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  • A folded maroon t-shirt with a child's handwriting on it, in gold, reading 'I am elderly now'.

    A T-shirt To Retire In

    Last year, my seven year old learned about the stages of life at school, as he traced his own background and learned about childhood, teenage years, adulthood, and old age. One of the stages of life they covered was later life; specifically the link between retirement and old age. They learned about being ‘elderly’ and […]

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  • Family Gifts: Personalised Christmas Signs

    This year I made a promise with my Ma: we would not buy each other Christmas presents. One of the kindest things we could do for each other was to release each of us from the obligation to spend money on each other when so many people are finding the cost of living so difficult […]

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  • Teacher’s End Of Term Gifts: Beautiful Personalised Notebook and Pen

    I’d always intended to get around to making gifts for the teachers of my little boy’s nursery, as we have handmade them for every gifting occasion for the past two and a half years that he has attended. This year, however, we did not get a chance to say goodbye. And it should have been […]

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  • Teacher Christmas Gifts: Personalised Pencil Boxes And Baubles

    This year’s Christmas gifts for Darwin’s teachers and nursery staff have been sanded, lacquered and finished with all the fine details needed. This year we have made each of the six keyworker staff a personalised pencil box and a matching tree decoration of wood. The special detail for this year’s Christmas gifts to the teachers […]

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  • Paper Hydrangeas: Making Watercolour Flowers

    Do you have a favourite flower? I’m not entirely sure that I do, but these last few years I have favoured big, flouncy blooms, and things like peonies and hydrangeas have been high on my list of ones I’d love to have gracing my imaginary country kitchen. But like my large, spacious kitchen, the flowers […]

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  • teacher's gifts: plant pots decorated with vinyl lettering which says 'thank you (name) for helping me grow'

    Teacher Gifts: Personalised Flower Pots Made With Vinyl Transfers

    Yesterday was Bean’s last day of nursery for this year, as he has now broken up for the summer holiday. Though he will be back again next year (he actually has another two whole years of nursery ahead of him!), I thought it was important to thank those who have cared and nurtured him for […]

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