Homemade Christmas Cards

There's no better time than christmas to get away with displaying your little peoples artwork on a card for all your friends and family to see!

Homemade christmas cards are fun to make and thoughtful to recieve especially for close relatives! Dave at the office might not appreciate one so much!

One Christmas with Sienna (pre baby Tate) we made these cute cards from her footprint.

(sorry for rubbish pic its the only one i could find)

To make these i got Sienna to do her footprint on a piece of paper and then i scanned it onto the computer. I used a free photo editing programme and added some antlers and wording to the picture and then i printed them onto some blank cards i purchased from hobbycraft. Then i added a red glitter nose and some sparkly stars and hey presto handmade cards!

Theres lots of fun festive ideas for you to make with your little people here are a few i have found whilst browsing my fave Pinterest!

If you do make your own cards this year please pop us an email with a picture for us to see! Maybe we will send a little christmassy prize to the best one!

In elf on the shelf land today, Ella the elf is auditioning for 'The Elf Factor'

And Buddy has drawn a red nose on Sienna whilst she sleeps!

Have a lovely Tuesday won't you! 

Mummy time

It's the first Monday in December and we think we should start thinking about making some more time for ourselves in the new year!  December is always a busy month so much going on but I was thinking about ordering a brochure from my local Adult Education Centre and starting a new course in the new year!

The courses range from languages to drawing, from cooking to upholstery!  I will try to find a course in the evening and one night a week take some time out for me to learn something new! 

I'd love to learn calligraphy or do a drawing painting workshop!  

As mummy's we feel guilty about having time for ourselves and time out but I think in order to be the best us we can be we need time for us! 

So do something for yourselves today! 

In Elf news Ella arrived in our house yesterday - she is Elvis's sister and today she has left some new chairs, Christmas hats and a Christmas DVD! 

Buddy has returned to the Andrews house and he's getting up to mischief floating around the living room in an hot air elf balloon!

Happy Monday fellow magic mummy's 

Love 

Jade and Leeanne 

Xxx 

Shopping in the luxury of your own home!

Good Morning Campers! Happy 1st December!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today we are with great friends celebrating Olivia's 2nd Birthday!! Happy Birthday Olivia Belle xxx

This year i have done the majority of my shopping online! I just find it so much less stressful! And lets face it if you don't have to go out in the cold with the children then why bother!  I like to shop and wander and mill around and with 2 toddlers that is no longer a possibility unless i am solo! So shopping online is the next best thing! And a glass of wine makes it brilliant!

So today i thought i would share some of my favourite websites with you for finding wonderful gifts!

First up is obviously www.notonthehighstreet.com - there is everything you could wish for on this website! And its super easy to search by occasion or person etc!

Secondly i love www.handpickedcollection.com its similar to noth but different

Third up i'm loving www.firebox.com which is a great gadget website for boys and their toys!

Fourth on my list is www.dotcomgiftshop.com - lovely stocking fillers

For Children i love

www.mulberrybush.co.uk - traditional toys for children

www.gltc.co.uk - my favourite children's website!!! I love love love this site! Perfect gifts

www.alexandalexa.com - wonderful children's and toy website

www.brightminds.co.uk - amazing educational toys and crafts! You can't go wrong with a gift from here.

I feel like theres a real negativity about gift vouchers! Like if i buy gift vouchers i feel like i haven't put any effort in and don't care! But i love getting vouchers and being able to spend them on things i really love and need.  Any vouchers make wonderful presents! Cinema vouchers for friends to have date nights, meal vouchers, toy vouchers, clothing vouchers, department store vouchers, music vouchers, iTunes vouchers - the world  is your oyster.  So don't feel bad about vouchers!

As its the 1st Dec it means Our Elf's are back from The North Pole! Yippeee stay tuned to see what Buddy and Elvis and Elvis's twin sister Elfie get up to this December!