £9.99. I have one of these although I’m yet to learn to knit but it would make the cutest gift for the crafty one at work.

Bomb Cosmetics Bath Melts Chocolate Gift Set- £8.99. I love Bomb! It’s the one brand who makes this kind of thing that I’m not allergic to. I think things like this always make a good gift.

ABC Cookies Gingerbread Man Cutters- £6.99. Again this is the kind of thing I’d love to recieve myself and when really stuck that’s what I base my gift choices on. These are just too cute and funny. For the record Gingerbread men are best eaten head first!

Emergency Food Tin- £7.99 and perfect for the office snacker. Or the person who always brings in the biscuits. We could do with one of these in our office. Often we get situations where the only solution is something sweet.

Tetris Heat Changing Mug- £6.99. For the bloke who has it all.

Retro Sweetie Jar- 350g for £4.99 for the sugar addict. There are various sizes of these available under a tenner…sweets make the perfect gift, trust me, I’ve been on the receiving end of buckets of sweets lately thanks to some wonderfully kind bloggers and a rather lovely PR.

Test Tube Shot Glasses and Rack- £8.99 for the office geek, or anyone who likes a drink and has a sense of fun.

Fashion Origami Set- £4.99. For the clothes obsessed one. I had this set once and it was a great gift, it kept me occupied for hours (I’m pretty hopeless at origami it transpired!)
This is one of those posts where my list could have gone on for years. What are you thoughts on Secret Santas? I saw a few blogger ones going on this year which looked like fun…
does your office do one? What’s the best/worst present you’ve ever received?
My personal favourite was some gorgeous gloves. I get super cold hands and lose gloves regularly so they were just perfect.
xxx

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Boomf

02nd December 2013
I’m a bit of a social media addict- facebook, twitter, pintrest and instagram…you name it and I’m there.
Last week I was contacted about something so crazy awesome that I couldn’t turn down an offer to try it out…you see, Boomf can turn your instagram pictures in to edible, sweet and squashy treats…yep…MARSHMALLOWS!

For purpose of review (and my constant indecision) I let the brains behind Boomf choose which photos to convert. To be fair, it didn’t really matter which images they chose, put anything on a Marshmallow and I’m gonna be happy! As it happens they chose some of my favourite pictures- the ones of Mae and the black and white one of Ben and I! I wouldn’t usually have my selfies printed in edible form, there’s something quite wrong about eating your own face, but then I probably wouldn’t be ordering a photo of myself to eat myself!
With Christmas just around the corner these would make an amazing gift for the sweet toothed social media junkie in your life. Get them printed with pets, special moments or just random pictures and watch the bafflement on the recipients face!
The process of ordering couldn’t be simpler- log in to instagram, choose your nine images and go!
They cost £12 (inc free delivery) for 9 marshmallows- steep for sugar but great for a gift! I seriously love this idea…and I bet a few of you bloggy folk will too! It’s such an off the wall idea I seriously went “whaaaaat?” when the e-mail landed in my inbox, followed swiftly by “AWESOME!”
Thanks for these Boomf, now which to melt in a hot chocolate first?
xxx

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Luxe little Stocking Fillers from Aspire Style

28th November 2013
Stocking fillers are one of my favourite things about Christmas present shopping. Seeking out cute little additions to a main gift or making a hamper or box out of several themed goodies. This year Aspire Style has come up trumps with their range of gifts under a fiver and I’m struggling to think of anyone who wouldn’t love these festive themed yet year round usable treats!

The bath salts and lip balms are all priced at £4.99 and the range consists of favourite festive tipples- I’m a Gin&Tonic girl myself.
The squirrel pen costs £3.99 and really has no place in this post other than it was just too cute not to include!
Aspire Style aren’t just brilliant for gifts either, I’ve found my perfect Christmas Day Dress
It costs £49 but would see me through NYE and other winter gatherings too. Love.
Which of these little gifts would you like to receive? 
I think they’d make a lovely main gift with a bottle of said drink packaged with the bath salts and lipbalm….the perfect way to relax after all the festive madness!
xxx

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Christmas comes to Monster Sweets

24th November 2013
How many times have I raved about Monster Sweets on the blog? Enough to most readers to know I am a massive fan of this shop and it’s wonderful owner.
We e-mail from time to time and during on of these conversations the question of whether there would be any Christmas treats going up was raised. The answer was yes, he’d give it a go. And he did. With great results!
American Sweets Gift Box- £15 (there is also a European one of these too)

A fill your own idea- the box costs £1.50 with a bow for an optional 60p. You then choose the contents of the box and the price of those is added on, plus the standard delivery fee. I did one of these for Ben’s Dad and it worked out so much cheaper than others I had seen  and was created especially for him. I can’t wait for him to get it! 

European Gift Hamper- £23. Top of my wishlist this year, wow!

Ritter Sport gift box containing the Winter Limited Edition bars- caramelized almond, coconut macaroon and caramel orange. The box costs £7.00 and I want it. Ritter Sport never, ever dissapoints!

What do you think of these as gift ideas? I love them- especially the create your own box option.
What would be in your dream box out of everything on the Monster Sweets website?
Keep a close eye out, I’ve heard on the grapevine that a few more bits will be making their way on there soon
(buy me a Reeses Christmas tree as you browse)

xxx

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Bold as Brass with La Jewellery- gift guide AND giveaway

23rd November 2013
Allow me to introduce you to one of my long time favourite jewellery brands, La Jewellery. I know I feature a fair bit of jewellery on this blog and with so much out there on the market there has to be something about the brand or the pieces (or both) that really stand out. For La Jewellery it’s their ethics. Everything is eco-friendly, fair trade and affordable.
Whilst there is a whole host of stunning pieces on the website it’s the brass collection that I’m featuring today. Not typically talked about much on the blogs I read I personally think that brass makes beautiful jewellery has that unique edge. There are pieces in this little gift guide for men and women and I’ve tried to keep it as budget friendly as possible.
Liberty Brass Bangle- £18

After the Storm for him- £19

After the Storm for her- £15

Anchor Cufflinks- £25

F**K it Necklace- £22

In the Presence of You- £17
Carpe Diem- £21

The Carpe Diem Necklace is my absolute favourite piece on the entire website and one lucky reader of the blog is going to win one of their very own by following the rafflecopter instructions below:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good Luck!
xxx

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