Present Stash

I don’t know about you but I have often be caught out on the present front; forgotten or not known about a birthday or find myself unexpectedly invited somewhere, that sort of thing. My solution is to have a present stash; a selection of items which I can draw on in times of emergency. Here’s an extract from a earlier blog post about this very subject. I visited Kilmartin Museum today which I would thoroughly recommend. The Glen is full of...

Easter

Extracts from Easter Posts from my old Blog. Also for a list of ideas check out Easter/Spring  in the Alternative Present Ideas section of this site. A quick search for alternative Easter ideas revealed that it’s still all about spending money just not on eggs. Instead of huge over packaged disgusting cheap chocolate you can buy a multitude of other things as well now. Always wanting to cash in on any excuse to get people shopping you can now buy...

Simple Pleasures This Week

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Making Cards

The sort of cards I’m talking about are ones made with bits and bobs you have at home, or can easily get, NOT buying all that STUFF that you can get to stick on. What you need: Paper and stuff: I collect paper; old wrapping paper, any pretty paper that comes with or off anything, and I use it to decorate things including cards. I also hang on to anything pretty that may come in useful, dried flowers, leaves, wool, string, ribbons, I’m sure you...

Present in a Pot

I’ve moved this post over from my old blog. Spring is the ideal time to create pots full of flowers or food to give away as presents. I arrived in Euston, London on one of the hottest days of the year. A mistake you may say but actually there’s little choice when trying to get to the south from here, all in the same day. I left Connel Ferry at 8.30am being the sole person to get on the train, only to arrive in London with thousands. Last year...

Screen Screaming

Despite the interlude of juggling mania, my screen screaming persists. Apparently kids spend 90% of their time indoors now…….I think I know why, and I’m not happy about it. I often feel like all they EVER do is this: or this: or this: I could SCREAM, in fact I frequently do: Life’s too short to spend it on screens. It’s not real You need to get out there and connect with nature Connect with someone/something other than that bloody...