Some Mothers Day Gift IdeasGifts by Mrs C - February 18, 2015March 23, 2016 My first dilemma when coming up with Mothers Day gift ideas was whether or not to include an apostrophe!My instinct was to go for Mothers' Day - it being a day for all mothers. Apparently though, Anna Jarvis, the campaigner who originally came up with the whole idea wanted it to be Mother's Day, as it's a day for each family to celebrate their own mother and not
Love Candles, Love AromaGifts by Mrs C - July 18, 2014March 2, 2016 I’ve had a few birthdays to buy for this past month and so I was over-the-moon to find the Love Aroma website. Now it might be just me but I don’t think you can go far wrong buying almost any woman a gift of a candle. (However, if anyone out there reading this wants to buy for me, then avoid anything with jasmine ideally as
Jewellery Boxes from The Holding CompanyGiftsThings For The House by Mrs C - June 30, 2014March 23, 2021 Over the years my 3 daughters and I have amassed a fair amount of jewellery, knick-knacks, trinkets and yes, some tat. All of this stuff needs putting somewhere and we all have lots of modern and antique jewellery boxes and trinket boxes of varying designs and sizes, scattered in our bedrooms. And all the boxes are filled with jewellery (both junk and 'proper' for want
The Herdy CompanyGiftsThings For The House by Mrs C - May 16, 2014February 15, 2016 One of my many daughters happened to have a birthday a couple of weeks ago and as she'd mentioned she needed some new mugs recently, I did a bit of shopping around looking for something a bit different - and came across The Herdy Company! The Herdy Company The Herdy Company started in The Lake District and their products and ideas have been very much inspired by
What have Skye Candles and Desperate Housewives got in common?BeautyGifts by Mrs C - April 30, 2014March 2, 2016 April's nearly gone and I've barely blogged all month - time to catch up then, albeit in brief! One of the things I forgot to mention back in March was the very lovely and special Mother's Day I had. My daughters spolied me with flowers, M&S vouchers, organic soap, the first season of Desperate Housewives and a rose-scented Skye candle.They've been trying to get me
MyTimeFrame aka Megan’s 21st Time FrameGifts by Mrs C - April 4, 2014April 4, 2014 It was my youngest daughter's 21st a couple of weeks ago and I'd been racking my brains for a while, trying to think of something 'a bit different' for her.I'd already bought her a few bits and bobs when I stumbled upon a site called The Travelling Souk which is now going to be my 'Go-To' site when it comes to looking for presents for
Milestone BirthdaysGifts by Mrs C - October 1, 2013October 1, 2013Why do people have birthdays in the run-up to Christmas? It's so inconsiderate of them!Everytime I try and put a bit of money to one side to save for Christmas, you can guarantee a birthday will pop up. Obviously sometimes I can anticipate a birthday - particularly when it's the birthday of one of my own various offspring. But then there are the randomers'
New Forest Aromatics Candle Gift SetGifts by Mrs C - May 14, 2013May 14, 2013There are two things to say virtually straightaway about the New Forest Aromatics Gift Set - The candles smell absolutely gorgeous and the set is so cheap! The Gift Set looks like it should have cost significantly more than the £10 I paid for it. Yup - just £10! I reckon the perceived value is more around the £20+ mark.The candles in the New Forest
One4all Gift Cards – Great Gift For Mum, Dad, The World & His WifeGifts by Mrs C - March 2, 2013March 5, 2013Whatever kind of mum you are or have - new mum, stay-at-home mum, working mum, mum with older children who've flown the nest, whatever, all mums deserve to be celebrated every day really but especially on Mother's Day. Let's be fair, it doesn't matter how old you are, your Mum is still your Mum and you will always be her child. And most of us
My Favourite Products at the MomentBeautyGifts by Mrs C - January 7, 2013February 6, 2013I had so many lovely gifts at Christmas that it's been a difficult task choosing my favourite products at the moment! I loved the new charms for my pearl Thomas Sabo bracelet which I had from my gorgeous daughters. And the various chocolates bought for me were seriously more than my hips could cope with but hey what's a girl to do at Christmas. Eating