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  • A tall rectangular collage titled “A Christmas Hamper Guide For… Artists & Crafters” featuring four numbered sections of gift ideas. Section 1 includes a variety of art supplies such as colouring pencil sets, acrylic paints, oil pastels, sketching sets, canvas boards, paintbrushes, markers, a mini wooden easel, a mannequin figure, palettes, and painting tools. Section 2 displays crafting kits, including calligraphy sets, resin casting kits, jewellery-making kits, felting, decoupage, textured pottery, cross-stitch kits, coaster painting kits, and miniature model-building kits. Section 3 shows electronic crafting machines such as Cricut and Silhouette cutting machines, heat presses, labelling machines, and digital crafting tools arranged in rows. Section 4 features storage items like rotating organisers, stackable trays, paint saver pots, divided containers, craft caddies, foldable portfolios, and clear plastic storage boxes.
    2025 | Christmas | Gift Guides

    A Christmas Hamper Guide For… Artists & Crafters

    Hours 18 November 202517 November 2025

    Arts and crafts hampers are honestly one of my favourite gift ideas. If you know someone who is naturally crafty, always picking up a new…

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  • A tall rectangular collage titled “A Christmas Hamper Guide For… Book Hoarders” featuring four numbered sections of gift ideas. Section 1 shows a variety of popular fiction books and book box sets arranged in rows, including contemporary, fantasy, and mystery titles. Section 2 displays stationery items such as pens, highlighters, sticky notes, page tabs, washi tapes, and colourful markers. Section 3 presents different e-readers, including Kindle, BOOX, Veidoo, and Kobo models. Section 4 features assorted reading-themed gifts: a wooden page holder, a reading-tracker sign, a T-shirt with a bookish quote worn by a person, a butterfly-shaped book stand, floral notebook, magnetic bookmarks, festive book sleeves, a floral book-shaped vase with dried flowers, and a mug with a cute ghost design.
    2025 | Christmas | Gift Guides

    A Christmas Hamper Guide For… Book Hoarders

    Hours 17 November 202516 November 2025

    A book hamper? Yes please. Honestly, I’d be the best person to receive something like this, so I’m hoping I’ve done it justice for all…

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  • A digital collage titled “A Christmas Hamper Guide For… Hair Care,” divided into four numbered sections on a white background. Section 1 (top left): Features a variety of hairbrushes and combs, including paddle brushes, detangling brushes, wide-tooth combs, and vented brushes from brands like Tangle Teezer, Wet Brush, and Cantu. Section 2 (top right): Displays an assortment of hair styling electricals such as hairdryers, curling wands, straighteners, and hot air brushes, including models from Dyson, Revlon, and BaByliss. Section 3 (bottom left): Highlights haircare products including heat protectants, masks, serums, oils, sprays, and treatments from brands like Living Proof, Olaplex, Briogeo, and L’Oréal. Section 4 (bottom right): Shows a collection of hair accessories like scrunchies, claw clips, headbands, bobby pins, bows, and satin hair ties in a range of neutral and pastel colours.
    2025 | Christmas | Gift Guides

    A Christmas Hamper Guide For… All Things Hair Care

    Hours 13 November 202512 November 2025

    Hair care can be so lovely for hamper gifting. Whether you’re buying for someone who loves a quiet pamper night or someone who’s always testing…

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  • A collage-style graphic titled “A Christmas Hamper Guide For… Makeup.” The layout is divided into four numbered sections, each marked with a green circle: 1 – Complexion, 2 – Eyes, 3 – Lips, and 4 – Tools and Accessories. Section 1 (Complexion): A selection of primers, bronzers, blushers, contour sticks, setting sprays and multi-use face palettes. Products vary from tubes and compacts to pump bottles and sticks. Shades range from soft neutrals to deeper bronzes. Brands shown include Milk Makeup, Charlotte Tilbury, NARS, NYX, Fenty, Saie, Hourglass and Makeup Forever. Section 2 (Eyes): Eye primers, mascaras, eyeliners, brow pencils, brow gels, cream shadows and a few eyeshadow palettes. Items appear in black, brown, gold and pastel packaging. Mascara wands, liquid liner pens and brow products are arranged alongside palettes featuring warm neutrals and bronze tones. Brands include Anastasia Beverly Hills, Glossier, Charlotte Tilbury and W7. Section 3 (Lips): A wide range of lip products including balms, glosses, stains, lip oils, bullet lipsticks, crayons, liquid lipsticks and balm-tint hybrids. Shades include reds, pinks, browns and nude tones. Packaging styles include slim tubes, doe-foot applicators and small pots. Brands include NARS, Byoma, Glossier, Benefit, The Ordinary, Elf and Fenty Beauty. Section 4 (Tools and Accessories): Makeup bags, brush sets, cosmetic organisers, sponges and cleaning products. A variety of makeup brushes in silver, black and gold tones sit alongside sponge multipacks, kabuki brushes, eyelash curlers and brush cleansers. There are pouches, travel organisers and structured makeup cases in black, cream and olive green.
    2025 | Christmas | Gift Guides

    A Christmas Hamper Guide For… The Makeup Lover

    Hours 11 November 202510 November 2025

    Makeup is such a fun and creative gifting area, and it suits so many ages and personalities. You could even adapt it for younger recipients…

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Happy New Year 🎊 With 2025 coming to an end, I c Happy New Year 🎊 With 2025 coming to an end, I couldn’t resist joining this trend again. It’s made me realise how important it is to document the good moments. Even the quiet ones 📸 2025 was a year of growth, connection, and learning what a steadier life can look like. When I look back through my photos and memories, I can see just how much has changed. Gently, but meaningfully. This year I… 💼 Started a new job that I love. 📚 Grew within the book community, joined some fantastic readathons, and made so many lovely book friends. 🎟️ Went to my very first book event. ✨ Met the wonderful Lucy Jane Wood. ☀️ Spent more sunny days reading in the hammock. 💻 Had my most productive year yet with my blog and content creation. 🍽️ Enjoyed more time with friends and many more meals out. 🚗 Travelled better and further than I have in years. ❤️‍🩹 Took part in more bowel and stoma-related events online and met some truly amazing people. 🧬 Uncovered new ancestors and family records. 🎃 Said hello to even more trick or treaters this year. 🔥 Went through my first full year with no flare-ups. 🏋🏻‍♀️ Joined the gym (it didn’t last as long as planned, but I’m hopeful for the year ahead). 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Reconnected with family I hadn’t seen in a long time. But, as with life, there were lows too. We said goodbye to our beloved girl, Gwen, after 15 years 🤍 Losing her has been the biggest change to daily life since my stoma surgery. And not one I’ve adjusted to quickly. She is missed every single day. 2025 wasn’t perfect, but I’m ending the year proud, grateful, and hopeful. Here’s to 2026 🥂 #Goodbye2025 #Hello2026 #BloggingCommunity #BookCommunity #DisabilityCommunity
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Some festive shopping the last couple of weeks 🛍️🎄 Some festive shopping the last couple of weeks 🛍️🎄 Of course, there were books… #Christmas #ChristmasShopping #ItsBeginningToLookALotLikeChristmas
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It is time… ☀️ I love my hammock. I talk about it It is time… ☀️ I love my hammock. I talk about it way too much 😂 It’s my comfort place for reading during the warmer months, and honestly… I’m very happy right now 💛 Day 98 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book by a neurodivergent author 🧠 #BookstagramUK #Books #ReadingChallenge #365DaysOfPrompts #NeurodivergentAuthors
It may only be spring, but I am ready for the summ It may only be spring, but I am ready for the summer reads ☀️ Day 97 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a non-fiction book about health I thought this prompt was perfect for World Health Day, but it’s also broad enough for you to choose what kind of health book suits you. A recipe book for a healthier diet, a mental health read to help during a stressful time… it’s completely up to you 💛 #BookstagramUK #Books #ReadingChallenge #365DaysOfPrompts #WorldHealthDay
Just a few books hauled this past March 👀📚 Day 96 Just a few books hauled this past March 👀📚 Day 96 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book with tartan on the cover 🧣 #BookstagramUK #Books #ReadingChallenge #365DaysOfPrompts #BookHaul
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