In our box of goodies we were sent from YellowMoon were these festive Reindeer gift bag kits. Ellie & Charlie could not wait to make these! They had already decided that they're going to fill them with sweets and treats and gift to Nanna & Grandad for Christmas.
Each pack includes for kits. Enough supplies to make four reindeer gift bags. Including the foam shapes (some which are self adhesive), goggly eyes and the brown paper gift bags.
You will also need some PVA glue (for sticking the antlers and ears on).
First of all we peeled the back off of the (what will be) the reindeer's face, it's self adhesive and stuck perfectly onto the bag. Next up Ellie and Charlie stuck the reindeer's collars on and then we glued on the antlers and ears! "Ohhh it's already looking like a reindeer" Ellie told me proudly. And Charlie said "I really like this activity, it's really fun! I think Nanna and Grandad will really like these bags a lot! And we won't need to wrap the presents" Bless him.
The kids really, really enjoyed this festive craft. They didn't need any help from me and it kept them busy for a good twenty five minutes or so. They really took there time placing all the shapes in the right places and making them look cute! The bag sizes are 11x12cm and they have a little handle on the top, making them easy to carry. The kids are very proud of these bags and excited to gift them at Christmas.
I can see this becoming a new tradition - Making Christmas bags to fill with gifts and treats for the Grandparents.
Don't they look adorable? (Minus the falling ear, haha and the PVA dried clear!)
Priced at just £3.75 for a pack of four, I honestly think that is money very well spent! You can also follow Yellowmoon on Pinterest for more festive fun ideas!
What festive activities have you been doing recently? Let me know in the comments, I'd love to hear about them! :)
Sarah xXx
I was sent this product for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own, honest, personal opinions. I was not paid for this post.
I thought I would share some photos I've taken of my cats lately.
They are both female cats and neither of them I planned on getting, they found me and choose us. Isn't it strange how cats pick there owners?
Lotti (the tortoiseshell cat) came to me at 4 weeks old and was literally handed over my back fence from an old neighbour because they didn't want her. I couldn't just let them leave her outdoors, on her own. She was so tiny and very poorly. There's so much I could write. Me and Lotti are very, very close. She sleeps on my actual head every night, I am not even joking.
You can read Lotti's story here.
Sylvie. The tabby cat had an owner but she just kept coming to my house and would sit by my back door, tapping it with her poor for HOURS. I kept taking her back to her owner and trying to persaude her to go home but she was having none of it. She would wait outside int he freezing cold and snow, rain and wind for me to let her inside. I finally admitted defeat and her owner said we could keep her as long as she had a good home. So that is what we did and she has been here ever since. Goodness knows why she picked our crazy family to be her humans, haha. You can read Syvlie's story here.
Enjoy the pics!
Lotti and Sylvie don't always get a long but they've finally learned to tolerate each other. They were actually playing in the above photo! RARE!
Lotti looking at me with her big green eyes.
Grumpy cat Sylvie likes to sit and watch the world go by!
I love the way Sylvie prowls. So cute.
The first time Lotti saw a pheasant! Don't worry, she didn't harm it (I knew she wouldn't, the bird was double the size of her). She was fascinated with it. The pheasant turned around looked at her, made a noise and Lotti ran away, hahaha and the bird flew off! She loves living in the countryside.
Do you have any pets? Let me know in the comments :)
Sarah xXx
They are both female cats and neither of them I planned on getting, they found me and choose us. Isn't it strange how cats pick there owners?
Lotti (the tortoiseshell cat) came to me at 4 weeks old and was literally handed over my back fence from an old neighbour because they didn't want her. I couldn't just let them leave her outdoors, on her own. She was so tiny and very poorly. There's so much I could write. Me and Lotti are very, very close. She sleeps on my actual head every night, I am not even joking.
You can read Lotti's story here.
Sylvie. The tabby cat had an owner but she just kept coming to my house and would sit by my back door, tapping it with her poor for HOURS. I kept taking her back to her owner and trying to persaude her to go home but she was having none of it. She would wait outside int he freezing cold and snow, rain and wind for me to let her inside. I finally admitted defeat and her owner said we could keep her as long as she had a good home. So that is what we did and she has been here ever since. Goodness knows why she picked our crazy family to be her humans, haha. You can read Syvlie's story here.
Enjoy the pics!
Lotti and Sylvie don't always get a long but they've finally learned to tolerate each other. They were actually playing in the above photo! RARE!
Lotti looking at me with her big green eyes.
Do you have any pets? Let me know in the comments :)
Sarah xXx
It's that time of year again... Black Friday and Cyber Monday! Why not treat your fur baby this Christmas and stock up on some pet supplies. Petshop.co.uk sell a wide variety of pet food and pet supplies. Check out Petshop UK's black friday and cyber Monday deals.
Some of the deals include:
1. The main offer is a free £10 Voucher when you spend £100 (voucher will be emailed within 7 days of placing the order)
2. An EXTRA 20% Off Selected Brands:
James Wellbeloved, Royal Canin, Applaws
3. An EXTRA £10 off all big bags of Hill's Science Plan
4. 12 Free Dog Trays when you buy any big bags of Huntland or Country Kitchen
5. 35% off Yumove Joint Supplement
Please do head over and grab a good bargain for your fur babies, there is A LOT to choose from and many, many bargains to be had.
Sarah xXx
I was compensated a gift code £15 to spend on my own fur babues at petshop.co.uk fot this post.
I haven't really been feeling too well and therefore haven't received very much in the mail lately. Here are a few things I have received lately and I'm currently waiting for a few Christmas things to arrive!
First up some freebise from the water company. I applied online for these freebies and was sent them a few weeks alter. You can have a google and checkout your if your water company will supply you with some water saving products! I'm all for saving water, it helps the environment and it certainly helps my waterbill! I was also sent a water saving shower head, too. The kids love the tooth brushing timers. Such a good idea and it encourages them to brush there teeth for the required time.
I received two free charity cards, too! Ellie loves these. She's a huge fan of 'The Snowman & The Snow Dog'. They are rather cute aren't they?!
I also received some Christmas lights to review. Look out for that coming soon on the blog! So excited for Christmas this year! Our first Christmas in our new house, yay.
And I received some lovely personalised stocking fillers from Snapfish which I reviewed here.
What have you received in the mail lately?
Sarah xXx
First up some freebise from the water company. I applied online for these freebies and was sent them a few weeks alter. You can have a google and checkout your if your water company will supply you with some water saving products! I'm all for saving water, it helps the environment and it certainly helps my waterbill! I was also sent a water saving shower head, too. The kids love the tooth brushing timers. Such a good idea and it encourages them to brush there teeth for the required time.
I received two free charity cards, too! Ellie loves these. She's a huge fan of 'The Snowman & The Snow Dog'. They are rather cute aren't they?!
I also received some Christmas lights to review. Look out for that coming soon on the blog! So excited for Christmas this year! Our first Christmas in our new house, yay.
And I received some lovely personalised stocking fillers from Snapfish which I reviewed here.
What have you received in the mail lately?
Sarah xXx
Snapfish sell a wide range of stocking stuffers which can indeed be personalised. I really like snapfish as they have a great selection of personalised gifts for every occasion and some lovely ideas on how to display photographs. And we all know how much I enjoy taking photos. So when they asked me if I would like to review some personalised Christmas gifts, I was very excited.
I chose to review an 11oz collage photo mug. I created the collage using picmonkey and an app on my phone (both free!). I took some Autumnal photos about a month ago and thought would make the perfect collage for a mug! Then simply uploaded it to my snapfish account, it was then transferred onto the mug. I reviewed my mug before ordering! It was so quick and easy. Personalised photo mugs would make a perfect stocking stuffer for parents or grandparents, aunties and uncles or even friends! I know that my parents would love a photo mug in there stocking, as would I! You also have the option to add text or a title. I chose to add the kids names to my mug and the year the photos were taken. A collage photo mug is a such an unique way to show off your photos, too.
The mug itself is made of china and has a good strong handle! The mug is good quality and washes really well! I've washed mine about ten times and it honestly still looks like brand new. I chose to have my interior white but for a little extra, you can chose a colour for the inside of your mug. The price of collage mugs starts at £7.99. I think that's a very reasonable price for such a unique gift and in my opinion well worth the money.
I was also sent a Christmas ornament to review. The Christmas ornament is made of porcelain & comes in the shape of a festive Christmas star. I chose to have a photograph of my children, from last Christmas printed on my ornament. The ornament itself is good quality, it's not overly heavy making it perfect for hanging on the Christmas tree. It hangs on the Christmas tree with red ribbon, which is also very festive. It will look lovely on our Christmas tree this year. I think this could become a really cool tradition, imagine collecting them each year? And what a lovely personalised gift for Grandparents!
Photo magnets also make a really lovey gift and again, a lovely way to display photographs. I love turning my fridge into my own photo gallery! When people visit, they always comment on how nice my fridge looks with all the photos on display. Magnets would also make a great stocking filler! Prices start from just £2.99. The magnets are good quality and the photos of bright and vibrant, exactly how they look on my computer. Honestly, you can not really go wrong with personalised photo gifts, I think most people would appreciate a personalised gift this Christmas and Snapfish have plenty to choose from, please do head over and have browse of there website.
The website is super easy to use, you can upload photos straight from your computer or Facebook. It take minutes to upload and start creating your personalised gift.
You can also follow Snapfish on Facebook
What would you like to receive in your stocking this Christmas?
Sarah xXx
I was sent these products for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own, honest, personal opinion.
I chose to review an 11oz collage photo mug. I created the collage using picmonkey and an app on my phone (both free!). I took some Autumnal photos about a month ago and thought would make the perfect collage for a mug! Then simply uploaded it to my snapfish account, it was then transferred onto the mug. I reviewed my mug before ordering! It was so quick and easy. Personalised photo mugs would make a perfect stocking stuffer for parents or grandparents, aunties and uncles or even friends! I know that my parents would love a photo mug in there stocking, as would I! You also have the option to add text or a title. I chose to add the kids names to my mug and the year the photos were taken. A collage photo mug is a such an unique way to show off your photos, too.
The mug itself is made of china and has a good strong handle! The mug is good quality and washes really well! I've washed mine about ten times and it honestly still looks like brand new. I chose to have my interior white but for a little extra, you can chose a colour for the inside of your mug. The price of collage mugs starts at £7.99. I think that's a very reasonable price for such a unique gift and in my opinion well worth the money.
I was also sent a Christmas ornament to review. The Christmas ornament is made of porcelain & comes in the shape of a festive Christmas star. I chose to have a photograph of my children, from last Christmas printed on my ornament. The ornament itself is good quality, it's not overly heavy making it perfect for hanging on the Christmas tree. It hangs on the Christmas tree with red ribbon, which is also very festive. It will look lovely on our Christmas tree this year. I think this could become a really cool tradition, imagine collecting them each year? And what a lovely personalised gift for Grandparents!
Photo magnets also make a really lovey gift and again, a lovely way to display photographs. I love turning my fridge into my own photo gallery! When people visit, they always comment on how nice my fridge looks with all the photos on display. Magnets would also make a great stocking filler! Prices start from just £2.99. The magnets are good quality and the photos of bright and vibrant, exactly how they look on my computer. Honestly, you can not really go wrong with personalised photo gifts, I think most people would appreciate a personalised gift this Christmas and Snapfish have plenty to choose from, please do head over and have browse of there website.
The website is super easy to use, you can upload photos straight from your computer or Facebook. It take minutes to upload and start creating your personalised gift.
You can also follow Snapfish on Facebook
What would you like to receive in your stocking this Christmas?
Sarah xXx
I was sent these products for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own, honest, personal opinion.
The whole of November has been a bit... crap really.
I feel like a bit of a plonker sharing this story.
It started off with me swallowing a piece of sweet wrapper. I was eating one of those little sweety lolly's, I was half way through it when I started choking, I managed to choke up a lump of sweet wrapper, a little bit still went down though. It appears that the wrapper was (I don't know how to explain this) melted into the actual lolly pop itself. After a lot of coughing, eating bread, drinking water and fizzy drinks to try and help it either go down or cough it back up, I realised it wasn't going to be that simple! It's so uncomfortable, I can't even explain it. It feels like I've got a lump in my throat. You know when you're trying really hard not to cry and you get that awful lump in the back of your throat? It feels a bit like that but not quite. I thought perhaps it was the scaring and grazing from all the choking. Only scars and grazes don't move and I could FEEL this wrapper moving around. Not a nice feeling at all.
I'm not one for going to the doctors unless I absolutely need to but I gave in. I've been to the GP who told me to go to A&E, I finally went to A&E yesterday after keeping putting it off because I really, really wanted it to dis lodge itself and not have to go through six million procedures to try and get it out. I was dreading it. I went though and after the ENT specialist looking down my throat with his torch, he told me he couldn't see it. I had no choice but to have the camera scope thing put up my nose and into my throat. I was really anxious and not looking forward to this! I had tried so hard to avoid this, I'd tried EVERYTHING imaginable (and more!) to try get it out myself. After a few minutes he informed me he still couldn't see it but I can feel it. He did say he can see there has been something there recently, it's scarred and it's grazed. He said it will eventually move on it's own. I'll probably swallow it and it'll go down into my tummy. Or perhaps I'll manage to cough it up, who knows! All I know is, it sucks. It's not so bad today, it's right at the very back of my throat, I can barely even feel it, which is of course good! Please pray it goes down (or comes up!) very soon because quite frankly, it's making me miserable.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
I'm going to write a formal complaint to the lolly company because I had no response from my email. I just think they should be recalled and checked before being sold. Imagine that happening to a child? I now it could happen with any kind of food, nothing is ever perfect but gosh!!!!
Please be careful people.
I've also spent the whole entire month (so far) of November ill. I've had a rotten cold/flu thing, blocked ears and a sore throat (probably due to the above), which all went to my chest but I think *touch all the wood in the house* I am finally getting over it now. Finally! I also had a stomach bug inbetween all of that, too. The kids have also been ill with bugs and what not but they seen to bounce back well. Thankfully. I know being ill comes with this time of year but when it all happens at once? It's even worse. Hopefully we'll all be healthy in time for Christmas! (Lets hope I haven't just jinxed myself)
On a better note. The kids have all had school trips and are doing wonderfully at school. Ellie got star of the week a couple of weeks ago and Charlie has been working really hard and went to homework club after school. Harry's plodding a long at high school and really enjoying it!
We made a lovely Chicken Rogan Josh meal together, which was amazing! We've also enjoyed a couple of movie nights and lots of cosy nights in. I love those kind of evenings. We're so excited for Christmas now, we've done some Christmas arts and crafts and been looking at ideas for our Christmas tree. Hopefully I'll get a good chunk of Christmas shopping done before November is over. I really do need to be more organised than I am.
I finally, finally got my laminate flooring laid in my bedroom, yay! I've lived in this house since April (and love it, I might add!) and had no flooring down in my bedroom, due to finances but I got a good bargain and fond a discount code online. I'm really happy to finally have nice flooring in my bedroom. All three bedrooms are done now, yay! It looks lovely, I shall be sharing photos very soon. So November hasn't been all bad.
How has your November been?
Sarah xXx
I feel like a bit of a plonker sharing this story.
It started off with me swallowing a piece of sweet wrapper. I was eating one of those little sweety lolly's, I was half way through it when I started choking, I managed to choke up a lump of sweet wrapper, a little bit still went down though. It appears that the wrapper was (I don't know how to explain this) melted into the actual lolly pop itself. After a lot of coughing, eating bread, drinking water and fizzy drinks to try and help it either go down or cough it back up, I realised it wasn't going to be that simple! It's so uncomfortable, I can't even explain it. It feels like I've got a lump in my throat. You know when you're trying really hard not to cry and you get that awful lump in the back of your throat? It feels a bit like that but not quite. I thought perhaps it was the scaring and grazing from all the choking. Only scars and grazes don't move and I could FEEL this wrapper moving around. Not a nice feeling at all.
I'm not one for going to the doctors unless I absolutely need to but I gave in. I've been to the GP who told me to go to A&E, I finally went to A&E yesterday after keeping putting it off because I really, really wanted it to dis lodge itself and not have to go through six million procedures to try and get it out. I was dreading it. I went though and after the ENT specialist looking down my throat with his torch, he told me he couldn't see it. I had no choice but to have the camera scope thing put up my nose and into my throat. I was really anxious and not looking forward to this! I had tried so hard to avoid this, I'd tried EVERYTHING imaginable (and more!) to try get it out myself. After a few minutes he informed me he still couldn't see it but I can feel it. He did say he can see there has been something there recently, it's scarred and it's grazed. He said it will eventually move on it's own. I'll probably swallow it and it'll go down into my tummy. Or perhaps I'll manage to cough it up, who knows! All I know is, it sucks. It's not so bad today, it's right at the very back of my throat, I can barely even feel it, which is of course good! Please pray it goes down (or comes up!) very soon because quite frankly, it's making me miserable.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
I'm going to write a formal complaint to the lolly company because I had no response from my email. I just think they should be recalled and checked before being sold. Imagine that happening to a child? I now it could happen with any kind of food, nothing is ever perfect but gosh!!!!
Please be careful people.
I've also spent the whole entire month (so far) of November ill. I've had a rotten cold/flu thing, blocked ears and a sore throat (probably due to the above), which all went to my chest but I think *touch all the wood in the house* I am finally getting over it now. Finally! I also had a stomach bug inbetween all of that, too. The kids have also been ill with bugs and what not but they seen to bounce back well. Thankfully. I know being ill comes with this time of year but when it all happens at once? It's even worse. Hopefully we'll all be healthy in time for Christmas! (Lets hope I haven't just jinxed myself)
On a better note. The kids have all had school trips and are doing wonderfully at school. Ellie got star of the week a couple of weeks ago and Charlie has been working really hard and went to homework club after school. Harry's plodding a long at high school and really enjoying it!
We made a lovely Chicken Rogan Josh meal together, which was amazing! We've also enjoyed a couple of movie nights and lots of cosy nights in. I love those kind of evenings. We're so excited for Christmas now, we've done some Christmas arts and crafts and been looking at ideas for our Christmas tree. Hopefully I'll get a good chunk of Christmas shopping done before November is over. I really do need to be more organised than I am.
I finally, finally got my laminate flooring laid in my bedroom, yay! I've lived in this house since April (and love it, I might add!) and had no flooring down in my bedroom, due to finances but I got a good bargain and fond a discount code online. I'm really happy to finally have nice flooring in my bedroom. All three bedrooms are done now, yay! It looks lovely, I shall be sharing photos very soon. So November hasn't been all bad.
How has your November been?
Sarah xXx
I love taking photos so I thought I would put together a list of photos that I would like to take this Christmas.
What photos will you be taking this Christmas?
If you would like to take part in this challenge, feel free to pin the image on pinterest (hover over the right or left corner of the image for the pin button) or save to your phone/computer.
Sarah xXx
What photos will you be taking this Christmas?
If you would like to take part in this challenge, feel free to pin the image on pinterest (hover over the right or left corner of the image for the pin button) or save to your phone/computer.
Sarah xXx
Zoflora is a concentrated disinfectant which kills 99.9% of bacteria and kills viruses. Zoflora eliminates odors with a very fresh scented smell for all day freshness.
I was sent a bottle of the pink grapefruit scented Zoflora to review.
Zoflora comes in a 120ml bottle (larger bottles are also available).
I mixed my Zoflora solution with water and gave my kitchen sides a good clean! I noticed the smell first, it smelled exactly like grapefruit, clean and fresh. Next up I decided I'd make the zoflora solution in an empty spray bottle and give the kitchen cupboards and doors a good qipe down. Zoflora can be used on most surfaces, poured down plugholes and toilets to kill the bacteria and leave everything smelling really fresh! It doesn't smell like your normal disinfectant smell because of the fruity scent.
Having two cats, Zoflora is a handy disinfectant to have in my cupboard! I like to keep the floors clean and the cats eating area. Zoflora is perfect for both, not only does it kill germs, it eliminates that 'cat' smell, too.
I like to wipe my radiators down with Zoflora. When I turn my heating on, I can really smell the grapefruit scent! It smells AMAZING! So fresh and so, so clean.
I also added a capful of concentrated zoflora to my washing machine on a 40 degree wash and an extra rinse. The clothes came out smelling amazing and my washing machine now smells fresh and clean, too!
I honestly clean everything with Zoflora! Especially at this time of year when there's lots of viruses and bugs going around. I truly believe that Zoflora kills and prevents bacteria. It can be used in every room including nurseries and utility rooms. It can even be used in vehicles and on outdoors furniture!
It's reasonably priced and can be found in most supermarkets and bargain stores. Zoflora comes in many scents incluiding 'springfresh', 'Bouquet' 'Lavender' and 'Cherry blossom' just to name a few.
There are lots of Zoflora tips over on the website. Zoflora currently have a competition running over on Facebook. It's a daily competition, pop over and enter for your chance to win lots of amazing Zoflora prizes.
Do you have any cleaning tips you'd like to share? Do let me know in the comments :)
Sarah xXx
I was sent a sample of this product for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own, honest, personal opinions. I was not paid to write this post.
I was sent a bottle of the pink grapefruit scented Zoflora to review.
Zoflora comes in a 120ml bottle (larger bottles are also available).
I mixed my Zoflora solution with water and gave my kitchen sides a good clean! I noticed the smell first, it smelled exactly like grapefruit, clean and fresh. Next up I decided I'd make the zoflora solution in an empty spray bottle and give the kitchen cupboards and doors a good qipe down. Zoflora can be used on most surfaces, poured down plugholes and toilets to kill the bacteria and leave everything smelling really fresh! It doesn't smell like your normal disinfectant smell because of the fruity scent.
Having two cats, Zoflora is a handy disinfectant to have in my cupboard! I like to keep the floors clean and the cats eating area. Zoflora is perfect for both, not only does it kill germs, it eliminates that 'cat' smell, too.
I like to wipe my radiators down with Zoflora. When I turn my heating on, I can really smell the grapefruit scent! It smells AMAZING! So fresh and so, so clean.
I also added a capful of concentrated zoflora to my washing machine on a 40 degree wash and an extra rinse. The clothes came out smelling amazing and my washing machine now smells fresh and clean, too!
I honestly clean everything with Zoflora! Especially at this time of year when there's lots of viruses and bugs going around. I truly believe that Zoflora kills and prevents bacteria. It can be used in every room including nurseries and utility rooms. It can even be used in vehicles and on outdoors furniture!
It's reasonably priced and can be found in most supermarkets and bargain stores. Zoflora comes in many scents incluiding 'springfresh', 'Bouquet' 'Lavender' and 'Cherry blossom' just to name a few.
There are lots of Zoflora tips over on the website. Zoflora currently have a competition running over on Facebook. It's a daily competition, pop over and enter for your chance to win lots of amazing Zoflora prizes.
Do you have any cleaning tips you'd like to share? Do let me know in the comments :)
Sarah xXx
I was sent a sample of this product for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own, honest, personal opinions. I was not paid to write this post.
In our box of arts and craft supplies that Yellow moon sent us to review were these very festive Christmas glasses.
The Christmas glasses kit contains four sets of glasses, the foam self adhesive shapes to decorate the glasses, some googly eyes and of course the glasses themselves (4 assorted designs).
We decorated the penguin and santa pairs of glasses.
Ellie got stuck right into this along with her 4 year old cousin. The glasses are made of plastic and the shapes are made of foam.
We checked all the contents of our kits and started decorating straight away! The foam self adhesive shapes just peel off and stick straight onto the glasses.
"They peel off so easy and stick so well" Ellie told me, she's right! It's very easy to do and great fun. Her four year old cousin had no problem decorating the Santa glasses!
It took about ten minutes to finish the glasses. Ellie pointed how much she loved the little hat and scarf on her penguin glasses. "Super dupet cute" she told me. I did have to help sticking the gooly eyes on though as they were a bit fiddly, but I don't mind.
These gasses are the perfect Christmas craft activity for children aged three years and over. They make no mess and the kids can do them all by themselves! It's a quick and easy craft project for the kids and I also feel they'd make a lovely stocking filler too.
"I'm going to wear these to my school Christmas party" she declared, rather proudly I might add! Bless her.
Priced at just £3.99, they are well worth the money in my opinion. I would recommend these and we certainly make them again. :)
What's your favourite festive arts and crafts activity?
Sarah xXx
I was sent a sample of this product for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own, honest, personal opinions. I was not paid for this post.
