christmas

15 12, 2013

{craft} egg carton jingle bells

December 15th, 2013|Categories: crafts|Tags: , |1 Comment

We love to make our own ornaments for the tree and the kids always love to see their creations hanging proudly! These egg carton jingle bells are really easy and very cute! Just cut out your egg cartons so you have the little ‘cup’ shape. I spray painted ours gold because it’s easy and quick! {I also only spray painted the tops, it would probably look nicer if you spray painted the insides too, we were just in a hurry to make something so I didn’t bother!} I poked holes in the top of each with […]

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15 12, 2013

christmas popcorn

December 15th, 2013|Categories: recipes|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Hi lovelies!I shared a photo of our Christmas popcorn on facebook the other day and a few of you asked for the recipe so I thought I’d pop it up here.It’s not really a recipe! It’s so so easy 🙂 Just pop some plain popcorn and then lay it out on a baking tray lined with baking paperThen melt some chocolate – you can do white chocolate like I did or any other kind – here I shared a salted dark chocolate and nut popcorn we like to make!And then before the chocolate sets, sprinkle […]

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13 12, 2013

a little delightful Christmas giveaway :: a gorgeous Uberkate Ubercircle {now closed}

December 13th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , |98 Comments

This giveaway is now closed, congratulations Sue L!Oh boy am I excited about this one!!The gorgeous Kate, the woman behind UberKate, first created her signature Ubercircle so she could keep her family close while travelling for business. Her gorgeous design was loved by friends and family and they urged her sell her beautiful jewellery and thus UberKate was born 10 years ago! Kate said she wanted to wear jewellery that ‘meant something’ and let me tell you I teared up when I opened up the box containing my handmade necklace personalised with the names of […]

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13 12, 2013

Win Your Favourite Magazine – FOR A YEAR!

December 13th, 2013|Categories: diy|Tags: , , |68 Comments

This post is brought to you by Magshop.There’s something about a new copy of your favourite magazine.Between it’s glossy covers; hundreds of inspirational ideas, gorgeous photos, tempting recipes and creative projects are waiting for you to discover them. This year I have been inspired by all the gorgeous ‘rustic’ and more natural Christmas styles and displays in so many of my favourite magazines, with lots of creams and warm tones of brown and gold. Kraft paper for wrapping, warm white twinkle lights and hessian garlands in beautiful big fir Christmas trees.I spotted this cute little […]

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12 12, 2013

’tis the season to – take a deep breath

December 12th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |7 Comments

We’re half way through the advent calendars – already. What? I’m not sure how that happened so fast.Has it all been a blur for you too? I was talking with a friend of mine about this the other day, how this time of year inevitably gets crazy busy, not just because of Christmas, not only if you haven’t finished Christmas shopping two months ago, but because for us Aussie’s it’s also the end of a school year, everything is wrapping up and being finalised before our long holidays. There are event evenings, graduation ceremonies, open class […]

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10 12, 2013

a little delightful Christmas giveaway :: Quut Beach Toys from Tiger Tribe {now closed}

December 10th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |57 Comments

this giveaway is now closed! Congratulations Jayne D! Hi everyone! I am super dooper excited to bring you this great giveaway from the fantastic people at Tiger Tribe!Tiger Tribe is definitely one of my favourite brands, they stock such a gorgeous range of unique and wonderfully fun products that we are big fans of! You can see my thoughts on some of their range in my post from last year – my kids still love the magnetic activity cases and washable colouring book that we were so lucky to receive last year and this year I […]

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8 12, 2013

{printable} Christmas Bookmarks

December 8th, 2013|Categories: printables|Tags: , , , , , , |2 Comments

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend! Can you believe we are already 9 days into December?!I am loving our December mornings, filled with advent calendars and cheeky elf fun. It’s disappearing all too soon though, slow down please time! I thought I would share with you today one of the most requested printables. After sharing these Reindeer thumbprint bookmarks on the blog a couple of years ago I have received countless emails about bookmarks that say “Merry Christmas” so… here they are!We used them to do Reindeer thumbprints again this time, mostly because […]

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8 12, 2013

a little delightful Christmas giveaway :: Christmas Fairy Door Pack! {now closed}

December 8th, 2013|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , , |61 Comments

Well hello lovelies!This giveaway is now closed! Congratulations Amanda R! I know I said this post would be up on Thursday – sorry it’s a bit late!

But it’s worth the wait because this is the most gorgeous Fairy Door EVER and would add just a little extra Christmastime magic to your house!A Christmas Fairy Door pack from The Fairy Door Store comes with all these cute bits! 

 
Yes, that is a teeny tiny key!! {it doesn’t really lock/unlock the door – but how cute is it!!!}

 
And when you put it all together you get the most […]

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2 12, 2013

how we elf on the shelf

December 2nd, 2013|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , , , |4 Comments

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend and that your home is looking thoroughly Christmassy!!I get lots of questions about how we ‘elf on the shelf’ so I thought I’d share how we do it at our house. I actually can’t believe how controversial the elf seems to have gotten! People downright hate it but you know what? I think it’s just a bit of magic and fun for the kids, and if you’re keen on ‘elfing’, you can use it any way you like, to fit your family, there is no […]

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27 11, 2013

{printable} 2013 December Calendar

November 27th, 2013|Categories: printables|Tags: , |3 Comments

Hi everyone!I shared the link to this calendar on facebook the other day when my blog wasn’t working and now sharing it here!It’s already dated for you, but blank for you to use as you like. I am using mine to organise which day we will be doing which advent activity card as well as to plan a few elf ideas we don’t want to forget! I haven’t made a january one yet but will share it here if I do! :o}Hope this helps with planning during this crazy crazy month that is nearly here!December […]

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