Christmas Prep: Planning Your Handmade Gifts

I know, I know. Stand down, July is a bit early to talk about Christmas (We have 6 family birthdays in the next 4 weeks – I get it!). But I have my reasons, so hear me out. Handmade gifts... Continue reading →

Recently Off The Needles: Chocolate Orange Cover – Christmas Pudding

Maybe you saw yesterday’s knit and decided it wasn’t for you – but how about a Christmas Pudding instead? Christmas Pudding Pattern: Chocolate Orange Christmas Pudding Cover by Marianna’s Lazy Daisy Days.Needles: 3.75mm on the pattern but I used 4mm as that’s... Continue reading →

Recently Off The Needles: Chocolate Orange Cover – Santa Hat

Last Christmas I had great fun creating little knitted covers/cosies for Chocolate Oranges. I started with the Christmas Pudding and now here’s one for a Santa Hat. Is it Christmas without a Chocolate Orange? Santa Hat Pattern: Chocolate Orange Santa... Continue reading →

Monthly Christmas Prep: September

Over the years, I’ve learnt from my Mum that getting Christmas prep organised earlier leads to less stress overall. That also means you can enjoy the build-up so much more. With this year being different to any other Christmases we’ve... Continue reading →

Christmas Crafts
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I am a huge fan of Christmas. As we don’t celebrate Halloween, I have been known to start with the Christmas movies and music as early as October! I think this is to do with being a musician and Christmas... Continue reading →

Happy New Year
Recently Off The Needles

Hello there. So now it’s January 8th and I’m finally sitting down to write a blog post. Leading up to Christmas, I was desperately trying to homemade finish Christmas presents. I had had this great idea that making presents would... Continue reading →

Monthly Christmas Prep: November

When I mention products, I haven’t been sponsored or paid for these links. They are products that I love and would use myself. Check those international postage dates. As a rule of thumb, the further your packages are traveling from... Continue reading →

Christmas Prep: Last Post Dates

Christmas prep for me starts with little jobs in September, leading up to bigger jobs as needed through October, November and December. Part of that preparation is making sure that gifts, presents and other happy mail makes its way to... Continue reading →

Monthly Christmas Prep: October

And now it’s time for October’s Christmas Prep post. Did you complete your September tasks? When I mention products, I haven’t been sponsored or paid for these links. They are products that I love and would use myself. Make family... Continue reading →

What to do If Bad Weather Affects your Flight at Christmas

Christmas is one of the busiest times of the year to travel however, during the winter months, it’s not uncommon for flights to be delayed due to bad weather conditions. For example, last winter, more than 3000 flights in different... Continue reading →

Monthly Christmas Prep: September

When I mention products, I haven’t been sponsored or paid for these links. They are products that I love and would use myself. Growing up, my Mum would start Christmas shopping in the summer. This was so that she was... Continue reading →