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24 Kids Birthday Party Ideas You’ll Never Regret

June 21, 2017 ♦

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Avoid the nightmare of the unknown and embrace what’s been tried and tested. That’s the secret to throwing a party your children will cherish for the rest of their lives. The memories you will make will adorn the walls of your home for years to come, with kids birthday party…

27 Funny, Fabulous (And Wrong) Baby Shower Food Ideas

May 14, 2017 ♦

Baby Shower

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Is it a baby shower organizer’s job to impress the mother-to-be or horrify her? Perhaps a good healthy dose of both? Regardless of your approach to the event itself (nutella poo nappy game anyone?), the very least you can do is treat it like any other special occasion and that means concentrating on the…

23 Most Awesome Girls Birthday Cakes

May 10, 2017 ♦

Birthday Cakes

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Girls just want to have fun, as they say. Yes, we all know it’s Cyndi Lauper, but it’s basically colloquial English as well now. It’s a given. You’re a girl. You want to have fun. That’s what girls birthday parties are all about. That’s what girls birthday cakes are all about.…

9 Nifty Mothers Day Activities She Will Love

April 24, 2017 ♦

Mothers Day

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While it’s easy to reach for flowers, champagne and gift baskets, Mom will love it if you surprise her with an outing or activity – something special to warm the cockles of her heart. Mothers Day activities may cost a little or may cost a lot, but regardless of your budget…

19 Of The Best Boys Birthday Cakes

April 12, 2017 ♦

Birthday Cakes

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Designing birthday parties for kids can be so much fun. For some reason, no matter how busy we are and how much work is involved, we love to delight our little ones. Witnessing the smile on their face (or the icing as the case may be!) makes all the hard work…

33 Christmas Photos You’ll Want To Keep Forever

December 18, 2016 ♦

Christmas Ideas

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While Christmases come and go, Christmas photos tend to stay with us forever. Some we want to forget forever (bad 80s hairdo anyone?), but others – particularly family photos – become mainstays in our lives. That said, we don’t tend to print photos like we used to (hello digital world).…

39 Fabulously Festive Christmas Decoration Ideas

December 1, 2016 ♦

Christmas Ideas

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When it comes to Christmas, it’s easy to fall into the ‘same old same old’ mindset and simply dust off old decorations. You may kid yourself it’s in the name of tradition (and that may very well be true!), but often it’s simply in the name of ease. Why not…

33 Super Simple, Fab Fun Kids Christmas Crafts

November 19, 2016 ♦

Christmas Ideas

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Children make an extraordinary number of kids christmas crafts, don’t they? Some of them are so bad they get thrown away at the earliest opportunity. Others are loveable but fall apart, only making it through one season of glory. But no childhood is complete without that one item of craft…

17 Whiz-Bang Men Winning At World’s Greatest Dad

August 25, 2016 ♦

Fathers Day

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There’s no better time than now to reflect on how awesome Dads are. Our own Dads. Our kids’ Dads. Our Dad-In-Laws. All the Dads! To celebrate the total whiz-bang awesomeness of Dads, we’ve put together a collection of World Greatest Dad stories from around the world that will make you laugh, cry…

Mothers Day Gifts Bound To Be A Hit

March 30, 2016 ♦

Gift Ideas, Mothers Day

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Our mothers are really something damn special. For a lot of us they carried us in their womb for nine months, making them extremely uncomfortable and often in pain, unable to enjoy regular activities or food and drinks they normally adore- soft cheese anybody? Then after nine months of making…