Gifts that I have handmade for other people, for a range of occasions including teachers gifts, and gifts for children and grown ups.

  • 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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