Gifts that I have handmade for other people, for a range of occasions including teachers gifts, and gifts for children and grown ups.
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Wooden Bookmarks
For the upcoming holiday season I have made a large number of handmade wooden pencil bookmarks personalised and decorated with individual names. This fun little project took a lot longer than I had anticipated, but I am glad to have it finished before the end of November. These are simple wooden bookmarks, decorated with simple…
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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…