Advent calendars are one of my favourite festive traditions, and even as an adult I love the excitement of counting down the days until Christmas. I've never made my own advent calendar before, but this year I'm determined to swap a boring chocolate-filled cardboard box for something a little more imaginative and stylish. If you're planning to do the same, here are a few ideas from around the web . . .
Review | Not Another Bill gift subscription
We all have one: a friend or relative who we find it near impossible to shop for. So, in the first of a few posts about Christmas present ideas, I'm reviewing an option for those tricky-to-buy-for people in your life: gift subscription service Not Another Bill, which sends recipients a surprise in the post every month. . . .
Halloween inspiration
I have a confession to make: I love Halloween. I have done ever since I was a little girl, when my brothers and I would carve pumpkins, devour cookies made with their discarded innards, and scare each other silly with tales of haunted houses and ghoulish goings on. Even now at the age of 33, without children of my own as an excuse, I always decorate the house and have a bowl of chocolates waiting . . .
Giveaway | Win an Etta French jewellery candle from Nisi Living
This giveaway has now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered, and congratulations to the winner, Rebekah Terrell! I love scented candles and I love jewellery, so I was intrigued to hear about a new range of 'jewellery candles' from Etta French. From the outside they look like any other candle, but hidden within the wax is a surprise - a necklace, charm, bracelet or ring designed by jewellery . . .
Profile | VRAC Ethical Tea Shop
I love taking a few minutes out of my day to savour a cuppa - a little escape ritual that calms a busy mind and instantly helps me refocus. Coffee was always my drink of choice, until a sample of delicious, beautifully packaged loose leaves by VRAC arrived in a parcel of goodies from The Future Kept and completely transformed my perception of tea. Founded by Pauline Maniere, who hails from . . .
Recipe | Creamy wild mushrooms on toast
I love this time of year: pavements sparkling with frost, chilly evenings made for snuggling under a blanket with a good book, greengrocers brimming with autumnal bounty... It's a time that calls for warming comfort food, and the latest recipe from Kym Grimshaw of On the Plate is just that. It's packed with earthy mushrooms - my favourite of the season's spoils - and it works brilliantly as both a . . .
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