Archive for the 'Special Occasions' Category
Friday, June 8th, 2007
Do dads really deserve Father’s Day? After all, don’t they just embarrass us by telling our friends how we used to run around the garden in a pair of red wellies and nothing else, or taking over the dance floor at family parties with their cringeworthy ‘dad dance’?
But then again, dads are good as a free taxi service, good at fixing things and always ready to offer sound advice – even if you don’t always want to hear it. So perhaps on balance, one day a year isn’t too bad to say thanks for putting up with us kids (whatever our age).
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Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
Does a kid’s birthday party invitation leave you wondering what gift to buy them? It certainly did me when my three and four year old boys got invited to another birthday party last week…
Just as I was raking my brains for ideas, I stumbled across Jessica Jonzen’s article “Getting Presents all Wrapped Up” for the Sunday Times. Far from putting my mind at rest, she mentioned…
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Sunday, May 27th, 2007
Aren’t dads just great?
They’re great for those (not always) helpful words of advice, DIY assistance, but most of all, they provide endless entertainment - and embarrassment, when doing that classic bit of ‘dad dancing’.
Because that’s more than enough reasons to treat your Dad to something special – and because it’s Father’s Day on Sunday the 17th of June, we’ve put together some great gift ideas that will have your Dad grinning from ear to ear.
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Friday, March 30th, 2007
Easter is just around the corner and I find that it’s just the perfect time to celebrate - after all, we’re now looking forward to longer, hopefully sun-filled days, and of course, it’s a great excuse to eat huge amounts of chocolate.
From luxurious chocolate gifts to romantic Easter presents, we have something for everyone… Our unique Selection of Easter gifts is now online and it follow the link below to check out what we have on offer!
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Sunday, March 11th, 2007
This year Mother’s Day is on Sunday 18th of March, so it will soon be time to celebrate mothers and make them feel special.
Check out our web site for our special Mother’s Day gifts, helium balloons, chocolates and Mother’s Day teddy bears. This year’s range includes…
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
With Valentine’s day just gone we have been extremely busy sending out heaps of Valentine gifts. As well as “local” UK customers, we got people from New Zealand, the United States, Germany, Lichtenstein, Brazil, Hong Kong and British soldiers posted in Iraq ordering Valentine gifts for their loved ones in the UK.
Preparing what was our largest amount of orders so far on a given day was hard work and required some serious planning. However if was hugely satisfying to receive your feedback and messages such as Lesley’s below made all the hard work worthwhile.
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Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Are you looking for a Valentine recipe you can make with children? Why not try to make these delicious - and very easy, peppermint cream sweets?
These peppermint cream sweets are easy to make, even with small children. My children who are three and four, very much enjoyed the cooking although dipping the peppermint creams in melted chocolate turned out to be a rather messy affair.
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Listening to the conversation that two of my girlfriends where having over coffee last week, it drew on me they very much sounded like over-worked A Level students about to sit their exams… “I’ll be glad when it’s all over… I simply don’t have a minute for myself… I don’t see how I can possibly get everything done”.
I am sure you have guessed from the title of this post – they weren’t taking exams they were just talking about Christmas… and instead of looking forward to a bit of family fun, they felled stressed, tired and under pressure.
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Saturday, November 4th, 2006
While the “official” countdown to Christmas starts on the 1st of December, most of us start thinking about and preparing for Christmas a little before (why else would the high street shops put their Christmas range out in the summer!).
I’ve compiled a simple “Countdown to Christmas” to help you get organised this Christmas – and avoid stress all together. Enjoy the countdown to Christmas!
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Don’t you agree that the best part of Christmas is the anticipation? In the weeks before you find yourself counting off the days on the Advent calendar, trimming the tree, watching the kids’ nativity play (complete with tea-towel toting shepherds) and of course joining in the endless round of Christmas parties.
I am not the type to prepare for Christmas in July - or even November! – I am not organised enough for this. However I have been preparing Big Fat Balloon’s Christmas and our Christmas helium balloons are online and ready to order for those who what to send friends and relatives something different.
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