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Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 24: Homemade Christmas Cards

Hi guys 👋🏻

IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE!!! WOOHOO

The penultimate Blogmas Day 😱

Each year I love to have a go at making my own Christmas cards and I try out lots of different designs and techniques.

I thought I would share a few designs with you from this years collection. I have predominantly gone for a hand drawn vibe.

Let’s take a look.

I love the hand drawn vibes, especially of the baubles, with the little gems to add a bit of detail and sparkle.

I love having a go at writing in different fonts too, I need to do a calligraphy course or something. That would be cool.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE!!!

🎅🏻

He’s on his way!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 4: Fun, festive craft ideas for kids

Hi guys 👋🏻

Here are some fun, festive craft activities to keep the kiddies occupied this Christmas! Guaranteed to get you into the festive spirit ✨️

Painting

Reindeer Rudolph printing.
Gingerbread printing.
Christmas Wreaths.
Handprint Christmas cards.
Create their own festive masterpiece all wrapped up for family. A great present.

Festive fun

Design your own Christmas jumper.
Finish the Christmas lights.
Build a chimney for Santa.

Nature Activities

Nature Christmas Craft.
Nature Christmas Wreaths.
Nature Christmas trees.

Paper craft

Make a snowflake.
Christmas paper chains.
Elf yourself.

Lots of festive fun to be had!

I can’t wait to try some of these out.

21 days to go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Easter Hols 🌷🐣🌞

Hi guys 👋🏻

Happy Easter Hols! Here’s what I’ve been up to ✌🏼

Week One

Train journeys are the perfect time to pick up your book.
Coffees, walks & catch ups.
Sunshine & sea.
Takeaway Nandos 🙌🏼
Lil ice cream at the cinema treat.
My fave reading spot.
Shorts in April? Who dis?
Cinema with hubby 💗
Breakfast with my nephews.
Mediterranean brekky, delish.
Colour hunt – I spy purple.
Colour hunt – I spy yellow.
Spring floral nails by moi.
Colour hunt – I Spy orange.
AC birthday tradition photo.
Book one of the hols.
Work ✌🏼 at least it’s sunny.
The Sims ⭐️
Brunchin’ with a friend.
Book 2 of the hols.
20° – whattttt!?

Week Two

Out for lunch with Mum.
Breakfast crossaint 🤤
Fun playing The Sims.
With my favourite 3.
Easter craft session with the kids.
Easter Egg hunt time.
& finally, chocolate Easter Nest making.
Enjoying Good Friday on the Waterfront.
Our yummy brunch sandwiches.
Playing Catan at Geek Retreat.
My Easter Egg.
Yummy Easter desserts for a family lunch.
Out for a lovely Easter Sunday afternoon walk.
Me & Tim 💗
Our traditional family Easter Chinese in the evening 😀

I hope you’ve enjoyed the long Easter weekend, if you celebrate it 🐇

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2024: Day 16 Christmas Market & craft fun ✨️

Hi guys 👋🏻

We are in to single figures for our Christmas countdown now!! Whoop whoop.                                    One excellent way to get you into the festive spirit is a Christmas market! A few weeks ago, I went to one with my sisters, nephews, and niece.

We started off with some much needed sustenance in the form of hot chocolates and mince pies, both of which were delicious.

We then had a little wander around the Christmas market.

Very festive!

I picked myself and my older sister up a pair of these earrings each.  I love them! They are handmade and super colourful.

I had booked my nephews and niece onto their craft afternoon as we went to their Halloween craft event, and it was brilliant. Such great value and only £5 each (per child)

They had a great time, and once again, there were loads for them to do. They could decorate their own little bag to put their creations in, make Christmas cards with a variety of festive resources, Christmas Colouring, DIY fridge magnets and badges, make your own jewellery and garlands as well as design your own wooden tree decorations. It was fab!

We all had a really fun time dressed up in our festive jumpers, and we stayed for the whole 2 hours. The kids were engrossed!

All in all, it was a fun, festive way to spend a Saturday!

Have you been to a Christmas market yet?

9 days to go!!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2024: Day 10 🎄 Christmas Wreath Making

Hi guys 👋🏻

Welcome to day 10 of Blogmas!

A few weekends ago me and my husband and I attended a Wreath Making workshop organised by some of his work colleagues, just a fun little Christmassy get together. Tim invited me along, too, because he knew this would be right up my street.

It was really fun, and although I got pricked by Holly several times, I really enjoyed creating my Wreath.

Here’s how it went…

As you can see from the final pictures just above, we went for very different themes. They both came out really well, and we now have two lovely, festive, homemade wreaths to decorate our home. We’ve popped Tim’s on the front foot and mine on the lounge door.

Have you ever made a homemade Wreath?

15 days to go!!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Thirteen: Homemade Christmas Cards

Hi Guys 👋🏻

I always try and make some time to create some homemade Christmas cards, especially at Christmas.

I feel like this year has been a bit hectic! And time has run away with me a little towards the end of term, at work.

However, I have found the time (and thankfully some supplies from last year) to make a few cards for people.

I’ve gone for a couple of different themes from traditional colours to icy/snowy themed ones. I haven’t finished my cards for my immediate family & friends yet, but here is a little look at a few I’ve made to send off.

Have you ever had a go at making your own cards?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Fifteen: A christmas booklover diy gift 📚

Hi guys 👋🏼

So this week we are having our last Book Club meeting before Christmas and the New Year, and I saw a really cute idea online that I thought was perfect to make everyone.

They are book baubles!

So I bought some clear baubles on Amazon, I then set about printing, cutting (lots of cutting) and laminating the tiny pictures of all of the books that we have read at Book Club this year.

I did them double sided so that they looked good inside the bauble from all angles. This did take a little while but I made them in an evening so it isn’t as time consuming as it looks.

These would make a great present for a book lover friend. If you know what they have read this year or maybe just make one with their favourite books in.

They are relatively easy and super effective.

I finished them off by writing ‘2022’ in a silver pen and adding a red ribbon to hang them up.

I know not everyone has a laminater but they looked really effective this way and I was really pleased with the finish.

I can’t wait to pop mine on my tree – what a great year for book club books it has been.

What have you read this year?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

10 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!

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Blogmas Day Twelve: Stocking Fillers ✨️

Hi guys 👋🏼

Stockings are one of my favourite parts of Christmas and it has been since I was a child.

I also think they are one of the most fun things to shop for too *to help Santa out obviously!

Let’s take a look at some Stocking filler ideas.

Instead of including specific information I have just included different options, in different categories, that you can pick up from wherever you like to shop.

[& don’t forget to shop local and support small buisnesses]

Games

Fun and easy for all ages!

Edible Treats

All of the classics!

Books

You can get some amazing (and varied) festive reads for under £5

Handmade Gifts

Homemade is always appreciated whether it be a homemade deco, hot choc set or tasty festive treat.

Bath Bombs

A nice little stocking filler!

What is your go to stocking filler?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

13 days until Christmas!

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Blogmas Day Twenty Four: Christmas Eve Fun!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE GUYS!!

Santa’s coming tonight 🎅🏻

OMG SANTA! I KNOW HIM. (If you know you know)

Anyway, here is our Christmas eve fun/day of madness 🤣

Christmas Eve Boxes 🎅🏻 & Presents with my Niece & Nephews

Christmas Craft – after the present opening they did some colouring, and then later on in the afternoon me and the boys made our own Snowmen and watched ‘Elf’

My favourite tradition of all is going for a drive to look at the Christmas lights around town.

And then we of course headed home for some yummy food, games and of course ‘The Grinch’

And now my stocking is out and ready for the big man, Santa C to come 😁

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE EVERYONE!

How have you spent it?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Fourteen: Christmas Card Craft

Hi guys 👋🏻

11 days until Christmas!

I enjoy making cards and have been doing so for like 12 years now, maybe longer.

I wish I had more time to do it to be honest and the last few years its been hard to make them for both birthdays and Christmas….

…For birthday’s I have opted for the assistance of a certain Funky Pidgeon but I like to make sure that I hand make my Christmas ones.

(Why? when it’s the busiest time of year I don’t know 🤣😬)

But its a good activity to make you feel festive, so here we are again!

Let’s take a look!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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